25th Vertebrate Pest Conference

Plan to participate in…

the 25^th Vertebrate Pest Conference
March 5-8, 2012
Portola Hotel & Spa at Monterey Bay
Monterey, California, USA

Tentative Schedule:

May 1, 2011	Call for Abstracts to be published
July 15, 2011	Abstracts due (abstracts received after this date are considered on a space-available basis)
August 15, 2011	Abstracts accepted
November 1, 2011	Preliminary Program / Pre-registration booklet published
February 2, 2011	Last date to reserve discounted room at Portola Hotel & Spa
February 3, 2012	Last date for Pre-registration at discount price

Conference Schedule:

Monday, March 5, 2012	(optional) Full-day field trip, Monterey/Salinas area
Tuesday, March 6	morning - Plenary Session
	afternoon – Concurrent sessions
	evening - (optional) Anniversary Banquet
Wednesday, March 7	Concurrent sessions
	evening - Reception and Vendors' Forum
Thursday, March 8	Concurrent sessions
	Conference concludes

Submit an Abstract for an oral presentation

Be a Commercial Exhibitor - see Preliminary Program or contact John O'Brien

Apply for a Student Travel Grant - see Preliminary Program or contact Stella McMillin

Reserve a Hotel Room at the Portola Hotel & Spa -see Preliminary Program or visit Portola Hotel website

25^th VPC Committee Chairpersons (click on a name to email that person)

*Conference Chairperson:*	Robert M. Timm
*Program:*	Roger A. Baldwin
*Arrangements:*	Victoria Hornbaker
*Registration:*	Amber N. Shrum
*Poster Session & Student Awards:*	Stella McMillin
*Continuing Education Credits:*	Rex O. Baker
*Business Manager:*	A. Charles Crabb
*Publicity:*	Dirk Van Vuren
*Commercial Displays:*	John M. O’Brien
*Field Trip:*	Peter Newman

Thanks to all who attended the 25^th VP Conference in Monterey, CA on March 5-8.

Details on the 26^th VP Conference (likely to be held in March 2014) will be added to this web site as they are developed.