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USDA Undersecretary Bruce Knight Speaks at BASF Media Summit

Chuck Zimmerman

Wow. What a morning here at the BASF Media Summit. After doing some live video streaming, interviews, pictures and recordings we got to have lunch with USDA Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, Bruce Knight. Bruce talked about the farm bill of course. He used a description from a story in the Washington Post which called the current proposal “an …

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BASF Media Summit Streaming Live

Chuck Zimmerman

Apparently we’re going to be moving to different rooms this afternoon so this morning’s episode of AgWired Live TV is over but I have several recorded interviews like the following one with Mike Heinz, BASF President, Crop Protection Division. Thanks to all of you who watched and made it through our internet access disappearing for a few minutes.

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Broadcasting Live From BASF Media Summit

Chuck Zimmerman

I didn’t know we had internet access here in the BASF Media Summit presentation room so I had to move my set up but we’re live and I’m going to stay live for the rest of the day. You can see the live stream showing up on my Mac here in the back of the room. Right now we’re near …

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BASF Media Summit Underway

Chuck Zimmerman

The BASF Media Summit is underway and we’ve got a big group of journalists here. I didn’t count but most seats are filled. I’m recording the presentations and will be doing one on one interviews with each of them as well as having some on AgWired Live TV at the times listed in the last post. Our first speaker, Dr. …

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AgWired Live TV Schedule Today

Chuck Zimmerman

Here’s the schedule for when I intend to be live on AgWired Live TV. 10:15 – 10:30am 12:00 – 12:15 3:00 – 4:00pm, eastern time. Approx. live break times. Our sessions are across the hall in a different room where I don’t have internet access so I’m going to be be bringing people to the media room for some live …

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Sampling BASF Wines

Chuck Zimmerman

Our hosts for this evening’s dinner and wine tasting were (l-r) Katja Schweder and Bernhard Wolff, BASF Wine Cellar. Katja was German Wine Queen in 2006-2007. I interviewed them prior to dinner and learned that BASF has a wine cellar with 1 million bottles of wine, including over 4,000 kinds of wine. Picking a selection to go with menu items …

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Welcome To The BASF Media Summit

Chuck Zimmerman

This evening the attendees at the BASF Media Summit were treated to some of the finest wines in the world along with a fabulous dinner. The man who has helped put this all together is Group Communications Manager, Ray Gilmer, who welcomed us before the dinner started. Ray has put together a great program and tonight’s dinner was the perfect …

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BASF Media Summit A Reality

Chuck Zimmerman

I am seriously glad I elected to arrive early into Washington, DC today for the BASF Media Summit. Although we don’t get started until this evening, registration was already set up and waiting when I got to the hotel. All the rain and wind from the midwest this weekend is now here on the east coast. I hope all our …

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Innovating With BASF

Chuck Zimmerman

To build strong relationships with journalists BASF is once again conducting a media summit in Washington, DC. This year the theme is “Innovate 08, From Research to Reality.” I got a preview of the program from Ray Gilmer, Group Communications Manager, BASF by phone. He’s already there getting ready for the dozens of media representatives who will be attending along …

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