COCONUT
RHINOCEROS
BEETLE
RESPONSE
REWATCH
Recording Day 1
Recording day 2
AGENDA
Day 1: September 11 Rewatch day 1 with time stamps on Youtube here.
1:00 pm Welcome & Introducing CRB
1:00 pm
Welcome & Introductions – Dr. Elliott Parsons, Pacific Regional Invasive Species & Climate Change Management Network, PI-CASC at UH Mānoa & Dr. Keith Weiser, Hawaiʻi Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Response
1:15 pm
CRB Biology: Know Your Enemy – Dr. Aubrey Moore, University of Guam
1:50 pm
CRB… Who Cares! – Roland Quitugua, University of Guam Cooperative Extension Outreach
2:20 pm Break
2:25 pm Session 1: Monitoring and Management
2:30 pm
Overview of Regional Variability in Palm Health and Infestation Levels at Several Sites on Oahu – Dr. Keith Weiser, Hawaiʻi Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Response
2:45 pm
Can RNA Interference be a Component of CRB Control? – Dr. Michael Melzer, Department of Plant & Environmental Protection Sciences, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
3:00 pm
Find the Notch! Developing an AI Detector for CRB Damage Using Drone Imagery – Dr. Ryan Perroy, Geography & Environmental Science, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
3:15 pm
Remote Surveillance and Aerial Pesticide Application for CRB Delineation and Control – Dr. Daniel Jenkins, Department of Plant & Environmental Protection Sciences, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
3:30 pm Break
3:35 pm Session #2: Communications & Emerging Research
3:40 pm
Trapping and Tracking CRB: Research from Guam and Hawaiʻi – Dr. Matthew Siderhurst, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Daniel K. Inouye U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center
3:55 pm
Protecting Moananuiākea Meals: Analyzing the Effects of Weather Inflicted CRB on Pacific Island Food Security – Andie Le Doux, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture
4:10 pm
Amplifying Efforts in CRB Communications and Management: The Hawaiʻi CRB Communication Plan – Elizabeth Speith, Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Council, Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa & Arisa Barcinas, Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Response, Research Corporation of the University of Hawaiʻi
4:25 pm Closing Remarks Day 1
4:25 pm
Closing Remarks and Wrap-up for Day 1 – Franny Brewer, Big Island Invasive Species Committee
4:30 pm
Finish
Day 2: September 12 Rewatch day 2 with time stamps on Youtube here.
1:00 pm Welcome Back & CRB Across the Pacific
1:00 pm
Welcome Back & Introductions; Recap of Day 1; Overview of Day 2 – Franny Brewer, Big Island Invasive Species Committee
1:15 pm
Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (CRB) spread and establishment in the Pacific, and the management experiences from Vanuatu – Dr. Mark Ero, Pacific Community (SPC), Land Resources Division Pacific Awareness and Response to the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (PARC) Project
1:50 pm
Away from mtCOI – WGS assessments of the Guam haplotype pervasiveness and CRB
biosecurity hotspots in the Pacific – Dr. Tek Tay, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Invasive Species & Disease Program
2:20 pm Break
2:25 pm Session 3: Detection, Invasion Pathways & Genetics
2:30 pm
CRB Biosecurity Interceptions – Dr. Ben Hoffmann, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Tropical Ecosystems Research Centre, Australia
2:45 pm
CRB Environmental DNA Survey Tool – Dr. Julie Lockwood, Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute, Rutgers University
3:00 pm
CRB Containment – Guam Detector Dog Team for Outbound Cargo – Dr. Andrea Blas, Micronesia Conservation Trust
3:15 pm
Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle and OrNV in Palau, a prospect for control for the Pacific – Dr. Christopher Kitalong, Palau Community College Cooperative Research Extension
3:30 pm
Audience Survey – Dr. Keith Weiser, Hawai’i Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Response
3:35 pm Break
3:40 pm Session #4: Drones & Q&A
3:45 pm
Drone Based Aerial Application for CRB – Dr. Roberto Rodriguez III, Aeronautical Sciences, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, & Timo Sullivan, Aloha ʻAina Drones
4:00 pm
Question & Answer Session for all available panelists – Moderated By:
Chelsea Arnott: Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Council, Department of Land and
Natural Resources, Division of Forestry & Wildlife
Christy Martin: Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species, University of
Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
4:25 pm Closing Remarks Day 2
4:25 pm
Closing Remarks and Wrap-up for Day 2 – Christy Martin, Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
4:30 pm
Finish
