National Forum on Biological Control Conference
The USDA Forest Service is organizing a National Forum for Biological Control in Natural Areas Conference in partnership with NAISMA and the National Association of State Foresters and will be held April 14-17, 2025 in Annapolis, MD at the Graduate Hotel. The meeting will focus on both weed and arthropod biocontrol and will be a venue for all biocontrol practitioners, researchers, and policy makers to come together to address the shared challenges (i.e., communication, capacity, changing landscapes) and opportunities that exist in this area. The meeting themes are centered around biocontrol research, management, and impacts in natural areas.
Travel Information
Conference/hotel booking information
Hotel/ conference venue booked at the Graduate Hotel in Annapolis, MD (Graduate Annapolis | Hotel Near Naval Academy (graduatehotels.com)). Below are the Booking details to make reservations. Attendees may also call our reservations line at 844-428-1153 and tell them you are part of the USDA Forest Service NFBCC 2025. Reservations will be accepted through the group cutoff date of Thursday 3/21/25. The discounted room rate will no longer be available to the group after the cutoff date.
Booking Code: 6627960
Booking Link: USDA Forest Service 2025
Keynote Speakers
Guillermo “Willie” Cabrera Walsh
Director en Fundación para el Estudio de Especies invasoras (FuEDEI)
Stephen Enloe
University of Florida
Christy Martin
Program Manager & Information Officer at UH PCSU/Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species
Registrant Level
Early Bird Deadline: Wednesday, February 12th:
- Full Conference $499.00
- NAISMA Member Full Conference: $425.00
- Student Full Conference: $250.00
- One Day Conference: $250.00
- NAISMA Member One Day Conference: $225.00
Late Registration (after February 12):
- Full Conference $575.00
- NAISMA Member Full Conference: $500.00
- Student Full Conference: $275.00
- One Day Conference: $275.00
- NAISMA Member One Day Conference: $250.00
Call for Oral Presentation and Poster Abstracts
Abstracts for the conference are due November 15th, 2024
Conference sessions will be centered around the main themes of biocontrol research, management, and policy and impacts, with various topics highlighted in the table below. We’d like to invite anyone who would like to present an oral presentation or poster to please submit your abstract by the November 15th deadline. To ensure a common thread exists between the presentations throughout the conference, we’d like abstracts and presentations to include their respective topic’s applicable key strengths, challenges, opportunities, needs, and next steps forward.
Please send in your oral presentation and/or poster abstracts and biographical sketches to Vanessa Lopez () by November 15th.
The National Forum on Biological Control Conference Scholarship
Application Deadline is October 31, 2024.
A scholarship to support student attendance to the National Forum on Biological Control Conference has been established to help students who want to present their work on biological control at this bi-annual conference. The scholarship aims to provide students in biocontrol with the opportunity to present their work, learn new information, and network and engage with the broader biocontrol community.
Applications for the 2025 National Forum on Biological Control Conference Scholarship should be directed to Vanessa Lopez () with the subject line “2025 National Forum on Biological Control Conference Scholarship” and include the following items:
- Applicant name:
- Applicant email:
- Organization:
- Student type (i.e., undergraduate, masters, PhD):
- Abstract submission (oral or poster):
- Abstract title:
- Abstract theme (from presenter information sheet):
- Abstract session # (from presenter information sheet):
Scholarships will be given on a first come, first serve basis to applicants that have submitted their completed scholarship application and poster or oral abstract submission by the deadline.
