93rd Annual Conference
January 26, 2025 - January 29, 2025
93rd Annual MVCAC Conference & Exhibitor Showcase
REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
Oakland Marriott
1001 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94607
January 26–29, 2025
Join us in Oakland!
Room Rate: Standard Room – $234 per night (plus taxes and fees)
Guests are also welcome to call the hotel reservations at (510) 451-4000; mention you are with MVCAC to get the contracted group rate of $234 if rooms are available in your room block.
Reservation Cut-Off Date: December 26, 2024, or once the room block fills up, whichever comes first
Hotel Cancellation: Please refer to your hotel confirmation for cancellation policies; MVCAC policy is that the one-night deposit will not be refunded unless approved by MVCAC staff
Parking: Self-parking is discounted to $35 a night (subject to change)
Update July 25, 2024:
MVCAC has become aware of companies contacting our exhibitors and possibly our members, falsely claiming to be a housing bureau authorized to secure rooms at the Oakland Marriott where the MVCAC Annual Conference will be taking place next year. We want to remind you to book your conference hotel room only through the official MVCAC booking link.
These entities may offer rooms at purportedly discounted rates. Please be aware that these are unauthorized third-party entities without any affiliation with MVCAC or the Oakland Marriott. They have no authority to make reservations on behalf of attendees.
These companies may book rooms for you at fully prepaid rates with no option for cancellation or changes, and they offer no support if issues arise with your reservation. They are essentially poachers of hotel room blocks.
The only legitimate way to reserve accommodations for any MVCAC event is through the booking link provided directly by us in partnership with the hotel. Reservations made through any other means will not be credited within our block and could potentially put us in an attrition risk.
We are actively monitoring this situation and urge you to inform us if you are contacted by such companies. Unfortunately, there is little recourse against their actions.
Booking through the official MVCAC booking link ensures both you and MVCAC are protected! Find the booking link here.
2025 MVCAC Plenary Speaker announced
Monday morning, January 27
Historical and Personal Reflections on Mosquito Ecology and Control
Phil Lounibos, PHD
Bio:
A sixth-generation Californian, Phil Lounibos grew up on a chicken farm in Petaluma. He attended the University of Notre Dame, where he was introduced to mosquito research in the lab of the late George Craig. After a PhD in biology at Harvard University, as a postdoctoral fellow at the Mosquito Biology Unit of the International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology, he oversaw the first trials for genetic control of Aedes aegypti on the Kenya coast and performed independent research on other East African container mosquitoes. From 1977-2017, from the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory he conducted in both Florida and South America ecological, behavioral, and physiological studies on a wide range of mosquito species. The ecology of invasive mosquito species, especially Ae. aegypti and Aedes albopictus, and mechanisms of displacement and segregation, were major themes of his final two decades of research at FMEL, funded by NIH. Lounibos mentored numerous graduate students and postdocs as a faculty member of the University of Florida.
93rd Annual MVCAC Conference Call for papers open!
“Vector Control- A path to a more hospitable world”
The prime topics for consideration are the following:*
- 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
*Please consider submitting even if your paper does not fit into one of these topics. All submissions will be considered.
Deadline for Submission
The deadline for submission of “Request to Present a Paper” is October 4, 2024. Requests made following this date may not be honored and may not appear in the conference program.
Submissions may be submitted electronically: https://form.jotform.com/241344965939066
Questions? Please reach out to Senior Meeting Manager, Rachel Hickerson at rhickerson@amgroup.us.
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William C. Reeves New Investigator Award |
William E. Walton Poster Competition |