Agenda Tuesday, December 1, 2020

8:00 – 9:15 AM	Commensal Rodent Biology, Behavior, and ID	Niamh Quinn, PhD, Human-Wildlife Interactions Advisor, UC ANR Cooperative Extension
9:15 – 10:00 AM	Rodenticide exposure and wildlife-lessons from California	Niamh Quinn, PhD, Human-Wildlife Interactions Advisor, UC ANR Cooperative Extension
10:00 – 10:15 AM	Break
10:15 – 11:30 AM	PMP Safety: Health Significance of Commensal Rodents	Claudia Riegel, PhD, Director, City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control Board
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM	Lunch
12:15 – 2:30 PM	Rodent Inspections and the importance of exclusion Managing rats and mice with snap traps and live traps	Timmy Madere, Rodent Specialist, City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control Board
2:30 – 2:45 PM	Break
2:45 – 3:15 PM	Rodent Exclusion using Xcluder	Paul Bonn, Sales Manager, GMT / Xcluder
3:15 – 4:30 PM	Time to chat – roundtable time to discuss and catch up with others
	Adjourn

Agenda Wednesday, December 2, 2020

8:00 – 9:30 AM	Rodenticides: A Guide to Modes of Action and Best Management Practices	Sylvia Kenmuir, MSc., BCE, BASF, Professional & Specialty Solutions (P&SS), Western US
9:30 – 9:45 AM	Break
9:45 – 10:45 AM	State of the Rodent Management Industry	Darren Van Steenwyk, M.S., BCE, Director of Learning and Technical Services, Clark Pest Control; Jim Wright Consulting, LLC,. Executive Director, South Carolina Pest Control Association
10:45 – 11:00 AM	Break
11:00 AM – Noon	Rats and the COVID-19 pandemic: How pest professionals and researchers can work together to understand changes in wild rat populations.	Michael Parsons, PhD, Visiting Research Scholar, Department of Biological Sciences, Fordham University
Noon – 12:45 PM	Lunch
12:45 – 1:15 PM	Digital and Sustainable. How the future of professional Pest Management will change to a better way of managing pests.	Daniel Schröer, Futura Germany
1:15 – 1:45 PM	ActiveSense system	Kevin Keim, Territory Manager, Corteva
1:45 – 2:00 PM	Break
2:00 – 2:30 PM	Bayer Rodent Monitoring System	Wes Hale
2:30 – 3:00 PM	Bell Sensing Technologies	Scott Smith
3:15 – 4:00 PM	Roundtable discussion – final exam – survey