Appendix B
Open Session Meeting Agendas
Information-gathering sessions include in-person public meetings and webinars held by the committee from December 2017 to April 2018. They are listed in chronological order. The locations of in-person meetings are provided. Presentations that were made via the Internet at the in-person public meetings are noted.
DECEMBER 1, 2017—FIRST PUBLIC MEETING
The first in-person public meeting of the Committee on the Potential for Biotechnology to Address Forest Health was held at the National Academy of Sciences building in Washington, DC.
Open Session Agenda
December 1, 2017
10:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
| 10:30 a.m. | Welcome and Introductions |
| Susan Offutt, Committee Chair, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
| Kara Laney, Study Director, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
| 10:45 a.m. | U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities |
| Michael Goergen, Vice President, Innovation, and Director, P3Nano | |
| 11:10 a.m. | U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service |
| Carlos Rodriguez Franco, Deputy Chief |
| 11:35 a.m. | U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service |
| Susan Koehler, Intergovernmental Agricultural Biotechnology Liaison | |
| 12:00 p.m. | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| John Kough, Senior Scientist, Office of Pesticide Programs, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division | |
| 12:25 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. | U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service |
| Kevin Hackett, Senior National Program Leader, Crop Entomology | |
| 1:55 p.m. | U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture |
| Timothy Conner, Director, Division of Bioenergy | |
| 2:20 p.m. | General Committee Discussion with Sponsors |
| 2:45 p.m. | Break |
| 3:00 p.m. | Public Attitudes and Philosophical Perspectives on the Use of Biotechnology to Address Forest Health |
| Evelyn Brister, Associate Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Why Biotech Solutions Are Needed to Address Forest Health |
| Steve Strauss, Professor, Oregon State University | |
| 4:00 p.m. | Threats to and Efforts to Protect Acacia koa in Hawaii |
| Dulal Borthakur, Professor, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa | |
| 4:30 p.m. | How a Single Gene May Help Save the American Chestnut |
| William A. Powell, Professor, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | |
| 5:00 p.m. | General Committee Discussion with Speakers |
| 5:30 p.m. | Public Comment Period |
| 6:00 p.m. | Adjourn Open Session |
DECEMBER 12, 2017—WEBINAR
Tree Breeding for Forest Health—Current Successes. How Can Biotechnology Help?
Richard Sniezko, U.S. Forest Service
Emerald Ash Borer—The Complexities of a Catastrophic Invader
Deb McCullough, Michigan State University
Developing Genetically Diverse, Blight-Resistant American Chestnut Through Conventional Breeding and Genetic Engineering
Jared Westbrook, The American Chestnut Foundation
FEBRUARY 8, 2018—SECOND PUBLIC MEETING
The second in-person public meeting of the Committee on the Potential for Biotechnology to Address Forest Health was held at the National Academy of Sciences building in Washington, DC.
Open Session Agenda
February 8, 2018
10:15 a.m.–3:15 p.m.
| 10:15 a.m. | Welcome and Introductions |
| Susan Offutt, Committee Chair, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
| Kara Laney, Study Director, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Forest Health: Context for Contemplating the Role of Biotechnology to Enhance Forest Health |
| Kimberly F. Wallin, Research Associate Professor and Interim Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, University of Vermont | |
| 10:50 a.m. | Our Charge: Forest Health Measures for Evaluating Risk from Release of Biotech Trees |
| James S. Clark, Nicholas Professor in Global Environmental Change and Professor of Statistical Science, Duke University | |
| 11:10 a.m. | The Risk to Forest Health Posed by Biotech-Modified Trees |
| Gary M. Lovett (presenting remotely), Senior Scientist and Forest Ecologist, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies | |
| 11:30 a.m. | Discussion with Morning Session Speakers |
| 12:15 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. | Using Ecosystem Services Frameworks to Increase Forest Value and Enhance Forest Health |
| Robert L. Deal (presenting remotely), Research Forester and Ecosystem Services Team Leader, U.S. Forest Service | |
| 1:20 p.m. | Forest Health and Biotechnology within an Ecosystem Services Framework |
| Robert J. Johnston, Professor of Economics and Director of George Perkins Marsh Institute, Clark University |
| 1:40 p.m. | Biotechnology and Forest Health: An Industry Perspective |
| Christine Dean, Vice President, Global Timberlands Technology (retired), Weyerhaeuser | |
| Anna Leon, Forest Pathologist, Weyerhaeuser | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Discussion with Afternoon Session Speakers |
| 2:45 p.m. | Public Comment Period |
| 3:15 p.m. | Adjourn Open Session |
FEBRUARY 12, 2018—WEBINAR
Using Genomic Tools to Understand and Manage Adaptation to Climate
Sally Aitken, University of British Columbia
FEBRUARY 22, 2018—WEBINAR ON POPLAR AND ASH
Jennifer Koch, U.S. Forest Service, Northern Research Station
Jared M. LeBoldus, Oregon State University
FEBRUARY 23, 2018—WEBINAR ON PESTICIDE USE IN FORESTS
John L. Kough, Office of Pesticide Programs, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, Environmental Protection Agency
Robyn Rose, USDA-APHIS, Plant Protection and Quarantine
MARCH 2, 2018—WEBINAR ON INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES ON THE USE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY IN FORESTS
Neil Patterson, Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
B.J. McManama, Indigenous Environmental Network
Michael J. Dockry, U.S. Forest Service and University of Minnesota
MARCH 5, 2018—FOREST ECOLOGY AT THE U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE
William C. (Chuck) Hunter, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Marit Alanen, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
MARCH 8, 2018—GE TREES AND THE U.S. REGULATORY SYSTEM
Adam Costanza, Institute of Forest Biosciences
Lori Knowles, University of Alberta and Institute of Forest Biosciences
William (Bill) Doley, USDA-APHIS–Biotechnology Regulatory Services
MARCH 8, 2018—ETHICS OF USING BIOTECHNOLOGY IN CONSERVATION
Ron Sandler, Northeastern University
Faith T. Campbell, Center for Invasive Species Prevention
MARCH 27, 2018—RISKS, CONCERNS, AND POTENTIAL PROBLEMS REGARDING THE USE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY TO ADDRESS FOREST HEALTH
Rachel Smolker, BiofuelWatch
Anne Petermann, Global Justice Ecology Project
Ruddy Turnstone, Global Justice Ecology Project
MARCH 27, 2018—WHITEBARK PINE
Diana F. Tomback, University of Colorado Denver
APRIL 5, 2018—THIRD PUBLIC MEETING
The third in-person public meeting of the Committee on the Potential for Biotechnology to Address Forest Health was held at the National Academy of Sciences building in Washington, DC.
Open Session Agenda
April 5, 2018
10:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
| 10:30 a.m. | Welcome and Introductions |
| Susan Offutt, Committee Chair, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
| Kara Laney, Study Director, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
| 10:50 a.m. | Risk Assessment to Support Decision Making |
| Katherine von Stackelberg, Research Scientist, Center for Health and the Global Environment and the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis | |
| 11:10 a.m. | Importance of Incorporating Ecosystem Services Within the Context of Social-Ecological Systems |
| Lawrence Kapustka, Senior Ecologist, LK Consultancy |
| 11:30 a.m. | Discussion with Morning Session Speakers |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. | Improved Assessment of Risks of Gene Flow in the Environment |
| Nathalie Isabel (presenting remotely), Research Scientist, Canadian Forest Service | |
| 1:20 p.m. | Levels and Logics of Public and Stakeholder Support for the Use of Genomic Tools for Forest Adaptation |
| Shannon Hagerman, Assistant Professor of Social-Ecological Systems, University of British Columbia | |
| 1:40 p.m. | Discussion with All Speakers |
| 2:45 p.m. | Public Comment Period |
| 3:00 p.m. | Adjourn Open Session |
