For more than two decades, the annual Interstate Pest Management Conference, held at the Maritime Institute of Technology, Linthicum, Maryland, has enjoyed a national reputation. Specializing in structural IPM outreach to industry, academia, and government, the Conference delivers new biological and technical information from the discipline's frontiers. Each year more than 600 participants choose the Interstate for comprehensive training on new technologies in structural integrated pest management. Recertification credits for Conference attendance are approved by 15 states.

Dr. Nancy L. Breisch, Chair of the Interstate for the past decade, and Dr. Barbara L. Thorne, Conference Director, both of the Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, design innovative Conference programs in conjunction with Federal, state, and local regulatory agencies. Presentations from nationally recognized researchers and industry experts cover a diversity of topics, including insect, rodent, and bird pest management and treatment of sensitive facilities such as hospitals, nursing homes, schools, and restaurants. The goal of the Interstate is to promote the use of quality integrated pest management, enabling the structural pest control industry to translate new biological information and cutting-edge technology into profitable business operations, thereby increasing public safety and satisfaction while substantially reducing pesticide use in and around structures. Since its inception, the Interstate has showcased the practical means of incorporating integrated pest management techniques into day-to-day business practices.

Each year the Interstate Pest Management Conference is held on the last Wednesday and Thursday of January at the Maritime Institute of Technology, Linthicum, Maryland. Schedules for the two days are identical; participants generally attend one day's worth of presentations.

For more information, including registration forms, please go to http://www.ipmc.umd.edu.