PENNSYLVANIA VECTOR CONTROL ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
DAYS INN, STATE COLLEGE
OCTOBER 28 -30, 2015
TENTATIVE AGENDA
11:30 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.
Registration
12:20 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Opening Remarks
Judy Cherepko – PVCA President
Session 1
Moderator – Louise Bugbee
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Ecology of AIV in Wild Birds & Update on WNV in Ruffed
Grouse
Justin Brown, DVM, Pennsylvania Game Commission
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Part I – Rodent Biology & Baiting/Trapping
Brian Hensel, Bell Laboratories, Inc.
2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Break
2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Part II – Rodent Biology & Baiting/Trapping
Brian Hensel, Bell Laboratories, Inc.
3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
AMCA 2015 Update
Paul Capotosto, Bureau of Natural Resources Connecticut
Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Phragmites Control in CT
Paul Capotosto, Bureau of Natural Resources Connecticut
Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
4:45 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Vendor Presentations followed by Vendor Social
7:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
PVCA’s Bowling Party
Session 2
Moderator – Ben Russell
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Don’t Spray ME: A Social Media Driven Campaign
John Bitner, Vector Control Weights & Measures, Cumberland
County, PA
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Biodiversity-buffers-disease Paradigm, the Case for Lyme
Disease
Thomas W. Simmons, PhD, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Break
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
WNV Update & Blackfly Update
Matt Helwig, PA DEP - Doug Orr, PA DEP
10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Development of Autonomous Aircraft for Mosquito Control
Gregory M. Williams, MSc, PhD, New Jersey Hudson Regional
Health Commission
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Treating for Aedes albopictus with Altosid Liquid Larvicide via
ULV Application Equipment
Scott Crans, Rutgers University
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Lunch Banquet
Jan G. Humphreys, Emeritus, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Session 3
Moderator – Leah Lamonte
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
How Larval Ecology of Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes Affects
Life History Traits and Malaria Parasite Dynamics within the
Mosquito Host
Lillian Moller-Jacobs, Penn State University
2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
”Holy Cow! Broadening Vector Control Targets for Malaria
Elimination”
Dr. Jessica Waite, Penn State University
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Uh Oh! Now What?...an Interactive Hour of Response to
Pesticide Accidents
Louise Bugbee, Lehigh County Cooperative Extension
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
“The Vector Biology of Lice”
Marten J. Edwards, PhD, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Session 4
Moderator – Thomas Smith
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
The Ongoing Chikungunya Virus Outbeak in the Americas –
Implications for Pennsylvania
Jonah Long, BA, MPH, Pennsylvania Department of Health, NW
District Office
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
The Spotted Lanternfly, Lycorma Delicatula (Hemiptera,
Fulgoridae in Pennsylvania
Gregory Hoover, Penn State University
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Break/Hotel Checkout
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
11:30 a.m. – 12:00
Business Meeting
Leah Lamonte
12:00
Chinese Auction