{"id":2412,"date":"2021-10-04T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T10:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovativepixel.com\/IGIN\/?post_type=news&p=2412"},"modified":"2021-12-23T11:08:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T16:08:51","slug":"rise-members-meet-for-31st-annual-meeting","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/innovativepixel.com\/IGIN\/news\/rise-members-meet-for-31st-annual-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"RISE members meet for 31st annual meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment<\/a>, Arlington, Virginia, and CropLife America<\/a>, Washington, D.C., held a joint annual meeting in Aventura, Florida, Sept. 12-15, 2021. Nearly 500 participants representing companies that provide pest and plant health solutions for the specialty pesticide and agriculture markets attended the meeting virtually and in-person. Attendees met for three days to collaborate, strengthen relationships and share information.<\/p>\n

ISE President Megan Provost, who joined the association in December 2019 before the pandemic, led her first in-person annual meeting. She encouraged meaningful collaboration and engagement.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdvocacy is always more effective when we build and maintain strong partnerships,\u201d says Provost. \u201cBy collaborating and engaging meaningfully with our internal and external audiences, by convening a forum for partnership and information sharing, and by amplifying our collective impact by acting as a force multiplier, RISE can build and develop our membership and our coalitions to promote and protect access to pesticides and fertilizers.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Trends in Emerging Technology session, presented by two university professors, focused on innovative solutions that will more accurately target pests and improve plant health.<\/p>\n

Other panels featured a discussion of current state legislative activities as they pertained to pesticide laws with panelists providing data-driven insights and specific examples on the effectiveness of grassroots advocacy in shaping pesticide policies.<\/p>\n

A panel of former federal agency appointees shared their insights and experiences about the important work and accomplishments of industry regulators.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Keynote Speaker David Wasserman, senior editor for The Cook Political Report who is recognized as one of the nation\u2019s top election forecasters, provided analyses of 2022 mid-term elections and other insights.<\/p>\n

The new 2021 RISE governing board and committees met to develop tactics to address ongoing and emerging issues in 2022 and recognized the year\u2019s outstanding volunteers with three notable awards.<\/p>\n

The RISE governing board met on Sept. 13 and elected one new member, Bill Culpepper, SePRO Corporation.<\/p>\n

The Board also elected its 2022 executive committee:<\/p>\n