Greening the Community:
Green economy, organic environments and healthy people
The 28th National Pesticide Forum - April 9-10, 2010
Case Western Reserve University - Cleveland, OH
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Friday, April 9
1:00 – 4:30pm: Cleveland Botanical Garden tour (meet at the Agnar Pytte Science Center)
4:30 – 7:00pm: Dinner break
5:00 – 7:00pm: Registration
5:30 – 6:30pm: Introduction to Pesticide Issues
6:30 – 7:15pm: Welcome and Opening Session: Dorr Dearborn, PhD
7:15 – 8:00pm: Keynote: William Mitsch, PhD
8:00 – 8:45pm: Keynote: David Hackenberg
8:45 – 10:30pm: Reception
Saturday, April 10
8:00 – 8:30am: Continental breakfast and registration
8:30 – 9:00am: Welcome
9:00 – 10:15am: Cutting-Edge Science Panel: Warren Porter, PhD; Paul Winchester, PhD; Shuk-mei Ho, PhD; Michael Skinner, PhD
10:45 – 12:15pm: Workshops 1
..........1. Cutting-Edge Science Panel discussion
..........2. Organic Lawns and Landscapes
..........3. Clean Water
..........4. Green Government
12:15 – 1:15pm: Lunch and Keynote: Melinda Hemmelgarn
1:15 – 2:15pm: Local, Organic Food Panel: Philip Nabors, Donita Anderson, Maurice Small and Peter McDermott
2:30 – 3:30pm: Banning Lawn Pesticides: Jan Kasperski, Theresa McClenaghan, Chip Osborne
4:00 – 5:30pm: Workshops 2
..........1. Local, Organic Food Panel discussion
..........2. Banning Lawn Pesticides in Your Community
..........3. Community Pesticide Policies
..........4. Green Business
5:30 – 7:00pm: Dinner break
7:00 – 7:45pm: Keynote: Jeff Moyer
7:45 – 8:30pm: Keynote: Harvey Wasserman
8:30 – 10:30pm: Reception