Draft agenda; subject to change
December 4 - Wednesday
1:00 Welcome/Logistics/Introductions - Ann Hazelrigg, Ph.D., UVM PSEP Coordinator
1:15 Partnership in Pesticide Certification & Training - A Perspective on the Past, Present, and Future - Amy Brown, Ph.D., UMD Professor Emerita, and Coordinator of the Maryland Pesticide Safety Education Program
1:45 A Collaborative Review of Certification & Training Programs and Initiatives - Robert Koethe, Environmental Protection Specialist, US EPA Region 1, Candace L. Bartholomew, UCONN PSEP Coordinator, Taryn LaScola-Miner, Director, Crop & Pest Services, Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
3:00 Break
3:15 Fighting the Bite: Managing an Exploding Expansion of Tick and Other Vector-Borne Disease Risks - Kirby C. Stafford III, Ph.D., Connecticut Chief Entomologist, State Entomologist, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
4:15 Hemp Regulatory Update and Overview - Taryn LaScola-Miner, Director, Crop & Pest Services, Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
4:45 The American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators: Opportunity for Professional Growth and Development - Kim Pope-Brown, AAPSE President
5:15 Adjourn for the day; Dinner on your own with lots of possibilities, please see handout available at the meeting or link in travel information below.
December 5 - Thursday
8:00 State Certification and Training Roundup -10 minutes/state- ‘lightening talk’ to share highlights of your state report including new educational tools, new audiences, new personnel, something that you are excited about that is happening in your state
10:00 Break
10:15 Common Glyphosate Concerns - Pam Bryer, Ph.D., Toxicologist, Maine Board of Pesticides Control
11:15 What you need to know about controlling the Spotted Lanternfly - Amy Korman, Horticulture Extension Educator, Penn State (Tracey Harpster will facilitate via Zoom)
12:15 Lunch provided
1:00 Communicating Risk to the Public - Pam Bryer, Ph.D., Toxicologist, Maine Board of Pesticides Control
2:15 State Roundtable Discussion on Hemp Issues - please come prepared to give a brief general update to the group on your state’s rules and regulations on this new crop.
3:15 Break
3:30 Tools of the Trade FIFRA State Program Reporting - Andrea Szylvian, Environmental Protection Specialist US EPA Region 1 and Rachel Maccini, UNH PSEP Coordinator
4:30 Northeast Region: What’s Next - Pat Hastings, Northeast Chair and Rutgers PSEP Coordinator
5:00 Adjourn