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APPENDIX A

Agenda

BOARD ON BIOLOGY

WORKSHOP ON ECOLOGICAL MONITORING OF GENETICALLY MODIFIEDCROPS

July 13-14, 2000

 

I. Putting Monitoring In Context

 

Thursday, July 13th

 

8:30

Welcome and Introduction

Barbara Schaal, Washington University

8:45

A History of Real-Life Monitoring

Paul Waggoner, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

9:15

Traditional vs. Transgenic Agriculture: What is the baseline for comparing ecological benefits and risks?

Peter Day, Rutgers University

10:00

Risk Assessment versus Monitoring: Appropriateness and Timing

Bob Frederick, Environmental Protection Agency

10:35

BREAK

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10:50

Monitoring: The Challenges of Ecological Complexity

Alison Power, Cornell University

11:20

Adaptive Management as a Framework for Ecological Monitoring of GMOs

Anne Kapuscinski, University of Minnesota

11:55

The Logistics of Monitoring

Warren Lee, United States Department of Agriculture

12:35

LUNCH

1:35

Panel: International Perspectives on Monitoring of Transgenic Crops

Jeremy Sweet, National Inst. of Agricultural Botany, UK

Phil Dale, John Innes Center, UK

Rob MacDonald, Aventis, Canada

Lynn Frewer (moderator), Institute of Food Research, UK

II. Examples of Ecological Monitoring, (part one)

 

2:35

Monitoring for the effects of Gene Flow

Rob MacDonald, Aventis

3:25

BREAK

3:40

Gene Flow: A Case Study of Invasive Weeds

Hugh Wilson, Texas A&M University

4:25

Gene flow: from canola to weeds and monitoring

Neal Stewart, University of North Carolina-Greensboro

5:10

ADJOURN FOR THE DAY

Friday, July 14th

 

II. Examples of Ecological Monitoring, (part two)

 

8:30

Using Ecological Models in Risk-Based Environmental Monitoring

Steve Bartell, Cadmus Group

9:05

Monitoring for Resistance in Target Pests: Bt Corn

Fred Gould, North Carolina State University

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9:45

Monitoring for the Evolution of Pathogen Resistance

Anne Vidaver, University of Nebraska

10:15

BREAK

10:30

Monitoring for Herbicide Tolerance in Weeds

Stephen Duke, United States Department of Agriculture

11:05

Monitoring for Direct Effects on Non-Target Species:

John Pleasants, Iowa State University

11:40

Monitoring for Indirect Effects on Non-Target Species: Soil Microbes, Earthworms, and Nematodes

Guenther Stotzky, New York University

12:15

LUNCH

1:15

Panel: Monitoring for Ecological Community Effects

Arthur Allen, United States Geological Survey

Tim Seastedt, University of Colorado

Guenther Stotzky, New York University

Henry Gholz (moderator), National Science Foundation/University of Florida

2:00

Panel: Monitoring for Changing Farm Practices

Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo, United States Department of Agriculture

Mark Lipson, Farmer

Thomas Nickson, Monsanto

David Winkles, Farmer

Allison Snow (moderator), Ohio State University

2:45

BREAK

III. Wrap-Up Session

 

3:00

Public Risk Perception and Environmental Impact of GM Crops—Implications for the Development of an Effective Risk Communication Strategy.

William Hallman, Rutgers University

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3:30

Panel Discussion: Establishing Criteria and Priorities for a Monitoring Program

Steve Bartell, Cadmus Group

Max Carter, Farmer

Stephen Duke, United States Department of Agriculture

Fred Gould, North Carolina State University

David Andow (moderator), University of Minnesota

4:30

Concluding Remarks

Barbara Schaal, Washington University

5:00

END OF PROGRAM

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