Joseph LaForest's Presentations
Mr. LaForest is Associate Director for the University of Georgia's Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health (Bugwood) and leads the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and Forest Health programs. He joined University of Georgia in 2006 and has focused on developing resources for educating all audiences on IPM and plant biosecurity as well as using technology to enable more effective use and distribute information. He leads system development for databases and interfaces used by the center for organization and delivery of images, video, presentations, occurrence data, maps, and other user created content. He also serves as Co-Director for the Southern IPM Center and facilitates training and implementation of available technology into IPM programs at every scale and setting. The end result is increased collaboration between systems and leveraging the capabilities of each partner to maximize the benefit to all stakeholders. As part of this, he works to improve impact evaluation of digital resources as well as structural analysis of content delivery and exchange networks.