| Preliminary Agenda |
Thursday, October 18, 2007 |
|
8:00 am - 9:00 am |
Registration and Refreshments |
|
9:00 am - 9:30 am |
Welcome to the Workshop—Walt Armbruster,
Farm Foundation
Review of Program of Research on the Economics
of Invasive Species Management—Janet
Perry, ERS
|
9:30 am - 10:10 am |
Keynote Speech: Biological Invasions
and Public Policy—David
M. Lodge, University of Notre Dame
|
|
10:10 am - 10:30 am |
Break |
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Research Presentations I |
10:30 am - Noon |
A Risk-Based Approach to Managing the Intentional
Introduction of Non-Native Species—Jim Opaluch,
University of Rhode Island |
Invasive Species in Space and Time: How What
We Don't Know Matters—Brooks A. Kaiser, Gettysburg College |
Modeling of Avian Influenza Mitigation Policies
within the Poultry Sector: Backyard Operations—Levan
Elbakidze, Texas A & M University |
Moderator: Sabrina Lovell, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
Discussant: Donna J. Lee, ENTRIX Consultants,
Inc. |
Noon - 12:30
pm |
Lunch (provided on site) |
|
12:30 pm - 1:10 pm |
Luncheon Speech:
Invasive Species and Environmental Harm—Mark Sagoff, University of Maryland
|
1:10 pm - 1:20 pm |
Break |
|
Research Presentations II |
1:20 pm - 3:10 pm |
Evaluating the Economic Costs and Benefits of
Slowing the Spread of the Emerald Ash Borer in
Ohio and Michigan—Jon
Bossenbroek, University of Toledo |
Insect Derivatives: Managing Invasive Species
Risk with Financial Instruments—Timothy Richards, Arizona
State University |
Optimal Strategies for Detecting Invasive Pests
in a Forest Landscape—Frances Homans, University
of Minnesota |
Economic Effects of Mitigating Apple Maggot
Spread—Thomas Wahl, Washington State University |
Moderator: Linda Langner, Forest Service,
USDA
Discussant: Carol McAusland, University of Maryland |
|
3:10 pm - 3:30 pm |
Break |
|
Research Presentations III |
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm |
Developing a Landscape-Level Decision Support
System for Invasive Weed Species Management—Woodam
Chung, University of Montana |
Determinants and Welfare Implications of Noxious
Weed Regulations—Munisamy Gopinath, Oregon
State University |
A Decision Model for Controlling Buffelgrass—George
Frisvold, University of Arizona |
Moderator: Marisa Zansler, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service, USDA
Discussant: Tom Holmes, Forest Service, USDA
|
Friday, October 19, 2007 |
8:00 am - 8:30 am |
Refreshments |
|
Research Presentations IV |
8:30 am - 10:20 am |
Managing Invasive Species Risks: A Case Study
of Mad Cow/Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease—Joe
Aldy, Resources for the Future |
Bioeconomics of Managing Multi-Host Diseases—Chris
Wolf, Michigan State University
|
Value of Animal Traceability Systems in Managing
Contagious Animal Diseases—Dustin Pendell,
Colorado State University |
Impacts of Invasive Species on International
Livestock Trade—Thomas L. Marsh and Evgeniy Perevodchikov,
Washington State University |
Moderator: Michele Marra, North Carolina State
University
Discussant: David R. Just, Cornell University |
|
10:20 am - 10:35 am |
Break |
10:35 am - Noon |
Wrap-Up
Emerging Issues in Invasive Species Management—Matt Royer, Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA
Workshop Rapporteur—David Orden, International Food Policy
Research Institute and Virginia Tech |
