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CONFERENCE PROGRAM


SUNDAY, October 27th

3:00 -6:00pm   Check-in/Registration

 

MONDAY, October 28th

8:30 - 9:00am   Registration

9:00 - 9:15am   Introduction

  • Won W. Koo, Director, Center for Agricultural Policy & Trade Studies, North Dakota State University
  • Patricia Jensen, Vice President, College of Agriculture, North Dakota State University

9:15 - 9:30am   Welcoming Remarks

  • Joseph Chapman, President, North Dakota State University

9:30 - 10:15am   Keynote Address

Moderator: Patricia Jensen, Vice President, College of Agriculture, North Dakota State University

  • The Honorable U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (invited)
  • Floyd Horn, Director of Food, Agriculture, and Water Security at the White House Office of Homeland Security

10:15 - 10:30am   Coffee Break

10:30am - 12:00pm   The Risk of Bioterrorism: Issues and Challenges

Moderator: Won W. Koo, Director of Center for Agricultural Policy & Trade Studies, North Dakota State University

  •  Jim Schaub, Director, Office of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis, USDA
  • Robert Trotter, Director, Field Operations, Eastern Texas Customs Management Center, U.S. Customs Service

12:00 - 1:30pm   Luncheon

Moderator: Patricia Jensen, Vice President, College of Agriculture, North Dakota State University

  • Luncheon Speaker:

Bruce Levy, Director, U.S. Transboundary Division, Department of Foreign Office and International Trade, Canadian government

1:30 -3:00pm   Issues and Challenges in Food Security and Bioterrorism: Agricultural Industry’s Perspectives

Moderator: David Lambert, Professor and Chair, Department of Agribusiness & Applied Economics, North Dakota State University

  • Jenny Scott, Senior Director, Office of Food Safety Programs, National Food Processors Association
  • Pat Trask, Spokesperson, SAFE Coalition and the South Dakota Farmers’ Union
  • Wade Moser, Executive Vice President, North Dakota Stockmen’s Association
  • Becky Koch, Extension Disaster Education Network

3:00 - 3:30pm   Afternoon Break

3:30 - 5:00pm   Issues and Challenges in Food Security and Bioterrorism: Government Perspectives

Moderator: David Lambert, Professor and Chair, Department of Agribusiness & Applied Economics, North Dakota State University

  • Larry Shireley, State Epidemiologist, North Dakota Department of Health
  • Nader Ismial, Food Safety Inspection Service, USDA
  • Joan E. Sebenaler, Assistant Port Director, Trade, U.S. Customs Service, Pembina, ND

 
6:30 - 8:30pm   Dinner

  •  Dinner Speaker:

Lieutenant Governor Jack Dalrymple

 

TUESDAY, October 29th

8:30 - 10:00am   Impacts of Bioterrorism on the U.S. Agricultural Sector and Exports

Moderator: Won W. Koo, Director of Center for Agricultural Policy & Trade Studies, North Dakota State University

  • Daryll Ray, Professor and Director, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center, University of Tennessee
  • David Blandford, Professor and Chair, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University
  • Roger Johnson, Agricultural Commissioner for North Dakota

 
10:00 - 10:30am   Coffee Break

10:30am - 12:00pm   Policy Alternatives for Food Security and Bioterrorism

Moderator: Lisa Nolan, Director, Great Plains Institute of Food Safety, North Dakota State University

  • Robert Trotter, Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT), U.S. Customs Service
  • Robert Young, Co-Director, Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI), University of Missouri
  • Dave G. White, Food and Drug Administration

 
12:00 - 1:30pm   Lunch

1:30 - 3:00pm   Panel Discussion: Charting a Course

Moderator: Patricia Jensen, Vice President, College of Agriculture, North Dakota State University

How best to respond to the risk of bioterrorism in agricultural industry and trade? Moving from prior discussions of risks to perspectives on prevention and remedy.

  • Doug Friez, Homeland Security Coordinator/Emergency Management Director for the state of North Dakota
  • Lisa Nolan, Director, Great Plains Institute of Food Safety, North Dakota State University
  • Tim Sellnow, Professor of Communications, North Dakota State University
  • Douglas Freeman, Professor and Chair, Department of Veterinary and Microbiological Sciences, North Dakota State University
  • Roger Johnson, Agricultural Commissioner for North Dakota
  • Dave G. White, Food and Drug Administration