33rd Annual UCR Urban Pest Management Conference was held on March 26, 2024 at UCR HUB Conference Rooms.

With about 150 attendees (including speakers and guests) and 14 industry sponsors, it was a successful event. 

We had >12 speakers from industry, university research laboratories, and state regulators, covering many topics that are relevant to urban pest management. Find out more on the conference program here.

Here are some photos from the event. 

Winners of Carl Strom / Western Exterminator Company Scholarship in Urban Entomology.

Professor Chow-Yang Lee is introducing Ebeling Memorial Lecture speaker for this year.

Professor Art Appel from Auburn University is delivering his Ebeling Memorial lecture - the importance of temperature to pest biology and management. 

Professor Art Appel is delivering his Ebeling Memorial lecture - the importance of temperature to pest biology and management. 

A view from the back of the conference room. 

Law and regulation updates from Riverside County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office.

Law and regulation updates from Riverside County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office.

Research poster presentation by the scholarship winners and students.

DPR table.

Kathy Boyle is providing regulatory update talk. 

Kathy Boyle is providing regulatory update talk. 

Adena Why, the Acting Chief from Alameda County Vector Control Services District, is providing an update on vector control and management. 

Adena Why, the Acting Chief from Alameda County Vector Control Services District, is providing an update on vector control and management. 

Blair Smith, the Director of Technical and Quality Assurance from Clark Pest Control, is providing a talk regarding our recent collaborative project - Ant IPM Alliance Project. 

Dr. Niamh Quinn, the Human-Wildlife Interactions Advisor from UCCE Orange County, is providing a talk regarding rodent control and the use of rodenticide and trapping method.

Professor Catherine Loudon from UC Irvine is providing her innovative research (in collaboration with UCR Urban Entomology program) on a novel entrapment surface for bed bug management.