Agenda
October 23-26, 2012
Tuesday, October 23
7:00 – 8:00
8:00 – 6:30
8:30 – 10:15
10:00 – 10:15
10:15 – 11:45
11:45
12:30 – 2:30
1:00 – 3:00
2:30 – 2:45
2:45 – 4:30
4:30 – 5:00
5:00
5:00 – 8:00
Breakfast*
Conference Registration Table Open
Pre-Conference Workshop*
Break*
Pre-Conference Workshop*
Working Lunch*
Tabletop Exercise*
Display/Poster Presentation Set Up
Break*
Tabletop Exercise continued*
Tabletop Exercise Hot Wash/After Action Report*
Adjournment
Opening Reception sponsored by National Center for Biomedical Research
and Training (NCBRT) and Poster Display Session
* Denotes for Pre-Conference Workshop attendees only.
Wednesday, October 24
7:00 – 8:00
8:00 – 8:30
Breakfast
Annual Meeting Kick-Off Virginia Morgan, EDEN Chair and Welcome from
Mississippi State University
8:30 – 9:15
9:15 – 10:05
USDA/NIFA Bill Hoffman and Beverly Samuel
Partnership Panel Discussion
10:05 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:15 Concurrent Session I a. Next 48: Demonstration of a 1-Click, Comprehensive, Weather
Page for each state and territory, Tom Priddy, University of
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Kentucky b. Catastrophic Flooding Along the Missouri and Mississippi
Rivers: Extension’s Response, Beverly Maltsberger, University of
Missouri, and Frank Wideman, University of Missouri c. Animal Emergency Response: Use of a National Credentialing
System in Animal and Agricultural Emergencies, Ray Burden,
University of Tennessee
11:20 – 12:00
12:00 – 12:45
Committee Meetings
Lunch
12:45 – 1:55 Keynote Speaker
2:00 – 3:00
Business Meeting and Committee Updates
Break
3:00 – 3:15
3:15 – 4:00
Concurrent Sessions II a. Consortium for International Plant Agrosecurity, Barry
Brennan, University of Hawaii at Manoa b. Joplin Tornado Business Recovery Lessons Learned, Kathy
Macomber, University of Missouri c. Food Storage Research, Carolyn Washburn, Utah State University,
and Teresa Hunsaker, Utah State University
Program Area Workgroup (PAWG) Meetings
4:05 – 5:30
6:00 – 8:00
Dinner Reception – more details soon
Thursday, October 25
7:00 – 8:00 Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 8:30
8:30 – 8:55
Business Meeting: Program Area Workgroup Updates, Annual Meeting
Update
EDEN’s History: As told from a founder’s perspective Dave Baker,
University of Missouri
9:00 – 9:45 Concurrent Session III a. Findings from a National Pilot-Test of EDEN Communication
Capacity , Todd Norton, Washington State University, Linda
Williams, Montana State University, and Michael Gaffney,
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October 23-26, 2012 b. AGROSECURITY WHITE PAPER ONE c. The ReadyCommunity Curriculum: Building Disaster-Resilient
Communities, Deborah Tootle, University of Arkansas, and Lionel
“Bo” Beaulieu, Mississippi State University
9:45 – 10:05
Break
10:05 – 10:50
Concurrent Session IV a. EDEN and the National Center for Biomedical Research and
Training: A Three State Pilot Program Focusing on Food
Safety, Ryan Akers, Mississippi State University b. AGROSECURITY WHITE PAPER TWO c. Tough Times: A Multifaceted Approach to Addressing
Disasters and Other Challenges, Jeanette Tucker, Louisiana State
University, Bobby Fletcher, Louisiana State University, Diane Sasser,
Louisiana State University, Becky White, Louisiana State University,
and Deborah Hurlbert, Louisiana State University
11:00 – 11:45 Concurrent Session V a. Topic Pages, Meet Change, Virginia Morgan, Auburn University,
and Kim Cassel, South Dakota State University b. AGROSECURITY WHITE PAPER THREE c. Telework as a Continuity of Operations Strategy, Monica
Babine, Washington State University, Christina Sanders,
Washington State University, and Michael Gaffney, Washington
State University
11:50 – 12:50 Lunch and Presentation of Certificates
1:00 – 1:45 Concurrent Session VI a. Using Social Media for Disaster Education: BeReadyBrookings
Embraces Pinterest, Kim Cassel, South Dakota State University,
Donna Bittiker, South Dakota State University, and Michelle
Cartney, South Dakota State University b. AGROSECURITY WHITE PAPER FOUR c. Helping Communities Understand Climate Change and
Hazards Using the Vulnerability and Consequences Adaptation
Planning Scenario (VCAPS) Process, Jessica Whitehead, South
Carolina/North Carolina Sea Grant Consortium
1:55 – 2:40 Concurrent Session VII a. NDSU and Other Phone Apps for Disaster Education, Becky
Koch, North Dakota State University
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October 23-26, 2012 b. Lessons Learned From the Really Big One, Ed Browning,
University of Missouri c. Institute of Medicine Pandemic Preparedness Study Results,
Linda Williams, Montana State University
2:40 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 3:45 Concurrent Session VIII a. Extension Radiological Education Team, Ray Burden, University
of Tennessee b. Canopy by Design, Virginia Morgan, Auburn University c. Geospatial Tools for Disaster Education, Frank Wideman,
University of Missouri
3:55 – 4:40
4:40 – 5:15
Capstone Speaker
Business Meeting: Announcement of New Officers and Adjourn
* Denotes the presentation is based off an EDEN accepted Agrosecurity White Paper
Dinner is on your own.
Friday, October 26
Schedule will be posted soon.
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