CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
(SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE)
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
7:00a – 5:00p | On-site registration opens
7:45 – 8:00a | Welcome
8:00 – 5:00 p | 8-HR Technician Training Course, Don Renchie
8:00 – 9:00a | Insect ID for the Non-Entomologist: A Practical Field Approach for Technicians, Rick Cooper (PEST)
9:00 – 10:00a | TDA Laws & Regulations Update, Allison Cuellar (Gen. L&R or Ag L&R)
10:00 – 10:15 | BREAK
10:00a – 5:00p | ACE Program, Robert Puckett and Texas A&M Extension Group (P, T, IPM, other)
10:15 – 11:15a | Safety First! – Operating Safely While Performing Services, Ronnie Holder (Gen. Safety)
11:15a – 12:15p | Managing Diseases of Landscape Turf and Ornamentals , Kevin Ong (L&O)
12:15 – 1:00p LUNCH BREAK
1:00 – 2:00p | Hot Topics in Urban Entomology, Ed Vargo and Robert Puckett (Pest)
2:00 – 3:00p | Controlling Mosquitoes and Mosquito Borne Diseases with Integrated Pest Management Techniques, Sonja Swiger (Pest)
3:00 – 3:15p | Exhibitor’s Forum, Robert Puckett
3:15 – 3:30p | BREAK
3:30 – 4:30p | News from the Underground: What’s New in Termite Management?, Robert Puckett (Termite )
5:00 – 7:00p | 1st Annual Social, Sponsored by Syngenta, Control Solutions, BASF and MGK
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
8:00 – 12:00p | ACE Testing, continued from Tuesday (P,T, IPM, Other)
8:00 – 9:00a | Effective Bed Bug Management in Multi-family Housing Communities, Rick Cooper (Pest)
9:00 – 10:00 | Panel of Experts, Ed Vargo and Robert Puckett (Gen. Other)
10:00 – 10:30a | Exhibitors Forum, Led by Robert Puckett
10:30 – 10:45a | BREAK
10:45 – 11:45a | How to Identify and Manage Weird, Random Pests, Wizzie Brown (Pest)
10:45 – 11:45a | School IPM Refresher Updates , Janet Hurley (Gen. L&R)
10:45 – 11:45a | Controlling Troublesome Pests with One Treatment, Bob Braun (SF)
11:45 – 1:00p | LUNCH BREAK
1:00 – 2:00p | Gaining Control Over Troublesome Turfgrass Weeds, Ben Wherley (Weed)
1:00 – 2:00p | Quit bugging me: The Influence of Parasitoid Phorid Flies on Foraging in Fire Ant Workers, Joanie King
RNA meets toxicology: Efficacy indicators from the experimental design of RNAi studies for insect pest management, Fabian List (Pest)
1:00 – 2:00p | The Curious Life of the Pest Ant… and How to End It – Robert Puckett (Pest)
2:00 – 2:15p | Transfer BREAK
2:15 – 3:15p | Trends in Rodent Management, Janet Hurley (Pest)
2:15 – 3:15p | Studies on the Invasion Biology of Social Insects, Alex Blumenfeld
Population structure and colony organization of the invasive big-headed ant (Pheidole megacephala) in Taiwan Kelly Liu (Pest)
2:15 – 3:15p | Herbicide Resistance Issues in Turfgrass Systems in Texas, Muthukumar Bagavathiannan (Weed)
3:15 – 3:30p | Transfer BREAK
3:30 – 4:30p | 10 Questions to Help You Master Termite Biology and Management, Ed Vargo (Termite)
3:30 – 4:30p | Crapemyrtle Bark Scale: Identification, Biology, Ecology, and Management Options, Kyle Gilder (L&O)
3:30 – 4:30p | Commodity and Food Handling Fumigation with ProFume, Bob Braun (CF)
Thursday, April 7, 2022
8:00 – 12:00p | FULL — Pest Ant Identification and Management Workshop , Ed Vargo and Robert Puckett (1 IPM, 1 L&O, 2 Pest)
8:00 – 12:00p | FULL — Bed Bug Workshop, (1 IPM, 1 L&R, 2 Pest)
8:00 – 12:00p | CANCELLED — Hands on Fumigation (4-hour structural fumigation short course), (4 SF)