Sunday, February 5

11 am – 3 pm AAIE Board Meeting

5–8 pm Association of Insect Ecologists Foundation (AIEF) Fundraiser:

Wine tasting and auction to support Harry Scott Smith Scholarship for Biocontrol

at UC Riverside.

Monday, February 6

8:00–10:30 am Welcome – Devin Carroll

General Session:

William E. Currie, Director, IPMI, The History of Pesticide Regulation.

AAIE Founders, Stories and Discussion of How Things Have Changed

10:30 – 10:45 am Coffee Break

10:45–11:30 am Keynote Address: Norman Leppla, Ph.D., University of Florida Gainesville

IPM's Time Has Arrived!

11:30–1:15 pm Luncheon Buffet and interaction with exhibitors and fellow conference attendees

1:15–4:30 pm Breakout Sessions (with 15 min coffee break)

1. Urban Landscape and Nurseries, Michael Baefsky, Moderator

Norm Leppla, Increasing Adoption of IPM in the Production of Woody Ornamentals

Andrew Lawson, Fresno State – Landscape ornamental biocontrol.

Others TBA

2. Citrus & Avocados IPM, Tom Roberts, Moderator

Robert Luck, UCR – Advances in Citricola Scale Control.

     Joe Morse – Resistance Monitoring in Citrus and Avocado.

     Jocelyn Millar, UCR, with Steve McElfresh, Jardel Moreira, Beth Grafton-Cardwell, and David                    Headrick - Recent Advances in Monitoring Citrus Leaf Miner and Citrus Peel Miner.

    Ben Faber – UCCE Ventura – New Pests of Avocados.

3. Sustainable Agriculture, the Future, Don Thomas, Moderator

Andrea Caroe, Protected Harvest – Adding Value with Eco Labeling

Steve Kaffka, LTRAS – Sustainable Systems and Long Term Research: Why Sustainable Ag Is Here to Stay.

Allan Fulton, UCCE Tehama Co. – Before You Begin IPM: Have You Considered Irrigation?

Mark Van Horn, UC Davis, Sustainable Soil Management: An Ecological Approach to

Fertility.

Joel Siegel, USDA Parlier- Sustainable Pest Management: Advancements in Predictive Modeling

and Insect Tracking.

4:30–5:00 pm AAIE Annual Meeting

5:00–6:30 pm AAIE Wine and Cheese Reception

Dinner at Embassy Suites Mandalay Bay – entertainment

Tuesday, February 7

6:30–7:45 am Professional Member Breakfast

Mary Grisier, US EPA SF – Pesticide Misuse Violations (invited)

8:00–11:30 am Breakout Sessions (with 15 min coffee break)

4. Structural Pest Management, Lyn Hawkins, Moderator

Carl Olson, U. Arizona – Bugs, Birds & Beyond – Partnerships for Life

Mike Rust or Don Ryerson, UC Riverside – Good Construction Practices

Dave Hedman, Precision Environ. – ThermaPure Heat Treatment

Vernard Lewis, UC Berkeley – Termite Pest Management

5. Issues in Grapes, Devin Carroll, Moderator

George Leavitt, UCCE Madera – Pruning is a terrible thing to do to a grapevine.

Kristen Eric Tollerup, UC Riverside– Ants and vine mealybugs in grapes.

Devin Carroll, Bio Ag Services – Biological control of grape mealybug. Kent Daane UC Berkley, with Monica Cooper, Walt Bentley, Vaughn Walton, Glenn Yokota and Karen Sime –

Developing Sustainable Controls for the Vine Mealybug: Mating Disruption, Biological Controls and Insecticides.

Carl Pimentel, Devin Carroll, Garrett Buckland, Jack Pandol.

Panel: Grower & PCA experience with vine mealybug

6. Biocontrol & IPM for Greenhouses and Specialty Crops, Jan Dietrick, Moderator

Brian Spencer, Applied Bionomics - Best Before: Yesterday.

David Headrick, Cal Poly SLO – New Trends and Methods in Whitefly Biological Control. Max Gonzales/Ron Whitehurst – IPM in avocados & flowers.

          Greg Wahl, Becker Underwood – Entomopathogenic Nematodes: Optimizing Their Role in IPM

             Programs.

           Robert Rice, Cal Ploy SLO – Incorporating reflective bench covers into your IPM strategy for

           potted plants.

Norm Leppla – Opportunities for Biocontrol in Greenhouse Production.

1:30-4:00 pm Tours of IPM Practices

Ventura Unified School District – structural and landscape IPM practices.

Santa Paula Insectaries – Associates and Buena BioSystems

Specialty Crop IPM – berries, row crops, greenhouse