CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
(schedule is SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

Main Conference location: Brazos Center, 3232 Briarcrest Drive, Bryan, TX
with the exception that Technician Training is at Rollins Facility (on Thursday)

 

Wednesday, January 8, 2025

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

7:45 – 8:00a | Welcome, Dr. Robert Puckett

8:00 – 9:00a |Global Challenges in Bed Bug Management & the Future, Dr. Chow Yang Lee (Pest)

9:00 – 10:00a | TDA Applicator Updates, Mike Kelly (Laws & Regs: Gen /Ag)

10:00 – 10:15 | BREAK

10:00a – 5:00p | ACE Program, Dr. Bob Davis (P, T, IPM, Other)

10:15 – 11:15a | Operating Safely While Performing Services, Dr. Bob Davis (Gen. Safety)

11:15a – 12:15p | Pests of Trees & the Landscape & Emerald Ash Borer Update, Molly Keck (Gen IPM)

12:15 – 1:00p | LUNCH BREAK

1:00 – 2:00p | The Risk & Reward of Policy & Regulation, Todd Kercheval (Pest)

2:00 – 3:00p | Cockroaches: Biology, Behavior, and Management, Dr. Sudip Gaire (Pest)

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

3:15 – 3:30p | BREAK

3:30 – 4:30p | Subterranean Termite Management Using Liquid Termiticides vs Baits, Dr. Chow Yang Lee (Termite)

4:30 – 6:30p | 4th Annual Social, Sponsored by BASF & Syngenta  

 

Thursday, January 9, 2025

8:00 – 5:00p | 8-HR Technician Training Course, Dr. Don Renchie
Please note location: Rollins Urban & Structural Entomology Facility
2556 F&B Road, College Station

8:00 – 12:00p | ACE Testing, cont’d from Wednesday, Dr. Bob Davis

8:00 – 9:00a  | Brown Dog Tick Residential & Kennel Indoor Infestations: Can a Tick Really Do This & How Do We Eliminate It? & TAMU Dept of Entomology Overview, Dr. Phillip Kaufman (Pest)

9:00 – 10:00a | Honey bee IPM: Managing Varroa destructor, Dr. Garrett Slater (Gen. Other)

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

10:30 – 10:45a | BREAK

 

10:45 – 11:45a | FUNdamentals of Landscape Plant Health Management, Dr. Kevin Ong (L&O)

10:45 – 11:45a | Structural Fumigation, Debbie Aguirre (SF)

10:45 – 11:45a | Learn about Pressure Treated Wood, Larry Franke  (Wood Preservation)

11:45 – 1:00p | LUNCH BREAK

 

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

1:00 – 2:00p | How Prepared are You & Your Employees for the New Rodenticide Rules?  Janet Hurley (Pest)

1:00 – 2:00p | How to Identify Structural Flies, Wizzie Brown (Pest)

2:00 – 2:15p | Transfer BREAK

 

2:15 – 3:15p | Phorid Flies & Small Fruit Flies: Diagnostics & Remediation, Jeff Tucker, BCE (Pest)

2:15 – 3:15p | Weed Control Strategies for Texas Turf, Dr. Ben Wherley (Weed)

3:15 – 3:30p | Transfer BREAK

 

3:30 – 4:30p | The Curious Life of the Pest Ant…and How to End It, Dr. Robert Puckett (IPM)

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

 

Friday, January 10, 2025

8:00 – 12:00p | Rodent Management Short Course, Janet Hurley
location: Rollins Urban & Structural Entomology Facility
2556 F&B Road, College Station (2 PEST 1 IPM 1 L&R )

8:00 – 12:00p | Fumigation Workshop, Gregory Aguirre
location: Scotts Miracle-Gro Facility
3100 F and B Rd, College Station (4SF)

8:00 – 12:00p | Commercial Kitchen Insect Management, Mike Donewar & Tony Holm
location: Covenant Presbyterian Church
220 Rock Prairie Rd, College Station (1 PEST 2 IPM 1 Safety)