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.PennsylvaniaWest 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 forSustainable Control of Mosquitoes

Dr. Matthew Thomas, PennStateUniversity

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, PennState 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, PennState Cooperative Extension

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

Tom Smith, PennState CooperativeExtension

9:20 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.CountyProgram 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 onWhite-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, VA22030

(703) 246-8474

Norman Conrad

UnionCountyWest Nile Coordinator

& Extension Educator / PSU-CES

343 Chestnut Street Suite 3

Mifflinburg PA 17844

(570)966-8194

Scott Crans

RutgersUniversity

Center for Vector Biology
180 Jones Ave
New BrunswickNJ08901-8536

732-932-9565

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, PA17105-1467

717-346-8243

Jan Humphreys, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

Biology Dept., IUP (retired)

IndianaUniversity of Pennsylvania

Indiana, PA 15705

724-357-2352

Jerome A. Klun, Ph.D.

Research Entomologist

USDA Agricultural ResearchCenter

Chemical Affecting Insect Behavior Lab

Building 007, Room 324

10300 Baltimore Ave.

Beltsville, MD20705

301-504-6580

John Murphy

District Sales Manager

Liphatech

732-670-3346

Dave Rebuck

Black Fly Program Specialist

PA Department of Environmental Protection

Bureau of Labs – Vector Management

P.O. Box 1467

Harrisburg, PA17105-1467

717-346-8244

Betsy Reeder

West Virginia Black Fly Control Program

Coordinator

WV Department of Agriculture

320 2nd Ave., Bluestone Suite

Hinton, WV25951

304-541-5471

Thomas L. Smith

West Nile Virus Administrator

PennState Cooperative Ext. -YorkCounty

112 Pleasant Acres Rd., York, PA17402

Ph: (717)-840-2375

Sven-Erik Spichiger

Survey Entomologist

PA Department of Agriculture

Bureau of Plant Industry

2301 North Cameron Street

Harrisburg, PA17110

717-772-5231

Matthew Thomas, Ph.D.

Professor of Entomology

PennStateUniversity

Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics

and Department of Entomology

1 Chemical Ecology Lab

University Park, PA16802

814-865-2480

Greg Turner

Wildlife Biologist

Pennsylvania Game Commission

2001 Elmerton Ave

Harrisburg, PA17110

814-237-1432

George Wojick

Mosquito Control Director

City of Portsmouth

Portsmouth, VA