Quad Cities Pollinator Conference, June 10-11, 2015
Pollinators: In the Back Yard & On the Back Forty
8:00 - 12:00 am
Attendee Registration and Check-In
8:00 - 11:30 am
Morning Pollinator Truffle Workshop – Nahant Marsh, Davenport, IA
12:30 – 12:45 pm
SALON D - Opening Remarks/Welcome – USFWS/Nahant Marsh
12:45 – 1:30 pm
SALON D - Opening Keynote - May Berenbaum (Commencement) “The Pollinator Crisis: Are America's
Bees, Flies and Butterflies on their Last Six Legs?”
1:30 – 1:40 pm
1:40 – 2:20
2:30 – 3:10
3:20 – 4:10
4:20 – 5:00
Break for Transition
Initiatives, Research and
Agricultural Practices
Keeping Our Bees
(Research & Status)
Session 1
“Honeybees and Soybean
Production: Meeting World Protein
Needs in Concert with Nature”
Speaker: Richard Joost, United
Soybean Board
Session 1
“Honey Bee Health and Population
Decline”
Speaker: Gerald Hayes, Monsanto
Session 2
“The Many Factors Involved in
Colony Collapse Disorder”
Speaker: Randy Ryder, Bayer
Advanced
Session 2
“Wild Bees: Their Critical Roles in
Midwest Landscapes and How to
Promote Them”
Speaker: Steve Hendrix, University
of Iowa
Location: Salon A
Moderator:
Urban Restoration and
Conservation Practices
Location: Salon B
Moderator:
Location: Salon C
Moderator:
Session 1
“Stormwater Management Practices
that Benefit Pollinators”
Speaker: Wayne Petersen, Iowa
Department of Agriculture and Land
Stewardship
2:20 – 2:30 pm
Refreshment Break
Location: Salon D
3:10 – 3:20 pm
Refreshment Break
Location: Salon D
4:10 – 4:20 pm
Refreshment Break
Location: Salon D
Session 3
“Messy Fields Make Good
Neighbors ”
Speaker: Robert Ewoldt, Iowa
Producer
Session 3
"Applied Bee-Nomics: Can Science
Save the Honey Bee?"
Speaker: May Berenbaum,
University of Illinois
Session 4
“Evaluation of Prairie Strips and
CRP Contour Buffer and Filter Strip
Vegetation Mixes as Resources for
Bees”
Speaker: Amy Moorhouse, Iowa
State University
Session 4
“A Look Inside a Beehive”
Speaker: Ron Fischer, Illinois
BeeKeeper
Session 2
“The Workings of a Native Seed and
Plant Nursery”
Speaker: Howard Bright, Ion
Exchange
Session 3
“Going Native: How Managing
Stormwater Can Improve BioDiversity”
Speaker: Brian Stineman, City of
Davenport
Session 4
“Native Habitat for Pollinators”
Speaker: Ellen Starr, NRCS
5:00 – 9:00 pm
5:00 – 6:00 pm
6:00 – 7:00 pm
7:10pm
SALON D
Exhibits
Cocktail Hour
Dinner
Evening Keynote with John Phipps, Farm Report, “Shades of Grey: Communicating Science to an Anxious Public”
7:30 – 8:30 am
7:30 – 8:30 am
Attendee Registration/Check-In
Salon D - Coffee and Light Breakfast Fare
8:30 – 9:10
Initiatives, Research and
Agricultural Practices
Location: Salon A
Moderator:
10:10 – 10:50
Urban Restoration and
Conservation Practices
Location: Salon B
Moderator:
Location: Salon C
Moderator:
Session 1
“Integrating Pollinator Habitat
into Wildlife Planning on Private
Lands”
Speaker: Eric Sytsma, Pheasants
Forever
Session 1
“Bottomland Bees: A Survey of
Native Bees on Midwest Wildlife
Refuges”
Speaker: Wedge Watkins, USFWS
Session 2
“Advancing Monarch Butterfly
Conservation through the
Partners for Fish and Wildlife
Program”
Speaker: Doug Helmers, USFWS
Session 2
“Apiarist Report: What’s
Happening Now ”
Speaker: Andrew Joseph , Iowa
State Apiarist
9:10 – 9:20 pm
9:20 – 10:00
Keeping Our Bees
(Research & Status)
Refreshment Break
10:00 – 10:10 pm
Refreshment Break
10:50 – 11:00 pm
Break for Transition
Session 3
“USDA Programs: Helping People
Help Pollinators”
Speaker: Ellen Starr, NRCS
Session 1
"Lessons Learned: 29 years of
Restoring High Diversity Tallgrass
Prairie"
Speaker: Cody Considine, Nachusa
Grasslands
Location: Salon D
Session 2
“Pollinators…Working for You 24/7”
Speaker: Dallas and Roxie DeShane,
Master Gardeners,
IL Extension Service
Location: Salon D
Session 3
“Leave That Willow Bee:
Pollinators Need Trees and Shrubs
Too!”
Shannon Ramsay and Debbie
Fluegel - Trees Forever
11:00 – 12:00 Closing Session – TED Talk and Discussion – What Now?
12:00 – 1:00
Lunch on your own
1:00 – 4:00
Field Trip A or B (assemble in Lobby with your group)
Session 3
“High-performance Prairie for Soil,
Water and Wildlife"
Speaker: Laura Jackson, Tall Grass
Prairie Center
Location: Salon D
Location: Salon D