Emergency Management Research Expo Arboretum Centre, University of Guelph December 2nd, 2014: 8:30am - 2:00pm 8:30-8:45 Registration Coffee and refreshments available Opening Remarks 8:45-8:55 Michael Toombs, Director, Research and Innovation Branch, OMAFRA Rich Moccia, Associate Vice-President, Research (Strategic Partnerships), Univ. of Guelph 8:55-9:15 Research Highlights: Dr. Robert Deardon – How we can use design to better understand infectious disease spread in the livestock industries. 9:15-9:35 Graduate Student ‘One-Minute Poster Pitches’ 9:35-9:55 Research Highlights: Dr. Maria Spinato - Designing and conducting an emergency management exercise in the postmortem laboratory 9:55-10:10 Networking Break – Time to view and score student posters 10:10-10:30 Research Highlights: Dr. Jonathan Newman –Threat Analysis of the Spotted Winged Drosophila: Why We Start With Basic Ecological Research 10:30-10:50 Research Highlights: Dr. Jan Sargeant and Dr. Victoria Ng - A functional tool for the prioritization of zoonotic diseases in Ontario. 10:50-11:00 Knowledge Translation and Transfer: Dr. Steve Roche, Johne’s Disease Scribble Video (Part II) Coordinating the Response to an Outbreak: a Panel Discussion on Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus in Ontario: facilitator - Dr. Greg Douglas, CVO, Director Animal Health and Welfare Branch, OMAFRA 11:00-12:00 Mary Jane Quinn - Manager Communications and Consumer Marketing, Ontario Pork John DeBruyn – Pork Producer and Vice-Chair, Ontario Pork Dr. Sue Burlatschenko – Swine Veterinarian, Goshen Ridge Veterinary Services Dr. Terry O’Sullivan - Veterinary Epidemiologist and Assistant Professor, Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College 12:00 Lunch/Networking/Poster Viewing and Final Voting From Response to Research: Learning from Emergencies 12:30-1:45 1:45-2:00 Guest speaker – Dr. Theresa Bernardo - Associate Professor, Veterinary Medicine and Founder of One Health Knowledge Initiatives, Michigan State University While working with the Pan American Health Organization, Theresa Bernardo dealt with a worldwide flu epidemic (H1N1) and a devastating earthquake in Haiti. Using new media and other informational technologies, she helped the WHO regional office uncover new ways to use technology to save lives in disaster situations,that can also be used to improve overall public health. Closing Comments and Presentation of Poster Winners Dr. Greg Douglas, CVO, Director, Animal Health and Welfare Branch, OMAFRA