1. Upcoming PDS Training Opportunities  Emergency Management Response System (EMRS) District 2  January 13-15, 2015  Conyers, GA  Kris Keller  For users of EMRS District 2

2. Upcoming PDS Training Opportunities  Industry Training for Inspectors of Export Facilities  March 2015  Jason Baldwin  Course focuses on complex, yet common, facility approvals – including ‘field trips’

3. Upcoming PDS Training Opportunities  Animal Health 101  May 5-6, 2015  Ames, IA  Narda Huyke  Introductory Course primarily for Administrative Staff and new employees to APHIS/VS

4. Upcoming PDS Training Opportunities  Program Disease Field Skills Course  May 5-7, 2015  Ames, IA  John Bare  Basic regulatory veterinary field skills training, including labs and animal handling

5. Upcoming PDS Training Opportunities  Spatial Training for Epidemiologists using ArcGIS  May 12-14, 2015  Fort Collins, CO  Jason Baldwin  Hands on course on the use of GPS methods

6. Upcoming PDS Training Opportunities  Put picture here  Wildlife Seminar for Emergency Animal Disease Preparedness  May 12-14, 2015  Athens, GA  Teresa Drotar  Intensive introduction to the importance of recognizing foreign and emerging diseases in wildlife species

7. Upcoming PDS Training Opportunities  One Health Collaboration Methods  May 19-21, 2015  Minneapolis, MN  Nancy Platter  Participants will learn to apply various tools to address One Health issues and strengthen One Health collaborations.

8. Upcoming PDS Training Opportunities  Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostician (FADD) Course  June 1-12, 2015  Plum Island, NY  Liz Clark  Two week course with classroom, lab, necropsy and a simulated FAD investigation

9. Upcoming PDS Training Opportunities  Foreign Animal Disease Investigation Refresher Course  June 1-5, 2015  Ames, IA  John Bare  Intensive one week course for field VMO’s in conjunction with FADD

10. Upcoming PDS Training Opportunities  Animal Health 101  June 2-3, 2015  Riverdale, MD  Narda Huyke  Introductory Course primarily for Administrative Staff and new employees to APHIS/VS

11. Upcoming PDS Training Opportunities  Inspection of Equine Semen and Bovine Embryo Export Facilities  June 2015  Teresa Drotar

12. Upcoming PDS Training Opportunities  CEM (Contagious Equine Metritis) Training  July 14-16, 2015  Davis, CA  Teresa Drotar  For VMOs to learn about detection and prevention of CEM in breeding horses.

13. Upcoming PDS Training Opportunities  Field Epidemiologist Training  July 28-30, 2015  Fort Collins, CO  Nancy Platter  For AEO’s and state equivalent EO’s for VS Program Disease updates

14. Upcoming PDS Training Opportunities  University of TN Foreign Animal and Emerging Disease Training  August 11-13, 2015  Knoxville, TN  Elizabeth Clark  Jointly sponsored with USDA. Of interest to those responsible for foreign animal disease outbreak response and includes speakers with international expertise.

15. Upcoming PDS Training Opportunities  Live Bird Marketing System  August 18-20, 2015  Starkville, MS  Marvirstine Briggs- Fisher

16. Upcoming PDS Training Opportunities  Emergency Management Response System (EMRS) – District 3  September 15-17, 2015  Saint Louis, MO  Kris Keller  For users of EMRS District 3

17. Upcoming PDS Training Opportunities  Program Disease Field Skills Course  November 2015  Ames, IA  John Bare  Basic regulatory veterinary field skills training, including labs and animal handling