| Preliminary Agenda |
Thursday, October 23, 2008 |
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8:00 am - 9:00 am |
Registration and Refreshments |
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9:00 am - 9:30 am |
Opening Session
Moderator: TBD
Welcome to the Workshop - Neil Conklin, Farm Foundation
Welcome to ERS/PREISM Review
Utpal Vasavada, Economic Research Service, USDA
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9:30 am - 10:10 am |
Keynote Speech: Calling All Economists: ED/RR Needs Your Help!
Richard N. Mack, Washington State University |
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10:10 am - 10:30 am |
Break |
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Research Presentations I |
10:30 am - Noon |
The Behavorial Consequences of Alternative Government Livestock Compensation Programs
Keith Coble, Mississippi State University |
Efficient Management Strategies for a Contagious Animal Disease Outbreak: Probability Distributions of Economic Impacts from Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Dustin Pendell, Colorado State University |
Prioritization of Sanitary Restrictions Facing U.S. Exports of Bovine, Porcine and Ovine for Determination of Surveillance Needs: Mid-Term Report
Phillip Paarlberg, Purdue University |
Moderator: TBD
Discussant:
Frank Fillo, APHIS, USDA |
Noon - 12:30
pm |
Lunch (provided on site) |
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12:30 pm - 1:10 pm |
Luncheon Speech
Global Warming, Invasive Species, and Steady-States: How False Scientific Premises Are Limiting Our Ability To Make Useful Predictions
Daniel Botkin, Emeritus Professor, University of California-Santa Barbara
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1:10 pm - 1:20 pm |
Break |
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Research Presentations II |
1:20 pm - 3:10 pm |
Encouraging Cooperation Between Commercial Producers and Residential Users of an Invasive Species Host: Designing Collective Pest Management Institutions for the Olive Fruit Fly in California
Jeffrey Williams, University of California-Davis
Kelly Cobourn, University of California-Davis |
Soybean Rust in the United States: A Spatial Risk Analysis
Anton Bekkerman, North Carolina State University |
The Economics and Ecology of the Risk of Invasive Plant Establishment from the Horticultural Trade in North America
Edward Barbier, University of Wyoming |
Moderator: TBD
Discussant: Lori Lynch, University of Maryland |
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3:10 pm - 3:30 pm |
Break |
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Research Presentations III |
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm |
Invasive Species Spread in a Human-Mediated Landscape
James Wilen, University of California-Davis |
Metapopulation Dynamics and Management of Plant Invasions on National Forests
Bruce D. Maxwell, Montana State University |
Spatial Management of Invasive Alien Species: An Application to Cheat Grass Management in the Great Basin
Carolyn Fischer, Resources for the Future |
Moderator:TBD
Discussant: Frances Homans, University of Minnesota |
Friday, October 24, 2008 |
8:00 am - 8:30 am |
Refreshments |
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Research Presentations IV |
8:30 am - 10:20 am |
Optimal Invasive Species Policies Under Asymmetric Information
Linda Fernandez, University of California-Riverside
Glenn Sheriff, Columbia University |
Border Enforcement, Importer Behavior, and Trade-Related Invasive Species Risks
Sean Cash, University of Alberta
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Robust Inspection for Invasive Species with a Limited Budget
L. Joe Moffitt, University of Massachusetts |
Moderator: TBD
Discussant: Frank Lupi, Michigan State University |
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10:20 am - 10:35 am |
Break |
10:35 am - Noon |
Wrap-Up
Alan Dowdy, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA
Panel:
Daniel Botkin, University of California-Santa Barbara
Alan Dowdy, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA
Frank Fillo, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA
Frances Homans, University of Minnesota
Lori Lynch, University of Maryland
Frank Lupi, Michigan State University
Richard Mack, Washington State University
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| Moderator: TBD |
