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PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

CEPA General Assembly and EUROPEST Conference Programme

19 and 20 May, Cracow, Poland

19 May 2011

10H00 – 12H00 CEPA General Assembly in Hotel Hall – place to be confirmed

Formalities

President’s Welcome

Apologies and Delegation of votes

Adoption of the agenda

Minutes previous meeting

Approval of the minutes of the General Assembly on 23 April 2010 in Budapest and the

Extra-Ordinary General Assembly on 30th November 2010 in Brussels

Accounts

Report on the Accounts for 2010

2011 plans

Activity Plan – Progress versus Promises

Budget – Progress versus Promises

Confirmation of Officers

Any other Business

(Notified at least 48 hours in advance to the President or Director General)

10H00 – 12H00 At the ConExPest Exhibiton Hall –

Sponsored presentations

10H15 – 10H30 How to get European Founds for PCO activity

Country System Services Coordinated by Monika Tomczak

!0H30 – 11H00 BASF sponsored presentation

11H00 – 12H00 ORKIN presentation – The Value of Franchising to the Pest Management Industry

Tom Luczynski – Orkin Pest Control

12H00 – 13H30 Break for Lunch

13H30 – 17H00 EUROPEST Conference: The role of the Pest management industry in Protecting Human Health in

Europe against Invasive Species

13H30 – 13H45 Welcome and opening remarks Patrick Vernié, CEPA Vice Chair

13H45 – 14H15 CEPA’s work programme for 2011 Roland Higgins, Director General CEPA

14H15 – 15H00 State of the Art of vector borne

disease in Europe Bart Knols, University of Amsterdam

15H00 – 15H15 Coffee Break

15H15 – 16H00 Controlling invasive mosquitoes and

vector borne diseases: a new major stake for Europe Francis Schaffner, Avia-GIS, Zoersel, Belgium & Institute of Parasitology, University of Zürich

16H00 – 16H45 Challenges in urban pest control Marieta Braks, Researcher, Dutch National Health Institute

16H45 – 17H00 Day closing discussion

17H00 – 23H00 Evening Programme

17H00 Buses leave for Salt Mines

18H00 Guided tour of Salt Mines

19H30 Dinner in Salt Mines

23H00 Buses leave for return to downtown Cracow

20 May 2011

09H00 – 12H45 EUROPEST (continued)

09H00 – 09H45 Ticks and tick borne disease Hans Dautel, Researcher/Managing Director IS Insect Services GmbH

09H45 – 10H30 A European approach to managing

Bed Bugs Oliver Madge, Bed Bug Foundation

10H30 – 11H00 Coffee Break

11H00 – 11H45 Challenges of successfully launching a

CEN standard for Pest managers Rob Fryatt, Chairman, CEN Technical Committee 404

11H45 – 12H30 Future trends in Pest management Jonathan Peck, Member, National Pest Advisory Panel, Chartered Institute of Environmental Health & Managing Director Killgerm Group

12H30 – 12H45 Day closing discussion

12H45 – 13H00 Closing remarks Frederic Verwilghen, CEPA Vice-Chair