CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
(2024 schedule is in progress and SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

 

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

7:00a – 5:00p | On-site registration opens

7:45 – 8:00a | Welcome

8:00 – 9:00a | Controlling Cockroaches & Protecting Public Health, Dr. Zachary DeVries (Pest)

8:00 – 5:00p | 8-HR Technician Training Course, Dr. Don Renchie

9:00 – 10:00a | TDA Applicator Updates, Allison Cuellar (Gen. Laws & Regs or Ag Laws & Regs)

10:00 – 10:15 | BREAK

10:00a – 5:00p | ACE Program, Dr. Bob Davis (3Pest, 1Termite, 1 Gen IPM, 1 Gen Safety)

10:15 – 11:15a | Safety, Dr. Don Renchie (Gen. Safety)

11:15a – 12:15p | Kitchen Kritters – Managing Common Pests of Home Food Handling Areas, Molly Keck (Gen IPM)

12:15 – 1:00p | LUNCH BREAK

1:00 – 2:00p | Hot Topics in Urban Entomology, Dr. Ed Vargo and Dr. Robert Puckett (Pest)

2:00 – 3:00p | Bed bug 101: Back to Basics, Dr. Zachary DeVries (Pest)

3:00 – 3:15p | Exhibitor’s Forum, Dr. Robert Puckett

3:15 – 3:30p | BREAK

3:30 – 4:30p | Termite Baiting Update & Avoiding Legal Issues In Termite Control, Jeffrey B. Tucker, BCE (Termite)

4:30 – 6:30p | 3rd Annual Social, Sponsored by BASF, Texas Pest Control Association, & Corteva Agriscience 

 

Thursday, January 11, 2024

8:00 – 12:00p | ACE Testing, cont’d from Wednesday, Dr. Bob Davis (Pest, Termite, IPM)

8:00 – 9:00a  | Basic Honey Bee Biology, Safe Removal, & Pesticide Concerns, Rangel lab (Pest)

9:00 – 10:00a | Delusory Parasitosis, Dr. Robert Puckett (Gen. Other)

10:00 – 10:30a | Exhibitors Forum, Led by Dr. Robert Puckett

10:30 – 10:45a | BREAK

10:45 – 11:45a | How to manage rodents with the updated rodenticide rules, Janet Hurley (Pest)

10:45 – 11:45a | Fumigation 1.0, Lewis Herron (SF)

10:45 – 11:45a | Triatomine vectors of Chagas disease; the charismatic megafauna of the hematophagous arthropods, Dr. Gabe Hamer (Pest)

11:45 – 1:00p | LUNCH BREAK

1:00 – 2:00p | Ornamental pests and their management through IPM, Dr. Rafia Khan (IPM)

1:00 – 2:00p | Disease diagnostics as a best management tool, Dr. Kevin Ong (L&O)

1:00 – 2:00p | Proper Mosquito Management by knowing Mosquito Biology & Ecology, Dr. Sonja Swiger (Pest)

2:00 – 2:15p | Transfer BREAK

2:15 – 3:15p | Biting & stinging arthropods, Wizzie Brown (Pest)

2:15 – 3:15p | Managing weeds in Texas turfgrass, Dr. Mark Matocha (Weed)

3:15 – 3:30p | Transfer BREAK

3:30 – 4:30p | Fumigation in Food Processing and Grain Storage, Bob Braun (CF)

3:30 – 4:30p | Integrated pest management of Texas non-insect invaders, Bryant McDowell (Pest)

 

Friday, January 12, 2024

8:00 – 12:00p | Ant Workshop, Dr. Ed Vargo and Dr. Robert Puckett (1 IPM & 1 L&O, 2 Pest)

8:00 – 12:00p | Fumigation Workshop, Lewis Herron (4SF)

8:00 – 12:00p | Understanding and managing commensal rodents in the urban environment, Janet Hurley (1 IPM & 1 Pesticide Safety, 1 Pest)