7 – 9 pm – WELCOME RECEPTION

7:00 – 8:00 am BREAKFAST

8:00 – 10:00 am OPENING GENERAL SESSION

• Welcome
• Greetings from Colorado – Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture
• EPA Update
• Fireside chat – perspectives from the frontlines farmworker, grower, clinical
• Fireside chat – perspectives from industry, regulator and educators

10:00 – 10:30 am NETWORKING BREAK

10:30 – 11:15 am LIGHTNING ROUND

3 minutes per speaker = 15 speakers OR 5 minutes per presentation = 9 presentations

• VA Tech – Science Literacy Program Learning Objectives
• How are states dealing with documentation and training of non-licensed applicators
• What qualifies as demonstrated competencies? (especially for non-test option)
• Update on Resources: PERC, Training, Low Literacy, Different Languages
• Federal Agency Certification Plans
• Certification and Training Assessment Group (CTAG) update

11:30 am – 12:15 pm CONCURRENT BREAKOUT A

12:30– 1:30 pm NETWORKING LUNCH (no speaker)

1:30 – 3:00 pm GENERAL SESSION:
Neil Gordon – Finding your Silver Bullet – The value of your speech isn’t based on what you say on stage, but rather what your audience does once you’re done saying it.” https://neilcanhelp.com/
Eva Galvez / Mily Trevino – Challenges/Solutions to reaching underserved audiences

3:00 -3:30 pm NETWORKING BREAK

3:30 – 4:15 pm CONCURRENT BREAKOUT B

4:25 – 5:10 pm CONCURRENT BREAKOUT C

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5th

7:00 – 8:00 am BREAKFAST

8:00 – 9:00 am CONCURRENT BREAKOUT D

9:15 – 10:00 am CONCURRENT BREAKOUT E

10:00 – 10:30 am NETWORKING BREAK

10:30 – 11:15 am CONCURRENT BREAKOUT F

11:30 am – 12:15 pm GENERAL SESSION

• Antimicrobials

12:15 – 1:00 pm NETWORKING LUNCH

1:00 – 1:35 pm GENERAL SESSION

• Antimicrobials (continued from morning session)

1:35 – 4:00 pm FOCUSED DISCUSSIONS

1. Pacific Island
2. Invasive Species
3. Respirator
4. Respirator Fit Test Training – follow-up from Tuesday afternoon breakouts – (pre-registration required)
5. IPM
6. Pollinators
7. NEW