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The 7th International IPM Symposium, "IPM on the World Stage-Solutions for Global Pest Challenges," will be held in Memphis, Tennessee USA on March 27-29, 2012 at the Memphis Cook Convention Center.

Symposium sessions will address Integrated Pest Management (IPM) across disciplines, internationally, in the market place, agricultural, structural community settings, horticultural, and natural environments.

Symposium plenary speakers include:
  • Bobbie Corrigan, Pest Management Professional, RMC Pest Management Consulting
  • Timothy J. Dennehy, Manager, Global IRM-BioScience, Bayer CropScience LP
  • Peter Ellsworth, IPM Specialist, University of Arizona Maricopa Agricultural Center
  • Carrie Koplinka-Loehr, Co-Director of the Northeastern Region Integrated Pest Management Center
  • Chow-Yang Lee, Professor of Entomology, Universiti Sains Malaysia
  • Steve Owens, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC
  • Susan Ratcliffe, Director, North Central Integrated Pest Management Center, University of Illinois
  • David Rosenberger, Professor of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, New York

    • The program committee has organized the symposium around four themes: management, research, best practices, and outreach. Click here for a pdf file that describes the symposium themes.

    The 6th IPM Symposium, held in 2009, attracted more than 700 research, education, government, industry and environmental and health professionals from 29 countries for three days of presentations, networking and organizational meetings on key pest management issues. http://www.ipmcenters.org/ipmsymposium09/

    "Integrated Pest Management, or IPM, is a long-standing, science-based, decision-making process that identifies and reduces risks from pests and pest management related strategies. It coordinates the use of pest biology, environmental information, and available technology to prevent unacceptable levels of pest damage by the most economical means, while posing the least possible risk to people, property, resources, and the environment. IPM provides an effective strategy for managing pests in all arenas from developed residential and public areas to wild lands. IPM serves as an umbrella to provide an effective, all encompassing, low-risk approach to protect resources and people from pests." (IPM Roadmap, May 17, 2004)

    If you are interested in helping plan the symposium or providing financial support, contact the Steering Committee at ipmsymposium@ad.uiuc.edu.

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