Policy Talks 2025
We are thrilled to announce Policy Talks 2025! Some details about this event are below, and we welcome you to send any questions you have to ethics@olemiss.edu.
Policy Talks is an invitation-only event produced by The Center for Practical Ethics and brings together a group academics, business leaders, legal experts, and policy makers to learn about recent industry practices, explore current academic educational and research models, and consider ethical challenges and goals.
On Friday, March 7th from 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m., we will discuss this year’s topic, “Environmental Threats and Resilient Agriculture in Mississippi.”
Topic – Environmental Threats and Resilient Agriculture in Mississippi
The range of environmental threats has a powerful effect on citizen well-being, labor, industry, and agriculture within Mississippi. Mississippians face drought, flooding, tornados, withering heat, the march of invasive species and plants, saltwater contamination of fields, and declining levels of groundwater. While these issues are not unique to Mississippi, the strong agricultural base of the state (vegetables, cotton, bees, poultry, livestock, and timber) and the array of environmental threats affords a useful test case in thinking through optimal approaches for supporting resilient agriculture. We will partner with private industry, Mississippi State University, and the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce.
Speakers
Keynote presentations delivered in the morning focus the conversation and inform participants of cutting edge developments in the field. We haven't confirmed our speakers yet, but check back later to see who will be headlining.
Working
Groups
Working groups are the heart of Policy Talks. They are comprised of the experts we have invited in order to gain a better understanding of the context, risks, and opportunities of our topic. Each person is assigned to a working group and joins in an intimate yet vigorous discussion about the topic with fellow experts and stakeholders. A notetaker* will keep track of the ideas the group covers. The notes and ideas generated in working groups provide us with the base materials for the initial report we send to all attendees. This report serves as our launching point as we dive deeper into our investigation and draft the white paper. You can learn more about the Policy Talks process at this link.