Welcome and Overview of the Day

Daniel P. Getman, Ph.D.

President, Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute

Keynote Address: West Nile Virus

Tracey S. McNamara, DVM, Diplomate, ACVP

Professor, Pathology
Western University of Health Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine

Plum Island Animal Disease Center:
Protecting the Nation's Livestock from Foreign Animal Diseases

Larry Barrett DVM, MS, Diplomate, ACVPM

Director, Plum Island Animal Disease Center
Department of Homeland Security

Biosecurity Research Institute:
Capabilities and Its Role in the Plum Island Facility Transition Plan

John Scott Rusk

Director, Biosecurity Research Institute

The University of Missouri Regional Biocontainment Lab, Protecting Us from Mother Nature (The Ultimate Bioterrorist)

George C. Stewart, Ph.D.

McKee Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis,
Chairman, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology
Director, MU Regional Biocontainment Laboratory

Rift Valley Fever and Exotic Blue Tongue:
Foreign Disease Threats to U.S. Livestock and Wildlife

Barbara S. Drolet, Ph.D.

Research Microbiologist, Acting Research Leader
USDA, ARS, Arthropod-Borne Animal Diseases Research Unit (ABADRU)

Walk the Talk: CEEZAD (Center of Excellence for Emerging Zoonotic Animal Diseases) and One Health

Juergen A Richt, DVM, Ph.D.

Regents Distinguished Professor
Diagnostic Medicine Pathobiology
Kansas State University

Keynote Address:
National Biosecurity Demands that We Think Globally

David R. Franz, DVM, Ph.D.

Vice President & Chief Biological Scientist

Midwest Research Institute

Keynote Address:
Lessons from the Hot Zone

Jerry P. Jaax, DVM, ACLAM

Associate Vice President for Research Compliance
University Veterinarian at Kansas State University

Nancy Jaax, DVM, ACVP

COL, US Army Veterinary Corps (ret)
Adjunct Professor, DMP
Kansas State University