What creates a successful partnership between industry and academia?  The obvious answer is a win-win situation.  If both sides feel they have been well served by the partnership, it has been successful.  In the Agricultural Experiment Station, partnerships are changing.  We, in California, are partnering less with producers of agricultural products to enhance their production and more with producers to reduce environmental impacts.  We are creating new partnerships with cities, counties and consulting firms to help solve environmental problems.  MTBE pollution of ground water is a significant problem in many California locations.  A successful partnership among interested parties and UC Davis has produced a cost effective solution, new knowledge, and opportunities for undergraduate and graduate education. Erosion from construction sites and road right-of-ways is a multi-million dollar problem in most every state. Successful UC partnerships have created new knowledge, provided solutions to stakeholders and helped students gain knowledge and experience in soil conservation and environmental restoration.  Both examples are win-win situations.  They did not happen without hard work and compromise. These and other examples will be presented at the symposium.