Thursday 4th December 2025

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

 

09.30

Welcome

 

09.45

Biology and Control of Fruit Flies/Phorid Flies

Melvin Knapp, Killgerm

 

10.30

Control of Bedbugs using Heat Treatment and Dogs

Merlin Environmental

 

11.15

Coffee/Tea

 

11.30

New Fly Control Product, Update on Fendona

Laurence Barnard, BASF

 

12.30

Changes at CIEH

Ian Andrews

 

12.45

Lunch & Networking

 

13.30

UKHSA Mosquito Surveillance Update

Colin Johnstone, UKHSA

 

13.50

CRRU Compliant Training Parts 2 & 3

Melvin Knapp, Killgerm

 

15.20

Native Lizards & Snakes in the UK 

Peter Kent, LB Barking and Dagenham

 

15.40

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