Agenda for the Workshop/training course
Oct. 26 (Sunday) All day registration
18:00-20:00 Reception
Oct. 27 (Monday)
Opening
9:00-9:30 Welcome speeches
9:30-9:50 Group photo
9:50-10:10 Tea break
Session 1: Management of invasive species
Chairperson: Li Dianmo
10:10-10:55 Richard Mack (Keynote speaker): Prevention, interception, and eradication of invasive alien plants: future prospects (PDF)
10:55-11:25 John Randall: Developing prevention and control strategies at different scales, from the nation to the nature preserve
11:25-11:55 Qiang Sheng: Establishment of a precaution and control program for invasive alien plants: a case study of Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) in China (PDF1)(PDF2)
11:55-12:25 Frank Lowenstein £¨presented by John Randall£©: Strategies for and benefits of engaging business groups to take actions to prevent invasions and the spread of invaders
12:30 Lunch
Session 2: Biosecurity policy and public awareness
Chairperson: John Randall
14:00-14:45 Stas Burgiel (Keynote speaker): Developing policy frameworks for the prevention and management of invasive alien species
14:45-15:15 Barbara Barratt: New Zealand¡¯s policy on biosecurity(PDF)
15:15-15:45 Xu Haigen: The status of invasive alien species and its management in China (PDF1)(PDF2)
15:45:-16:15 Stas Burgiel: Biofuel crops and the use of non-native species
16:15-16:30 Tea Break
16:30-18:00 Group discussion
Group one (led by Richard Mack/Qiang Sheng): management of invasive species
Group two (led by John Randall): policy, public and business
Oct. 28 (Tuesday)
Session 3: Biological control of invasive species
Chairperson: Judith Hough-Goldstein
8:30-9:15 Ted Center (Keynote speaker): Biological control of invasive plants
9:15-9:45 Steve Yaninek: Biological control of invasive species: challenges to mitigating global concerns and seizing local opportunities
9:45-10:15 Heinz M¨¹ller-Sch?rer: Classical biological control: exploiting enemy escape to manage plant invasion (PDF1)(PDF2)
10:15-10:30 Tea break
Chairperson: Greg Wheeler
10:30-11:00 Judith Hough-Goldstein£ºThe potential for integrating biological control with other control methods(PDF1)(PDF2)
11:00-11:30 Matthew Purcell: Exploration in biological control of weeds; application of theoretical and practical principles for greater success
11:30-12:00 Yang Zhongqi: Biological control of invasive species in forest in China
12:00-12:30 Raymond Carruthers: Saltcedar biological control: an example of a successful cooperation between the United States and The People's Republic of China.
12:30 Lunch
Session 3 (continued): Biological control of invasive species
Chairperson: Steve Yaninek
14:00-14:45 Raymond Carruthers (Keynote speaker): Benefits and risks of biological control: an overview
14:45-15:15 Barbara Barratt: Biological control regulation to reduce risks(PDF)(WORD)
15:15-15:45 Judith Hough-Goldstein: Host-specificity testing: determining an insect's physiological versus ecological host range (PDF)
15:45-16:15 Greg Wheeler: Chemical ecology of weed biological control: Oxyops vitiosa, a weevil introduced in Florida, USA for control of Melaleuca quinquenervia
16:15-16:45 Matthew Purcell: Advanced tools in screening biological control agents: matching agents and targets for improved control
16:45-17:00 Tea Break
17:00-18:30 Group discussion:
Group one (led by Matthew Purcell): Biological control of invasive plants
Group two (led by John Randall): Special training--using the Weed Information Management System to map invasive species and monitor the effects of efforts to control them
Oct. 29 (Wednesday) Mid-conference tour
Oct. 30 (Thursday)
Session 4: Biology and ecology in invasive species
Chairperson: Heinz M¨¹ller-Sch?rer
8:30-9:15 David Lodge (Keynote speaker): Introduction pathways, interactions of alien species and natives, and their impact on community and ecosystem function (PDF)
9:15-9:45 Evan Siemann: Linking successional theory and the study of invasions: resources, herbivores, and the success of invasive plants (PDF1)(PDF2)(PDF3)
9:45-10:15 Steve Yaninek: Pests and diseases of Cassava in Africa: a case study of the exotic Cassava green mite (PDF)
10:15-10:30 Tea break
10:30-11:00 Li Bo: Invasive plants in China: Richness and ecological insights
11:00-11:30 Frank Lowenstein£¨presented by Stas Burgiel£©: Continental dialogue on non-native forest insects & diseases in U.S
12:00 Lunch
Session 5: Evolution in invasive species
Chairperson: Li Bo
14:00-14:45 Evan Siemann (Keynote speaker): Biotic interactions and the success of invasive plants: effects in ecological and evolutionary time (PDF1)(PDF2)(PDF3)
14:45-15:15 Zou Jianwen: Decreased resistance and increased tolerance to native herbivores of the invasive plant Sapium sebiferum (PDF1)(PDF2)(PDF3)
15:15-15:45 Heinz M¨¹ller-Sch?rer: Evolution of plant defense in invasive plants and implications for trophic interactions and their management for biological control (PDF1)(PDF2)
15:45-16:15 Feng Yulong: Evolution in invasive plants
16:15-16:30 Tea Break
16:30-18:00 Group discussions
Group one (led by Yang Zhongqi): Biological control of invasive insects
Group two (led by Zou Jianwen/Feng Yulong): Ecology and evolution in invasive species
Oct. 31 (Friday)
Session 6: Risk assessment, rapid response and early warning system
Chairperson: Stas Burgiel
8:30-9:05 David Lodge£ºFrameworks and tools for risk analysis of alien species introduced by commerce in living organisms
9:05-9:40 Xu Yan (TBD)
9:40-10:15 Richard Mack: Early detection and rapid response (ED/RR) for invasive species (PDF)
10:15-10:30 Tea break
Closing (10:30-11:00)
Group leaders¡¯ summary and report discussion/outcome