Call for Papers for 2020 ICUP

Those working, or researching, within the field of urban pest management can submit an abstract detailing their work to the ICUP organizing committee.


The organizers of the International Conference on Urban Pests (ICUP) are inviting all those working, or researching, within the field of urban pest management to offer an abstract detailing their work to the organizing committee. If accepted their paper will be presented at the event and published within the proceedings.

The 2020 ICUP is scheduled for June 29 - July 1, 2020, at the prestigious Pompeu Fabra University, in Barcelona, Spain. The 10th in this highly popular series of non-profit events aims to offer a diverse program that combines classical urban pest topics with new ideas and projects. The objective is to provide a stimulating scientific and technical forum on urban pest management. The program will be aimed at the scientists and pest control professionals that come to Barcelona to share their work and meet their friends and colleagues.

Sessions will cover: 
• Bed bugs;
• Invasive species;
• Rodents;
• Mosquitoes;
• Medical entomology including ticks and fleas;
• Xylopagous insects, particularly termites and wood boring beetles;
• Flying insects including wasps;
• Crawling insects;
• Birds;
• Chemical and non-chemical control;
• Complementary technology including GIS, monitoring tools and citizen science.

 

Clear instructions on how to submit an abstract are on the ICUP website at www.icup2020.com. Submissions can only be made via the website and need to be received by Sept. 16, 2019. Accepted authors will be contacted in November with the final manuscript due by Jan. 30, 2020.