Our Program

Day 1 focus: IPM in theory – Requirements to succeed

Time	Event
09:00	Welcome and registration
10:00	Opening Session – Greeting remarks
10:20	Keynote – Ecology of insects in biodeterioration Johannes Vogel, Director General Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
10:50	Session 1 Disseminating IPM advice and recommendations. Using Risk Zones as part of an IPM Strategy for Insect Pests: A Case Study Amy Crossman & David Pinniger What to include in an IPM programme – risk verses benefit Suzanne Ryder & Tom Strang IPM Communication in Museums! A Vital Component for Establishing Effective IPM Programmes in Zimbabwe’s national museums Davison Chiwara Climate change and its effects on indoor museum pests (insects and fungi) in Austria Pascal Querner, Katja Sterflinger, Katharina Derksen, Bill Landsberger, Rudy Plarre, Johanna Leissner, Stefan Bichlmair & Peter Brimblecombe
12:10	Lunch
13:30	Session 2 Every Bit(e) Counts – managing pest monitoring with a distributed team at a multi-site museum Katherine List, Siobhan Watts & Christian Baars Advancing Pest Management: Developing A Pest Occurrence Index-Based Analysis Tool at University of Arizona Libraries Special Collections Elise Etrheim & Fleur van der Woude Interpreting insect trapping data Peter Brimblecombe Jira Service Management as a Tool for IPM Collaboration and Management: Sharing Information Across Collections and Facilities at the Art Institute of Chicago Sarah Gordon, Laticia Annison-Romano, Rebecca Barresse, Atticus Bikos, Ricardo Robles, Megan Kaiser & Megan Creamer
14:50	Coffee break and Poster session
15:30	Session 3 Detection of Wood Boring Insects Larvae based on Acoustic Emission Stephan Biebl Identifying woodboring beetles with novel methods: the pros and cons of using smartphone apps, metabarcoding, LAMP as well as traditional pictoral diagnostic tools Olaf Zimmermann, Björn Lutsch, Iris Häussermann & Martin Hasselmann Identifying Potential Insect Pests at the Science Museum, University of Coimbra: A Prelude to IPM Implementation Ana Cristina Rufino 20-years monitoring of aerobiocontamination in the Old Fund of the Arsenal Library (BnF) Valentin Rottier & Simona Drago
17:00	End of day 1 sessions
19:00	Reception at Dinosaur hall, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin

Day 2 focus: IPM in practice – Biodiversity in a changing world

Time	Event
09:00	Session 4 Where and how do they come from – Genetic variability of gray silverfish Ctenolepisma longicaudatum and ghost silverfish Ctenolepisma calvum Bill Landsberger & Thomas von Rintelen *Management of a Biscuit Beetle (Stegobium paniceum) infestation in Perne Library, Peterhouse College, Cambridge* Amber Xavier-Rowe & Scott Mandelbrote Integrated Pest Management procedures in the historical residences of the House of Savoy, Piedmont, North-West Italy (UNESCO-WHS-823bis): survey campaigns and data analysis Enrica Matteucci, Alessandra Destefanis, Marco Nervo, Michela Cardinali & Federica Pozzi Integrated Pest Management at the Royal apartments in Pitti Palace (Florence, Italy): a case study Oana Adriana Cuzman, Elena Pozzi, Flavia Puoti, Alessandra Griffo, Sveva Longo & Cristiano Riminesi
10:20	Coffee break
11:00	Session 5 Evaluation of a quarantine strategy able to reduce the risk of artworks’ biodeterioration Francesca Maisto, Nikola Klištincová, Magdaléna Rusková, Domenico Pangallo, Anna Nosáľová-Zdravecká, Katarína Vaneková & Barbara Davidson Exploration into the evolution and innovations of rodent IPM – Discussing the humaneness of various traps and baits in the Australian War Memorial Eileen Procter *Natural enemies of the long-tailed silverfish Ctenolepisma longicaudatum* (Lepismatidae): are there options for biological control?** Matthias Schöller & Sabine Prozell
12:00	Lunch
13:20	Session 6 10 Years of IPM-Policy at MfN Berlin – achievements, challenges & lessons learned Edda Aßel, Christiane Quaisser, Jenny Pohl & Viola Richter Cyanotypes and anoxia: Investigations on the color changes of cyanotypes during and after anoxic treatment Justine Bolle & Bill Landsberger The effects of sub-lethal temperatures on the feeding behavior and growth rate of the webbing clothes moth, Tineola bisselliella (Hummel) (Lepidoptera: Tineidae): Integrated Pest Management (IPM) implications for conditioning spaces to mitigate harm caused by clothes moths James Feston, Patrick Kelley & Samantha Kiever Conquering Complexity: A Novel IPM Resource for Mixed Media Ashley Bowersox
14:40	Coffee break and Poster session
15:20	Session 7 Is innovation still possible in heritage IPM? David Loughlin Implementing IPM at the Bavarian Natural History Collections – A bottom-up approach Juliana Bahia, Nadja Pöllath, Melanie Altner, Carla Novoa, Katja Neven, Dieter Doczkal & Nora Battermann Innovative Approaches for Early Detection and Prevention of Fungal Contamination and Dry rot contamination in Cultural Heritage Environments* Rukshala Anton, Corinne Bounhoure, Walid Djadane, Isabelle Lacaze, Mélanie Nicolas, Driss Samari, Sutharsini Sivanantham, Priscilla Thiry, Faisl Bousta, David Garon, Antoine Gery, Stéphane Moularat
16:30	End of day 2 sessions
19:00	Conference Dinner at Weilands Berlin, Potsdamer Platz

Day 3 focus: IPM in practice – Last resort pesticide?

Time	Event
09:00	Session 8 Portable X-ray fluorescence screening of objects as a tool for communicating IPM Kilian Anheuser Control of Silverfish in a museum setting using Advion Cockroach Gel bait Sean Loakes & Abby Moore LLIN (Long-lasting Insecticide Netting) as a barrier protection against museum pests of major importance Adam Osgood, Megan Creamer, James Feston, Samantha Kiever, Patrick Kelley & Rudy Plarre Pesticide Contamination in Large Institutions: What can we do? Amélie Nusser
10:20	Coffee break and Poster session
11:00	Session 9 Adaptive freezing as object-friendly and efficient pest control method? – A field report after 4 years of IPM freezer use Maruchi Yoshida & Lars Klemm 25 years of controlling insect pests found in historic collections using heat Amber Xavier-Rowe, Dee Lauder, Sally Johnson, David Thickett & David Pinniger Not precious – unwanted growth in and salvage of a valuable mineralogical collection Dirk Neumann, Cordula Bracker, Alexander Daasch, Eileen Nguyen, Thilo Weddehage, Matthias Preuß, Benjamin Frenzel & Stefan Peters
12:00	Final session – Closing remarks
12:30	Lunch
14:30	Excursions
16:00	End of conference

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