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Plan to attend the first Joint Strategic Initiative Conference

The 2015 UC ANR Joint Strategic Initiative Conference will be held October 5-7 at the Sheraton Grand Hotel, 1230 J Street, in Sacramento.

Who should attend: Academics affiliated with ANR – UCCE Advisors, UCCE Specialists, AES Faculty, Program Directors and Academic Coordinators.

Submit a poster abstract to participate in a poster session. To be given priority consideration, please submit poster abstracts by June 1. For details, see http://ucanr.edu/sites/2015jointsiconference/Call_for_Posters.

At the conference, you'll have the opportunity to

• Meet the new Vice President (to be invited) at the Monday evening reception.
• Participate in planning sessions for the Strategic Initiatives.
• Learn about successful research projects.
• Take advantage of free training sessions.
• Request space for your Program Team or Workgroups to meet.
• Network at the Stakeholders' Reception on Tuesday evening.

The conference is being coordinated through the five UC ANR Strategic Initiatives:

• Endemic and Invasive Pests and Diseases (EIPD)
• Healthy Families and Communities (HFC)
• Sustainable Food Systems (SFS)
• Sustainable Natural Ecosystems (SNE)
• Water Quality, Quantity and Security (Water)

For more information, visit http://ucanr.edu/sites/2015jointsiconference or contact conference co-chairs  Doug Parker, (510) 987-0036, and David Doll, (209) 385-7403. For logistics, contact UC ANR Program Support Unit, Sherry Cooper, (530) 750-1256, or Saundra Wais, (530) 750-1260.

 

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Wilen named new EIPD Strategic Initiative leader

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce Cheryl Wilen has agreed to lead the Endemic and Invasive Pests and Diseases (EIPD) Strategic Initiative, effective today (July 1). In this role, Cheryl will provide direction for the initiative, including shepherding the ANR Competitive Grants process, planning and conducting strategic initiative conferences, and identifying and initiating EIPD efforts such as development of policy briefs and other special projects. As the EIPD initiative leader, Cheryl will also serve on the ANR Program Council.

As she has since 1995, Cheryl will continue as the area integrated pest management advisor for Orange, Los Angeles and San Diego counties. She conducts applied research and extends information working with growers and pest control advisors in the turf, ornamental, and nursery industries, and serves as the IPM advisor coordinator to help develop successful IPM programs. In addition, until mid-September, she is serving as acting director for the UC Statewide IPM Program while Director Kassim Al-Khatib is on sabbatical leave. Her educational background includes a Ph.D. in botany from UC Riverside and M.S. and B.S. in horticulture, from the University of Arizona and University of Maryland, respectively.

She succeeds Beth Grafton-Cardwell, who we thank for three years of steadfast leadership. As chair of the EIPD panel of experts, Beth worked to develop the EIPD strategic plan that focuses cutting-edge research and extension in three priority issue areas: exclusion of pests and pathogens, emerging problems with pests and diseases and integrated management.

For more information about the EIPD strategic initiative, visit http://ucanr.edu/sites/StrategicInitiatives/Endemic_and_Invasive_Pests_-_Diseases.

Barbara Allen-Diaz
Vice President

Bill Frost
Associate Vice President

 

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Register for April EIPD conference

Registration is now open for the 2012 Endemic and Invasive Pests and Diseases Strategic Initiative conference on April 25 and 26. The meetings will be held at the UC Davis Conference Center.

Beth Grafton-Cardwell, EIPD strategic initiative leader, invites ANR colleagues to join the discussions on how ANR can respond to endemic and emerging pest and disease problems by building partnerships, solving problems and informing policy.

Attendees can also participate in program team and workgroup meetings. So far, the Integrated Pest Management Program Team and the Spray Application Technology Work Group, Weed Work Group and Integrated Grape Work Group will be meeting during the conference. Other program team leaders and workgroup chairs may request meeting space during the conference by completing a short survey.

A poster session is planned during the strolling dinner reception on April 25. To reserve poster board space, submit poster titles when you register.

To register for the conference, go to http://ucanr.org/sites/EIPD/Registration. The conference agenda and lodging information is also available at the registration website.

Registration is separate for the “Educating the Public about New Invasive Species Threatening California’s Plant Ecosystems” meeting, which will be held on April 24 at the same location. 

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EIPD schedules April 25-26 conference

The Endemic and Invasive Pests and Diseases Strategic Initiative has named its panel of experts and scheduled its first conference for April 25-26, 2012, announced Beth Grafton-Cardwell, the EIPD Strategic Initiative leader. To make efficient use of participants’ time and travel funding, the conference is being held in conjunction with a separate but related UC Davis conference on April 24, in which participants will learn the best ways to educate the general public about the threat of invasive species.

At the April 25-26 Endemic and Invasive Pests and Diseases Strategic Initiative Conference, ANR participants and speakers will discuss how UC ANR can respond to emerging pest and disease problems by building partnerships, solving problems and informing policy.

The April 24 conference, “Educating Society about the Threat of New Invasive Species to California’s Plant Ecosystems,” is funded by the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Spring Programmatic Initiative. It is open to a wide audience, including biologists, social scientists and communications experts.

UC program teams and workgroups will meet at the EIPD conference to coordinate team efforts and plan activities. To reserve space for these activities, contact Sherry Cooper at slcooper@ucdavis.edu.

The EIPD panel is currently developing the conference agenda and revising the text of the EIPD Strategic Initiative plan. Updates and conference registration information will be posted on the EIPD website.

Members of the EIPD panel are

John Adaska, professor of Clinical Diagnostic Pathology, California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System (CAHFS), Tulare Lab

Kassim Al-Khatib, CE specialist and director of the UC Integrated Pest Management Program, UC Davis

Rick Bostock, professor of plant pathology, UC Davis, and executive director of the National Plant Diagnostic Network

Rich Breitmeyer, director of the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory, UC Davis

Kent Daane, CE specialist and entomologist, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, UC Berkeley

Glenn Nader, livestock and natural resources farm advisor, Sutter, Yuba and Butte counties

Bob Timm, CE wildlife specialist and director of the Hopland Research and Extension Center, Hopland

Georgios Vidalakis, CE specialist and plant pathologist, UC Riverside, and director of the Citrus Clonal Protection Program

Rob Wilson, weed management farm advisor and director of the Intermountain Research and Extension Center, Tulelake

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Grafton-Cardwell named EIPD strategic initiative leader

We are pleased to announce that Beth Grafton-Cardwell has agreed to lead the Endemic and Invasive Pests and Diseases initiative.

Grafton-Cardwell is director of the Lindcove Research and Extension Center and a Cooperative Extension entomology specialist with a UC Riverside appointment based at Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center. In her specialist role, Grafton-Cardwell develops IPM strategies to manage arthropod pests of citrus in the San Joaquin Valley. Recently she has led efforts to educate the public about Asian citrus psyllid and the disease it spreads, Huanglongbing or citrus greening.

Grafton-Cardwell will serve on Program Council as the EIPD initiative leader.

She succeeds Ian Gardner, who left UC to become Canada Excellence Research Chair in Aquatic Epidemiology for the Atlantic Veterinary College of University of Prince Edward Island.

 

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