Contact:

Bill Stoneman
Biopesticide Industry Alliance Inc.
bstoneman@biopesticideindustryalliance.org
(202) 536-4602

When:

Monday April 11, 2011 at 5:30 PM EDT
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Tuesday April 12, 2011 at 5:30 PM EDT

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Where:

Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel
Crystal Drive and Potomac Avenue
2800 South Potomac
Arlington, VA 22207

Make your reservations directly with the hotel at the prefered rate of $193.00. Dial 1-800-228-9290 and ask for the BPIA rate. Make your reservations right away - there are a limited number of rooms as this prefered rate. Arlington Hotel

The Renaissance has been gratious enough to extend the rate to BPIA members for the full week for those attending the NAFTA Working Group Biopesticide Registration Workshop following the BPIA meeting.

Other hotels are available at various rates in the general area of Arlington near the EPA headquarters.

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Biopesticide Industry Alliance Semi-Annual Meeting

Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) and the Positive Impact of
Biological Pesticides

Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel
Crystal Drive and Potomac Avenue
2800 South Potomac
Arlington, VA 22207

Monday April 11th, 2011, RENAISSANCE AND RESIDENCE INN CAPITAL VIEW
2800 South Potomac Avenue| Arlington, VA 22202

2:30 BPIA Committee Meetings (as scheduled by committee chairman)

3:30 BPIA Board of Directors Meeting

5:30 Mixer and networking opportunity Mixer sponsors: Stillmeadow & AgraQuest

Tuesday April 12th, 2011, RENAISSANCE AND RESIDENCE INN CAPITAL VIEW
2800 South Potomac Avenue| Arlington, VA 22202

7:30 Registration and Coffee Break sponsor: Marrone Bio Innovations

8:00 Welcome and Introductions (Bill Stoneman, Executive Director – BPIA)

8:05 Chairman’s Welcome (Eda Reinot, Head of Global Research – Becker Underwood, Inc.)

8:15 Follow-up to Our Theme of 2010, “The Value of Biopesticides in Resistance Management” – IRAC and Listing Your Products with IRAC and FRAC (Dirk Ave, Valent BioSciences)

8:45 Keynote: Fresh Produce Producer's Perspective of Present MRL System and the Positive Impact of Biological Pesticides (Marco Castro, Research and Development - Plant Protection area of Dole Fresh Fruit International)

9:30 Establishing Global MRLs for Conventional Pesticides: Issues and Perceptions (Rich Carver, Sr. Product Registration Manager - DuPont Crop Protection)

10:00 Break and Networking Break sponsor: Marrone Bio Innovations

10:30 Organic Perspectives on Pesticide Residues in Food (Bill Wolf, President and Founder -Wolf, DiMatteo & Associates)

11:15 Inter-Governmental Perspectives on Residues in Food (Patty Bennett, Food Safety and Inspection Service - U.S. Department of Agriculture)

11:45 Lunch and networking opportunity

Lunch sponsors: Technology Sciences Group & Certis USA

eMarketing: Practical Tips on Building Your Brand with Online Marketing
Special Luncheon Speaker: Michael DeLuca, President - Meister Media Worldwide

1:00 Marketing “Zero Residue� Integral Process,” a European Perspective (Juan Rodr�guez Mart�n Director T�cnico / Technical Manager - SEIPASA, Valencia, Spain)

1:30 Opportunities for Biological Pesticides in Australia (Michael Tichon, Competitive Advantage, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia)

2:00 Trends in International MRL Regulations: Implications for the Biopesticide Industry (Sven-Erik Nielsen, Lead Analyst - Bryant Christie Inc.’s)

2:30 EPA BPPD’s Perspectives on MRLs and the Role of Biopesticides (Tom Brennan, Branch Chief - US EPA Environmental Stewardship Program)

3:00 Break and Networking Break sponsors: Plant Health Care Inc.

3:45 New member introductions: Scotts JET Harvest Solutions Sylvar Technologies
Bayer Crop Science Seipasa Emory Oleo Chemicals

4:30 BPIA Business Meeting

Chairman’s Report (Eda Reinot, BPIA Board of Directors Chairman)
Treasurer’s Report (Steve Hartmeier, BPIA Treasurer)
Committee Reports:          Regulatory (Amy Roberts, Committee Chairman)
                                                Outreach (Marcus Meadows-Smith, Committee Chairman & others)
                                                PR (Rick Melnick, Committee Chairman)
                                                Membership (Bob Holm, Committee Chairman)
                                                Legislative (Pam Marrone, Committee Chairman)
                                                Meeting Planning (William Dunham/Ned French, Committee Chairs)
5:30    Adjourn

Pre-dinner refreshment sponsors: The Scotts Company, Plant Health Care & Prophyta Biologischer Pflanzenschutz

6:30 Group Dinner

Wednesday, April 13th through Friday, April 15th, 2011

NAFTA BIOPESTICIDE REGISTRATION
IMPROVEMENT COURSE (BRIC)
APRIL 13-15, 2011

ONE POTOMAC YARD
CONFERENCE CENTER 1, First Floor Conference Room
2777 SOUTH CRYSTAL DRIVE
ARLINGTON, VIRGINA 22202 USA

Please use this link for further information or to register for the course:
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/biopesticides/nafta-bric.html