The 10th European Mosquito Control Association (EMCA) International Conference will focus on new insights into mosquito and blackfly control (see Preliminary Program). The conference will be held in Vienna (Austria) from 3rd to the 7th of October 2021 at the Austrian Agency for health and food safety (AGES).
The sessions will be divided in several themes:
- Biocides regulation and advancement in insecticides development
- Biocides testing in perspective of registration
- Blackflies in Europe: where are we, where do we go?
- Citizen science and community involvement for mosquito surveillance and control
- Control of vector and harmful insects: improvement of methods and quality assessment
- Decision making processes in mosquito control
- Latest challenges and responses in mosquito control
- Mosquito control without borders in the Danube region
- Mosquito control in urban context
- Mosquito control versus nature conservation: opposition or partnership?
- New technologies and practices in surveillance and control
- Surveillance and management of invasive species
- Surveillance of vector-borne pathogens in insects
BopCo will participate in the event, by means of three poster presentations:
- A. Vanderheyden, N. Smitz, K. De Wolf, I. Deblauwe, H. Kampen, F. Schaffner, J. De Witte, A. Schneider, I. Verlé, A. Vanslembrouck, W. Dekoninck, K. Meganck, S. Gombeer, M. De Meyer, T. Backeljau, D. Werner, R. Müller, W. Van Bortel. 2021. ‘A DNA-based pipeline for species-level identification of Belgian mosquitoes’. EMCA 2021 International Conference, 3-7 October 2021. Vienna, Austria.
- A. Vanderheyden, N. Smitz, K. De Wolf, I. Deblauwe, H. Kampen, F. Schaffner, J. De Witte, A. Schneider, I. Verlé, A. Vanslembrouck, W. Dekoninck, K. Meganck, S. Gombeer, M. De Meyer, T. Backeljau, D. Werner, R. Müller, W. Van Bortel. 2021. ‘COI haplotype diversity in three exotic Aedes species in Belgium’. EMCA 2021 International Conference, 3-7 October 2021. Vienna, Austria.
- N. Smitz, K. De Wolf, I. Deblauwe, H. Kampen, F. Schaffner, J. De Witte, A. Schneider, I. Verlé, A. Vanslembrouck, W. Dekoninck, K. Meganck, S. Gombeer, A. Vanderheyden, M. De Meyer, T. Backeljau, D. Werner, R. Müller, W. Van Bortel. 2021 ‘Population genetic structure of Aedes japonicus in Belgium suggests multiple introductions’. EMCA 2021 International Conference, 3-7 October 2021. Vienna, Austria.