Day 1

Risk and Response Overview

8:30 - 9:00

Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 9:30

Welcome
Dr. John Marburger III, Director
Office of Science and Technology Policy

Threat & Risk Overview

9:30 - 10:00

U.S. Agriculture in Context:
The Sector's Importance to the American Economy and
Its Role in Global Trade

Dr. Beth Lautner, Vice President of Science and Technology
National Pork Board

10:00 - 10:30

Overview of Threats and Risks to U.S. Agriculture

Dr. David Franz, Senior Biological Scientist
Midwest Research Institute

10:30 - 10:45

Break

10:45 - 12:00

Threat and Risk Panel

Four 15 minute presentations, followed by 30 minutes for
audience feedback and discussion.

1. Bioterrorism Threats to Agriculture
   Dr. Lawrence Gershwin
   National Intelligence Officer for Science and Technology
   
2. The Terrorist and Criminal Threat to Agriculture
   Dr. Peter Chalk, Policy Analyst
   The RAND Corporation
   
3. Attacks Further Down the Food Chain (PDF)
   Dr. Jean Hollebone, Director, Science Division
   Canadian Food Inspection Agency
   
4. The 2001 UK Foot and Mouth Epidemic (PDF)
   Mr. Alun Evans, Director of Civil Resilience
   Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Great Britain
   

12:00 - 1:00

Luncheon

U.S. Agriculture, Critical Infrastructure Protection, and Homeland Security (PDF)
Dr. John Vitko Jr., Director of Biological and Chemical Countermeasures,
Science and Technology Directorate
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Emergency Response and Management Overview

1:00 - 1:30

1:30 - 2:00

2:00 - 3:45

Response Panel

Four 15 minute presentations, followed by 45 minutes for
audience feedback and discussion:

1. Active and Passive Disease Surveillance
   Ms. Dorothy Preslar, Executive Director,
   International Lookout for Infectious Animal and Anthropo-Zoonotic Diseases (ILIAAD)
   
2. Foreign Animal Disease Control: Vaccination and Culling (PDF)
   Dr. Joseph Annelli, Chief Staff Veterinarian, Emergency Programs Staff, Animal Health Programs,
   Veterinary Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture
   
3. Agro-Terrorism Modeling and Simulation (PDF)
   Tim Carpenter
   University of California, Davis
   
4. Advanced Animal Pathogen Research (PDF)
   Gerald Parker
   U.S. Department of Homeland Security
   

3:45 - 4:00

4:00 - 4:30

Day 1 Wrap-Up and Day 2 Orientation

Dr. Terry Kelly, Senior Researcher
The RAND Corporation

Terry Nipp
NIAS

Day 2

Response Gap and Development Breakout Sessions

9:00 - 1:00

Response Gap Breakout Sessions

1. Infectious Disease Epidemiology
   Leader: Dr. Bruce Akey, Acting State Veterinarian; Director, Division of Animal Industry
   New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets
   
2. Detection, Diagnosis and Forensics
   Leader: Dr. Linda Logan, Professor, Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine
   Texas A&M University
   
3. Cross-Jurisdictional Surveillance and Information Technology Capabilities
   Leader: Dr. James Case, Professor of Clinical Diagnostic Informatics, California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory
   University of California, Davis
   
4. Vaccination and Protection Technologies
   Leader: Dr. James Roth, Distinguished Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine; Assistant Dean, International Programs and Public Policy
   Iowa State University
   

1:00 - 2:30

Working Lunch

2:30 - 4:00

Gap Development Summation

Each group gave a 15 minute overview of gap development, prioritization, and projected timeline and budgetary requirements, with 5 minutes for Q&A.

4:00 - 4:30

Workshop Summary and
Articulation of Future Agro-Terrorism Defense Research Agenda

Workshop Organizers