Minnesota
Futures and IGERT Symposium:
Predicting Invasive Potential of
Exotic Species
Breadth and Significance of Invasion Biology
Day 1, March 3, 2008
McNamara Center, University of Minnesota
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Purpose of Day 1 of the Syposium:
• Discuss the impact of exotic species with stakeholders and
the need for research in Minnesota.
• Enhance the public dialogue in Minnesota on exotic species
risks to the environment.
Program for Day 1
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Johnson Room
Morning
8:00 Registration opens
8:30 Welcome Addresses:
Moderator – David Andow, Project Director, MN
Futures Symposium on Invasive Species
Tim Mulcahy, Vice President for Research, University
of Minnesota
Abel Ponce de Leon, Associate Dean for Research, CFANS
Ray Newman, Project Director, NSF-IGERT on Invasive
Species and Genotypes
9:00 Keynote address – David
Pimentel, Cornell University
Representative Dennis Ozment (IR, 37B, Rosemount)
Susan Thornton, Assistant Director, Legislative-Citizen Commission on
Minnesota Resources
Geir Friisoe, Director of Plant Protection, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Steve Hirsch, Assistant Director, Ecological Services, Minnesota Department
of Natural Resources
Panel Discussion
11:15 Press interviews with speakers and other participants
11:45 Lunch on your own (D’Amico and Sons Cafe is inside
the McNamara Center)
Afternoon
1:00 Breakout sessions with stakeholders:
Session 1, Invasive Species
Earthworms (Lee Frelich and Andy Holdsworth)
Eurasian water milfoil and curly-leaf pondweed (Ray Newman
and Chip Welling)
Emerald ash borer (Vera Krischik and Mark Abrahamson)
Soybean aphid (George Heimpel and Bob Koch)
Reed canary grass (Sue Galatowitsch and Ben
Lang - Minnesota Crop Improvement Association
Asian carp (Peter Sorensen and Mike Hoff)
Buckthorn (Peter Reich, Ann Pierce, DNR and Susan Wilkins, Minneapolis
Park and Recreation Board)
Communication – public input (Dan Philippon and Terry
McDill, MDA)
Session 2, Connections to Invasions
Climate change (Sarah Hobbie and Lee Frelich)
Volunteerism, citizen action and citizen science (Kristen Nelson
and Cindy Hale, UMN-Duluth)
Invasives as biofuels (Nick Jordan and Jason Garms, DNR)
K-12 education (Rob Blair and Lyndon Torstenson NPS)
Horticulture trade as a vector (Neil Anderson and Eric Nordlie,
Bailey's)
Firewood as a vector (Rob Venette and Kathryn Kromroy, MDA)
Biological control (George Heimpel and Luke Skinner, DNR)
4:00 Poster session and reception
5:00 Adjourn
7:00 Reconvene for symposium dinner: Loring Pasta Bar
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Curly-leaf
pondweed
Emerald
ash borer