Day 3 Agenda
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Day 3 Focus: Pesticide drift modeling and data support for regulatory processes.
(NB: Separate links and instructions to join each session will be emailed to registrants.)
| Day 3 Keynote Session | ||
| Moderator: Mae Culumber, UCCE Farm Advisor, Fresno County | ||
| Start Time | Topic | Presenter |
| 8:00 am | Welcome and Updates | Greg Douhan, Area Citrus Advisor, UCCE, Tulare County |
| 8:10 am | [Video] From flight to rest – The journey of a droplet | Video |
| 8:20 am | Effect of drift on pesticide efficacy and resistance | Gabriel Torres, Viticulture & Enology, UC Davis |
| 8:40 am | [Video] Effective spray application – From uncertainty to confidence | Video |
| 8:50 am | BREAK | |
| 8:55 am | Keynote: Pain in the drift – Understanding the impact of pesticide drift from a holistic viewpoint | Emilio Gil Moya, Professor, Agri-Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Polytechnic University of Catalonia |
| 9:40 am | BREAK | |
| Pesticide Regulation & Stewardship Session | ||
| Moderator: Abiodun Abioye, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar | ||
| Start Time | Topic | Presenter |
| 9:45 am | Pesticide safety and regulation in California | Erin Coffey, Department of Pesticide Regulation, Enforcement Branch |
| 10:15 | Assessment of Bystander Exposures to Pesticide Spray Drift | Weiying (Tim) Jiang, Department of Pesticide Regulation, Human Health Assessment Branch |
| 10:45 | BREAK | |
| 10:50 | Orchard Sprayer Drift Management Techniques for Protecting Sensitive Sites | Parry Klassen, Director, Coalition for Urban & Rural Environmental Stewardship |
| 11:10 | BREAK | |
| Regulatory Models Session | ||
| Moderator: Sandipa Gautam, PhD | ||
| Start Time | Topic | Presenter |
| 11:15 am | Panel: Models in Drift Regulation: The place of models in drift regulation processes - moderated by Sandipa Gautam |
Click to see more info about panelists Colin Brown |
| 11:55 am | Development of Pesticide Drift Modeling to be Considered for Regulatory Use | Harold Thistle, TEALS, LLC |
| 12:15 | LUNCH BREAK | |
| Mechanistic Modeling & Closing Session | ||
| Moderator: Farzaneh Khorsandi, PhD | ||
| Start Time | Topic | Presenter |
| 1:00 pm | Overview of a Grassroots Effort to Improve Air Blast Sprayer Modeling | Mike Willett, Integrated Plant Health Strategies LLC |
| 1:15 | Model validation data collection effort in Washington apple | Lav Khot, Associate Professor, Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, Washington State University |
| 1:40 |
Model validation data collection effort in California grape, citrus, and almond
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Peter Ako Larbi, CE Agricultural Application Engineering Specialist, Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center |
| 2:15 | BREAK | |
| 2:20 | Panel: Regulatory Adoption and Industry Acceptance of New Data/Models - moderated by Farzaneh Khorsandi |
Click to see more info about panelists Aniela Burant |
| 3:00 | Closing Remarks | Fadi Fathallah, Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, UC Davis |
| 3:05 | ADJOURN | |