Call for Papers & Posters
The theme for the 95th Annual MVCAC Conference is “Grand Challenges in Vector Control”. The prime topics for consideration are below but please consider submitting even if your paper does not fit into one of these topics. All submissions will be considered. The deadline for submission is November 6, 2026. Requests made following this date may not be honored and may not appear in the conference program.
Submissions for the below and general topics are being solicited:
- Advancing the Sterile Insect Technique for Mosquito Control: Science, Operations, and Impact
- Advancing UAS in Mosquito Control: Standards, Science, and Operational Practice
- Beyond the Press Release: Strategic Communications for Modern Vector Control
- From Risk to Readiness: Preparing for a High-Stakes Prop 218 Funding Measure
- Grand Challenges in Administrative
- Grand Challenges in Operations
- Grand Challenges in Outreach
- Grand Challenges in Surveillance/Laboratory Technologies
- Presidents’ Circle
- Pushing the Limits: Technology’s Role in 21st-Century & Vector Control & Tech to the Rescue: How Innovation Kept Mosquito Control Moving Through a Year of Disruption
- When Surveillance Triggers Outreach: Geo-Targeted Resident Communication During Invasive Aedes Response
- You Thought This Job Was About Mosquitoes?
When submitting your abstract, you will have the option to select ‘oral’ presentation or ‘poster’ presentation. Please select the correct presentation format and then complete the required information. You will have a chance to save and review your submission before pressing the ‘Submit’ button.
Questions? Please reach out to Meeting and Events Manager, Kristi Maryman at kmaryman@amgroup.us.
Call for the 2027 Poster Session and William E. Walton Poster Competition
Applications for the 2027 Poster Session and William E. Walton Poster Competition will be accepted through November 6, 2026. The objective of the competition is to recognize exceptional poster presentations in the field of mosquito and vector control research and operations in honor of the late Dr. William (Bill) E. Walton who was passionate about and committed his career to entomology and vector ecology. Presentations entered to compete should be focused on basic, applied science or scientific methods, include a clear hypothesis, experiment(s), and result(s), and cannot be purely theoretical. For more information, please refer to the William E. Walton Poster Competition guidelines and rules documents. This application is for all poster submissions, interested applicants for the Walton Competition must opt-in to the competition on the application form.
When submitting for this category, select poster submission and at the end of your submission it will ask if this poster is for the competition, be sure to select yes before final submission.
2027 William C. Reeves New Investigator Award
Applications for the 2027 William C. Reeves New Investigator Award will be accepted through November 6, 2026. The William C. Reeves New Investigator Award, memorializing Dr. William C. Reeves, who was a renowned University of California entomologist, is sponsored by the Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California (MVCAC). The award is presented to the best scientific paper submitted and presented at the annual MVCAC conference. The Reeves New Investigator Award application differs from the MVCAC Call for Papers. If you have an additional speaking topic for the Call for Papers, please follow that application and guidelines.
Please select from the drop down menu: William Reeves new investigator award then complete your submission as instructed.