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January 2, 2015
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Happy New Year from the MVCAC Staff
Register for the Annual Conference by January 9, 2015!
Anyone not registered by the January 9, 2015 deadline will have to register onsite.

Looking forward to seeing all of you there!

There is an additional $25 fee for onsite registrations.
MVCAC Recognizing District Trustees Who Have Given Over 20 Years of Service

Does your District have a trustee who has given more than 20 years of service?  Please send their names to Rachel Hickerson, MVCAC Event Planner (RHickerson@amgroup.us).

 

MVCAC will be putting a poster up in the foyer during the convention recognizing their service.

 

Please send in names no later than January 5th.
Drones Are Taking Pictures That Could Demystify A Malaria Surge

Aerial drones are targeting a new enemy: malaria.

 

Four hundred feet above a Malaysian forest, a three-foot eBee drone hovers and takes pictures with a 16-megapixel camera every 10 to 20 seconds. But it's not gathering images of the mosquitoes that transmit malaria. Even today's best drones aren't capable of such a photographic marvel. Rather, the drone is looking at a changing landscape that holds clues to the disease's spread.

 

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Painful Virus Sweeps Central America, Gains A Toehold In U.S.

Most of us will remember 2014 as the year Ebola came to the U.S. But another virus made its debut in the Western Hemisphere. And unlike Ebola, it's not leaving anytime soon.


 

The virus is called chikungunya: You pronounce it a bit like "chicken-goon-ya."

 

Although the illness is rarely fatal, it's by no means mild, says virologist Ann Powers of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It causes such severe joint pain, she says, that "people who have it can't stand up or don't even want to shake your hand because it's too painful."

 

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Call for Posters EXTENDED

As you know, the Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California (MVCAC) will hold its 83rd Annual Conference on January 25-28, 2015, at the Hyatt Regency Monterey. 

 

You are invited to submit a poster (we have plenty of papers at this point) for presentation at the conference.  This presentation should be related to mosquitoes or other vectors, the disease organisms they transmit, or their surveillance and control.  Presentations may be of research results, the development and testing of new methods, equipment or products, and the adaptation or development of new technology relating to vector research, surveillance or control.

 

If you are interested in presenting a poster, please complete the "Request to Present a Paper" form available here (the same form should be filled out by poster presenters) and mail it to the address below. With limited time for presentations, final scheduled presentations will be at the discretion of the Program Committee.


January 25-28, 2015

Hyatt Regency Monterey

1 Old Golf Course Rd

Monterey, CA 93940

 

For More Information:  Click here

Rate $134 per night plus taxes

 

THE ROOM BLOCK IS RE-OPENED AND ROOMS ARE AVAILABLE!
 

To book directly with hotel:

Reservations can be made by calling 1-800-223-1234 and asking for the MVCAC Conference block or by using this direct link below

https://resweb.passkey.com/go/MosquitoAndVectorControl

 

Attendee registration is now available in the member portal of MVCAC.org!  Simply login, go to the events section on the page that appears after you login, click the link for the "MVCAC Annual Conference", then click "register for this event" and follow the on-screen instructions to register.

  • Prefer registering by mail/fax?  The attendee registration form is available to download here for your convenience.

 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (subject to change)

 

SUNDAY JANUARY 25

 

10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.    Speaker Ready Room Open

 

1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.      Registration Desk Open

                                            

2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.      Exhibitor Set-up/Posters set up

 

2:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.        Aquaculture 101 Workshop (not included in registration fees)

                             

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.      Exhibitor Show Open

                                            

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.      President's Welcome Reception

                             

MONDAY JANUARY 26

 

7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.      Speaker Ready Room Open

 

7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.      Registration Desk Open

 

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.      Exhibitor Show Open

 

2:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.      Trustee Business Session

 

MORNING PLENARY SESSION

 

8:00 a.m.             Welcome/Opening Remarks/Plenary

 

10:10 a.m.           Break in Exhibit Hall

 

10:20-12:00 noon Plenary Continued

 

12:00 p.m.           Poster Session Buffet Lunch

 

1:00 p.m              Continued Speaking engagements

 

2:55 p.m.             BREAK in Exhibit Hall

 

5:30 p.m.          Adjournment

 

TUESDAY JANUARY 27

7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.      Speaker Ready Room Open

 

7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.      Registration Desk Open (Foyer)

 

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.      Trustee Business Session & Breakfast  

 

8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.      Exhibitor Show Open

 

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.      Concurrent Sessions A & B

                                            

7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.      MVCAC Awards Banquet

 

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 28

 

9:00 AM MVCAC Board of Directors Meeting

 
Join us for the MVCAC Munzy Memorial Golf Tournament!
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Sunday, January 25, 2015

Del Monte Golf Course

 

Tee times: 10-noon TBA - lunch provided 

Cost: $95/player, first come first serve, submit payment asap

For More Information: Click here

 

Payment/contact info:

John Holick

PO Box 754

Penryn, CA 95663

or jholick@central.com

or (916) 708-5804.

 

A special thanks to Central Life Sciences for lunch and administration.

 
MVCAC.org Login Instructions for Members
To log in to the new website, please follow the instructions below
  1. Visit our website www.mvcac.org
  2. Click the "Login" tab  
  • For first time users, please click on "Forgot your password? Click here."
    • Enter your email address on file and wait for the reset password email. Keep in mind, it takes awhile for this email to arrive. Once the email arrives, follow the link to set up your online portal. 
    • If you do not receive the email within a few hours, or the system does not recognize your email address, please contact Sarah Spencer at sspencer@amgroup.us and she will set up your login for you. 
    • If you are not in our system, you can simply click "Create a User Account."