Fwd Announcement: WNV Prevention & Predictive Modeling Web Cast

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Subject: UPDATE: West Nile Virus Prevention & Predictive Modeling Web Cast
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 09:14:46 -0500
From: "Forbes, Mike" <mforbes@linkspoint.com>

Greetings,

Per my previous email, below I've included a detailed agenda for the
educational, live web cast on some of the latest developments in the
monitoring, geographic modeling and remediation of West Nile Virus.

This web cast will be held on January 22, 2003 at 2:00 PM EST (11 AM
PST) for approximately 90 minutes. Public health personnel involved
in the campaign against West Nile Virus and other interested parties
are invited to attend.

TO REGISTER: please email mforbes@linkspoint.com.

Additional information on this web cast is available at
http://www.linkspoint.com/wnv.html.
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Agenda: West Nile Virus: Monitoring, Modeling & Remediation: A GIS Perspective
January 22, 2003, 2:00 PM EST

Section 1: Dynamic Continuous Area Space-Time (DYCAST) System for
Monitoring West Nile Virus
            Sean Ahearn, PhD, Director CARSI Laboratory, Hunter College, CUNY

       - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
       - Review of West Nile Diffusion in US
       - Birds as Data Points
       - Identification of WNV Infection: Current Methodological Limitations
       - DYCAST Analysis: Assumptions & Model Components
       - Statistical Approach
       - Methodology
       - Review of 2001 Monitoring Data
       - Summary

Section 2: Integrated Mosquito Management in New York City
            Daniel Markowski, PhD, Deputy Director, Office of Vector
Surveillance and
            Control, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

       - Mosquito Surveillance Program
             - Larval Mosquito Surveillance
             - Adult Mosquito Surveillance
             - Dead Bird Surveillance
                  - Use of Cluster Models
       - Larval Mosquito Control
             - Standing Water Reports
             - Routine Sites
             - Catch Basins
                 - Routing
                 - Data Concerns
       - Adult Mosquito Control
             - GIS Utilization

Section 3: Preemptive Response to West Nile Virus In the Field
            Greg Fucheck, Vice President, LinksPoint

       - Situation Overview
       - Solution Overview
       - Desktop Route Creation and Management
       - Handheld Computer Field Treatment Management
       - Use Case Review
       - Summary

Section 4: Review of 2002 Geographic Data and Modeling
            Doctors Ahearn and Markowski

       - Interactive review of 2002 GIS modeling, treatment and human case data.

Section 5: How Can GIS Model be Implemented Elsewhere?

Section 6: Questions & Answers
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To access this live web cast you will need a computer with audio
capabilities connected to the Internet and a standard web browser.
The web address to view the web cast will be emailed a few days
before the event.

Additional information on this web cast is available at
http://www.linkspoint.com/wnv.html.

TO REGISTER: please email mforbes@linkspoint.com.

If you have already registered, you will receive the web address as
noted above.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me at
mforbes@linkspoint.com.

Thank you,

Michael Forbes
Vice President, Marketing
LinksPoint
www.linkspoint.com

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