Call for Papers
The theme for the 93rd Annual MVCAC Conference is “Vector Control- A path to a more hospitable world”. The prime topics for consideration are below but please consider submitting even if your paper does not fit into one of these topics. All submissions will be considered. The deadline for submission is October 18, 2024. Requests made following this date may not be honored and may not appear in the conference program.
- Network System Security Preparedness
- Droplet Deposition/Characterization
- Data Visualization Tools/CalSurv
- Reducing Vector-borne Disease Risk through Messaging Campaigns
- Vertebrate Vector Control
- Vector-borne Disease in California
- WNV, SLE, Zika, Dengue, Malaria
- Hantavirus, Plague, Typhus
- Invasive Aedes Successes & Failures
- Novel Mosquito Control Trials
- Application Equipment
- 3D Printing Symposium
- Mosquitofish Rearing & Transport
- Suspect Pool ID Access and treatment strategies
Questions? Please reach out to Senior Meeting Manager, Rachel Hickerson at rhickerson@amgroup.us.
Call for the 2025 Poster Session and William E. Walton Poster Competition
Applications for the 2025 Poster Session and William E. Walton Poster Competition will be accepted through October 11, 2024. The objective of the competition is to recognize exceptional poster presentations in the field of mosquito and vector control research and operations in honor of the late Dr. William (Bill) E. Walton who was passionate about and committed his career to entomology and vector ecology. Presentations entered to compete should be focused on basic, applied science or scientific methods, include a clear hypothesis, experiment(s), and result(s), and cannot be purely theoretical. For more information, please refer to the William E. Walton Poster Competition guidelines and rules documents. This application is for all poster submissions, interested applicants for the Walton Competition must opt-in to the competition on the application form.
2025 William C. Reeves New Investigator Award
Applications for the 2025 William C. Reeves New Investigator Award will be accepted through October 11, 2024. The William C. Reeves New Investigator Award, memorializing Dr. William C. Reeves, who was a renowned University of California entomologist, is sponsored by the Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California (MVCAC).The award is presented to the best scientific paper submitted and presented at the annual MVCAC conference. The Reeves New Investigator Award application differs from the MVCAC Call for Papers, if you have an additional speaking topic for the Call for Papers, please follow that application and guidelines.