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EDEN 2006 Annual Meeting

Theme: Preparing for Disasters

Agenda

Tuesday, October 31

1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Optional in-depth training - Designing Tabletop Exercises
Conne Burnham and Eric Evans, University of Missouri

6:00 p.m.

Get Acquainted and Munchies

Wednesday, November 1

7:30 a.m.

EDEN 101 Orientation

8:00 a.m.

Conference Kickoff

Ed Jones, EDEN Chair and Associate Director, Agricultural Programs, and State Program Leader, ANR/CRD, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service

Tim Cross, University of Tennessee Extension Asst. Dean, Agriculture

Clyde Chesney, Administrator, Cooperative Extension Program, Tennessee State University

9:00 a.m.

General Session

Building Capacity to Deliver Disaster Education - Andy Vestal, Texas A & M University; Eric Evans, University of Missouri Extension; Moderated by Steve Cain, Purdue University

9:45 a.m.

State Reports

10:00 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m.

General Session

Emergency Management Assistance Compacts (EMACs) and Credentialing - Eric Evans, University of Missouri Extension

11:30 a.m.

State Reports

11:45 a.m.

Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Committee Meetings

- Marketing

- Professional Development

- Information Clearinghouse

- 2007 Annual Meeting

2:30 p.m.

Activity and Break

3:00 p.m.

Business Meeting

Plant and Animal Biosecurity Courses

Extension's Role in Disaster Education

Announcement of New Officers

Thursday, November 2

8:00 a.m.

General Session

EDEN's eXtension work on Agrosecurity and Flooding - David Filson and Shirley Gryczuk, Penn State University

9:00 a.m.

Breakout Sessions

Introduction to ALIRT (Arizona Livestock Incident Response Team) - S. Peder Cuneo, University of Arizona

Developing Support Groups for Hurricane Katrina Victims in the Mississippi Coast: A Discussion of the Mississippi Extension Project "Communities for Families" - Brenda Wiens, University of Florida

9:40

Breakout Sessions

Food and Agricultural Supply Chain Interruptions from a Pandemic Event - John Schutske, University of Minnesota

Texas Cooperative Extension's Response to Emergency Management -- Janie Harris, Texas A&M University

10:10

Break

10:30

Breakout Sessions

Seeing through the Eye of the Storm: Lessons from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita - Michael Gaffney, Washington State University

Front-line Disaster Responders: The Needs of Florida's County Extension Professionals - Mark Kistler, North Carolina State University

11:10 a.m.

State Reports

Noon

Lunch

1:00 p.m.

General Session

EDEN's Food Security and National Response Plan Courses
John Shutske, University of Minnesota and

Becky Koch, North Dakota State University

EDEN's Ready Business and Pandemic Ready Courses

David Filson, Penn State University and

Steve Cain, Purdue University

Marketing EDEN Courses

Abigail Borron, Purdue University

3:00 p.m.

Break

3:15

General Session - Workgroup Meetings

Youth and 4-H Involvement
Howard van Dijk, Clemson University, Leader

Discussion topics include potential Issue Page for high-school age youth on emergency management and
potential projects and grants in this area.

Animal Biosecurity and Emergency Management Workgroup
Steve Cain and Abigail Borron, Purdue University, Leaders

Introduce Andrea Husband, University of Kentucky, and their effort on the EDEN course. Discussion topics include Regional Workshops and future potential EDEN animal biosecurity efforts.

Other Workgroups, to be arranged at the meeting

Friday, November 3

Optional tour