Industry Experts Headline Purdue Pest Conference

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The 72nd Annual Purdue Pest Management Conference will be held Jan. 7-11 at the university's campus in West Lafayette.

Outstanding speakers and industry leaders will give training seminars, research and regulatory updates, product development updates, marketing and management hints and more information vital to promoting innovative and environmentally sensitive approaches to pest management.

Some of the industry's top speakers will be at the Purdue Pest Management Conference including:

• Gene White, Mark Sheperdigian and Judy Dold (Rose Pest Solutions)
• Carl Hinderer (Southern Mill Creek Products)
• Jay Bruesch (Plunkett’s Pest Control)
• Bob Hickman (BASF)
• Mike Potter (University of Kentucky)
• Rick Cooper (Cooper Pest Solutions)
• Fred Whitford, Drew Martin, and Linda Mason (Purdue University)
• Greg Baumann, Kathy Heinsohn, and Rob Lederer (NPMA)
• Pat Hottel (W. B. McCloud & Co.)
• Ed Vargo (North Carolina State University)
• Judy Black and Dean Stanbridge (Steritech Group Corp.)
• Bobby Jenkins (ABC Pest and Lawn Services)
• Michael Olexa and Faith Oi (University of Florida)
• Brian Ranes (Action Pest Control)
• Jeff McGovern, Dodd Delph, and Frank Meek (Orkin)
• Gerry Wegner (Varment Guard Environmental Services)
• Suresh Prabhakaran (Dow AgroSciences)
• Bobby Corrigan (RMC Pest Management Consulting)
• Tim Julien (A & T Wildlife Management)
• David Fincannon (A-All Pest Termite Exterminators)
• Stuart Mitchell (Springer Pest Solutions)
• Stoy Hedges (Terminix)

For more information please visit Purdue's entomology department Web site, or call 800/359-2968.