Land Investment Expo bringing a touch of Hollywood to 2017 10th anniversary event
Actor and comedian Ben Stein, “The Big Short’s” Steve Eisman, The Nature Conservancy’s Mark Tercek among next year’s speakers
(CLIVE) – Peoples Company is again excited to host its 10th annual Land Investment Expo, the nation’s leading event of its kind, with a star-studded line-up of industry experts, pioneering conservationists and investment experts. The event will again be held at the West Des Moines Sheraton, on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, with a pre-show reception the night before.
Leading the list of speakers is actor and comedian Ben Stein. Best known as the boring and repetitive economics teacher in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, his “Bueller…?...Bueller…?” performance was voted as “one of the 50 funniest scenes in American film history.” In addition to movie and television acting, Ben has had a lucrative career as a teacher, economist, commentator, columnist and author. The Emmy-award winning game show host of Win Ben Stein’s Money will bring his signature humor and wit that will have our audience rolling.
Attendees will also hear from Steve Eisman, the outspoken hedge fund manager whose story was chronicled in Michael Lewis’ book “The Big Short,” and later when he was played by Steve Carrell as “Mark Baum” in the acclaimed movie of the same name.
Also appearing at the 10th anniversary event is Mark Tercek, CEO of the Nature Conservancy, which focuses on collaborative efforts to answer environmental problems with solutions that are mutually beneficial to nature and the people it serves. We will examine his efforts and hear his thoughts on how being a Partner at Goldman Sachs shaped his approach to the environment, how he champions the idea of natural capital and what inspired him to get involved and “leave the world a better place.”
Register and learn more: www.LandInvestmentExpo.com
Background on the Iowa Land Investment Expo:
A Decade of Innovation!
What an incredible 10 years it has been. Since the Land Investment Expo’s launch to this groundbreaking anniversary, we will have seen:
- Two new presidents
- Three presidential elections
- The deepest recession in more than 75 years
- 500-year floods, punishing droughts and devastating tornadoes
- Record commodity and land prices
How does our event continue to draw the most diverse audience of any its kind? With exciting and unpredictable moments – not the same rhetoric year after year. Our event has grown in stature every year by featuring local, national and global perspectives, offering farmers and institutional investors incredible access to some of the world’s foremost specialists on the economy, environment, technology and politics.
We continually offer fresh, new speakers, topics, ideas and ways of thinking. Check out highlights from years past:
Our decade of experience in planning, hosting and executing this event has made it the premier farmland event – and we know attendees past and future will agree.
The challenge we strive to live up to each year is bringing you the real, in-depth stories that exist beneath the headlines when it comes to the economy, environment, investment, sustainability and regulatory compliance.
Confronting the Tough Issues
The Expo has never been shy about tackling the current challenges we face, among them:
- The Des Moines Water Works lawsuit against three Iowa companies for their alleged role in elevated nitrates in the city’s drinking water
- How “Waters of the United States” should be defined
- Prop 2 in California, which demands significant changes in the chicken and egg industry
- The Renewable Fuels Standard and its future
- Fights over the proper use of irrigation and water availability
- Doubling our food production in order to feed 9 billion people by 2050
- Understanding GMOs and the potential impact of government-mandated labeling
- Addressing labor challenges and shortages while providing tools to close the skills gap
We look forward to discussing these, and any additional questions brought forth by this year’s expo presenters and participants, to foster creative approaches to productivity and sustainability. We hope you will join us!
