2009 Conference

• Held on  October 28th, 29th, 30th at the City Hotel & Bistro, Greenville, NC
• Agenda and links to pdf’s of conference agenda items
• Awards:  Wm. F. Strickhouser Golden Dipper Award winners!
• Photography contest submissions and winners

 2009 NCMVCA Conference Speaker and Topic List

As a courtesy to members, many of the speakers have allowed us to post pdf’s of their PowerPoint presentations.  If the pdf is not available, please contact the presenter (link provided to e-mail address).

Wed, Oct. 28th	Moderator:  Joe Rowell
1:10 - 1:40 p.m.	Tick Update (pdf)	Marcee Toliver, NC DENR, PHPM
1:40 - 2:10 p.m.	Pesticide Safety (pdf)	Joe Andrews, Univar USA
2:10— 2:40 p.m.	Comparative ID Characteristics (pdf)	Robert Collins, Rocky Mount Code Enforcement
2:40 to 3:20	Natular (pdf)	Joe Strickhouser, Clarke
3:40 – 4:10 p.m.	Norway Rat:  Myths and Mis-identification (pdf)	Joe Rowell, Mecklenburg Env. Health
4:10 - 4:40 p.m.	Identifying females of Oc. atlanticus and Oc. tormentor and similar species	Dr. Bruce Harrison, NC DENR, PHPM

Thurs. Oct. 29th	Moderator: Robert Collins
8:30 - 9:00 a.m.	AMCA Update (pdf)	Joe Conlon, AMCA
9:00 - 9:30 a.m.	Hookworm, Malaria and Yellow Fever as Social Forces in the Culture in the South	Dr. Alice Anderson, ECU
9:30 - 10:00 a.m.	GeoPro (pdf)	Steve Molnar, Adapco
10:00 - 10:30 a.m.	New Insights in the N.A. Orthopodomyia	Dr. Brian Byrd, WCU
10:45 - 11:15 a.m.	Molecular Studies of the N.A. Wyeomyia	Bill Wiseman, WCU (contact Brian Byrd above)
11:15 to 11:40 a.m.	DEET	Judi Anderson, Kroeger & Associates

1:00 - 1:30 p.m.	Container Inhabiting Aedes Mosquitoes on the WCU Campus			Alan Goggins & Jamie Wyatt, WCU (contact Brian Byrd above)
1:30 – 2:00 p.m.	Additional Morphological Characters to Separate Damaged Adult Female Container Mosquitoes			Mike Singleton, WCU (contact Brian Byrd above)
2:00 – 2:30 p.m.	NPDES Issues (pdf)			Joe Conlon, AMCA
2:30 – 3:00 p.m.	Bedbug Update			Dr. Jung Kim, NC DENR, PHPM
3:20 – 3:50 p.m.	Alternates to Adulticiding (pdf)			Joe Andrews, Univar, USA
3:50 – 4:20 p.m.	Snake Presentation (pdf)			Parker Whitt, NC DENR, PHPM
Friday, Oct. 30th		Moderator:  Joe Rowell
8:30 - 9:00 a.m.		Mosquito Myths (pdf)	Charlie Pate, Central Life Sciences
9:00 – 9:30 a.m.		Morphological or Molecular ID: Selecting the Right Pathway (pdf)	Dr. Bruce Harrison, NC DENR, PHPM
9:30 -10:00 a.m		La Crosse Encephalitis:  Human Surveillance and Ecology (pdf)	Dr. Carl Williams, Communicable Disease Branch, DPH