CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
(2025 schedule is in progress and SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

 

Wednesday, January 8, 2025

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

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

8:00 – 9:00a |TBD, Dr. Chow Yang Lee (Pest)

9:00 – 10:00a | TDA Applicator Updates, Allison Cuellar (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 | TBD, Molly Keck (Gen IPM)

12:15 – 1:00p | LUNCH BREAK

 

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

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

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

3:15 – 3:30p | BREAK

3:30 – 4:30p | TBD, Dr. Chow Yang Lee (Termite)

4:30 – 6:30p | 4th Annual Social, Sponsored by TBD 

 

Thursday, January 9, 2025

8:00 – 5:00p | 8-HR Technician Training Course, Dr. Don Renchie (at Rollins Facility)

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

8:00 – 9:00a  | Ticks & TAMU Dept of Entomology overview, Dr. Phillip Kaufman (Pest)

9:00 – 10:00a | Honey bees, 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 | TBD, (L&O)

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

10:45 – 11:45a | TBD, Larry Franke  (Wood Preservation)

11:45 – 1:00p | LUNCH BREAK

 

1:00 – 2:00p | Mosquitoes, Dr. Sonja Swiger (IPM)

1:00 – 2:00p | Rodents, 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 | TBD, Dr. Ben Wherley (Weed)

 

3:15 – 3:30p | Transfer BREAK

3:30 – 4:30p | Ants, 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 | Rodents, Janet Hurley (TBD)

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

8:00 – 12:00p | Commercial Kitchen Insect Management,  TBD (TBD)