Draft Agenda (pdf)

DRAFT

Lexington Downtown Hotel & Conference Center

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

9:00am – 9:15am              Welcome & Opening Remarks

Dean Scott Smith, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky

Dean Dan O’Hair, College of Communications & Information Sciences, University of Kentucky

Andrea Husband, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Kentucky

9:15am – 10:30am            Workshop:  Risk Communication (Moderator:  Kathleen Vidoloff, Department of Communication, University of Kentucky)

                                                                Dr. Shari Veil, University of Oklahoma

                                                                Dr. Steve Venette, University of Southern Mississippi

10:30am – 10:45am         Networking Break

10:45am – 11:45am         Panel Presentation:  Communication Challenges and Successes (Moderator:  Kathleen Vidoloff, Department of Communication, University of Kentucky)

Gwenda Bond, Kentucky Department of Health

Bill Clary, Kentucky Department of Agriculture

Ken Kurtz, retired journalist

11:45am – 12:00pm         Networking Break

12:00pm – 1:00pm           Working Lunch

Speaker:  Dave Filson, Penn State Cooperative Extension

1:00pm – 1:15pm             Networking Break

1:15pm – 2:00pm             Key Note Presentation - Food Recalls and the American Public:
Research Concerning What People Hear, Know, and Do in Response to Contamination Incidents 

                                                                Dr. Bill Hallman, Rutgers University

2:00pm – 2:45pm             Presentation

Dr. Morgan Hennessey, National Center for Food Protection and Defense

2:45pm – 3:00pm             Networking Break

3:00pm – 4:30pm             Panel Presentation:  Logistics of a Food Safety Advisory (Moderator:  Dr. Gregg Rentfrow, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky)

TBD, Kentucky Department of Public Health

Dr. LeeAnne Jackson, FDA CFSAN

Angie Hoss, USDA FSIS

4:30pm – 5:15pm             Presentation

                                                                Dr. Bob Gravani, Cornell University

5:15pm – 6:30pm             On Your Own

6:30pm – 8:30pm             Working Dinner – Sponsored by Alltech

                Speaker:  TBD

Thursday, November 19, 2009

 9:00am – 9:10am              Opening Remarks

Associate Dean & Director Jimmy Henning, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Kentucky

Andrea Husband, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Kentucky

9:10am – 10:45am            Panel Presentation:  How Prepared is the Food Industry?  Practical Applications from Home-Based to Commercial Processors (Moderator:  Dr. Gregg Rentfrow, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky)

Home Processing:  Dr. Lynn Knipe, Ohio State University

Upscaling:  Joe O’Leary, University of Kentucky

Commercial:  Gale Prince, Kroger (retired)

10:45am – 11:00am         Networking Break

11:00am – 11:45am         Workshop:  Understanding a Food Protection Plan

Dr. Gregg Rentfrow, University of Kentucky

Dr. Joe O’Leary, University of Kentucky

11:45am – 12:00pm         Networking Break

12:00pm – 1:00pm           Working Lunch:  How a Food Protection Plan Helped Us through a Weather Catastrophe

Dan Glier, Glier’s Goetta

1:00pm – 1:15pm             Networking Break

1:15pm – 3:15pm             Workshop:  Food Protection Plan Development

Dr. Gregg Rentfrow, University of Kentucky

Dr. Joe O’Leary, University of Kentucky

3:15pm – 3:45pm             Closing Remarks

                                                                Dr. Jan Singleton, National Institute of Food and Agriculture