Conference Schedule
Monday, August 18, 2008
| Time | Topic or Event | Moderator or Speaker |
| 8:00 am | Registration desk opens | |
| 9:00 - 9:15 am | Introduction and welcome | Phil Nixon, UIUC |
| 9:15 - 9:30 am | Opening remarks | John Ward, EPA (retired) |
| 9:30 - 10:00 am | Distance education and testing systems |
Andrew Thostenson, NDSU |
| 10:00 - 10:30 am | Kansas sensitive crops website | Sharon Dobesh, KSU |
| 10:30 - 11:00 am | Break | |
| 11:00 - 11:15 am | Remarks from AAPSE | Ples Spradley, UA |
| 11:15 - 11:30 am | Remarks from CSREES | Jim Parochetti, USDA |
| 11:30 - 11:45 am | Remarks from AAPCO | Dave Scott, OISC |
| 11:45 - 12:00 pm | Remarks from EPA | Carolyn Schroeder, EPA |
| 12:00 - 1:00 pm | Lunch - included | |
| 1:00 - 1:30 pm | Sprayer calibration survey | Bob Wolf, KSU and Jim Wilson, SDSU |
| 1:30 - 2:00 pm | Fungicide exposure case studies | Chuck Eckermann, IDALS |
| 2:00 - 2:30 pm | Establishing CCH numbers | Leo Reed, OISC |
| 2:30 - 3:00 pm | Break | |
| 3:00 - 3:30 pm | What do certification test scores really tell us? | Drew Martin, PU |
| 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Improving joint efforts to better serve clientele | Jerry Kirbach, IDA and Joe Spitzmueller, MDA |
| 4:30 - 5:00 pm | Open discussion | Jerry Kirbach, IDA and Joe Spitzueller, MDA |
| 5:00 - 6:30 pm | Dinner on your own | |
| 6:30 - 8:00 pm | Opening reception |
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
| Time | Topic or Event | Moderator or Speaker |
| 7:00 - 8:00 am | AAPSE and AAPCO breakfast meetings (see comment below) | |
| 8:00 - 10:00 am (1) | Breakout session - education round table |
Scott Bretthauer, UIUC |
| 8:00 - 10:00 am (2) | Breakout session - certification round table |
Jerry Kirbach, IDA |
| 10:00 - 10:30 am | Break - board bus | |
| 10:30 - 12:30 pm | Tour - Syngenta seed treatment facility |
Kevin Kaiser, Syngenta |
| 12:30 - 1:30 pm | Lunch - included | |
| 1:30 - 2:30 pm | Tour - aquatic application demonstration (30 min. given twice) |
Mike Garthaus, IDNR |
| 1:30 - 2:30 pm | Tour - tree application demonstration (30 min. given twice) |
Ray Cornwell, Cornwell Ray B Tree Care |
| 2:30 - 3:30 pm | Tour - turf application demonstration (30 min. given twice) |
Bill Sharp, UIUC |
| 2:30 - 3:30 pm | Tour - poisonous plant garden (30 min. given twice) | Val Beasley, UIUC |
| 3:30 - 5:00 pm | Tour - herbicide drift garden | Dawn Refsell, UIUC |
| 6:00 - 9:00 pm | Banquet at Allerton Park - dinner included |
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
| Time | Topic or Event | Moderator or Speaker |
| 8:00 - 8:30 am | How manuals get written/used | Dan Wixted, CU |
| 8:30 - 9:00 am | Needs of bilingual clientele | German Cutz, UIUC |
| 9:00 - 9:30 am | Licensing issues for aerial application |
Jerry Kirbach, IDA |
| 9:30 - 10:00 am | Illinois PSEP operations | Patty Bingaman and Michelle Wiesbrook, UIUC |
| 10:00 - 10:30 am | Break | |
| 10:30 - 10:55 am | Dicamba resistant crops - company standpoint |
Kristin Schneider, Monsanto |
| 10:55 - 11:20 am | Dicamba resistant crops - tomato grower standpoint |
Steve Smith, Red Gold |
| 11:20 - 11:50 am | Pesticides and insurance | Fred Whitford, PU |
| 11:50 - 12:00 pm | Closing remarks | Michelle Wiesbrook, UIUC |
The Hawthorn Suites offers a complimentary hot breakfast buffet for all hotel guests.
