PENNSYLVANIA VECTOR CONTROL ASSOCIATION



PENNSYLVANIA VECTOR CONTROL ASSOCIATION

RAMADA INN, STATE COLLEGE

NOVEMBER 19-21, 2008

DRAFT AGENDA

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Registration

12:30 p.m. – 12:40 p.m. Opening Remarks

Mike Hutchinson – PVCA President

Session 1

Moderator – Gary Jones

12:40 p.m. – 1:10 p.m. Pennsylvania West Nile Virus 2008 Program Review

Matt Helwig, PA Department of Environmental Protection

1:10 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Pennsylvania Black Fly 2008 Program Review

Dave Rebuck, PA Department of Environmental Protection

1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. TBA

2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Novel Use of Fungal Pathogens for Sustainable Control of Mosquitoes

Dr. Matthew Thomas, Penn State University

2:30 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. Break

Session 2

Moderator – Jacquelyn Hakim

2:50 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. Rodent Control

John Murphy, Liphatech

3:50 p.m. – 4:20 p.m. Bound Pesticide Record-keeping Books

Norm Conrad, Penn State Cooperative Extension

4:20 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Vendor Presentations

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20

Session 3

Moderator – Leah Lamonte

8:30 a.m. – 9:00a.m. Backflow/cross-contamination Prevention When Loading Sprayers

Norm Conrad, Penn State Cooperative Extension

9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m. Taming the Tiger: Hunting Aedes albopictus in the Urban Bush

Tom Smith, Penn State Cooperative Extension

9:20 a.m. – 9:40 a.m. County Program Report (TBA)

9:40 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. Mosquito Barrier Sprays

Scott Crans, NJ DEP

10:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break

Session 4

Moderator – Christian Boyer

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Emerald Ash Borer Surveillance in PA

Sven Spichiger, PA Dept. of Agriculture

11:00 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. Black Fly Suppression in Southern West Virginia: Triumphs and Tribulations

Betsy Reeder, West Virginia Department of Agriculture

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Topic to be announced (tentative – seeking approval)

Dr. Jorge Arias, Fairfax County Health Department

12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Banquet

Jeopardy

Student award winner presentation

Session 5

Moderator – Ben Russell

2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Hantavirus in PA

Dr. Jan Humphreys, Indiana University of PA (retired)

2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. TBA

3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Break

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20

Session 6

Moderator – Greg Molter

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. An Extraordinary New Natural-Product Deer Tick and Mosquito Repellent: Isolongifolenone

Dr. Jerome Klun, USDA

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. An Update on White-nose Syndrome in Bats

Greg Turner, Game Commission

4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Vendor Happy Hour - Meet the Sustaining Members

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21

Session 7

Moderator – Bill Andrus

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Stinging Insects and Honey Bees

Joe Fitzpatrick, Abbott Labs (retired)

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. DUET Trials in Portsmouth, VA

George Wojick

9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Dog Heartworm in PA

Jan Humphreys, IUP (retired)

10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Break/Hotel checkout

Session 8

Moderator – Sarah Obrien

10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Respirators

Speaker TBA through Brian Smith

11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. TBA

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Business Meeting

12:00 p.m. Door Prizes

Jorge R. Arias, Ph.D.

Supervisor

Disease Carrying Insects Program

Fairfax County Health Department

10777 Main St, Suite 100

Fairfax, VA 22030

(703) 246-8474

Jorge.Arias@

Norman Conrad

Union County West Nile Coordinator

& Extension Educator / PSU-CES

343 Chestnut Street Suite 3

Mifflinburg PA 17844

(570)966-8194

ngc1@psu.edu

Scott Crans

Rutgers University

Center for Vector Biology

180 Jones Ave

New Brunswick NJ 08901-8536

732-932-9565

scrans@AESOP.Rutgers.edu

Joe Fitzpatrick

Abbott Labs (retired)

1036 Doans Way

Blue Bell, 19422

215-643-6885 (phone)

215-643-4651 (fax)

Matt Helwig

West Nile Virus Program Specialist

PA Department of Environmental Protection

Bureau of Labs – Vector Management

P.O. Box 1467

Harrisburg, PA 17105-1467

717-346-8243

mhelwig@state.pa.us

Jan Humphreys, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

Biology Dept., IUP (retired)

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Indiana, PA 15705

724-357-2352

jghumfrz@auxmail.iup.edu

Jerome A. Klun, Ph.D.

Research Entomologist

USDA Agricultural Research Center

Chemical Affecting Insect Behavior Lab

Building 007, Room 324

10300 Baltimore Ave.

Beltsville, MD 20705

301-504-6580

klunj@ba.ars.

John Murphy

District Sales Manager

Liphatech

732-670-3346

murphyj@

Dave Rebuck

Black Fly Program Specialist

PA Department of Environmental Protection

Bureau of Labs – Vector Management

P.O. Box 1467

Harrisburg, PA 17105-1467

717-346-8244

drebuck@state.pa.us

Betsy Reeder

West Virginia Black Fly Control Program

Coordinator

WV Department of Agriculture

320 2nd Ave., Bluestone Suite

Hinton, WV 25951

304-541-5471

breeder@ag.state.wv.us

Thomas L. Smith

West Nile Virus Administrator

Penn State Cooperative Ext. - York County

112 Pleasant Acres Rd., York, PA 17402

Ph: (717)-840-2375

tls35@psu.edu

Sven-Erik Spichiger

Survey Entomologist

PA Department of Agriculture

Bureau of Plant Industry

2301 North Cameron Street

Harrisburg, PA 17110

717-772-5231

sspichiger@state.pa.us

Matthew Thomas, Ph.D.

Professor of Entomology

Penn State University

Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics

and Department of Entomology

1 Chemical Ecology Lab

University Park, PA 16802

814-865-2480

mbt13@psu.edu

Greg Turner

Wildlife Biologist

Pennsylvania Game Commission

2001 Elmerton Ave

Harrisburg, PA 17110

814-237-1432

grturner@state.pa.us

George Wojick

Mosquito Control Director

City of Portsmouth

Portsmouth, VA

gwojcik@

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