Agenda
IPPC workshop on the practical application of ISPM No. 15
Vancouver, Canada, 28 February - 4 March 2005
Sunday, 27 February 200516:00 - 20:00 / Registration, Delta Vancouver Suites hotel lobby
Monday, 28 February 2005
08:00 - 09:00 / Registration, Morris J. Wosk centre atrium
09:00 - 10:30 / · Official welcome and introductions (Gary Koivisto, Canadian food inspection agency executive; Ralf Lopian, ICPM chair)
· Overview of workshop goals and expectations (Facilitator - Bruce McTavish)
· Review of ISPM No. 15: Development, intent and limitations (Brent Larson, IPPC Secretariat)
10:30 - 11:00 / Coffee
11:00 - 12:30 / · Global summary of implementation status (Trevor Yu, Canadian food inspection agency, Canada)
· Scientific principles underlying ISPM No. 15 (Eric Allen, Canadian forest service, Canada)
· Review of heat and methyl bromide treatments (Barbara Illman, United States department of agriculture, Hugh Evans, Forestry commission, UK, and Marco Antonio Bertussi, ABRAFIT Brazilian industry association)
12:30 - 14:00 / Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 / · Role of NPPOs in ISPM No. 15 implementation (Facilitator)
· Export / import systems approaches:
o North America (Shane Sela, Canadian food inspection agency, Canada)
o Latin America and the Caribbean (Carol Thomas, Ministry of agriculture, Jamaica)
o Asia (Wang Yuejin, Academy of inspection and quarantine science, China)
15:30 - 16:00 / Coffee
16:00 - 17:30 / · Export / import systems approaches (continued):
o European Union (Thomas Schröder, Federal biological research centre for agriculture and forestry, Germany)
o Africa (Mohammed Amal Rahel, Ministry of agriculture and rural development, Morocco)
o South Pacific (Michael Ormsby, Ministry of agriculture and forestry, New Zealand)
o South America (Marcos Beéche, Department of agriculture protection, Chile)
Tuesday, 1 March 2005
09:00 - 10:30 / · Industry presentations:
o Treatment industry (Marco Antonio Bertussi, ABRAFIT Brazilian industry association)
o Wood packaging industry (Gordon Hughes, Canadian wood pallet and container association)
· Barriers to implementation (Facilitator)
o Review of ISPM No. 15 list-serve discussion topics (Roddie Burgess, Forestry commission, UK)
10:30 - 11:00 / Coffee
11:00 - 12:30 / Breakout groups and exercise: Barriers to implementation
12:30 - 14:00 / Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 / · John Efford, Canadian Minister of natural resources
· Presentation and discussion of results of exercise on barriers to implementation
15:30 - 16:00 / Coffee
16:00 - 17:30 / Discussion of barriers to implementation (continued)
19:00 - 21:00 / Official dinner
Wednesday, 2 March 2005
09:00 - 17:30 / Delegates split into four groups:
· Groups 1 and 2: Workbook exercises
· Groups 3 and 4: Field trip to mill and wood packaging facility
Thursday, 3 March 2005
09:00 - 17:30 / · Groups 1 and 2: Field trip to mill and wood packaging facility
· Groups 3 and 4: Workbook exercises
Friday, 4 March 2005
09:00 - 10:30 / Plenary discussion of implementation plans developed through workbook exercises
10:30 - 11:00 / Coffee
11:00 - 13:30 / · Review of barriers to implementation issues and direct outstanding questions to ISPM No. 15 list-serve
· Recommendations to the IPPC
· Wrap-up