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SPDN 2005 Annual Meeting     October 27-28, 2005     Atlanta, GA

 

Minutes of the meeting (PDF):     Diagnostics Committee     Training and Education Committee      Entomology Committee

State Reports (PDF)

Brainstorming highlights from the last session (PDF)

Hotel information:  This year's lodging and meeting site was the Holiday Inn Airport North Hotel

Questions?  Suggestions?  Contact Carrie Harmon at clharmon@ufl.edu.

Agenda: 

Day/Time

Speaker

Topic

Thursday

 

 

8:00

 

Registration

8:15

G. Wisler

Welcome

8:30

 

Introductions, review of purpose and agenda, hand out surveys

9:00

(10 min break at 10:30)

 

G. Wisler

A. Hodges,

C. Harmon,

H. Beck

E. Day 

J. VanKirk

Regional progress reports (governance)

Governance issues, funding, regional Advisory Council

Training and education update

Diagnostic and Pathology update (Co-chairs C. Balbalian and M. Williamson)

IT and Communications update

Entomology update

Advisory Councils: Perspectives from the SRIPMC

12:00

State representatives

Working Lunch:  State Reports

2:15 

H. Scherm

Looking to epidemiology to prepare for the future

3:00

 

Break

3:15

 

Committee meetings (Diagnostics, Entomology, Training, IT)

6:30

 

Dinner served (incl. in registration)

 

 

 

Friday

 

 

8:00 

(10-minute break at 9:45)

J. Gillett

J. Brambila

C. Estevez

State IPM and PDN partnerships

Regional Identifiers and CAPS

Puerto Rico, the Caribbean and the SPDN

10:00

C. Harmon

Lab Accreditation Update

11:00

Committee chairs/members

Working Lunch:  Committee reports

12:45

G. Wisler

Turn in surveys, closing remarks, safe travels home!