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UCR
Register now!
Time: March 25, 2025 (Tuesday)
Location: UCR HUB Conference Rooms
Some topics that will be presented during this year's conference include:
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Use of insect growth regulators (IGRs) for pest ant management
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Sustainable Pest Management (SPM)
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Inspection problems
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Delusional infestation
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Dark rover ant
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Biological degradation of wood with a focus on fungi and beetles
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Regulatory updates (GP and WDO)
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Drywood termite treatment technique
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Drywood termite research update
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Formosan termite management
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Managing burrowing rodents
We will provide continuing education credits from the California Structural Pest Control Board and the California Department of Pesticide Regulation. We expect to receive units for the following areas:
SPCB (Field Representatives and Operators only): TBD
CDPR: TBD
Some useful information:
1. Registration options:
Plenary session (morning) + General Pests session (afternoon)
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Plenary session (morning) + WDO session (afternoon)
2. Fee:
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Regular Attendee Registration: $125
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Sponsor Registration: $650
3. Email address:
We will contact you with other conference details (e.g., parking) once we receive your registration information. It is important to use correct email address.
4. Registration closes on March 13, 2025
5. ((IMPORTANT)) If you have any existing “conference credit” from previous years, contact us directly by emailing to the conference coordinator, Kathleen Campbell (kathcamp@ucr.edu). Do not use online registration site.
If you have any questions regarding CE credits and conference program, please email to Kathleen Campbell (kathcamp@ucr.edu).
Conference program
Plenary Session
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8:00 |
Welcome remarks |
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8:10 |
Presentation of the Carl Strom / Western Exterminator Scholarships |
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8:20 |
Dr. Ebeling Remembered |
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Chow-Yang Lee, UC Riverside |
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8:30 |
Ebeling Memorial Lecture |
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History of IGRs against ants |
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Karen M. Vail, The University of Tennessee |
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9:30 |
Break |
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10:00 |
What is SPM and what are its implications for urban pest management in California? |
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Sapna E. Thottathil, CDPR |
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10:30 |
SPCB Regulatory Update |
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Kathy Boyle, Structural Pest Control Board |
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11:30 |
Recognition of Sponsors |
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12:00 |
Lunch |
Wood Destroying Organisms Session
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1:00 |
WDO Inspection Problems |
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Tom Ineichen, Structural Pest Control Board |
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1:30 |
Biology of wood degrading powder post beetles and decay fungi and implications for management and control |
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Rachel Arango, Research Entomologist, USDA Forest Products Laboratory |
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2:00 |
WDO Update |
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Kathy Boyle, Structural Pest Control Board |
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2:30 |
break |
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3:00 |
Drywood termite treatment and impacts |
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Mike Rust, UC Riverside |
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3:30 |
Biology of fecal pellets in the western drywood termite and implications for their management |
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Nicholas Poulos, UC Riverside |
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4:00 |
The invisible magic: how the termite bait works in the underground nest of subterranean termite colony |
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Sang-Bin Lee, Assistant Cooperative Extension Urban IPM Advisor, UCCE Solano County & UC IPM |
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4:30 |
Test and certificates |
General Pests Session
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1:00 |
Managing Burrowing Rodents |
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Naimh Quinn, Human-Wildlife Interactions Advisor, UCCE Orange County |
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1:45 |
Dark rover ant baiting research update |
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Siavash Taravati, Area Integrated Pest Management Advisor, UCCE Riverside County |
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2:15 |
Low-impact protocols for Argentine ant control |
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Dong-Hwan Choe, UC Riverside |
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2:30 |
break |
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3:00 |
A protocol for working with suspected delusional infestations |
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Karen M. Vail, The University of Tennessee |
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3:30 |
Control options for managing insecticide-resistant bed bugs |
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Chow-Yang Lee, UC Riverside |
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4:00 |
Investigating Artificial Sweeteners as German Cockroach Insecticides |
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Shao-Hung (Dennis) Lee, UC Riverside |
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4:30 |
Test and certificates |
Contact Information
Kathleen Campbell
Entomology
951-827-5729
kathcamp@ucr.edu
Type
UCR UPMC
Sponsor
Urban Entomology
Target Audience
Other
Licensed Pest Management Professionals
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