Upcoming Meetings

FMD Business Continuity Assessments and National
Workshop for Animal Health Emergencies

Workshop dates:
April 17-18, 2007

 

Facilitators:
Dr. Jimmy Tickel and Dr. Barrett Slenning

 

Workshop location:
Embassy Suites on the River
Des Moines, Iowa

 

Hosted By:
Multi-State Partnership for Security in Agriculture

 

Registration:
There are NO registration fees for the workshop.
Register here: Conference Registration

 

Workshop Summary:
Many States have conducted FMD Eradication Exercises, but there have been few opportunities to further Business Continuity planning on a National scale. This Workshop will provide five of the largest US food animal production states, the opportunity to discuss species specific, regional business continuity issues that would occur during an increased threat or outbreak of FMD. Prior to the workshop, the participating States' Officials (Iowa, Kansas, Wisconsin, California and North Carolina) will have worked with their respective Industry reps to conduct assessments to prepare their Outbriefings. The States' presentations will highlight business continuity issues for the food animal production center located in their state. The workshop will culminate with a scenario driven exercise that will allow the States to work through Regionalization and Compartmentalization issues on a national level.

Agriculture Emergency Response Workshop

Workshop dates and times:
April 18, 2007 (8am-5pm) and April 19, 2007 (8am-1pm)

 

Additional optional training sessions:
Risk Communications Training: 1:15PM-5:00PM April 19th, 2007 and
CARVER Assessment Training: 8:00AM-3:00PM April 20th, 2007

 

Workshop location:
Marriot Downtown
700 Grand Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa 50309
Phone: 515-245-5500
Fax: 515-245-5567
Toll-Free: 1-800-514-4681
http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/DSMIA
NOTE: Participants should contact the Marriot directly to reserve their rooms.

 

Intended Audience:
State animal health officials and departments of agriculture
State homeland security officials
State emergency management officials

 

Registration:
There are NO registration fees for the workshop.
Register here: Conference Registration

 

Travel Reimbursement:
Partnership States (IL, IA, MI, MN, MO, WI, NE, KY, KS, OK, OH, SD):
Each Partnership state has been allocated funding to support participant travel. Please contact your individual state- partnership representative to confirm availability. If you do not know your Partnership representative, please email Linda Roose at: linda.roose@hlsem.state.ia.us.

 

Non-Partnership States:
Some funding has been allocated to support non-partnership travel to the workshop. There is a limited amount of funding available and it will be allocated on a first come first serve basis. If you are interested in funding reimbursement, please designate that on the registration sheet.