Full Schedule

6:30 AM – 8:00 AM East Coast USA Time

RISE Breakfast

Location: Ballroom B

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time

Plenary

Location: Ballroom A

8:10 AM – 8:15 AM East Coast USA Time

Program Announcements

Location: Ballroom A

Presenter: – St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement

8:15 AM – 8:35 AM East Coast USA Time

Best Management Practices for Adoption of New Technology for Surveillance and Control of Mosquitoes AMCA's Presidential Address

Location: Ballroom A

Presenter: – Anastasia Mosquito Control District

8:15 AM – 8:35 AM East Coast USA Time

Presidential Address

Location: Ballroom A

Presenter: – Anastasia Mosquito Control District

8:35 AM – 9:05 AM East Coast USA Time

Awards Presentation

Location: Ballroom A

Presenter: – Anastasia Mosquito Control District

9:05 AM – 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time

John Beidler: The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life

Location: Ballroom A

Presenter:

10:30 AM – 10:55 AM East Coast USA Time

AMCA Technical Advisor Update

Location: Ballroom B

Presenter: – American Mosquito Control Association

10:55 AM – 11:05 AM East Coast USA Time

Wing Beats – Your Trade Journal

Location: Ballroom A

Presenter: – Wing Beats

11:05 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time

Just a little pinprick – the History, Natural History, and The Natural History Museums, London collections of Mosquitoes

Location: Ballroom A

Presenter:

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM East Coast USA Time

Break in Exhibit Hall

Location: Hall A

Sponsored By

12:00 PM – 1:45 PM East Coast USA Time

Lunch and Exhibits Open

Location: Hall A

Sponsored By

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

Effective Outreach and Educational Strategies for Mosquito Control Symposium

Location: 202

Moderator: – Collier Mosquito Control District

1:45 PM – 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time

21 - Mosquito Lingo: Buzzing into the Basics

Location: 202

Presenter: – Pasco County Mosquito Control District

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM East Coast USA Time

23 - Don’t Look Up, Look Down! A Free Mosquito Surveillance Mobile App and Fun Educational Resources to Support your Local Community Outreach

Location: 202

Presenter: – Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

Co-Author: – Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

2:15 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time

24 - Una Carta de Amor: Loving and Using Educational Ideas from Other Districts

Location: 202

Presenter: – San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District

Co-Author: – Collier Mosquito Control District

Co-Author: – Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District

2:30 PM – 2:45 PM East Coast USA Time

25 - IPM Education at a State Correctional Facility

Location: 202

Presenter: – Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District

Co-Author: – Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District

2:45 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time

26 - Educational Impact of the Aedes aegypti Male Mosquito Release Project with Wolbachia in Puerto Rico: A Community Approach

Location: 202

Presenter: – PRVCU

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

27 - Something fishy is happening in Ms. Skeeto's Science Lab

Location: 202

Presenter: – Beach Mosquito Control District

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

Environmental drivers of West Nile virus Symposium

Location: 208 A

Moderator: – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Moderator: – Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health

1:45 PM – 1:51 PM East Coast USA Time

28 - Symposium Introduction: The importance of environmental conditions for understanding West Nile virus dynamics

Location: 208 A

Presenter: – Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health

1:51 PM – 2:03 PM East Coast USA Time

29 - Forecasting West Nile virus incidence with environmental drivers

Location: 208 A

Presenter: – Northeastern University

Co-Author: – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Co-Author: – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

2:03 PM – 2:15 PM East Coast USA Time

30 - Exploring the interplay between warming temperatures and future implications for West Nile virus transmission

Location: 208 A

Presenter: – University of Wisconsin - Madison

Co-Author: – Lancaster University

Co-Author: – University of Florida

Co-Author: – University of Illinois

Co-Author: – University of Florida

2:15 PM – 2:27 PM East Coast USA Time

31 - The Impact of Temperature on West Nile Virus Vector-Virus Interactions

Location: 208 A

Presenter: – Stanford University

2:27 PM – 2:39 PM East Coast USA Time

32 - West Nile genomics in the Southwest

Location: 208 A

Presenter: – Translational Genomics Research Institute and Northern Arizona University

2:39 PM – 2:51 PM East Coast USA Time

33 - A Spatially Resolved and Environmentally Informed Forecast Model of West Nile Virus in Coachella Valley, California

Location: 208 A

Presenter: – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Co-Author: – Consultant

Co-Author: – Coachella Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District

Co-Author: – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

2:51 PM – 3:03 PM East Coast USA Time

34 - Spatially refined estimates of the risk of West Nile virus

Location: 208 A

Presenter: – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

Innovative Vector Management Strategies in Puerto Rico Surveillance & Control Symposium I

Location: 209

Moderator: – PRVCU

1:45 PM – 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time

42 - PRVCU: An Integrated Vector Management Program for the Prevention and Control of the Aedes aegypti in Puerto Rico

Location: 209

Presenter: – Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM East Coast USA Time

43 - Aedes aegypti Resistance to Adulticides: Data-Driven Approaches and Collaborative Study Efforts in Puerto Rico

Location: 209

Presenter: – Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit

Co-Author: – Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit

2:15 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time

44 - Bayamon Integrated Vector Management Demonstration Program

Location: 209

Presenter: – Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit

Co-Author: – Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit

Co-Author: – PRVCU

Co-Author: – Bayamon Municipality

Co-Author: – Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit

2:30 PM – 2:45 PM East Coast USA Time

45 - Community Outreach Efforts for the Prevention of dengue in Puerto Rico

Location: 209

Presenter: – Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit

Co-Author: – Puerto Rico Department of Health

2:45 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time

46 - Protecting Indoor Spaces: Screens and Spatial Repellents in Southern Puerto Rico

Location: 209

Presenter: – Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit

Co-Author: – Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

47 - Uncovering DENV dynamics through mosquito surveillance and testing.

Location: 209

Presenter: – CDC

Co-Author: – Centers For Disease Control and Prevention

Co-Author: – Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit

Co-Author: – CDC

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

Larvicide Resistance: Investigating and Adapting to an Emerging Threat Symposium

Location: 208 B

Moderator: – North Shore Mosquito Abatement District

Moderator: – EcoZone International

1:45 PM – 1:57 PM East Coast USA Time

35 - The NEVBD Pesticide Resistance Monitoring Program: six years of larvicide resistance surveillance in the Northeastern US

Location: 208 B

Presenter: – Cornell University

1:57 PM – 2:09 PM East Coast USA Time

36 - Spatial and Temporal Trends in Larvicide Use in Florida: Implications for Mosquito Resistance Management

Location: 208 B

Presenter: – University of Florida

Co-Author: – University of Florida

2:09 PM – 2:21 PM East Coast USA Time

37 - Making the dream work: Statewide container Aedes larvicide resistance testing through collaboration with Florida mosquito control programs

Location: 208 B

Presenter: – University of Florida

Co-Author: – University of Florida

Co-Author: – EcoZone International

Co-Author: – University of Florida

2:21 PM – 2:33 PM East Coast USA Time

38 - Why easy, if it can be complicated? Testing knowledge on methoprene resistance evaluation methods.

Location: 208 B

Presenter: – Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District

2:33 PM – 2:45 PM East Coast USA Time

238 - Product Stewardship: Developing Best Practices for Monitoring Resistance for Spinosad

Location: 208 A

Presenter: – Clarke

Co-Author: – Clarke

2:45 PM – 2:57 PM East Coast USA Time

40 - From S-methoprene to S-methobutene: Implication for activity and stability enhancement and resistance management in mosquitos

Location: 208 B

Presenter: – EcoZone International

2:57 PM – 3:09 PM East Coast USA Time

41 - Lack of cross resistance between S-methoprene and L. sphaericus in Culex pipiens from the Chicago, IL region

Location: 208 B

Presenter: – North Shore Mosquito Abatement District

Co-Author: – Northwest Mosquito Abatement District

Co-Author: – Des Plaines Valley Mosquito Abatement District

Co-Author: – University of Wisconsin - Madison

Co-Author: – North Shore Mosquito Abatement District

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

Mosquito Lightning Symposium

Location: Ballroom A

Moderator: – Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

1 - Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District's EQUINE MOSQUITO CONTROL UNIT

Location: Ballroom A

Presenter: – Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

2 - Let’s talk about sex, baby

Location: Ballroom A

Presenter: – Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

3 - Smokey the Bear has nothing on the Skeeter Meter: A communications toolkit for West Nile virus

Location: Ballroom A

Presenter: – CDC

Co-Author: – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

4 - The Gulf South Vector Educational Center for Training, Outreach and Resources

Location: Ballroom A

Presenter: – Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control Board

Co-Author: – Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

5 - Opportunities: Biomaterials in Biting Arthropod Research

Location: Ballroom A

Presenter: – University of Central Florida College of Medicine

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

6 - Dust off your trigonometry and bring a compass

Location: Ballroom A

Presenter: – Sacramento Yolo MVCD

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

7 - The quest for an effective residual insecticide to use in Puerto Rico

Location: Ballroom A

Presenter: – CDC

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

8 - Unearthing Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis (SFGR) Foci in Central America

Location: Ballroom A

Presenter: – University of South Carolina

Co-Author: – University of South Carolina

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

9 - Can Africa’s Ability to Leap forward in Emerging Technologies be extended to Managing Mosquito-Borne Diseases?

Location: Ballroom A

Presenter:

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

10 - The Fine Art of Mosquito Hospitality: A Guide to Keeping Your Unwelcome Guests Alive

Location: Ballroom A

Presenter: – Cornell University/NEVBD-TEC

Co-Author: – Cornell University/NEVBD-TEC

Co-Author: – Cornell University

Co-Author: – Cornell University/NEVBD-TEC

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

11 - Not the Bees: Three years of nontarget research in three minutes

Location: Ballroom A

Presenter: – Manatee County Mosquito Control

Co-Author: – Manatee County Mosquito Control District

Co-Author: – Manatee County Mosquito District

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

12 - Tracking mosquito movement using edible DNA barcoded microcrystals

Location: Ballroom A

Presenter: – Colorado State University

Co-Author: – Colorado State University

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

13 - The Benign Agitation Effect of the Duet Product Portfolio: Enhancing Product Exposure

Location: Ballroom A

Presenter: – Clarke

Co-Author: – Clarke

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

14 - Pyriproxyfen and Plastic - The NeverEnding Story?

Location: Ballroom A

Presenter: – Northwest Mosquito and Vector Control District

Co-Author: – Northwest MVCD

Co-Author: – Northwest Mosquito and Vector Control District

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

15 - Hunting tigers in the city. No horses yet.

Location: Ballroom A

Presenter: – Health authority Berlin Central

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

16 - Fyfanon flew far

Location: Ballroom A

Presenter: – Coachella Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District

Co-Author: – Coachella Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District

Co-Author: – Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

17 - A glance under the hood: visualizing what artificial intelligence algorithms are using to make their amazing (and sometimes not so amazing) species identification predictions.

Location: Ballroom A

Presenter: – Vectech, Inc.

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

18 - Catch it or catch up: The case for proactive surveillance of neglected vectors

Location: Ballroom A

Presenter: – USDA

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

19 - We don’t know #%&*! about mosquitoes

Location: Ballroom A

Presenter: – University of Southern Mississippi

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

20 - Early investigations of Colorado Tick Fever Virus transovarial transmission in Dermacentor andersoni in Wyoming

Location: Ballroom A

Presenter: – Teton County Weed & Pest District

Co-Author: – Teton County Weed & Pest District

3:15 PM – 4:00 PM East Coast USA Time

Break in Exhibit Hall

Location: Hall A

3:15 PM – 4:00 PM East Coast USA Time

Ice Cream Social

Location: Hall A

Sponsored By

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Data Connections: NASA Earth Science Applications and Innovative Technologies to Monitor Vector Habitats Symposium

Location: 208 A

Moderator: – NASA

4:00 PM – 4:18 PM East Coast USA Time

70 - Innovative Applications of NASA Earth Observations for Public Health Decision Support

Location: 208 A

Presenter: – NASA

4:18 PM – 4:46 PM East Coast USA Time

71 - Web-based visualization resources for human and vector surveillance data for vector-borne diseases in the United States

Location: 208 A

Presenter: – Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, CDC

4:46 PM – 5:04 PM East Coast USA Time

72 - NASA Data Supports Longterm Study of Rift Valley fever

Location: 208 A

Presenter: – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

5:04 PM – 5:22 PM East Coast USA Time

73 - Engage communities in mosquito surveillance and mitigation using NASA’s GLOBE Observer Mosquito Habitat Mapper citizen science tool for vector control and research

Location: 208 A

Presenter: – Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

Co-Author: – University of Florida, Gainsville

Co-Author: – Emory University

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Innovative Vector Management Strategies in Puerto Rico Surveillance & Control Symposium II

Location: 209

Moderator: – PRVCU

4:00 PM – 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time

74 - The Role of Super pooling and Molecular Surveillance for Integrated Vector Management Programs.

Location: 209

Presenter: – Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit

Co-Author: – Puerto

Co-Author: – Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit

4:15 PM – 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time

75 - Puerto Rico Vector Management Association

Location: 209

Presenter: – Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit

Co-Author: – Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit

4:30 PM – 4:45 PM East Coast USA Time

76 - Puerto Rico Vector Surveillance and Quality Control Programs

Location: 209

Presenter: – PRVCU

4:45 PM – 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time

77 - Innovative Communications Strategies for Effective Mosquito Control in Puerto Rico

Location: 209

Presenter: – Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time

New Ideas, Tools and Equipment Development

Location: 202

Moderator: – Central Life Sciences

4:00 PM – 4:10 PM East Coast USA Time

58 - Efficacy and User Acceptability of Novel Mosquito Repellent Formulations in Thailand

Location: 202

Presenter: – WRAIR-AFRIMS

4:10 PM – 4:20 PM East Coast USA Time

59 - Essential oil repellents as protection technologies against mosquitoes in a North Florida forest

Location: 202

Presenter: – USDA-ARS-CMAVE

Co-Author: – USDA-ARS

Co-Author: – USDA-ARS-CMAVE

Co-Author: – Usda

Co-Author: – USDA-ARS-CMAVE

4:20 PM – 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time

60 - Autocidal-icious adventures in mass rearing: Facilitating sterile- and incompatible-insect technologies within mosquito abatement districts

Location: 202

Presenter: – MosquitoMate, Inc. / University of Kentucky

4:30 PM – 4:40 PM East Coast USA Time

61 - Establishing outdoor greenhouse insectaries for combating limited rearing space

Location: 202

Presenter: – Pasco County Mosquito Control District

4:40 PM – 4:50 PM East Coast USA Time

62 - Larval habitats and phenological profiles of Culicoides biting midges in Kansas, USA

Location: 202

Presenter: – USDA

Co-Author: – USDA-ARS

4:50 PM – 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time

63 - Optimizing vector surveillance coverage using multivariate environmental similarity surface maps

Location: 202

Presenter: – University of California Riverside

Co-Author: – University of California Riverside

5:00 PM – 5:10 PM East Coast USA Time

64 - SEPARATOR and NextGenSIT are ready for safe and efficacious mosquito control.

Location: 202

Presenter: – Synvect, Inc.

5:10 PM – 5:20 PM East Coast USA Time

65 - The Silence of the Buzz: An Innovative Attract and Kill Method for Challenging Mosquitoes

Location: 202

Presenter: – Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Director/Manager's Daily Dilemma Symposium

Location: 201

Moderator: – Anastasia Mosquito Control District

4:00 PM – 4:03 PM East Coast USA Time

48 - Introduction about the Director/Manager Dilemma Symposium

Location: 201

Presenter: – Anastasia Mosquito Control District

4:03 PM – 4:13 PM East Coast USA Time

49 - Strategies for Operating a Vector and Urban Pest Control Program by the General Fund in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Location: 201

Presenter: – Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control Board

Co-Author: – City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control Board

4:13 PM – 4:23 PM East Coast USA Time

50 - A Day in the Life of a District Director: The Three “Ps”

Location: 201

Presenter: – Indian River Mosquito Control District

4:23 PM – 4:33 PM East Coast USA Time

51 - A tale of the journey from the independent mosquito and vector control district to military entomologist and back again

Location: 201

Presenter: – Northwest Mosquito and Vector Control District

4:33 PM – 4:43 PM East Coast USA Time

52 - Responding to irrational and unhinged residents, Lee County, Florida

Location: 201

Presenter: – Lee County Mosquito Control District

4:43 PM – 4:53 PM East Coast USA Time

53 - What do you mean there is no water in the building?: Daily dilemma management

Location: 201

Presenter: – West Valley Mosquito and Vector Control

4:53 PM – 5:03 PM East Coast USA Time

54 - Navigating Murky Waters: Challenges in Managing Politics and Elected Officials – Insights from the Executive Director

Location: 201

Presenter: – Pasco County Mosquito Control District

5:03 PM – 5:13 PM East Coast USA Time

55 - Mosquitoes Easy---People, not so easy!

Location: 201

Presenter:

5:13 PM – 5:23 PM East Coast USA Time

56 - The Importance of Employee Evaluations: Enhancing Performance, Development and Organizational Success

Location: 201

Presenter: – Florida Keys Mosquito Control District

Co-Author: – Florida Keys Mosquito Control District

5:23 PM – 5:33 PM East Coast USA Time

57 - Daily dilemma: staffing a revolving door

Location: 201

Presenter: – Iberia Parish Mosquito Abatement District

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Aerial Mosquito Management Using Novel Triple-Action Adulticide Symposium

Location: 208 B

Moderator: – Valent BioSciences

4:00 PM – 4:25 PM East Coast USA Time

66 - Semi-field evaluation of ground and aerial ULV applications using ReMoa Tri against pyrethroid-resistant Aedes aegypti from Collier County, Florida

Location: 208 B

Presenter: – Collier Mosquito Control District

Co-Author: – Collier Mosquito Control District

Co-Author: – Valent BioSciences

Co-Author: – Valent Biosciences

Co-Author: – Collier Mosquito Control District

4:25 PM – 4:50 PM East Coast USA Time

67 - Aerial Drift and Deposition Evaluations of ReMoa Tri & Dibrom

Location: 208 B

Presenter: – Valent BioSciences

4:50 PM – 5:15 PM East Coast USA Time

68 - Efficacy of Triple Action Adulticide ReMoa Tri Against Resistant Aedes aegypti in a Field Cage Trial in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Location: 208 B

Presenter: – Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit

Co-Author: – Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit

5:15 PM – 5:40 PM East Coast USA Time

69 - ReMoa Tri: Aerial Evaluations in the Southern U.S.

Location: 208 B

Presenter: – Valent BioSciences

5:45 PM – 7:15 PM East Coast USA Time

Latin American discussion

Location: 209