AGENDA

2006 ESS/SAES/ARD Workshop

September 24-27, 2005

Harrah’s Lake Tahoe, NV

Sunday, September 24
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM SEC Foyer 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Valhalla	Registration Reception

Monday, September 25
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Sand Harbor II 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM SEC Foyer	Continental Breakfast Regional Meetings ARD - Tahoe A NCRA - Tahoe B NERA - Tahoe C SAAESD - Tahoe D WAAESD - Valhalla Break
10:30 AM -12:00 noon Sand Harbor III	ESS Meeting
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM Sand Harbor II	Lunch
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Sand Harbor III 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM SEC Foyer 3:15 PM - 5:00 PM Sand Harbor III	ESS Meeting Break ESS Meeting
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Sand Harbor II	Dinner

Tuesday, September 26
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Sand Harbor II	Continental Breakfast
8:00 AM - 9:45 AM Sand Harbor III	Session 1: Great Basin Natural Resources Issues - David Thawley, Director, Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station The Art of Agriculture - Peter Goin, Professor of Art, University of Nevada, Reno Unintended Consequences; The History of Fire in the Great Basin - Elwood Miller, Assoc. Director Emeritus, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, and Retired Director, Nevada Fire Safe Council The Conservation of Wildlife Diversity in the Great Basin - Peter Brussard, Professor of Biology and director of the Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology graduate program at the University of Nevada, Reno Managing Invasive Weeds in the Great Basin - Wayne Johnson, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Resource Economics, College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources; State Horticulture, IPM, PSEP & Urban Forestry Specialist, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, University of Nevada, Reno
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM SEC Foyer	Break
10:15 AM - 12:00 N Sand Harbor III	Session 2: Biomass and Bioenergy: A Western Perspective Introduction: H Michael Harrington, Executive Director, WAAESD DOE Biomass Programs: John Ferrell, Biomass Technology Development, Leader for Feedstock & Conversion Platforms Western Region SunGrant Consortium: Thayne Dutson, Dean and Director Oregon State University Organizing Agricultural Interests to Respond to Bioeconomy Issues and Opportunities: Stan Johnson, University of Nevada-Reno
12:00 N - 1:00 PM Sand Harbor II	Lunch
1:15 PM - 3:00 PM Sand Harbor III	Session 3: The Plant Germplasm System - Tom Fretz and Larry Miller Overview of the National Plant Germplasm Coordinating Committee: Mission, Goals and Objectives: Lee Sommers, Director, Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station Click here for the National Plant Germplasm Coordinating Committee Powerpoint Orientation to the National Plant Germplasm System: Meeting the Nation's Needs to Conserve and Protect Plant Germplasm- Peter Bretting, USDA-ARS and Ann Marie Thro, USDA-CSREES Click here for the NPGS Briefing Powerpoint Click here for the NPGS Three-way Partnership Powerpoint Retrospective Review of the ARS National Program 301: Tom Fretz, Executive Director, NERA Click here for the revised 301 Report Powerpoint Recommendations from the National Plant Germplasm Coordinating Committee: Lee Sommers, Director, Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station, Colorado State University Discussion Check here for material for the purpose of background reading on the Plant Germplasm system.
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM SEC Foyer	Break
3:15 PM - 5:00 PM Sand Harbor III 2 groups each to; Sand Harbor III, Valhalla, Tahoe C and Tahoe D	Session 4: National Research Initiative (NRI) Priority Setting 3:15 - 3:30 Introduction to Session and Survey Results Summary: Steve Pueppke, Director, Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, Michigan State University Click here for the NRI Priorities Survey PowerPoint 3:30 - 3:35 Instructions to Breakout Groups: Eric Young, Executive Director, SAAESD 3:35 - 5:00 Breakout Sessions: Facilitators - ESCOP Science & Technology Committee (8 concurrent breakout activities)
5:30 PM Meet at Valet to travel by bus for dinner on the MS Dixie	Dinner on Lake Tahoe

Wednesday, September 27
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Sand Harbor II	Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM - 9:45AM Sand Harbor III	Session 5: Challenges for Rural America: New Opportunities for State Agricultural Experiment Stations - Eric Young, Executive Director, SAAESD Demand Driven Agriculture: Larry Busch, University Distinguished Professor, Department of Sociology, Michigan State University Click here for Dr.'s Busch and Swanson's PowerPoint presentations Consequences for Land Grant Universities: Lou Swanson, Vice Provost for Outreach and Strategic Partnerships, Colorado State University Rural Non-Farm Partners and Opportunities: John Allen, Director, Western Rural Development Center, Utah State University Click here for John Allen's PowerPoint
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM SEC Foyer	Break
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM Sand Harbor III 2 groups each to; Sand Harbor III, Valhalla, Tahoe C and Tahoe D	Session 6: FY 2009 Budget Priorities - Daryl Lund, Executive Director, NCAR 10:15 - 10:20 - FY 08 Budget Priorities and Charge to Breakouts: LeRoy Daugherty Chairman ESCOP Budget and Legislative Committee, Associate Dean and Associate Director, New Mexico State University 10:20 - 11:20 - Breakout Group Discussions: Discussion Leaders 11:20 - 11:45 - Reports from Breakouts-Final Priorities: Discussion Leaders and LeRoy Daugherty As a starting point, please refer to the FY08 priorities outlined at http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/escop/committee/FY%2008%20%205-09-06.doc 1. Are there other major areas of research that should be identified in our priorities? 2. Is the order of the priorities for the major issues appropriate? If you suggested an additional major area, please indicate its place in the priority list. 3. Are there additional issues under each major challenge that should be identified? 4. Is the order of the issues under each challenge appropriate?
11:45 AM	Adjourn - Lunch on your own (Safe travel home)