Agenda

Mon, 9/18: Arrive at the Vance Hotel
4:00 – 7:00 pm Registration
7:00 – 8:30 pm Ice breaker in the hospitality suite

Tues, 9/19: Seminars at the Vance Hotel meeting room
7:15 - 8:00 am Registration & Breakfast
8:00 - 8:30 WHIS welcome and state introductions
8:30 - 9:00 Oregon Grasshopper Program -- Todd Adams (ODA)
9:00 - 9:30 Invasive Slugs and Snails of the PNW -- Rory McDonnell (OSU)
9:30 - 10:00 Oregon Japanese Beetle Program -- Ashley Toland (ODA)
10:00 - 10:30 Invasive pests east of the Rocky Mountains -- TBD
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 - 11:15 Invasive weeds of the PNW -- Troy Abercrombie (ODA)
11:15 - 11:45 Landscaping responses to climate change -- TBD
11:45 - 12:00 pm Q&A and discussion
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 1:30 SANC today and tomorrow -- Wayne Dixon (SANC representative)
1:30 - 2:00 Tracebacks in Oregon -- Kaitlin Gerber (ODA)
2:00 - 2:30 Regulating Online Retail -- Tristan Carette-Meyers (WSDA)
2:30 - 3:00 Highlighting tools used by Nursery Programs -- ODA & TBD
3:00 - 3:15 Snack break
3:15 - 4:00 pm. Break out tables: online retail, tools, SANC, and more


Wed, 9/20: Field trips in the Willamette Valley
7:15 - 8:00 am Breakfast
8:00 - 9:30 Drive to Yamhill County
9:30 - 12:00 pm Oregon Pride Nursery, SANC tour
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:30 - 3:00 Monrovia technology tour
3:00 - 4:00 Traceback & Confirmed Nursery Protocols for P. ramorum practice
4:00 - 6:00 Return to Portland
6:00 - 7:30 pm Group Dinner


Thurs, 9/21: Morning Meetings
7:15 - 8:00 am Breakfast
8:00 - 9:30 State Report Summaries and current projects
9:30 - 10:00 Business meeting
10:00 - 10: 15 Coffee break
10:15 - 10:45 Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) update -- Max Ragozzino (ODA)
10:45 - 11:45 Hands-on activity
11:45 - 12:00 pm Final remarks

Field trip to EAB Quarantine area (optional)
12:00 - 1:00 pm Drive to Forest Grove (EAB quarantine location)
1:00 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 4:00 EAB field trip – Matt Mills (ODA)


NOTE: Please reserve your room in our conference block by Monday, September 4th to get the $155/day price