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I-CASH Home > 2015 MRASH > 2015 MRASH Schedule

2015 MRASH Schedule

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Tuesday, November 17, 2015

8:00 – 8:30 am: Registration, exhibit setup

8:30 – 9:00 am: Welcome by Decorah Mayor Don Arndt and GPCAH Director Renee Anthony, PhD, CIH, CSP.

9:00 – 12:00 pm: What Can We Learn from the Avian Flu Outbreak? Presentation and Panel Discussion led by Carolyn Sheridan, RN, BSN, AgriSafe Clinical Director

12:00 – 1:00 pm: Buffet Lunch. Special lunch space for students and agricultural safety and health career representatives.

1:00 – 2:00 pm: First round of breakout sessions

2:00 – 2:15 pm: Break

2:15 – 3:15 pm: Second round of breakout sessions

3:15 – 3:30 pm: Break

3:30 – 4:30 pm: Third round of breakout sessions

4:30 – 6:00 pm: Poster Session Reception at Luther College (Peace Dining Room). Transportation provided on your own or enjoy the Decorah Trolley!

Dinner on your own at local restaurants

 

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

8:00 – 8:30 am: Registration

8:30 – 9:30 am: Welcome from I-CASH Director Brandi Janssen, PhD.
Keynote Presentation:Farmers & Researchers Working Together to Improve Ag Safety and Health.
Paul Johnson, MS, Decorah area farmer and former USDA Soil Conservation Service Chief (now Natural Resources Conservation Service).  Biography

9:30 – 9:45 am: Break and Move to Concurrent Panels

9:45 – 10:45 am: Concurrent Panels: Dairy (Jennifer Bentley, BS, MS, ISU Extension Dairy Field Specialist); Beginning Farmers (Brandi Janssen, PhD, I-CASH Director);Immigrant Workers (Sonja Reyes-Snyder, Regional Director for Proteus); moderators

10:45 – 11:00 am: Break and Move into Table Groups

11:00 – 12:10 am: Table Groups – Small Group Discussions – Making it Local, Community-level collaborations: Small group table discussions on working together, next steps

12:10 – 12:30 pm: Groups Report Back

12:30 – 2:00 pm: 25th Anniversary Celebration and Awards Lunch / Silent Auction Closes

2:00 – 3:00 pm: Optional –  OSHA Training: Recognition and Prevention of Zoonotic Disease. Charlotte Halverson BSN, COHN-S, Occupational Health Nurse, AgriSafe Network

2:00 – 5:00 pm: Optional –  Grain Safety for Young Workers (OSHA Train the Trainer)

2:00 – ?: Optional – Visit Decorah area sites on your own

 

 

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