Pest Management Coordinating Committee 2006 Pest Management Coordinating Conference

2006 Pest Management Coordinating Conference

Sign up now for the 2006 conference to be held November 6-7 at the Embassy Suites in downtown Sacramento. 2006 PMCC Registration deadline October 31
Hotel reservation on line deadline October 15

Agenda (updated 9/29/2006)

November 6, Monday morning: Open for individual workgroups
Room:	A	B	C	D
10-11	Cucumber beetle discussion group. Contact: Pete Goodell	Exotic Fruit Fly Workgroup. Contact: Marshall Johnson
11-12
Noon-1	Lunch provided by PMCC
Monday afternoon: General session
1-2	Welcome—Pete Goodell and Phil Roberts State of pest management in ANR—Tim Paine Status of UC IPM review and strategic plan—Rick Roush
2:00-2:15	Break
2:15-3:30	Improving coordination within ANR pest management—Tim Paine, moderator Describe process of staffing priority, role of PMCC Communication and linkages between Campus and counties Programs and workgroups PMCC and workgroups
3:30-5	New tools from UC IPM—Mary Louise Flint Overviews of breakouts, reports from workgroups—Breakout leaders, workgroup chairs
5:30-7	Reception and poster session hosted by PMCC

November 7, Tuesday morning: Breakouts and general session
7-8	Breakfast provided by PMCC
Room:	A	B	C	D
8-9 Breakout session 1	ANR pest management planning: How does it improve your program?—P. Roberts	Pesticides and water quality issues—C. Pickel	Current events in spider mite management—D. Haviland
9-10 Breakout session 2	Soilborne pest management—J. Stapleton	Using IPM year-round pest management guidelines: How does it make your job easier?—P. Goodell	Using soil data in GIS format—K. Lynn-Patterson	Issues surrounding the co-existence of GMO and conventional crops—A. Van Eenennaam
10-10:15	Break
10:15-noon	Reconvene general session Bird flu update—Carol Cardona, Poultry Specialist, Veterinary Medicine Extension, UC Davis West Nile virus update—Bill Reisen, Research Entomologist, Center for Vector-Borne Disease Research, UC Davis Reports from breakouts PMCC business meeting—election of chairs Featured speaker: DPR new initiatives in pest management—Mary-Ann Warmerdam, Director, California Department of Pesticide Regulation
Noon-1	Lunch provided by PMCC
Tuesday afternoon: Breakout sessions and Workgroups
	A	B	C	D
1-2	Pierce's Disease Workgroup. Contact: Jennifer Hashim-Buckey	Building IPM through partnerships with NRCS—D. Holcomb	Training with GIS-based soil survey data —K. Lynn-Patterson
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