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Pesticide News Story: NAFTA Biopesticide Workshop December 9, 2009
For Release: December 8, 2009
EPA and Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency will hold a workshop entitled “Evaluating the Value of Biopesticides” on December 9 during the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Technical Working Group on Pesticides meetings in Ottawa, Canada. The workshop will bring together growers, researchers, pesticide manufacturers and regulators to discuss key issues, challenges and opportunities, and to share strategies and solutions associated with the integration of biopesticides into pest management systems. The focus will be on perspectives concerning suitable criteria and techniques to determine value and market potential when integrating new biopesticides into conventional farming systems. The workshop will include presentations by leaders from research, industry and government, followed by break-out sessions on specific issues and a wrap-up plenary session.
NAFTA Biopesticide Workshop - Wednesday December 9th, 2009
Plenary
9:00 - Item 1 - Welcome and Introductory Remarks
9:15 - Item 2 - Overview of Agenda
9:25 - Item 3 - U.S. Registration of Biopesticides
9:40 - Item 4 - Canadian registration of biopesticides
9:55 - Item 3 - Perspectives and challenges for the biopesticide industry
10:15 - Health & Networking Break
10:40 - Item 4 - Case Study: The value of biopesticide usage in pest control
11:00 - Item 5 - Understanding the needs of biopesticide customers
11:20 - Item 6 - Wrap up of presentations and introduction for afternoon Break Out Group (BOG) sessions
11:40 - Lunch
BREAK-OUT
1:00 – 3:00 - BOG 1: How to design a biopesticide trial to examine product efficacy and value
1:00 – 3:00 - BOG 2: Screening criteria during development of novel biopesticides
1:00 – 3:00 - BOG 3: Operational challenges when introducing biopesticides into an integrated pest management framework
3:00 Health & Networking Break
Plenary
3:30 - Item 6 - BOG Reports to Plenary Session with Questions and Answers
Report on BOG 1: How to design research trials to examine product efficacy and value of biopesticidesReport on BOG 2: Screening criteria during development of novel biopesticides
Report on BOG 3: Operational challenges when introducing biopesticides into an integrated pest management framework
4:30 - Item 7 - General Workshop Participant Comment Period
4:45 - Item 8 - Closing Remarks
5:00 - Item 9 - Workshop Adjourns