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Monday, May
6, 2013 |
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3:30pm-7:00pm |
Pre-Conference Registration Open,
Sponsor Display Set-Up [Palm Room,
Ibis/ Egret and Pre-Function Area] |
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Tuesday, May
7, 2013 – Combined General Session all
Day
[Grand Floridian Ballroom] |
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7:00am-5:00pm |
Registration Open [Palm Room] |
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7:00-7:50am |
Morning Refreshments and Exhibits on
Display [Ibis/ Egret and
Pre-Function Area] |
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Time |
SESSION 1 – PESTICIDE STEWARDSHIP
(Moderator: Lyn Gettys) |
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7:50-8:00am |
Opening Comments and Certification
Requirements – Lyn Gettys, UF/IFAS [PRESENTATION] |
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8:00-8:25am |
Pesticide Regulation and Licensing
Requirements – Tamara James, FDACS [PRESENTATION] |
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8:25-8:50am |
Information Sources for Applicators – Karen Brown, UF/IFAS [PRESENTATION] |
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8:50-9:40am |
Practical Pesticide Storage Tips from
the Field – Fred Whitford, Purdue
University |
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9:40-10:00am |
Refreshment Break and Networking [Ibis/
Egret and Pre-Function Area] |
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Time |
SESSION 2 –PESTICIDE LABEL DEVELOPMENT
(Moderator: Fred Fishel) |
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10:00-10:50am |
How Herbicides Work and Where They Go –
Greg MacDonald, UF/IFAS [PRESENTATION] |
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10:50-11:40am |
Why the Label is the Law – Jeff Birk,
BASF [PRESENTATION] |
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11:40am-1:00pm |
Lunch Break – on your own |
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Time |
SESSION 3 – MINIMIZING PESTICIDE
EXPOSURE (Moderator: Bill Haller) |
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1:00-1:50pm |
Preventing Pesticide Spills Under Adverse Field Conditions – Fred
Whitford, Purdue University |
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1:50-2:40pm |
Pesticide Exposure and PPE – Susan
Haddock, UF/IFAS [PRESENTATION] |
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2:40-3:00pm |
Refreshment Break and Networking [Ibis/
Egret and Pre-Function Area] |
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Time |
SESSION 4 – BEING A RESPONSIBLE
APPLICATOR (Moderator: Fred Fishel) |
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3:00-3:50pm |
GPS-Guided Weed Control – Bill Toothill,
Global Mapping Solutions [PRESENTATION] |
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3:50-4:15pm |
Record-Keeping for Herbicides – Fred
Fishel, UF/IFAS [PRESENTATION] |
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4:15-4:40pm |
Professionalism and Certified
Applicators – OP Nozzlehead [PRESENTATION] |
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4:40pm |
End of Tuesday Sessions |
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5:00-7:00pm |
Tuesday Evening Industry Social and
Welcome Reception [Breezes Patio] |
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Tuesday Special Plant Identification
Sessions [Cocoplum Ballroom]
Each session is limited to 50 people.
Please sign up in the Registration
Office. |
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1:00-2:40pm |
Aquatic ID: Aquatic Plant Identification
– Lyn Gettys, UF/IFAS
[PRESENTATION1] [PRESENTATION2] |
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3:00-4:40pm |
Natural Areas ID: Wetland and Natural
Areas Plant Identification – Mike Bodle,
SFWMD [PRESENTATION] |
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Wednesday,
May 8, 2013 – Concurrent Sessions All
Day |
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7:00am-5:00pm |
Registration Open [Palm Room] |
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7:00-8:00am |
Morning Refreshments and Exhibits on
Display [Ibis/ Egret and
Pre-Function Area] |
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All (Session a) Presentations are in the
Cocoplum Ballroom |
All (Session b) Presentations are in the
Grand Floridian Ballroom |
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Time
(Session a) |
CONCURRENT SESSION 5a
CORE TRAINING PART 1
(Moderator: Jane Morse) |
Time
(Session b) |
CONCURRENT SESSION 5b
WEED CONTROL
(Moderator – Jay Ferrell) |
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8:00-9:40am |
Core Training Part 1 –
Jane Morse, UF/IFAS |
8:00-8:25am |
Environmental Fate of Herbicides –
Jay Ferrell, UF/IFAS [PRESENTATION] |
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8:25-8:50am |
Factors Affecting Herbicide Release from
Granules – Brett Bultemeier, Clarke Envr.
Svcs. [PRESENTATION] |
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8:50-9:25am |
Use of Automated Technologies for the Mapping and Monitoring of Ponds and Lakes – Ray Valley, Contour Innovations, LLC [PRESENTATION] |
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9:25-9:40am |
Use of Biobase Systems to Monitor Herbicide Efficacy in Large Lakes –
Tom McNabb, Clean Lakes, Inc. [PRESENTATION] |
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9:40-10:00am |
Refreshment Break and Networking [Ibis/
Egret and Pre-Function Area] |
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Time
(Session a) |
CONCURRENT SESSION 6a
CORE TRAINING PART 2
(Moderator: Jane Morse) |
Time
(Session b) |
CONCURRENT SESSION 6b
BIOLOGY AND CONTROL OF ALGAE
(Moderator – Lyn Gettys) |
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10:00-11:40am |
Core Training Part 2 –
Jane Morse, UF/IFAS |
10:00-11:40am |
Identification and Control of Algae –
Ken Wagner, Water Resource Services [PRESENTATION] |
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11:40am-1:00pm |
Lunch Break – on your own |
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Time
(Session a) |
CONCURRENT SESSION 7a
AQUATIC TRAINING
(Moderator – Susan Haddock) |
Time
(Session b) |
CONCURRENT SESSION 7b
NATURAL AREAS AND
RIGHT-OF-WAY WEED CONTROL
(Moderator – Greg MacDonald) |
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1:00-2:40pm |
Aquatic Weed Control Training –
Susan Haddock, UF/IFAS [PRESENTATION] |
1:00-1:25pm |
Biocontrol of Brazilian Pepper –
Greg Wheeler , USDA |
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1:25-1:50pm |
Fire and Herbicides for Control of
Paragrass –
Brent Sellers, UF/IFAS [PRESENTATION] |
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1:50-2:15pm |
Spread and Control of Lygodium –
Ken Langeland, UF/IFAS [PRESENTATION] |
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2:15-2:40pm |
Spread and Control of Cogongrass –
Greg MacDonald, UF/IFAS [PRESENTATION] |
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2:40-3:00pm |
Refreshment Break and Networking [Ibis/
Egret and Pre-Function Area] |
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Time
(Session a) |
CONCURRENT SESSION 8a
NATURAL AREAS TRAINING
(Moderator – Mary Beth Henry) |
Time
(Session b) |
CONCURRENT SESSION 8b
NON-PESTICIDAL AQUATIC WEED CONTROL
(Moderator – Bill Haller) |
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3:00-4:40pm |
Natural Areas Weed Management Training –
Mary Beth Henry, UF/IFAS [PRESENTATION] |
3:00-3:25pm |
Principles of Ultrasonics for Algae
Control –
Kirk Whatley, Sonic Solutions, LLC [PRESENTATION] |
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3:25-3:50pm |
Water Aeration and Circulation –
Ken Wagner, Water Resource Services [PRESENTATION] |
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3:50-4:15pm |
Algae Control Using Alum –
Ken Wagner, Water Resource Services [PRESENTATION] |
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4:15-4:40pm |
Deep Water Hydrilla Harvesting –
Dean Jones, UF/IFAS [PRESENTATION] |
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4:40pm |
End of Wednesday Concurrent Sessions –
Dinner on your own |
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Wednesday Special Calibration Sessions
[Sandpiper Room]
Each session is limited to 50 people.
Please sign up in the Registration
Office. |
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1:00-2:40pm,
3:00-4:40pm,
7:00-8:40pm |
Calibration Training: Herbicide
Application Equipment Training and Math
Review– Faculty, UF/IFAS [PRESENTATION] |
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Wednesday Plant Identification Sessions
[Sandpiper Room]
Each session is limited to 50 people.
Please sign up in the Registration
Office. |
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8:00-9:40am |
Aquatic ID: Aquatic Plant Identification
– Lyn Gettys, UF/IFAS [PRESENTATION] |
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10:00-11:40am |
Natural Areas ID: Wetland and Natural
Areas Plant Identification – Mike Bodle,
SFWMD [PRESENTATION1] [PRESENTATION2] [PRESENTATION3] |
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Thursday, May
9, 2013 – Concurrent Sessions All
Morning |
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7:00am-12:00pm |
Registration Open [Palm Room] |
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7:00-8:00am |
Morning Refreshments and Exhibits on
Display [Ibis/ Egret and
Pre-Function Area] |
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All (Session a) Presentations are in the
Cocoplum Ballroom |
All (Session b) Presentations are in the
Grand Floridian Ballroom |
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Time
(Session a) |
CONCURRENT SESSION 9a
NATURAL AREAS AND
RIGHT-OF-WAY WEED CONTROL
(Moderator – Brent Sellers) |
Time
(Session b) |
CONCURRENT SESSION 9b
AQUATIC WEED CONTROL PROGRAMS
(Moderator: Lyn Gettys) |
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8:00-8:25am |
Biology and Control of Chinese Creeper -
Brent Sellers, UF/IFAS [PRESENTATION] |
8:00-8:50am |
Aquatic Weed Control in Florida – Lyn Gettys, UF/IFAS [PRESENTATION] |
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8:25-915am |
Biology and Ecology of Invasive Plants -
Luke Flory, UF/IFAS [PRESENTATION] |
8:50-9:40am |
Prevention, Eradication, and Control of
Aquatic Weeds in Idaho – Tom Woolf,
Idaho State Department of Agriculture [PRESENTATION] |
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9:15-9:40am |
Selective Brush Control– Jay Ferrell, UF/IFAS [PRESENTATION] |
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9:40-10:00am |
Refreshment Break and Networking [Ibis/
Egret and Pre-Function Area] |
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Time
(Session a) |
CONCURRENT SESSION 10a
AQUATIC PEST CONTROL
(Moderator: Bill Haller) |
Time
(Session b) |
CONCURRENT SESSION 10b
HERBICIDE LABEL UPDATES
(Moderator: Lyn Gettys) |
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10:00-10:50am |
Large-Scale Hydrilla Treatments –
Mike Netherland, US Army Corps of
Engineers [PRESENTATION] |
10:00-10:20am |
New Product and Label Updates
–
United Phosphorus Inc. [PRESENTATION] |
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10:20-10:30am |
New Product and Label Updates
–
Valent |
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10:30-10:40am |
New Product and Label Updates
–
Clarke Environmental Services
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| 11:40-10:50am |
New Product and Label Updates
–
Clean Lakes Inc.
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10:50-11:40am |
Herbicide Resistance in Aquatic Weeds– Bill Haller, UF/IFAS [PRESENTATION] |
10:50-11:00am |
New Product and Label Updates
–
Winfield Solutions [PRESENTATION] |
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11:00-11:10am |
New Product and Label Updates
–
Lonza- Applied Biochemists [PRESENTATION] |
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11:10-11:20am |
New Product and Label Updates –
DuPont [PRESENTATION] |
| 11:20-11:30am |
New Product and Label Updates –
Syngenta [PRESENTATION] |
| 11:30-11:40am |
Concluding Remarks – Lyn Gettys, UF/IFAS |
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12:00pm |
End of 2013 Short Course Sessions |
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1:15-4:30pm |
CORE and Category Testing – Jane Morse,
Mary Beth Henry and Fred Fishel, UF/IFAS
and FDACS
[Grand Floridian Ballroom] |
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Thursday Special Calibration Sessions
[Sandpiper Room]
Each session is limited to 50 people.
Please sign up in the Registration
Office. |
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8:00-9:40am,
10:00-11:40am |
Calibration Training: Herbicide
Application Equipment Training and Math
Review– Faculty, UF/IFAS[PRESENTATION] |
