Extension Conference

Monday, February 4

TIME	EVENT	ROOM	SPEAKER
9:00am - 1:30 pm	Conference Registration	Front of Bellsouth Auditorium
9:00am - 12:00pm	Regional Lead Agents Meeting	Executive Boardroom
12:00pm - 1:00pm	Lunch (On Your Own) Photos of New Agents	Bellsouth Auditorium Lobby
1:00pm - 1:30pm	Opening Session/Welcome	BellSouth Auditorium	Patricia DeHond, Dr. Steve Meadows
1:30pm - 4:30pm	Program Teams (Subject Matter Training) All breaks will be in the North Lobby Break station & Auditorium Quad Break station
	Agronomic Crops	Meeting Room 1 & 2
1:30pm - 2:30pm	Irrigation Basics	Meeting Room 1 & 2	Dr. Jose Payero
2:30pm - 3:30pm	Weed Management	Meeting Room 1 & 2	Dr. Mike Marshall
3:30pm - 4:00pm	Cotton Update	Meeting Room 1 & 2	Dr. John Mueller
4:00pm - 5:00pm	Utilizing the Nematode Lab	Meeting Room 1 & 2	Dr. Paula Agudelo
	Community Development	Training Room 2
	Community Development Activities and Possibilities for Collaboration	Training Room 2	Karen Huffman, Richmond Federal Reserve Charlotte Office
	Food Safety & Nutrition	Meeting Room 3
1:30pm - 4:30pm	Commercial Food Processing (Hands-on session)	Meeting Room 3	Dr. Scott Whiteside
1:30pm - 4:30pm	Forestry & Natural Resources	Meeting Room 4
	Regional Field Test	Meeting Room 4	Geoff Hill, ArborGen
	Forest Insects and Diseases Update	Meeting Room 4	Laurie Reid, SC Forestry Commission
	Cost Share	Meeting Room 4	Mike Banks, NRCS
	4-H Youth Development	Seminar Room 1
1:30pm - 4:30pm	Conducting Risk Management for Volunteers	Seminar Room 1	Tony Catone
	Horticulture	Seminar Room 2
1:30pm - 3:00pm	Nursery Substrates, Fertilizers and their Properties: Finding Grower Solutions	Seminar Room 2	Shawn Delaney, Sungro Horticulture
3:10pm - 4:30pm	Using Technology-Based Tools for a More Productive Horticultural Operation	Seminar Room 2	Drs. J.C. Chong and Sarah White
	Livestock & Forages	Teleconference Room
1:30pm - 3:00pm	Tour of new bull testing facility Utilization of the GrowSafe 6000 feeding system to evaluate performance and efficiency using our current bull testing model	Simpson Station	Dr. Matthew Burns
3:00pm - 4:00pm	Tour of fescue research area Update: Fescue Toxicosis and its effects on Beef Cattle Reproduction	Simpson Station	Dr. Matthew Burns
	Water Resources	Board Room
1:30pm - 4:30pm	Addressing Small Scale Erosion Issues	Board Room	Drs. Cal Sawyer, John Hayes, Charles Privette
5:00pm	Social and Poster Session	Connector
6:00pm	Program Team Fellowship meal (Each program team will plan their own night out)

Tuesday, February 5

TIME	EVENT	ROOM	SPEAKER
8:30am - 12:00pm	Conference Registration	Front of Bellsouth Auditorium
8:30am - 9:00am	General Session PSA Update	Bellsouth Auditorium	Dr. George Askew, Associate Director, Public Service Activities and Director, Clemson University Experiment Station
9:00am - 10:15am	eXtension – What is it and how can I use it in my work?	Bellsouth Auditorium	Dr. Jerold Thomas, Co-coordinator eXtension State and Local Value Enhancement (SLVE) Program
10:15am - 10:45am	Break	North Lobby Break station & Auditorium Quad Break station
10:45am - 12:00pm	The Role of Extension in Supporting Community-Based Food Systems	Bellsouth Auditorium	Dr. Jerry DeWitt, President, Board of Directors, Carolina Farm Stewardship Association Agriculture
12:00pm	Lunch	Grand Ballroom
1:30pm -2:10pm	Concurrent Sessions
	A. Local Food Systems Roundtable	Seminar Room 1	Dr. Geoff Zehnder, Dave Lamie and Blake Lanford
	B. eXtension Overview	Seminar Room 2	Dr. Jerold Thomas
	C. Effective Extension Presentations	Teleconference Room	Dr. Della Baker
	D. Protecting the Public: Keeping Food Safe	Meeting Room 1	Angela Forbes and Dr. Susan Barefoot
	E. What's Next for Environmentally Friendly Landscaping Outreach from CES?	Meeting Room 2	Katie Giacalone and Terasa Young
	F. Sharing Stormwater Solutions for SC: Building Statewide Capacity for Water Resources Programming	Board Room	Dr. Dan Hitchcock, Kimberly Counts, and Dr. Cal Sawyer
	Concurrent Sessions
2:15pm - 2:55pm	A. Photo Editing	Seminar Room 1	Peter Togel
	B. Using Mobile Devices in Extension	Seminar Room 2	Dr. Jerold Thomas
	C. Effective Extension Presentations	Teleconference Room	Dr. Della Baker
	D. Let's Go! Eat Smart, Move More	Meeting Room 1	Melissa Buckner
	E. Regulatory Update: Pesticide Applicator Recertification	Meeting Room 2	Dr. Tim Drake and Tammy Lark Lognion
	F. The Stream Restoration Dream Team: Building Statewide Synergy for Water Resources Programming	Board Room	Jeremy Pike, Katie Giacalone, and Dr. Rockie English
3:00pm	Break	North Lobby Break station & Auditorium Quad Break station
3:30pm - 4:10pm	Concurrent Sessions
	A. File Sharing with File Drop	Seminar Room 1	Laurie Sherrod
	B. IT Roundtable	Seminar Room 2	Walter Bortz
	C. Managing Time Successfully	Teleconference Room	Kathy Snizaski
	D. South Carolina Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program Reaching the Hispanic Community for Obesity Prevention	Meeting Room 1	Dr. Yenory Hernandez-Garbanzo and Andrea Aguilar
	E. New and Emerging Trends in Urban Pest Control	Meeting Room 2	Dr. Eric Benson
	F. Native Plants for the SC Ornamental Landscape	Meeting Room 3	Dr. Ellen Vincent, Dr. Karen Hall
4:15pm - 4:55pm	Concurrent Sessions
	A. Gallery: PSAs Image Sharing Database	Seminar Room 1	Donna Bowen, Walker Massey, Peter Togel
	B. IT Roundtable (continuation)	Seminar Room 2	Walter Bortz
	C. CCIT Professional Development Opportunities	Teleconference Room	Kathy Snizaski
	D. Good Agricultural Practices	Meeting Room 1	Weatherly Thomas
	E. The Clemson University Brand	Meeting Room 2	Dave Dryden
	F. Native Plant seeds for ecological restoration	Meeting Room 3	T. J. Savereno
5:00pm	Adjourn
5:45pm	Banquet	Grand Ballroom
	Remarks	Grand Ballroom
	Reflections/Meal	Grand Ballroom
	Impact Counts: Telling the Cooperative Extension Story to Stakeholders	Grand Ballroom	Dr. Marshall Stewart, Dept. Head, 4-H Youth Development and Family & Consumer Sciences, North Carolina State University
	Introduction of New Employees	Grand Ballroom
	Awards Presentations	Grand Ballroom
8:00pm - 10:30pm	Entertainment	Grand Ballroom

Wednesday, February 6

TIME	EVENT	ROOM	SPEAKER
	General Session	Grand Ballroom
8:00am - 8:45am	Advancing the Mission of the Cooperative Extension Service	Grand Ballroom	Dr. John W. Kelly
8:45am - 9:00am	Timberland Legacy Program	Grand Ballroom	Dr. Patricia A. Layton, Laura Haselden
9:00am - 9:45am	Extension Marketing Initiative	Grand Ballroom	PSA Media Services
9:45am - 10:00am	Clemson University Operating Standards for Youth Programs and the Youth Programs Application Process	Grand Ballroom	Jacob Repokis
10:00am - 10:30am	Break	North Lobby Break station & Auditorium Quad Break station
10:30am - 12:00pm	Program Teams (Subject Matter Training)
	Agronomic Crops	Meeting Room 1 & 2
	Grain Sorghum in South Carolina	Meeting Room 1 & 2	Dr. Jason Kelley, University of Arkansas, Jay Crouch & David Gunter
	Community Development	Training Room 2
10:30am - 12:00pm	Strategic Planning Session	Training Room 2
	Food Safety & Nutrition	Meeting Room 3
10:30am -11:00am	Food Microbe Update	Meeting Room 3	Dr. Susan Barefoot
11:00am - 11:45am	Nutrition Guidelines Update	Meeting Room 3	Dr. Katherine Cason
11:45am - 12:00pm	General Food Safety & Nutrition Business	Meeting Room 3
	Forestry & Natural Resources	Meeting Room 4
10:30am - 12:00pm	Master Tree Farmer	Meeting Room 4	Dr. Tammy Cushing
	4-H Youth Development	Seminar Room 1
	Effective Program Evaluation	Seminar Room 1	Dr. Joseph Donaldson, Univ. of Tennessee
	Horticulture	Seminar Room 2
	Dealing with People with Invisible Bugs	Seminar Room 2	Dr. Nancy Hinkle, Professor, University of Georgia
	Livestock & Forages	Teleconference Room
	Program Team Meeting	Teleconference Room
	Water Resources	Board Room
	Team Member Program Updates	Board Room
12:00pm	Lunch (On Your own) Mentoring Lunch with new agents	Training Room 3
1:00pm	New Agent's Tiger 1 Cards	Fike Recreation Center
1:30pm	Regional Lead Agents & County Coordinators Meeting	Meeting Rooms 1 & 2
	New Agent Training	Seminar Room 1
	Pending Enrollment
	Campus Tours	Organic Farm, Crop Improvement Facility	Dr. Geoff Zehnder, Dr. Chris Ray
	Cascade Training	Seminar Room 2	Walker Massey, Peter Togel
	Defensive Driver Training	G22 Lehotsky Hall	Linda Rice
6:30pm	Dinner with New Agents	Off Site

Thursday, February 7

TIME	EVENT	ROOM	SPEAKER
8:00am - 12:00pm	Competency Based Training for New Agents (This session is targeted to new agents, but is open to all agents)	Seminar Room 2
12:00pm	Adjourn