AAPCO’s 78th Annual Meeting and Spring Conference

March 2-5, 2025

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO JOINED US FOR A WONDERFUL CONFERENCE THIS YEAR!

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW DIRECTORS OTTO OEMIG, WI AND PAT FARQUHAR, NC AS WELL AS GARY BAHR, WA, AAPCO LIFETIME MEMBER!

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Conference Evaluation


Agendas

AAPCO Board of Director’s Meeting Agenda

Sunday Evening Poster Session– NEW!

Conference Agenda

Laboratory Director’s Meeting Agenda

Business Meeting Agenda

2024 Business Meeting Minutes


Conference Materials

Speaker Biographies

Standing Committee/Workgroup/Liaison Reports

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Presentations

Monday

Gretchen Paluch, IA AAPCO Year in Review

Steve Dwinell, VT State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group

Amy Brown, FL Pesticide Operations and Management

Hotze Wijnja, MA Environmental Quality Issues

Kevin Kern, MI Endangered Species Strategy Implementation

Annie-France Gravel, Health Canada Regulatory Operations and Enforcement

Patrick Wade, National Association of State Departments of Agriculture

Allison Cuellar, TX Association of Structural Pest Control Regulatory Officials Update

Gene Merkl, MSU American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators Update

Kaci Buhl, OSU National Pesticide Information Center Update

Amy Sullivan, Pesticide Inspector Residential Training Update

Lisa Blecker, CSU Happy Birthday, PREP! and PREP Fashion Show

Tuesday

ESA Panel #1: Regulatory Perspective

ESA Panel #2: Stakeholder Perspective

Andrew Martin, OISC Certification Exams: Old Issues Reconsidered

PERC Projects Update, including Building Bridges:

Wednesday

The Future of Pesticide Labels:

Sarah Hovinga, Regulatory Policy, Bayer CropScience

Taylor Wetli, US Commercial & Business Development Manager, Solinftec

Hal Ambuter, Head of Global Digitalization and Regulatory Compliance, Arxada

Scott Mueller, Head of Business Development, Compass Regulatory

Tim Deppen, NPIRS Program Manager, Center for Environmental and Regulatory Information Systems

E-Commerce Panel:

Toby Primbs, Compliance and Enforcement Manager, Oregon Department of Agriculture

Otto Oemig, Pesticide Programs Unit Supervisor, Wisconsin Dept of Agriculture

Faye Golden, Director of Governmental Affairs, Cook’s Pest Control, Inc.

Bonnie Rabe, Managing Director of Government Relations, Rollins, Inc.