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Identify and Clarify: Regulatory Compliance for the Rearing, Releasing, Shipping, and Studying of Arthropods in Today's World: Part 2: Regulatory Compliance for Rearing, Releasing, Shipping, and Studying Arthropods

Sunday, November 13, 2011: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Room A6, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Organizers:
Scott W. Myers
Lisa G. Neven
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
0176
Commercial rearing and shipping of agricultural pests for research
Gary L. Benzon, Benzon Research Inc
1:55 PM
0177
Mass rearing and release of sterile fruit flies, a Florida perspective
David Dean, USDA - APHIS
2:15 PM
0178
Pre- & post-release risk assessment considerations for biological control agents
Elizabeth A. Boyd, California State University, Chico
2:35 PM
0179
Foreign exploration, importation and release of biological control agents
David Williams, University of Kentucky
2:55 PM
Break
3:10 PM
0180
Regulation of genetically engineered insects: current status and future prospects
Camilla Beech, Oxitec, Ltd.
3:30 PM
0181
Insectary experiences in relation to insect permitting
Abhilash Balachandran, Dow AgroSciences; Jon Babcock, Dow AgroSciences
3:50 PM
0182
Live insect displays: experiences with permitting, shipping, and rearing
Nathan Erwin, Smithsonian Institution
4:10 PM
0183
Importing insects into the United States from around the world
Michael Weissmann, Kallima Consultants Inc
4:30 PM
Panel Discussion
4:55 PM
Concluding Remarks
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