Thursday 21st May 2026

09.00am – 16.00pm | 15 HATFIELDS, LONDON SE1 8DJ

ARRIVAL, REGISTRATION AND COFFEE FROM 9.00AM, PROGRAMME 9.00AM – 16.00 PM.

REGISTRATION

Agenda

Morning Chair

Darren McKellar

 

09.00

Coffee & networking

 

09.20

Welcome

 

09.30

Use of Parasitic Wasps in Moth Control

Paul Frost, Agralan

 

10.10

CRRU Compliant Rodent Training 2026 Part 1

Melvin Knapp, Killgerm

 

11.00

PCOs & EHOs Working Together

Ian Andrews, CIEH

 

11.20

Coffee/Tea

 

11.40

Renters Rights Act (Awaab’s Law)

Robert Seepersad, LB Bexley

 

12.20

Aprehend: A Potential New Insecticide
Against Bedbugs

Andrew Brown, Andermatt UK

 

13.00

Lunch & Networking

 

13.45

BASIS PROMPT Update

Thomas Vaughan & Russell Elliott, BASIS

 

14.30

An Introduction to Sentry Pro

Rory Fry & Sophie Wulff, DOT

 

15.00

CRRU Compliant Rodent Training 2026 Part 2

Melvin Knapp, Killgerm

 

15.45

Wrap Up & Close

 

REGISTRATION

REGISTRATION

Agenda

Morning Chair

Darren McKellar

09.00
Coffee & networking

09.45
Biology and Control of Fruit Flies/Phorid Flies

09.45
Mosquito – Reports on London Boroughs monitoring programmes/ Basic Mosquito identification

Colin Johnston & Anthony Abbott
UKHSA (The UK Health Security Agency)

10.45
Mogden and Mosquitoes

Tony Bull

11.20
Tea / Coffee

11.40
Usutu virus: Mosquitoes, blackbirds and humans

Clive Boase

12.00
The Life and times Of Parakeets

Alastair Fernie

12.30
Powers of Enforcement, A Personal Experience

Jason Smith

13.00
Lunch

Afternoon Chair

Clive Boase

14.00
A new research project on the genetics of urban foxes

Anders Bergstom – University of East Anglia

14.45
Save Time and Money with BugScents Sentry Pro: Rapid Detection and Active Monitoring for Bed Bug Control

Adam Obee

15.15
New Product and Technical update

Richard Nowell

Coffee / Tea & Close

CDP points awarded

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