Invasive Species Management: 2008 PREISM Workshop Agenda

Preliminary Agenda

Thursday, October 23, 2008

8:00 am - 9:00 am

Registration and Refreshments

9:00 am - 9:30 am

Opening Session

Moderator
Craig Osteen, Economic Research Service, USDA

Welcome to the Workshop
Neil Conklin, Farm Foundation

Welcome to ERS/PREISM Review
Utpal Vasavada, Economic Research Service, USDA

9:30 am - 10:10 am

Keynote Speech: Calling All Economists: ED/RR Needs Your Help!
Richard N. Mack, Washington State University

10:10 am - 10:30 am

Break

Research Presentations I

10:30 am - Noon

The Behavorial Consequences of Alternative Government Livestock Compensation Programs
Keith Coble, Mississippi State University

Efficient Management Strategies for a Contagious Animal Disease Outbreak: Probability Distributions of Economic Impacts from Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Dustin Pendell, Colorado State University

Prioritization of Sanitary Restrictions Facing U.S. Exports of Bovine, Porcine and Ovine for Determination of Surveillance Needs: Mid-Term Report
Phillip Paarlberg, Purdue University

Moderator: Eli Fenichel, Arizona State University
Discussant: Frank Fillo, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA

Noon - 12:30 pm

Lunch (provided on site)

12:30 pm - 1:10 pm

Luncheon Speech

Global Warming, Invasive Species, and Steady-States: How False Scientific Premises Are Limiting Our Ability To Make Useful Predictions
Daniel Botkin, Emeritus Professor, University of California-Santa Barbara

Moderator: Joseph Cooper, Economic Research Service, USDA

1:10 pm - 1:20 pm

Break

Research Presentations II

1:20 pm - 3:10 pm

Encouraging Cooperation Between Commercial Producers and Residential Users of an Invasive Species Host: Designing Collective Pest Management Institutions for the Olive Fruit Fly in California
Jeffrey Williams, University of California-Davis
Kelly Cobourn, University of California-Davis

Soybean Rust in the United States: A Spatial Risk Analysis
Anton Bekkerman, North Carolina State University

The Economics and Ecology of the Risk of Invasive Plant Establishment from the Horticultural Trade in North America
Edward Barbier, University of Wyoming

3:10 pm - 3:30 pm

Break

Research Presentations III

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Invasive Species Spread in a Human-Mediated Landscape
James Wilen, University of California-Davis

Metapopulation Dynamics and Management of Plant Invasions on National Forests
Bruce D. Maxwell, Montana State University

Spatial Management of Invasive Alien Species: An Application to Cheat Grass Management in the Great Basin
Carolyn Fischer, Resources for the Future

Moderator: Kerry Britton, U.S. Forest Service, USDA
Discussant: Frances Homans, University of Minnesota

Friday, October 24, 2008

8:00 am - 8:30 am

Refreshments

Research Presentations IV

8:30 am - 10:20 am

Optimal Invasive Species Policies Under Asymmetric Information
Linda Fernandez, University of California-Riverside
Glenn Sheriff, Columbia University

Border Enforcement, Importer Behavior, and Trade-Related Invasive Species Risks
Sean Cash, University of Alberta

Robust Inspection for Invasive Species with a Limited Budget
L. Joe Moffitt, University of Massachusetts

10:20 am - 10:35 am

Break

10:35 am - Noon

Wrap-Up

Current Issues in Invasive Species Management
Alan Dowdy, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA

Panel:
Daniel Botkin, University of California-Santa Barbara
Alan Dowdy, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA
Frank Fillo, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA
Frances Homans, University of Minnesota
Lori Lynch, University of Maryland
Frank Lupi, Michigan State University

Moderator: William Hahn, Economic Research Service, USDA