Program - ANBP

Program Subject to Change

MONDAY, MARCH 1

Session 1 (1:00–5:00 PM)
Maintaining Competitive Fitness and Quality Control in MassRearing Programs.

Welcome and Introduction 1:00 – 1:10 PM

Keynote Speaker (1:10–1:40 PM)
Richard Stouthamer. Professor Emeritus, University of California – Riverside, Riverside, CA USA.

Session Talks (1:40-3:00 PM)

Break (3:00 -3:20 PM)

Session Talks (3:20 – 5:00 PM)

Reception 6:00 PM

TUESDAY, MARCH 2

Session 2 (8:00–11:40 AM)
Mass Production for SIT and Autocidal Programs

Introduction (8:00-8:10 AM)

Keynote Speaker (8:10-8:40 AM)
Daniel Hahn. Professor and Associate Department Chair, Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL USA.

Session Talks (8:40 – 10:00 AM)

Break (10:00 -10:20 AM)

Session Talks (10:20 – 11:40 AM)

LUNCH

Session 3 (1:00–5:00 PM)
Challenges and Advancements for Commercial Mass-Rearing for the Production of Beneficial Arthropods Operations

Introduction 1:00 – 1:10 PM

Keynote (1:10–1:40 PM)
Shimon Steinberg. Emeritus Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) and Head of R&D, BioBee Sde Eliyahu Ltd., Israel.

Session Talks (1:40 – 3:20 PM)

Break (3:20-3:40 PM)

Session Talks (3:40 – 5:00 PM)

Poster Session (5:00 PM)

Tuesday Evening
Association of Natural Biocontrol Producers (ANBP) Members Dinner (6:30–8:30 PM)

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3

FIELD TRIP DAY
Field trip and excursion to the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum.

THURSDAY, MARCH 4

Session 4 (8:00 AM–10:00 AM)
Advancements in MassRearing Technology

Introduction 8:00-8:10 AM

Keynote Speaker (8:10-8:40 AM)
Allen Carson Cohen. Insect Diet and Rearing Research, LLC, CEO of Insect Diet and Rearing Research, LLC and formerly Research Professor of Entomology at NCSU, and Research Entomologist/Research Leader, USDA, ARS. Raleigh, NC USA.

Session Talks (8:40-10:00 AM)

Break (10-10:20 AM)

Session Talks (10:20 – 11:40 AM)

Lunch (11:40-1:00 PM)

Session 5 (1:00–5:00 PM)
Mass-rearing insects for specific purposes

Introduction (1:00-1:10 PM)

Keynote Speaker (1:10-1:40 PM)
Goggy Davidowitz. Professor, Dept.’s of Entomology, & Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ USA