Presiding:

Senator Thomas Alexander, South Carolina, Vice Chair, NCSL Agriculture and International Trade Committee

Speaker:

Lee Dixon, Group Director, Health Policy Tracking Service

Handout:

State Management & Allocation of Tobacco Settlement Revenue (FY 2000 -2002)

Presiding:

Representative Joe Hackney, North Carolina, Chair, NCSL Environment Committee;
Representative Bill Friend, Chair, NCSL Agriculture and International Trade Committee

Speakers:

Howard Bleichfeld, Counsel to the National Wetlands Coalition, Van Ness Feldman;
Sam Collinson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Handouts:

Who Will Protect Our Nation's Wetlands? - PowerPoint Presentation Slides;
Supreme Court Issues Second "Takings" Decision;
Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Jurisdiction Over Isolated Waters;
Supreme Court Decides Wetlands "Takings" Claim;
Wetlands Legislation in Other States

Presiding:

Senator Merton "Cap" Dierks, Nebraska, Vice Chair, NCSL Agriculture and International Trade Committee

Speakers:

Jeff Gain, Blue Ridge Company (Former Chair, Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization (AARC) Board);
Leslie McKinnon, Coordinator for Organic Certification, Texas Department of Agriculture

Handouts:

Factors Affecting International Demand and Trade in Organic Food Products;
State Organic Program Contact List

Facilitator:

Chuck Fluharty, Chair, Rural Policy Research Institute, University of Missouri-Columbia

Speakers:

Marcia Brand, Director of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services;
Senator Merton "Cap" Dierks, Nebraska, Vice Chair, NCSL Agriculture and International Trade Committee;
Representative Gordon Pederson, South Dakota;
John Meyers, Meyers and Associates;
Pat Sheikh, Deputy Administrator for International Trade Policy, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Handouts:

Small Towns, Big Successes;
Small Business in Rural America

Presiding:

Representative Bill Friend, Indiana, Chair, NCSL Agriculture and International Trade Committee

Speaker:

Wayne Nelson, President, Communicating for Agriculture

Handouts:

State Meat and Poultry Inspection Programs;
Farm Credit Use Expected to Rise Slightly;
Packers and Stockyards Programs: Investigations of Competitive Practices Need Improvements;
Issue Brief: Finance Programs for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers;
Midwest States Seminar on Beginning Farmer Finance Programs

Presiding:

Senator Merton "Cap" Dierks, Nebraska, Vice Chair, NCSL Agriculture and International Trade Committee

Speaker:

Pat Sheikh, Deputy Administrator for International Trade Policy, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Handout:

U.S.-China World Trade Organization (WTO) Accession Agreement

Presiding:

Representative Bill Friend, Indiana, Chair, NCSL Agriculture and International Trade Committee

Speakers:

Herb Jervis, Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Pioneer;
Roger McEowen, Extension Specialist, Agricultural Law and Policy, Kansas State University

Handouts:

Legal Issues Related to the Use and Ownership of Genetically Modified Organisms;
Monsanto Eliminates Tech Fees on Beans and Corn

Presiding:

Representative Phil Prelli, Connecticut, Vice Chair, NCSL Agriculture and International Trade Committee

Speakers:

Matt Schaefer, Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska College of Law;
Bill Waren, Fellow, Harrison Institute for Public Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Handouts:

State Leaders Confront Globalization;
Why the Mistakes in NAFTA's Investment Chapter Must Not be Repeated;
Local-Global Conflict: The Impact of International Trade & Investment Agreements on Grassroots Democracy

Presiding:

Senator Steve Kelly, Minnesota

Speakers:

Sharon Strover, Texas Telecommunications and Information Policy Institute, University of Texas at Austin;
Sam Tessen, Executive Director, Texas Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board

Presiding:

Representative Phil Prelli, Connecticut, Vice Chair, NCSL Agriculture and International Trade Committee

Speakers:

Timothy Hodges, Counsellor (Economic), Canadian Embassy;
Javier Mancera, Director of the Trade and NAFTA Office, Embassy of Mexico;
John Melle, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Mexico and NAFTA, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Handouts:

Labor, Other Critics Urge Postponing Access for Mexican Trucks;
Mexican Truck Dispute A Bottleneck for Transportation Bill;
Down on the Farm: NAFTA's Seven-Years War on Farmers and Ranchers in the U.S., Canada and Mexico;
NAFTA: Good for Farmers, Good for America;
The NAFTA Success Story: Economic Growth, Freedom, Democracy;
NAFTA at Seven: Its Impact on Workers in all Three Nations;
NAFTA's Seven-Year Itch;
Foreign Agricultural Service Backgrounder: Benefits of NAFTA

Presiding:

Representative Bill Friend, Indiana, Chair, NCSL Agriculture and International Trade Committee

Speakers:

Mark Andon, Principal Scientist, Technology Division, Procter & Gamble Nutrition Science Institute;
Doug DiRienzo, Vice President of Nutrition Research, National Dairy Council;
Trent Jones, Chairman and CEO, Cole Bros. Corporation;
Bob Heaney, Professor of Medicine, Creighton University

Handout:

The National Calcium Initiative