Author: Peter McGhee

2020 OPDMC Deadlines
Hotel Reservations and Student Scholarships. 

Meeting Dates: 
Wednesday (9AM), Jan. 8, 2020 to Friday (noon), Jan. 10, 2020

Hilton Room Rate DEADLINE Dec 10

There are rooms available with either a King or 2 Double Beds for $135.00/night.
**Please note: You will be given a code at check-in to get free Wi-Fi in your room.**

Conference Registration (via PayPal)

STUDENTS ARE FREE! No need to register, you may still purchase a hard copy of the proceedings. Please email to let us know that you are coming and receive a printed name tag.

STUDENTS! Scholarship Application Deadline Fri, Dec. 20th

Industry Scholarship Sponsors

Dear industry attendees,
 
For many years, industry participants in OPDMC have been asking for a way to lend financial support the event.  Now there is a way to support both OPDMC and the next generation of IPM specialists!
 
Last year, industry contributors like you helped raise $3400 in scholarship aid to support five graduate students attend OPDMC and present their research. 2019 contributors and student recipients are listed below.
 
Continuing for 2020 is the Student Travel Scholarship Program, a merit-based scholarship application for students, in which industry contributions will be pooled and used to support the travel costs of student recipients to attend and participate in OPDMC.
 
Industry contributions will be accepted in any amount, and sponsors will be recognized in the following categories: Bronze (up to $250), Silver ($251-$500), and Gold ($500+). Contributing organizations will be recognized in the conference program, as well as in the opening and closing business meetings. 

Paypal donations accepted here.
 
The full Terms of Reference for the scholarship program are found here .  If you have any questions, or if you or your organization would like to contribute to the 2020 Scholarship fund, please email scholarship@opdmc.org.

 
Thank you,
The OPDMC Scholarship Committee:
Alix Whitener
Melissa Tesche
Emily Symmes
Travis Schoenwald
Tobin Northfield
Teah Smith
Adrian Marshall

Dr. Gary Judd completed his entire post-secondary education at Simon Fraser University, in Burnaby, BC, Canada, receiving an Honours B.Sc. in Marine Biology – 1979, MSc Pest Management Program – 1982, and PhD in 1987. In 1989, Gary began working at the Summerland Research and Development Centre (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada), where he continues to work in tree fruit Entomology and extension.

At Summerland, Gary met pheromone enthusiast Don Thomson. As scientist and technician, Gary and Don’s initial collaboration led to the first successful codling moth mating disruption project in Canada, and kick-started a career in tree fruit entomology.  Early research demonstrated the power of complementary technologies in managing a key pest, and for an emerging organic apple industry, it ensured successful implementation of a codling moth sterile insect programme (OK-SIR) in 1994. Dealt a semiochemical career inevitably entwined with SIT, Gary has endeavored to understand and improve this technology through many basic studies of codling moth behaviour.

Collaborations have allowed Gary to author and co-author over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, 175 extension articles and 7 Book Chapters. His Adjunct Professorship and role as Head Instructor of the Tree Fruit Pest Management course at SFU, since 1992, have allowed him to contribute to the mentorship of over 30 students and post-docs. He recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Professional Pest Management Association of B.C. and was awarded an Honorary, Lifetime Membership in the Similkameen-Okanagan Organic Producers’ Association.

When not working, which is rare, Gary spends time tinkering with and driving his ‘65 Austin Healey, enjoying time in his garden, especially that in shared exploration with his six grandchildren. In the near future Gary hopes to rekindle a passion for fly fishing between times spent traveling the world with his wife and life friend, Linda.

Deadlines loom for many items! Please see each section below.

Title deadlines have passed, but if you are quick you can still submit a presentation before we begin to build the program.

Presentation abstracts (and late submissions) are due by Monday, Dec 3.  https://opdmc.org/home/submit-abstracts/

Hilton Hotel Group rates – booking deadlines approach quickly!! Please register by Tuesday, Dec 4.

Applications for Student travel scholarships sponsored by our industry members are due by Dec 21st. Students don’t wait until the semester finals are over, get started early!

Scholarship sponsors – Contact scholarship@opdmc.org if you or your  company would like to sponsor a portion of this years student travel scholarships or click here for more information.

Pathology joins Entomology in one session!  The good news is no more running back and forth between meeting rooms.  The pathology group lost their leadership Tamala Blunt after many years fo service as she moved on to a new position. We were presented with the idea of helping pathology this year or they would not be able to coordinate their program. I look forward to working together as one group.

Attention!

We have extended the deadline for presentation titles to Friday Nov. 23. Many people were attending the joint ESA, ESC, and ESBC meetings last week in Vancouver B.C. Please consider submitting your titles earlier this week rather than later. Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Abstracts are due Dec 3., but you may submit them early as well.

The meeting will combine pathology and entomology talks into one session!  The good news is no more running back and forth between meeting rooms.  The bad news is that we will have to be selective in talks submitted due to the combined program.  Please send your titles an abstracts soon.

STUDENTS
Our industry membership wants to support students with FREE MONEY to attend OPDMC.  They are pitching in cash to help you attend and increase your public and professional visibility. Announcement with instructions will be sent out later this week. Keep an eye on your email. The turn around time will be short this year.

For many years, industry participants in OPDMC have been asking for a way to lend financial support the event.  Now there is a way to support both OPDMC and the next generation of IPM Specialists, by contributing to the new Student Travel Scholarship program!  See the Student Travel Scholarship  page for more information.

Greetings!

On behalf of the OPDMC committee I invite you to save the date for the 2019 Orchard Pest and Disease Management Conference, which is scheduled for Jan 9 – Jan 11, 2019 at the Hilton Portland Downtown. Please note that my last email regarding Student Scholarships had the incorrect dates!

The Orchard Pest and Disease Management Conference web site is active. You can access it with this link: http://www.OPDMC.org/

Many thanks to Chris Sater and WSU for getting us up and running!

I. Dates to remember for the upcoming 2019 OPDMC meeting

A. Meeting Times and Dates: 9:00 AM, Wednesday, January 9, 2018 to 12:00 Noon , Friday, January 11, 2018

B. Hilton Hotel Reservations:
You can link to the Hilton Hotel
https://aws.passkey.com/e/49750925

There are rooms available with either a King or 2 Double Beds for $132.00/night.
**Please note: You will be given a code at check-in to get free Wi-Fi in your room.**

Group Rate Deadline – Dec 4, 2018
We will again work with the Paramount hotel across the street for overflow rooms. More information in the next announcement.

C. Due Dates
Titles – Friday Nov 17, 2018
Submit Titles

Please indicate if you are presenting a talk or poster along with the title and authorship

Abstracts – Monday, December 3, 2018
Please get titles and abstracts in soon so that we may apply for pesticide recertification credits!
https://opdmc.org/home/submit-abstracts/

**The old site archiving 52 years OPDMC abstracts is still online at:
http://www.tfrec.wsu.edu/pages/wopdmc/

II. Registration (via PayPal)
You can register via our web site:
http://opdmc.org/home/#registration

STUDENTS ARE FREE! No need to register, you may still purchase a hard copy of the proceedings. Please email to let us know that you are coming and receive a printed name tag.

Once you have selected the option of either or “Registration + Proceedings $100 USD”, “Registration Only $90 USD” or “Proceedings Only $10 USD”, you will be taken to “Your Shopping Cart”. You can pay either with a PayPal account or a credit card. (Onsite registration will be $100 plus $10 for abstracts). If you want to pay with a credit card, then choose the “Check Out” button. You will then see your order summary. You will still be presented with the option of paying with a PayPal account. If you want to pay with a credit card, then select “Don’t have a PayPal Account”.

***Please verify your cart quantities before you check out.  If you started the checkout process in a previous session but didn’t complete it, you might end up with extra registrations in your basket.

III. Etcetera
Personalized Nametags: PayPal registration does not allow us to capture attendees names if these are different from the credit card holder. i.e., someone else used their credit card to register for you. Please email your PayPal receipt and a list of registrant names to if you would like pre-printed name tags.

I am looking forward to seeing everyone for a great meeting in 2018.
Sincerely,

Peter McGhee
executivedirector@OPDMC.org

Greetings!

On behalf of the OPDMC committee we would like to remind you of 2018 Orchard Pest and Disease Management Conference, which is scheduled for Jan 10- Jan 12, 2018 at the Hilton Portland Downtown.  Please see important dates below.  We would like to thank Dr. Harvey Reissig for accepting our invitation to be this years Keynote Speaker!

Dr. Harvey Reissig is a Cornell University professor of entomology and stationed at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva.  He has helped to guide the statewide IPM program in tree fruits for over 30 years focusing much of his research on pests of apple with significant contributions to our understanding the biology and management of leafrollers and apple maggot.  His research into understanding and managing pesticide resistance in orchards is extensive.  Most recently he has served as the director of Pesticide Management Education Program at Cornell.

Reissig received B.S. and M.S. degrees in entomology from Kansas State University in 1969 and 1970, respectively. He received his Ph.D. in entomology in 1973 from Oregon State University (Go Beavers!). Harvey was named assistant professor in the Department of Entomology at Geneva in 1973, associate professor in 1978 and full professor in 1986. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 papers in refereed journals, many others in non-refereed research publications, and given numerous presentations at local, national and international levels.

Reissig is a member of the Entomological Society of America, the New York State Horticultural Society, the New York State Agri-Business Society and the American Wine Society.  Everyone that knows Harvey Reissig will attest that he is a wine enthusiast! He has visited wineries in the Napa and Sonoma regions in California and extensively toured Finger Lakes vineyards for 30 years. He also regularly serves on tasting panels and as a judge for wine competitions and has published regularly in The Fingerlakes Times under “The Grape Guru”.

The Orchard Pest and Disease Management Conference web site is active. You can access it with this link:

http://www.OPDMC.org/

Many thanks to Chris Sater and WSU for getting us up and running!

I. Dates to remember for the upcoming 2018 OPDMC meeting

A. Meeting Times and Dates:

9:00 AM, Wednesday, January 10, 2018

to

12:00 Noon, Friday, January 12, 2018

B. Hilton Hotel Reservations:

You can link to the Hilton Hotel
https://aws.passkey.com/e/49083869

There are rooms available with either a King or 2 Double Beds for $129.00/night.

**Please note: You will be given a code at check-in to get free Wi-Fi in your room.**

Hilton Group Rate Deadline – Dec 12, 2018

C. Paramount Hotel Reservations:

There is also a block of 20 rooms on reserve at the Paramount Hotel for $134/night.

Address: 808 SW Taylor St, Portland, OR 97205
Phone: (503) 223-9900, use OPDMC when registering

D. Due Dates

Titles – Friday Nov 17, 2018

Submit Titles
please indicate if you are presenting a talk or poster along with the title and authorship

Abstracts – Monday, December 4, 2018

Please get titles and abstracts in soon so that we may apply for pesticide recertification credits!

https://opdmc.org/home/submit-abstracts/

**The old site archiving 52 years OPDMC abstracts is still online at: http://www.tfrec.wsu.edu/pages/wopdmc/

We will be transitioning away from this site in the next few months.  All materials will be transferred to a permanent home at the new site in 2018.

II. Registration (via PayPal)

You can register via our web site: http://opdmc.org/home/#registration

STUDENTS ARE FREE! No need to register, you may still purchase a hard copy of the proceedings. Please email to let us know that you are coming and receive a printed name tag.

Once you have selected the option of either  “Registration Only $90” or “Registration + Abstracts $100”, you will be taken to “Your Shopping Cart”. You can pay either with a PayPal account or a credit card.  (Onsite registration will be $100 plus $10 for abstracts).  If you want to pay with a credit card, then choose the “Check Out” button. You will then see your order summary. You will still be presented with the option of paying with a PayPal account. If you want to pay with a credit card, then select “Don’t have a PayPal Account”.

Stay Connected!

Please help us keep our membership up to date by updating your profile (personalized link in the email sent to you).

Forward this message to any new or perspective OPDMC members including students, agronomists, growers, industry or academic representatives.  They can subscribe to OPDMC announcements here.

III. Etcetera

Personalized Nametags: PayPal registration does not allow us to capture attendees names if these are different from the credit card holder.  i.e., someone else used their credit card to register for you.  Please email your PayPal receipt and a list of registrant names to if you would like pre-printed name tags.

I am looking forward to seeing everyone for a great meeting in 2018.

Sincerely,

Peter McGhee
executivedirector@OPDMC.org