Annualmtg2009-e

Time	Theme	English
9:00 – 10:30
	Ian McDonell, Executive Director, NAPPO	English
	Greg Stubbings, Executive Director, Plant Products Directorate, CFIA	English
	Javier Trujillo Arriaga, Director, Plant Health, SAGARPA - Mexico	English
	Paul L. Eggert, Assistant Deputy Administrator Plant Protection and Quarantine, USDA-APHIS	English
NAPPO Industry Advisory Group
11:00 - 12:00	Bruce McTavish, Canada	English
	Manuel Villareal, Mexico	Spanish
	Craig Regelbrugge, United States	English
NAPPO Issues
13:30 – 15:30
	LUCID technology, Dan Fieselmann, USDA-APHIS	English
	Needs for NAPPO and IPPC Standards in the Seed Industry, Ric Dunkle, American Seed Trade Association	English
	Regulatory curriculum, Bruce McTavish	English
NAPPO Issues
16:00 – 16:45	IPPC: relationship with NPPOs and RPPOs, Reinouw Bast-Tjeerde, CFIA, IPPC	English
4:45-5:00	Closure and Announcement of next year’s Annual Meeting	English
Thursday October 22
SYMPOSIUM	Living Modified Organisms and Plant Health
Overview: Modern biotechnology or genetic engineering (GE) has become a valuable tool in agriculture since the first transgenic plants were developed in the early 1980s and commercialized in the early 1990’s. Using genetic engineering, new traits have been introduced into plants that have provided farmers with valuable options for control of weeds, insects, and other pests. The use of these modified organisms has often proven to be more cost effective and environmentally friendly than conventional methods of pest control. Currently, the bulk of the crops in large-scale commercial production are grains and oilseeds modified for herbicide tolerance or insect resistance. However, GE is being used to introduce new traits into a wide variety of plants and other organisms for a number of applications, including protection of plants from insect or viral pests; fruits and vegetables with improved quality traits; plants as feedstock for biofuels production; and improved agronomic properties such as drought or salt tolerance. It is likely that NAPPO countries will soon see production or trade of GE varieties of fruits and vegetables, trees or wood products, nursery stock, or other products that could have implications for plant health and agricultural trade.
Session 1: Introduction - LMOs – Science and Assessing the Risk
08:00	Terri Dunahay, USDA-APHIS	English
8:15	Modern Biotechnology Tools to Improve Plant Quality and Production, Beatriz Xoconostle Cazares – Mexico, CINVESTAV IPN	English
8:45	Pest Risk Analysis of Living Modified Organisms, Brent Larson, FAO-IPPC	English
9:15	Regulation of Living Modified Organisms in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Rebecca Bech, Deputy Administrator, PPQ	English
Session 2: Agriculture Biotechnology Current Technologies, Potential Benefits and Risks, Consumer Acceptance
10:15	Keynote LMOs and Sustainable Agriculture – Applications of Biotechnology to Reduce Impacts of Pests and Pathogens on Crop Production, Roger Beachy, Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA	English
11:10	Plant Pests and Biotechnology: Managing the Risks, Realizing the Opportunities, Morven McLean, ILSI Research Foundation	English
1:00	Genesis and Impact of Hawaiian Transgenic Papaya and Efforts to Expand Market to Canada and Japan, Dennis Gonsalves, USDA-ARS	English
1:40	International Perspectives – Key Issues Affecting Adoption and Trade of GE Crops, Patrick Rüdelsheim, Perseus	English
Session 3: New Biotechnology Applications for Plant Protection
2:45	Genetically Modified Insects: Components of Future Plant Protection Programs, Sue McCombs, USDA APHIS PPQ	English
3:10	The Use of Virus-Based Vectors to Protect the Present Generation of Citrus Trees from Canker and Greening, Bill Dawson, University of Florida	English
3:35	Pierce’s Disease and the Use of Biotechnology that Integrates the Insect Vector, Pathogen, and Host Plant, Carol Lauzon, Cal State East Bay	Not Available
4:00	Genome Guided Improvement of American Chestnut for Species Restoration – The Forest Health Initiative, Dana Nelson, USDA Forest Service	English
4:25	Agronomy, Breeding and Biotechnology: Tools for Sustainable Biofuel Harvests, Mike Edgerton, Monsanto	Not Available

33rd NAPPO Annual Meeting October 19-23, 2009 Chicago, Illinois, USA
Wednesday October 21