Concurrent Session I
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Mediterranean East

T-STAR: Invasive Species Symposium

Symposium Theme:

The Role of the Caribbean Invasive Species Surveillance and

Information Program (CISSIP) in Regional Agriculture Repositioning Strategy

Welcome and Background

Moderator: Dr. Douglas L. Archer, T-STAR Program Director, UF/IFAS Gainesville, Florida
Speakers:
Dr. Hector Santiago-Anadon, Chairman of the CFCS Board and Executive Officer, University of Puerto, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Dr. David Sammons, Director of International Programs, UF/IFAS Gainesville, Florida
Dr. H. Arlington Chesney, Executive Director of CARDI, St. Augustine, Trinidad, West Indies; on behalf of CISWG
Dr. Larry Arrington, Dean for Extension, UF/IFAS Gainesville, Florida
Dr. Jimmy G. Cheek, President of CFCS and Senior Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Session I
Towards a Caribbean Basin Invasive Species Safeguarding Strategy Framework: From Grenada 2003 to Miami 2008

Moderator: Dr. Joan A. Dusky , UF/IFAS, Gainesville, Florida
Rapporteur: Ms. Dionne Clarke-Harris, CARDI, Jamaica, West Indies

Review and Update: Caribbean Invasive Species Working Group

(CISWG)

Mr. Bruce Lauckner, CARDI, Trinidad, West Indies

Overview and Status Update: Multi-donor Funding Initiatives for CISSIP

Ms. Margaret Kalloo, CARICOM Secretariat, Guyana, South America

USDA/APHIS Initiatives in Support of CISSIP

Mr. Robert Balaam, USDA/APHIS Offshore Pest Information Officer,

Homestead, Florida

The GEF/CABI Project on Mitigating the Threat of Invasive Alien

Species in the Insular Caribbean

Dr. Ulrike Krauss, CABI, Trinidad, West Indies

The French Overseas Department Invasive Species Initiative in the

Caribbean Basin

Mr. Jean Iotti, Chef de Service, Service de la Protection des Vegetaux Martinique, Martinique, French West Indies

Mr. Claude Vuillaume, Chargé de coopération régionale Caraïbe, CIRAD, Guadeloupe, French West Indies

CIRAD Invasive Species Initiatives in the Caribbean Basin
 

Pierre-Yves Teycheney², Emmanuel Wicker¹, Catherine Abadie², Jean-Heinrich Daugrois³, Luc Baudouin⁴, Michel Dollet⁴ and Claude Vuillaume², CIRAD: ^{2 & 3}Guadeloupe, ¹Martinique and ⁴Montpellier, France.

T-STAR Initiatives in Support of Invasive Species Efforts in the Greater Caribbean

Dr. Martha Roberts, UF/IFAS, Gainesville, Florida

Session II

Panel Discussion on Closing the Institutional and Technical

Framework Gaps for an Effective CISSIP

Moderator:  Dr. Carlton Davis, UF/IFAS, Gainesville, Florida

Rapporteur: Dr. Edward Evans, UF/IFAS Tropical REC, Homestead,

Florida

Panelists:

Dr. H. Arlington Chesney, Executive Director of CARDI, Trinidad,

West Indies

Dr. Gene Pollard, Plant Protection Specialist, Trinidad and Tobago

Ms. Margaret Kalloo, Deputy Program Officer, Agricultural

Development, CARICOM Secretariat, Guyana, South America

Dr. Moses Kairo, Director, Center for Biological Control, Florida A&M

University, Tallahassee, Florida

Mr. Claude Vuillaume, CIRAD, Caribbean Regional Representative,

Guadeloupe, French West Indies

Mr. Robert Balaam, USDA/APHIS Offshore Pest Information Officer,

Homestead, Florida

Dr. Timur “Tim” M. Momol, Central Florida District Extension

Director, UF/IFAS, Gainesville, Florida

Session III

Technical Issues Relating to Invasive Species Threats in the Caribbean Basin

Moderator: Dr. Waldemar Klassen, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and

Education Center, Homestead, Florida

Rapporteur:  Mr. Everton Ambrose, Agriculture, Health and Food

Safety Specialist, IICA, St. Lucia, West Indies

Paper:  Red Palm Mite Situation in the Caribbean

Dr. Amy Roda, USDA/APHIS, Miami, Florida on behalf of Caribbean

Invasive Species Working Group (CISWG).

Paper:  Citrus Greening Update

Dr. Harold Browning, Director, UF/IFAS Citrus Research and Education Center, Lake Alfred, Florida

Paper:  Black Sigatoga and Moko: Impact and Spread of Two Destructive

Banana  Diseases In The Caribbean Basin

Paper:  Chili Thrips Situation in the Caribbean

Dr. Waldemar Klassen and Dr. Dak Seal, UF/IFAS Tropical Research

and Education Center, Homestead, Florida

Paper:  Passion Vine Mealy Bug Disease in the Caribbean

Moderator:  Ms. Florita Kentish, FAO Country Representative,

Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies

Rapporteur:  Ms. Cynthra Persad, Chief Agricultural Officer, Ministry

of Agriculture, Lands, and Marine Resources, Trinidad and Tobago, West

Indies

Paper:  Giant African Snail Situation in the Caribbean

Dr. Gene Pollard, Plant Protection Specialist, Trinidad and Tobago

Paper:  Carambola Fruit Fly Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean

Ms. Alies Van Sauers-Muller, Carambola Fruit Fly Program Coordinator, Agricultural Experiment Station, Paramaribo, Suriname.

Paper:  Animal Health Issues in the Caribbean

Dr. Lloyd Webb, Public Health Veterinarian, PAHO, Barbados

Paper:  Avian Influenza: Pandemic Preparedness for Small Agribusinesses

Dr. Joanne Brown, Deputy Commissioner, Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, Tallahassee, FL

Paper: “Microbial threats to the safety of food products in trade between the Latin America - Caribbean Region, the USA, and other countries”.  

Dr. Lloyd Webb, Public Health Veterinarian, PAHO, Barbados

Closing Remarks and Adjournment

Dr. John Fernandez Van Cleve, Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences