Midwest Regional EDEN Animal Agrosecurity Conference
October 7-8, 2008
Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark, St. Louis, MO
Cost: $75 per person
Registration Form: PDF version, Word version
Registration will be open from July 1 to September 15, 2008
Brochure: PDF
Agenda: see below
Extension Disaster Education Network
The Issue:
Understanding the roles that Extension and other stakeholders have before, during, and after an animal agrosecurity event is vital to the protection and security of our food and agricultural infrastructure.
The Conference:
With support from the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), the Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) is offering the Midwest Regional EDEN Animal Agrosecurity Conference.
Goal:
The goal of this regional conference is to understand the role of Extension, and other stakeholders, in an animal agrosecurity event.
Objectives:
One objective of this conference is to promote dialog among stakeholders to better understand (1) roles and responsibilities during a major animal agrosecurity event (i.e. disease outbreak), (2) the resources that are available, and (3) how to effectively work as a collective team in all phases of an event. A second objective is to provide a forum for Extension professionals and other stakeholders to discuss a coordinated state/multi-state approach to agrosecurity events.
Who Should Attend?
Anyone with a vested interest in the security of animal agriculture should attend this conference. This includes, but is not limited to: Extension, state veterinarian offices, animal health bureaus, departments of agriculture, emergency management, county/state health departments, law enforcement, fire, commodity groups, veterinarians, zoos and wildlife parks.
Americans With Disabilities:
If you have special needs as addressed by the Americans With Disabilities Act or special meal requests, please contact Conne Burnham at the MU Fire and Rescue Training Institute at 800-869-3476 immediately. Reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate your needs.
Notice Of Nondiscrimination
The University of Missouri–Columbia does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, disability, or status as a disabled veteran or veteran of the Vietnam era. For more information, call the MU Human Resources Services Department at 573-882-4256 or the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. This publication is made available in accessible formats upon request. For assistance please call 800-869-3476.
Agenda
Day One – October 7, 2008
7:00 – 8:00 - Registration
8:00 - Welcome
- Don Steen, Director - Missouri Department of Agriculture
8:15 - Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Services
- Mark Robinson
8:30 - EDEN – What is it? Why are we here?
- Dave Filson, EDEN Chair - Elect
9:00 - Keynote – Animal Agroterrorism What is it? What are the risks/concerns? Impact of an outbreak?
- Dr. Jimmy Tickel, North Carolina Department of Agriculture
10:00 - BREAK
10:30 - Case Study - What Did We Learn?
- 2008 Low Pathogenic H7N3 Avian Influenza in Arkansas
- Dr. Dustan Clark, DVM, University of Arkansas
Noon - Lunch
1:00 - Extension Panel
- What is Extension?
- Jimmy Henning, University of Kentucky
- County Animal Security & Health Network
- Andy Vestal, Texas A & M University
- EDEN Animal Agrosecurity & Emergency Management Course
- Andrea Husband, University of Kentucky
- Extension’s Role in a Local Response
- Ray Burden, Hamilton County, Tennessee
2:00 - State Panel
- Indiana Board of Animal Health
- Marianne Ash, DVM, Director of Biosecurity and Emergency Planning
- Missouri State Emergency Management
- John Campbell
- Indiana Department of Public Health
- Jim Howell
- Law Enforcement
- Lt. Bruce Clemonds, MO State Highway Patrol
3:00 - BREAK
3:15 - Federal Panel
- FBI
- Dave Cudmore, Special Agent, Kansas City
- USDA/APHIS/VS
- Barry Pittman, DVM
- CDC
4:15 - Commodity Panel/Industry Groups
- Dr. Patrick Webb, National Pork Board
- Ray Bowman, Kentucky Sheep & Goat Development Office
5:30 - Networking “Social Hour”
- Cash Bar Available (Exhibits Area)
DAY TWO – October 8, 2008
7:00 - Breakfast
8:00 - Introduction to NIMS
- Steve Cain, EDEN Homeland Security Project Director
9:00 - Crisis Communication – Public Messages, What is the Message, Who is the Messenger, Educational Opportunities
- Beth Forbes, Chris Sigurdson, Purdue University Department of Ag Communication
9:45 - Break
10:00 - Exercise
- Conne Burnham, University of Missouri Extension, Fire and Rescue Training Institute
Noon - Lunch
1:00 - Exercise Critique
- Conne Burnham
1:30 - State Meetings – What did we learn? What are we going to do when we return?
2:00 - State feedback
2:30 - Keynote Speaker
- Steve Van Wie, DVM, Biosecurity Consultant
3:15 Evaluation & Wrap Up
