UF/IFAS Office of Conferences & Institutes

UF/IFAS Office of Conferences & Institutes (OCI) is the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences’ full-service conference planning department. OCI organizes and manages workshops, conferences, symposia, and training programs supporting IFAS’s mission in agriculture, human and natural resources, and life sciences — including events on water, ecosystem restoration, applied statistics in agriculture and natural resources, forestry/land management topics, Master Naturalist and Master Gardener programs, and other agriculture/natural-resources conferences. OCI provides event planning services, hosts upcoming and prior events listings, and serves as the unit to contact for organizing agriculture and natural-resources conferences.