Ninth International Conference of EMCA, France, March 2019 -

The 9th conference of EMCA (European Mosquito Control Association) took place in the city of La Rochelle, France, between 11 – 14 March 2019. The conference entitled «Mosquito Control without borders» included the following sessions:

Session 1: Environmental prospects of mosquito control
Chaired by Sebastien Chouin & Jan Lundström
Session 2: Well-known and novel challenges in mosquito surveillance and control
Chaired by Eleonora Flacio & Andrea Drago
Session 3: Achievements in mosquito surveillance and monitoring
Chaired by Mihaela Kavran & Francis Schaffner
Session 4: Invasive mosquitoes and their control
Chaired by Gaby Müller & Arjan Stroo
Session 5: Surveillance and control of potential vector species
Chaired by Luis Hernández-Triana & Peter Luethy
Session 6: Biotechnologies to reinvent mosquito control
Chaired by Amandine Collado & Norbert Becker
Session 7: Public health issues and recent outbreaks in Europe
Chaired by Elina Patsoula & Spiros Mourelatos
Session 8: New technologies in mosquito control
Chaired by Kamil Erguler & Sandra Gewehr
Session 9: Citizen science, communication and personal protection
Chaired by Marina Torres & Ruben Bueno

Ecodevelopment participated with three oral presentations by Sandra Gewehr, Stella kalaitzopoulou and Xanthi Tseni:

Vector control strategy against malaria in Greece (S. Gewehr, S. Kalaitzopoulou, N. Perros, N. Garlis, G. Vlachos, P. Tsagkaris, K. Iordanidis and S. Mourelatos)-
Control of mosquitoes transmitting WNV in Central Macedonia, Greece 2018 (S. Kalaitzopoulou, S. Gewehr, P. Tsagaris and S. Mourelatos)
Using artificial intelligence for guiding wide area mosquito control operations (M. Iatrou, S. Kalaitzopoulou, X. Tseni, S. Gewehr and S. Mourelatos)