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1 FLEPPC 2019 CONFERENCE AGENDA Tuesday March 26 th 8:00 am noon Registration set up 1:00 pm 4:00 pm FLEPPC Board meeting Sandpiper Room OVERVIEW: Wednesday March 27 th 8:00 am 5:00 pm Registration Foyer 8:00 am 5:00 pm Vendor Set-Up, Poster Set-Up, Silent Auction Set-Up Bill France B&C/Petty 9:00 am 12:00 pm FISP/CISMA SESSION Bill France A 12:00 pm 1:00 pm Lunch on your own 1:00 pm 5:15 pm Keynote and Plenary Session Bill France A 5:30 pm 7:00 pm Poster Session and Welcome Social Bill France B&C/Petty SESSION I WELCOME, KEYNOTE, AND PANEL DISCUSSION Bill France A CEU SESSION ID: TBD LeRoy Rogers 1:00 pm 1:10 pm Welcome and Announcements Jimmy Lange, FLEPPC Chair 1:10 pm 2:00 pm 2:00 pm 3:00 pm Keynote Speaker Carrie Brown-Lima, Director New York Invasive Species Research Institute, Bridging the Gap between Invasive Species Research and Management The Landscape of Invasive Species Science and Management in Florida: A Panel Discussion with Linda King (FWC), Ellen Lake (USDA-ARS IPRL), Francois LaRoche (SFWMD), Deb Stone (SJRWMD), and Jay Ferrell (UF CAIP) 3:00 pm 3:20 pm NETWORKING BREAK IN VENDOR ROOM (Bill France B&C/Petty)

2 SESSION I (continued) PLENARY SPEAKERS Bill France A CEU SESSION ID: TBD Deah Lieurance 3:20 pm 4:00 pm Luke Flory, Drivers of the Long-term Dynamics and Impacts of Plant Invasions 4:00 pm 4:25 pm Dexter Sowell, Early Detection and Rapid Response in Florida: A Review 4:25 pm 4:50 pm 4:50 pm 5:15 pm 5:30 pm 7:00 pm LeRoy Rogers, Designing a Monitoring Framework to Inform Invasive Plant Management: Lessons from the A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge Aaron David, Biological Control of Lygodium microphyllum: Population Dynamics and Impacts of Two Established Agents POSTER SESSION AND WELCOME SOCIAL IN VENDOR ROOM (Bill France B&C/Petty) OVERVIEW: Thursday March 28 th 8:00 am 12:00 pm Registration Foyer 8:00 am 5:00 pm Vendor Exhibits, Poster Display, Silent Auction Bill France B&C/Petty 8:00 am 1:00 pm Oral Presentations Bill France A 12:50 pm 5:00 pm Lunch on your own/ Field Trips (lunch included) 6:00 pm 7:30 pm Banquet Ocean Terrace 7:30 pm 8:30 pm Awards, Silent Auction Ends Vendor Room (Bill France B&C/Petty) SESSION II STUDENT PRESENTATIONS Bill France A CEU SESSION ID: TBD 8:00 am 8:25 am 8:25 am 8:50 am TBD Kristen Bowers, Evaluating the Impact of Two Herbivores on Brazilian Peppertree (Schinus terebinthifolia) Jonathan Glueckert, Evaluation of New Herbicides and Techniques for Management Control of Old World Climbing Fern (Lygodium microphyllum) in South Florida 8:50 am 9:15 am Tabitha Petri, Are the Effects of Invasion Risk Context Dependent? 9:15 am 9:25 am Short Break 2

3 9:25 am 9:50 am Alexandra Onisko, Identification of Wetland Sedges in Florida 9:50 am 10:15 am 10:15 am 10:40 am Candice Prince, Evaluating the Cold Tolerance of Wildtype and Hybrid Cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica) Nicole Sebesta, First Report of Foliar Nectar Production by Lygodium microphyllum (Lygodiaceae), an Invasive Fern in Florida 10:40 am 11:00 am NETWORKING BREAK IN VENDOR ROOM (Bill France B&C/Petty) SESSION III BIOCONTROL Bill France A CEU SESSION ID: TBD Carey Minteer 11:00 am 11:05 am Vendor Update 11:05 am 11:10 am Vendor Update 11:10 am 11:35 am 11:35 am 12:00 pm 12:00 pm 12:25 pm Gregory Wheeler, Host Range and Natural History of Gadirtha fusca, the Second Biocontrol Control Agent for Chinese Tallowtree (Triadica sebifera) Ellen Lake, Development of New Biological Control Agents for Old World Climbing Fern, Lygodium microphyllum Dale Halbritter, Considering Life History and Pupation Substrates for the Mass Production of the Thrips Biological Control Agent of Brazilian Peppertree 12:25 pm 12:50 pm Allen Dray, Lilioceris egena: A Bulbil-Busting Beetle 12:50 pm 5:00 pm Lunch on your own/ Field Trips (lunch included) SESSION IV FIELD TRIPS Bill France A CEU SESSION ID: TBD Field Trip 1 Field Trip 2 Field Trip 3 Herbicide Application Demonstration, TBD, Greg McDonald (UF Agronomy) Restoration and Invasive Species Identification, Gamble Rogers State Park, Alice Bard (Florida State Parks) Botanizing in the Field, Tomoka Mounds State Park, Chan Zimmerman and Chris Matson (Florida State Parks) 6:00 pm 7:30 pm BANQUET Ocean Terrace 7:30 pm 8:30 pm AWARDS; SILENT AUCTION ENDS IN VENDOR ROOM (Bill France B&C/Petty) 3

4 OVERVIEW: Friday March 29 th 8:00 am 1:20 pm Oral Presentations Bill France A 1:30 pm Conference Concludes SESSION V MANAGEMENT Bill France A CEU SESSION ID: TBD Karen Brown 8:00 am 8:05 am Vendor Update 8:05 am 8:10 am Vendor Update 8:10 am 8:25 am 8:25 am 8:50 am 8:50 am 9:15 pm 9:15 pm 9:40 am Samantha Yuan, Quick Overview of the History, Present and Future of the FWC - Invasive Plant Management Section (IPMS) Research and Outreach Program Sarah Martin, Comprehensive Management of Torpedograss (Panicum repens) and Other Invasive Species at TNC s Blowing Rocks Preserve Ian Pfingsten, Assessing Post-hurricane Potential Spread of Aquatic Nonnative Plants in Florida Christen Mason, Integrating Fire with Chemical and Mechanical Control for Monotypic Napiergrass (Cenchrus purpureus) Stands 9:40 am 9:50 am Short Break 9:50 am 10:15 am 10:15 am 10:40 am 10:40 am 11:05 am Deah Lieurance, Risk vs. Reward: Growing Bamboo for Commercial Purposes in the Southeastern U.S. Kris Campbell, What Can Little Old You Do About Lygodium microphyllum? Plenty! Drew Hiatt, Grass Invasion Enhances Survival of Disease Vector Through Alteration of Microclimate Conditions 11:05 am 11:25 am NETWORKING BREAK IN VENDOR ROOM (Bill France B&C/Petty) 4

5 SESSION VI MANAGEMENT AND UPDATES Bill France A CEU SESSION ID: TBD Jimmy Lange 11:25 am 11:30 am Vendor Update 11:30 am 11:45 am FLEPPC BUSINESS MEETING (Prize drawing mid-meeting) 11:45 am 11:55 am Alex Dew, FWC s new Uplands Invasive Plant Management map 11:55 am 12:05 pm Rick O Conner, Eliminating a New Invader in Northwest Florida, Managing Beach Vitex 12:05 pm 12:30 pm Cody Miller, Osceola CISMA Update 12:30 pm 12:55 pm Tony Pernas & Dennis Giardina, An update on Everglades Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area s Efforts to Prevent the Spread of Exotic Mangroves in Florida 12:55 pm 1:20 pm Kelli Gladding, Aquatic Plant Management Technological Advancements 1:20 pm 1:30 pm CONFERENCE CONCLUSION REMARKS Jimmy Lange 5

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