[CANUFNET] Great Lakes Forestry Centre Webinar Series _January 21st - webinar - Dean Thompson

Thu Jan 16 14:38:59 EST 2014

All,

Please find attached below a webinar notice that we (Canadian Forest Service, Great Lakes Forestry Centre) are hosting on January 21st, 2014 and may be of interest to you.

Thank you,
Stan Phippen

Stan Phippen R.P.F.
Forest Technology Transfer Officer/Agent en transfert technologie forestier
Knowledge Transfer and Policy / transfert de connaissances et des politiques
Natural Resources Canada/ Ressources naturelles Canada
Canadian Forest Service/Service canadien des forêts
Great Lakes Forestry Centre/Centre de foresterie des Grands Lacs
1219 Queen Street East
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario P6A 2E5
Tel / Tél. (705) 541-5565
Fax. / Téléc (705) 541-5704
Email/ Courriel: stan.phippen at nrcan-rncan.gc.ca

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Details, time and location:
Title: TreeAzin vs. Asian longhorned beetle - What we know and what we need to know

Presenter: Dr. Dean Thompson

There is no cost to join this English-only presentation, and pre-registration is not required. This webinar is brought to you by the Great Lakes Forestry Centre (GLFC). GLFC is one of five Canadian Forest Service (CFS) research centres. The CFS is one of six sectors within Natural Resources Canada.

Date/time: Tuesday, January 21, 2014
1:30-2:30 p.m. Eastern time
10:30-11:30 a.m. Pacific time
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Mountain time
12:30-1:30 p.m. Central time
2:30-3:30 p.m. Atlantic time
3:00-4:00 p.m. Newfoundland time

Location: Great Lakes Forestry Centre,
Room A103, (Dr. Roberta Bondar Conference Room).
1219 Queen St. E., Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

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Webinar access
Those who cannot attend in person can join online by following these three steps:
1. Go to http://tinyurl.com/GLFC-webinar-January-2014<https://gts-ee.webex.com/mw0307l/mywebex/default.do?service=1&siteurl=gts-ee&nomenu=true&main_url=%2Fmc0806l%2Fe.do%3Fsiteurl%3Dgts-ee%26AT%3DMI%26EventID%3D263813522%26UID%3D503129967%26Host%3D2aba0cef052018263626%26FrameSet%3D2%26PW%3DNYWMzYTNiNzg2>
2. Click "Join Now"
3. Dial-in phone number: 1-877-413-4790 (required for audio)
Conference ID (Attendee access code):1958186 #

All lines will be muted by the host during the presentation. Participants will be asked to mute their lines during the question period, unless asking a question, by entering:
*6 = self mute on
*6 = self mute off

Participants may contact the GLFC Publication Assistant via e-mail at publicat at NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca<mailto:publicat at NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca> if they experience difficulties during the presentation. There will be a question period following the presentation. Questions may also be submitted afterwards to the email address above.

Within one week of the webinar, the slide presentation and audio recording will be posted for download at: ftp://ftp.nrcan.gc.ca/cfs/glfc/. All previous Webinars are also archived there.
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Summary
The Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) poses an unprecedented risk to the multiple economic, ecological and aesthetic values associated with the southern deciduous forests of Canada. Considered cumulatively, the recent reccurrence of ALB in the Toronto area, coupled with the plethora of international trade and potential points of entry that exist throughout the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence region, and the several infestations currently extant in the northeastern United States provide ample evidence of both the risk and the need for early and aggressive action. Should this pest become established in Canada, the potential economic and ecological impacts are alarming. These include potential multi-million dollar economic impacts that would result from the need for destructive removal of urban trees, but also the loss of ecotourism revenues driven by visitors to our parks and conservation areas, the direct threat to the multi-million dollar maple syrup industry and a wide variety of possible ecological impacts including those associated with change to habitat for numerous species of birds, amphibians and other wildlife that are already considered at risk in this region. In the face of these multifaceted risks and impact potentials, the need for an effective and aggressive response in terms of prevention, eradication, slow-the-spread strategies and mitigation cannot be overstated. Within the context of meeting these over-arching strategic needs, TreeAzin, a natural systemic insecticide specifically developed for use against wood boring beetles, stands out as the non-destructive option with the greatest likelihood of success and public acceptance for use in Canada. In this presentation, we will briefly review the research and development of TreeAzin and highlight some recent findings which demonstrate its potential for use as part of a more comprehensive integrated response strategy for ALB.
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About
Dean G. Thompson joined the Canadian Forest Service Great Lakes Forestry Centre in Sault Ste. Marie in 1986. His research interests span the disciplines of environmental chemistry, ecotoxicology and ecology as they pertain to protection of the ecological integrity and sustainable management of Canada's forests. He holds cross appointments at both the University of Guelph and University of New Brunswick - St. John.
Dean has authored more than 80 publications in peer-reviewed journals and books. One focal area has been on research and development of azadirachtins as natural, botanical insecticides for control of invasive insect pests such as emerald ash borer and Asian longhorned beetle.

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