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Strategies to Manage Pesticides

Draft Agenda

University of California, Davis

September 17-21, 2002

[updated 9/05/02]

Day One
Tuesday, September 17, 2002

Problem Identification

Class Location – Silo Cabernet Room (bus pick-up 8:10 a.m. at hotel)

8:15 a.m.		Registration/Refreshments
8:30		Welcome and Course Overview
		John Ward, PREP coordinator, Government and International Services Branch, Field and External Affairs Division, OPP, U.S. EPA; Linda Vance, director, Biological Sciences, UC Davis Extension; Jennifer Krezman, project logistical coordinator, UC Davis Extension; and Suzanne Forsyth, program manager, UC Davis Extension.
9:00		Introductory Exercise
10:00		Introduction of Course Goals, Objectives, and Small Group Exercise
		Pete Nowak, rural sociologist, Nutrient and Pest Management Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison
10:30		Break
10:45		Current Management of Information Technology
		potential and opportunities what can we look forward to in the future?
		Faust Gorham, principal and CEO, TruTech Consulting
12:15 p.m.		Lunch
1:00		Group Photo
1:15		State Presentations: Using Information and Other Advanced Technologies on Problem Identification
		tools or models available to determine if a situation is a problem; possible examples: Internet sales of pesticides, monitoring, GMO’s, how are electronic technologies being used today in pesticide management?
		TBA, James Baker, ID; & Kim White, OK; Frank Crull
2:45		Break
3:00		Group Discussion on Problem Identification
		Facilitated by John Ward
3:30		Small Group Workshops for Part 1 (30 minutes)
4:00		Adjourn & bus pick-up

Day Two
Wednesday, September 18, 2002

Developing A Plan

Class Location – Silo Cabernet Room (bus pick-up 8:10 a.m.)

8:30 a.m.		Building Consensus with Stakeholders: Model School IPM Project
		Tanya Drlik, project coordinator, Model School IPM Project, Marin County TBA, Stacy Carlsen, agricultural commissioner, Marin County
9:15		Panel Discussion: Involving Stakeholders in Plan Development
		Panelists TBA, Von McCaskill, Mary Ellen Setting, & Steve Rutz
10:00		Break
10:15		Gathering Input and Generating Meaningful Data
		Jim Craig, Crop Data Management Systems
11:15		State Presentations on Plan Development
		how electronic technologies can assist in communicating with clients, gathering input and generating data. possible examples: electronic consensus building, white/discussion boards coupled with traditional techniques involving public hearings and advisory boards. examples of getting data bases to "talk" to each other: the EPA database on compliance investigations and the USDA database on pesticide residue on commodities. Possible Pesticide Field Data Plan demo by EPA
		Ed White, IN
11:45		Lunch at the Pub
12:30 p.m.		State Presentations (2 more) on Plan Development, continued
		Baldwin Williams, DC; Liza Fleeson, VA;
1:30		Pesticide Field Data Plan
		Ron Kendall, U.S. EPA
2:15		Break
2:30		Group Discussion on Plan Development (with states)
		Facilitated by John Ward
3:00		Small Group Workshops for Part 2 (60 minutes)
4:00		Adjourn & bus pick-up
4:30-8:30 p.m.		On Your Own: Davis Farmers’ Market & Picnic in the Park Street Fair (located between 3rd & 5th Streets, and B & C Streets)

Class Location – Silo Cabernet Room (bus pick-up 8:10 a.m.)

Day Four
Friday, September 20, 2002

Program Evaluation

Day Five
Saturday, August 24, 2002

Class Location – Cabernet Room, Silo (bus pick-up 8:10 a.m. at hotel)