National Plant Board 86th Annual Meeting
Mystic, CT

Sunday

July 22, 2012

Topic / Time
NPB BOD Meeting / 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
National Plant Board 101 – For New NPB Members
This is a National Plant Board orientation that is open to meeting attendees, especially for new SPROs and SPHDs. The presentation will cover the structure and function of the National Plant Board. Mike Cooper, Geir Friisoe, Brad White, Gwen Burnett, Paula Henstridge Aurelio Posadas, Osama El-Lissy / 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception
Informal
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Dinner on your own
Hospitality
8:00 – 11:00 p.m.

Monday

July 23, 2012

Topic / Time
Breakfast in Hotel Restaurant (part of room price) / 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
MONDAY MORNING SESSION
Liz Erickson and Anni Self – Facilitators
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
National Plant Board Business Meeting - NPB Members only please / 8:00 – 8:30 a.m.
National Plant Board Regional Breakout Groups
EPB CPB SPB WPB
(Regional Members Only) / 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
PPQ Employee Meeting – Rebecca Bech, USDA APHIS PPQ / 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.
DHS CBP Meeting – Kevin Harriger, US DHS-CBP / 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.
NAPPO Meeting – Ian McDonell, NAPPO / 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Break
10:00 - 10:15 a.m.
National Plant Board Regional Breakout Groups (cont’d)
EPB CPB SPB WPB
(Regional Members Only) / 10:15 – 11:00 a.m.
PPQ Employee Meeting (cont’d) – Rebecca Bech, Deputy Administrator, USDA APHIS PPQ / 10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
DHS CBP Meeting (cont’d) – Kevin Harriger, US DHS-CBP / 10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
NAPPO Meeting (cont’d) – Ian McDonell, NAPPO / 10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
National Plant Board Committee Representatives Report-Outs
NPB Members only (free time for others) / 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lunch (provided)
12:00 – 1:15 p.m.
MONDAY AFTERNOON SESSION
Aurelio Posadas– Facilitator
1:15 – 5:00 p.m.
Welcome/Opening Remarks – Mike Cooper, NPB President, ID / 1:15 – 1:30 p.m.
Roll Call – Wayne Dixon, NPB Secretary-Treasurer, FL / 1:30 – 1:45 p.m.
Connecticut Host State Welcome – Louis Magnarelli, Director, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station / 1:45 – 2:00 p.m.
State of the National Plant Board – Mike Cooper, NPB President, ID / 2:00 – 2:30 p.m.
PPQ Report - Rebecca Bech, Deputy Administrator, USDA APHIS PPQ / 2:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Break
3:00 – 3:10 p.m.
Door Prizes
3:10 – 3:25 p.m.
DHS/CBP – Kevin Harriger, Executive Director, Agriculture Policy and Trade Liaison, Customs and Border Protection / 3:25 – 3:50 p.m.
BRS Update – Mike Gregoire, Deputy Administrator, Biotechnology Regulatory Services / 3:50 – 4:25 p.m.
Canadian Report – Greg Stubbings, Director and Chief Plant Health Officer for Canada – CFIA / 4:25 – 4:55 p.m.
Mexico Report - Javier Trujillo Arriaga, Director General de Sanidad Vegetal, Mexico / 4:55 – 5:25 p.m.
Announcements
5:25 – 5:35 p.m.
Dinner on your own
Resolution Committee Meeting – Collin Wamsley, MO / 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Hospitality / 8:00 – 11:00 p.m.


Tuesday

July 24, 2012

Topic / Time
Breakfast In Hotel Restaurant (part of room price) / 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

TUESDAY MORNING SESSION

Liz Erickson – Facilitating
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
PPQ Budget Update – Osama El-Lissy, Assistant Deputy Administrator, USDA APHIS PPQ / 8:00 – 8:30 a.m.
NASDA – Bob Ehart, Director, Regulatory and Legislative Affairs, / 8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
U. S. Forest Service – Rob Mangold, Forest Health Protection, U.S. Forest Service / 9:00 – 9:30 a.m.
NAPPO Hot Topics Pertinent Panel Progress Reports

Ian McDonell – Executive Director, NAPPO,

/ 9:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Break
10:00 – 10:15 a.m.
Door Prizes
10:15 – 10:30 a.m.
ALB and the lesson Ohio learned about social networking – Patty Douglass, CT State Plant Health Director, PPQ / 10:30 – 11:00 a.m.
ANLA Update – Craig Regelbrugge, Vice President, Government Relations and Research with American Nursery & Landscape Assn / 11:00 – 11:25 a.m.
Continental Dialogue Update – Bill Toomey, North American Director of Forest Health Protection / 11:25 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lunch (provided) / 12:00- 1:00 p.m.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON
Anni Self – Facilitating
1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
NORSDUC + P. Ramorum – Dr. Sibdas Ghosh, Dominican University and Ms. Kathy Kosta, CDFA / 1:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Farm Bureau Henry Talmage / 1:30 – 1:50 p.m.
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug – Tracy Leske, USDA ARS / 1:50 – 2:25 p.m.
Megacopta cribrana Bug – Wayne Gardener, University of Georgia / 2:25 – 2:50 p.m.
SANC Committee Update – Walker Gray Haun, Subcommittee Chair, TN / 2:50 – 3:20 p.m.
Break
3:20 – 3:50 p.m.
EDDMAPs, IPHIS, & NAPIS, functions of each + discussion
– Chuck Bargeron, University of Georgia (20 minutes summary of EDDMAPs), Todd Schroeder, APHIS (10 min summary of IPHIS), John Bowers, APHIS (10 minute summary of NAPIS) (20 minute discussion)
Moderator: Liz Erickson / 3:50– 4:50 p.m.
National Plant Board Committee Meetings free time for others / 4:45 – 6:00 p.m.
Awards Banquet ( Dinner Provided)
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Hospitality Room / 9:00 – 11:00 p.m.

Wednesday

July 25, 2012

Topic / Time
Breakfast In Hotel Restaurant (part of room price) / 7:00 – 8:00 a.m.
WEDNESDAY MORNING
Liz Erickson – Facilitating
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Giant African Snail Update – Wayne Dixon, NPB Secretary-Treasurer, FL / 8:00 – 8:45 a.m.
BREAKOUT SESSION
Session 1: 8:45 – 9:15 a.m.
Corn & Soybean Exports (industry) TBA
Moderator: Liz Erickson / 8:45 – 9:15 a.m.
Black Stem Rust Program Update – Prakash Hebbar, USDA APHIS PPQ
Moderator: Anni Self / 8:45 – 9:15 a.m.
BREAKOUT SESSION
Session 2: 9:20 – 10:00 a.m.
Potato Cyst nematode & Potato MOUs – John Keeling, National Potato Council
Moderator: Liz Erickson / 9:20 – 10:00 a.m.
TCD Survey & Regulations Update – Larry Nichols, VA, Philip Marshal, IN
Moderator: Anni Self / 9:20 – 10:00 a.m.
END BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Break
10:00 – 10:30 a.m.
National Congress of American Indians – Robert Holden, Deputy Director for National Congress of American Indians / 10:30 – 11:00 a.m.
CAPS Program – John Bowers, USDA APHIS PPQ / 11:00 – 11:30 a.m.
New PPQ Weed Risk Assessment – Dr. Anthony Koop, USDA APHIS PPQ / 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lunch (provided)
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Monsanto Update / 1:00 – 1:45 p.m.
Field Trip – Includes Dinner
Victoria Smith, CT
Long pants and closed-toed shoes are required. No chewing gum
1:45 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Thursday

July 26, 2012

Topic / Time
Breakfast In Hotel Restaurant (part of room price) / 7:00 – 8:00 a.m.
THURSDAY MORNING SESSION
Anni Self – Facilitating
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lessons Learned from 4 Years of the Farm Bill Process – Matt Royer, USDA APHIS PPQ / 8:00 – 8:30 a.m.
ALB and EAB: working together before they infest, what are we doing now and in the future? – Julie Spaulding, USDA APHIS PPQ / 8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Moderator – Liz Erickson
Discussion on Paper Mills, Firewood, and Nursery – Gary Erickson, Gerry Lawson, and TBA
3-5 minute intro for each topic. / 9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Break
10:00 – 10:15 a.m.
Door Prizes
10:15 – 10:30 a.m.
Hungry Pest Campaign – Greg Rosenthal, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA APHIS / 10:30 – 11:00 a.m.
General Business Session – Mike Cooper, NPB President, ID / 11:00 – 12:00 p.m.
Lunch on your own / 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
NPB BOD / PPQ Leadership Team Joint Meeting free time for others / 1:30 – 5:00 p.m.

2012 Agenda Committee

Michael E. Cooper, ID, NPB President

Geir Friisoe, MN, NPB Vice-President, Chair

Wayne Dixon, FL, NPB Secretary- Treasurer

Victoria Smith, CT, Local Host, Eastern Plant Board

Julie Van Meter, NE, Central Plant Board

Carol Holko, MD, Eastern Plant Board

Mike Evans, GA, Southern Plant Board

Mitch Yergert, CO, Western Plant Board

Aurelio Posadas, NPB Executive Secretary

Paula Henstridge, USDA APHIS PPQ

Liz Erickson, MN, NPB Meeting Facilitator

Anni Self, TN, NPB Meeting Facilitator

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