PESTEXTRA, ONLINE
KILLGERM THEATRE 
DAY 1,2 + 3, TUESDAY-THURSDAY, 16-18 MARCH 2021

Full schedule

Tuesday 16 March

8.45 - Textile Pests: A proactive approach to control  - Avril Turner, Killgerm Chemicals
Recognising a range of textile pests and understanding aspects of proactive monitoring and control techniques.

9.45 - Household arthropods and their associated bacterial communities - Dr Matthew Davies, Killgerm Chemicals & Dr Federica Boiocchi, Aston University
Results of original PhD research, from Killgerm Chemicals and Aston University (The Guardian University of the Year 2020) research collaboration, with relevance to public health pest management.

10.45 - Grey silverfish - Melvin Knapp, Killgerm Chemicals
An emerging and likely under-reported pest in the UK: advice on recognition, monitoring and a new treatment

11.30 - Bat Awareness for Pest Controllers - Becky Wilson & Joanna Ferguson
Learn how bats use buildings, why they are so important in a bats lifecycle and how pest control work may impact bats, including their legal protection.

Wednesday 17 March

14.15 - Flying insect management: Stopping a restaurant becoming a pestaurant - Dr Stuart Mitchell, PestWest USA
Calling on international expertise, from the USA, to learn about the importance of correctly siting UV light fly traps

15.15 - flyDetect - Fred Hurstel, PestWest Electronics
Discover the future of fly control - online remote flying insect monitoring. Best New Product Award at The Society of Food Hygiene and Technology Virtual Awards Ceremony

16.15 - Bedbug management in 2021 – a view from the United States - Jeff White, BedBug Central
A general update on bedbug management, for 2021, including developments in monitoring technology and the perhaps underappreciated importance of room preparation

17.15 - Asian hornet awareness and identification - Nigel Semmence, Animal and Plant Health Agency
A status update regarding the Asian hornet Vespa velutina situation in the UK, including identification, 2020 sightings and the importance of reporting

18.15 - BugScents: The development of a novel aggregation pheromone bed bug lure - Dr Victor Brugman, Vecotech
Bed bugs continue to present a threat worldwide and effective monitoring solutions to detect bed bugs quickly and early, before infestations become established, are of paramount importance. To this end Vecotech Ltd have developed BugScents^TM, a novel, long-lasting patented bed bug lure technology based on the natural bed bug aggregation pheromone and designed to facilitate early detection.

Thursday 18 March

10.15 - Rodent control developments in protecting non-target species - Dr Matthew Davies, Killgerm Chemicals
Wildlife contamination with rodenticides remains a significant and widespread problem. Do we finally have a simple and practical solution to minimise this?

11.15 - Drainage investigations in rat control - Davy Brown, Rat Detection
It is estimated that over 90% of rat infestation problems within UK homes and properties are due to defective drainage systems. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more.

12.15 - Bird Free - Alastair Fernie, Killgerm Chemicals & Ian Smith, Bird Free
Authorised by the Health and Safety Executive based on proven efficacy in controlled field tests, learn how to get results with Bird Free.

13.15 - Pest management in the Ministry of Defence - Lieutenant Colonel Jim Fawcett, Ministry of Defence
A fascinating overview of pest management activities in the Ministry of Defence

This theatre is part of PestExtra: the online pest management show and is completely free to attend.

This theatre is sponsored.