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Since 2003, ERS and Farm Foundation have co-sponsored workshops to review progress of PREISM-funded projects and provide a forum for dialogue on economic issues associated with agricultural invasive species. The workshops bring together academic researchers, representatives from a variety of Federal agencies, and other stakeholders concerned with managing agricultural invasive species.
2011 PREISM Workshop
ERS and Farm Foundation sponsored the 2011 PREISM workshop on Tuesday, May 17, at ERS. The workshop brought together researchers, program administrators, policymakers, and other stakeholders concerned with economics, national decision making, and the prevention and management of agricultural invasive species to discuss the progress and findings of selected PREISM projects funded from 2006-2008. The Farm Foundation has posted the slide presentations on their website.
2009 PREISM Workshop
ERS and the Farm Foundation sponsored a workshop on October 22-23, 2009 to discuss the progress and findings of selected projects funded from 2005-2008. The workshop brought together researchers, program administrators, policymakers, and other stakeholders concerned with the management of invasive species. The workshop featured a panel discussion, titled “Pandemic Influenza and Agriculture,” including Dr. Jürgen Richt of Kansas State University, Dr. Gregory Gray of the University of Iowa, and Dr. John Korslund of USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. In addition, Dr. Ravi Singh of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) discussed Ug99 wheat stem rust.
2008 PREISM Workshop
ERS and the Farm Foundation sponsored a workshop on October
23-24, 2008 to discuss the progress and findings of selected
projects funded from 2004 through 2007. The workshop brought
together researchers, program administrators, policymakers,
and other stakeholders concerned with the management of
invasive species. Dr.
Richard N. Mack, Professor of Ecology at Washington
State University, gave the keynote speech titled, "Calling
All Economists, ED/RR Needs Your Help." The featured luncheon
speaker was Daniel
B. Botkin, Emeritus Professor, University of California-Santa
Barbara, whose speech was titled, "The Naturalness
of Biological Invasions: Cultural Perceptions and Ecological
Realities of Biological Invasions." The Farm Foundation
has posted the conference
presentations on their website.
2007 PREISM Workshop
ERS and the Farm Foundation sponsored a workshop on
October 18-19, 2007 to discuss progress and findings of
selected PREISM studies funded from 2004-06. The workshop
brought together researchers, program administrators,
policymakers, and other stakeholders concerned with the
management of invasive species. Dr.
David Lodge, Professor at the University of Notre
Dame and Director of the Center for Aquatic Conservation,
gave the keynote speech titled, "Biologic Invasions
and Public Policy." Dr.
Mark Sagoff, Senior Research Scholar and Acting Director,
Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, University
of Maryland, was the featured luncheon speaker and his
talk was titled, "Invasive Species and Environmental
Harm." See the conference
agenda and papers presented on Farm Foundation's website.
2006 PREISM Workshop
ERS and Farm Foundation sponsored a workshop on October
19-20, 2006, to discuss progress and findings of selected
PREISM studies funded from 2003 through 2005. The workshop
brought together researchers, program administrators,
policymakers, and other stakeholders concerned with the
management of invasive species, including foreign animal
diseases. The keynote speaker was Dr. Gary Smith, Chief,
Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary Medicine. Another featured speaker
was be Dr. Simon Kenyon, extension veterinarian, Purdue
University. See the
conference agenda and papers presented on Farm Foundation's
website.
2005 PREISM Workshop
On October 20-21, 2005, ERS and Farm Foundation co-sponsored
a review of progress and findings of studies funded by
PREISM in 2003 and 2004. Highlights of the workshop included
a keynote speech by John Mumford of the Imperial College
of London, titled Consistent Frameworks for Evolving Biosecurity
Decisions, and a luncheon speech by Alan Burdick, senior
editor of Discover Magazine, titled Why Not Love Aliens?
What Invasive Species Can Tell Us about How Nature Does—and
Doesn't—Work. The workshop was conducted in ERS's
Waugh Conference Center in Washington, DC, and attended
by about 100 people from government agencies, universities,
and non-government. See the conference
agenda and papers presented on Farm Foundation's website.
2004 PREISM Workshop
ERS and Farm Foundation co-sponsored a review of progress
and findings of studies funded by PREISM in 2003 in ERS's
Waugh Conference Center in Washington, DC, on August 19-20,
2004. A highlight of the conference was a keynote speech
by Charles Perrings, University of York, England, titled
Globalization and Invasive Species: Economic Insights
from Theoretical Ecology. About 90 people from government
agencies, universities, and nongovernment organizations
attended the workshop. See the conference
agenda and papers presented on Farm Foundation's website.
2003 PREISM Workshop
More than 100 industry leaders, government regulators,
biological scientists, and researchers attended this workshop
on May 12 and 13, 2003, in Washington, DC, which announced
the first PREISM competitive awards program. Speakers
and attendees discussed issues related to the effects
of invasive species on U.S. livestock, crop production,
and ecosystems, as well as implications for policies and
programs to prevent or control invasive species.
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