Speaker Profiles | Proceedings
11:30 - 1:15 Lunch and Keynote Address
The Honorable John E. Baldacci,
Member of the House Agriculture and Small Business Committees, United States House of Representatives
1:30 - 2:00 Introduction & Purpose, 1984 Conference Revisited,
John Impson,USDA;
Jay Ellenberger, Associate Director, Field & External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, US EPA;
James Dill, University of Maine Cooperative Extension;
Thomas Saviello, Chair, Maine Board of Pesticides Control
2:00 - 3:00 Computer Modeling,
David Esterly, Spray Drift Task Force
3:00 - 3:45 Practical Applications of G.P.S. Technology,
Harold W. Thistle, Jr., Ph.D., Missoula Technology and Development Center, USDA-Forest Service
4:15 - 5:00 Pesticide Drift and Organic Certification,
Miles McEvoy, Organic Program Manager, Washington State Department of Agriculture
8:00 - 8:45 Legal Liability Issues,
Theodore A. Feitshans, J.D., Extension Specialist and Lecturer,
North Carolina State University, Dept. of Agricultural & Resource Economics
8:45 - 9:30 Case Studies on Controversial Drift Problems and EPA's Goals on Drift Reduction,
Jay Ellenberger, Associate Director, Field & External Affairs Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs, US EPA
9:30 - 10:15 Drift Laws,
Theodore A. Feitshans, J.D., Extension Specialist and Lecturer, North Carolina State University, Dept. of Agricultural & Resource Economics
10:45 - 11:30 Weather Effects on Drift,
Harold W. Thistle, Jr., Ph.D., Missoula Technology and Development Center, USDA-Forest Service
11:30 - 12:15 The Importance of Nozzle Selection and Droplet Size Control in Spray Application,
Dr. Andrew J. Hewitt, Spray Drift Task Force/Stewart Agricultural Research Services
1:30 - 2:45 Five Concurrent Sessions on Application Equipment and Drift
3:15 - 4:15 Drift Happens: A National Public Interest Perspective,
Norma Grier, Executive Director, Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
4:15 - 5:30 Risk Perception and Communication,
Vincent T. Covello, Ph.D., Director, Center for Risk Communication
8:00 - 8:45 Chemistry and Drift Management: A Biologist's Perspective,
8:45 - 9:30 Changing Pilot Behavior,
Niels C. Andrews, Chairman, Aerial Application Committee, Helicopter Association International and PAASS Program Technical Advisor
9:30 - 10:30 Summary of Research in Ohio including the Laboratory for Pest Control Application Technology (LPCAT),
Robert D. Fox, Agricultural Engineer, USDA-ARS
11:00 - 11:30 Reducing Drift from Air Assisted Sprayers Using Timing, Targeting and Towers,
Gary R. Van Ee, Professor, Agricultural Engineering Dept., Michigan State University
11:30 - 12:15 Insurance Issues,
Mike Kelly, Farmland Insurance, Des Moines, Iowa
1:30 - 2:30 The Measurement and Prediction of Spray Drift - Work at the Silsoe Research Institute,
2:30 - 5:00 Small Group Concurrent Sessions for Drift Management Practice Development
7:45 - 9:00 Summary of Spray Drift Task Force Pesticide Registration Work,
David Johnson, Stewart Agricultural Research Services, Inc. and Spray Drift Task Force
9:00 - 10:00 A Summary of Spray Drift Research in Canada,
Christopher M. Riley, Manager Spray Technology, New Brunswick Research and Productivity Council
10:30 - 11:30 Update from Spray Drift Coalition,
Paul Kindinger, President/CEO, Agricultural Retailers Association & Co-Chair, National Coalition to Minimize Spray Drift
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