Call for Abstracts

The theme of the Conference is “The new normal: Responding to emerging and resurging mosquito risks”. The program will showcase some of the innovative and strategic responses to mosquito threats locally and their implications for managing global vector-borne disease threats. The conference aims to include a thorough examination of the recent detections of Japanese encephalitis virus in Australia, examine State and Territory responses to this new and emerging risk.

Presentation Types

1. 15 Minute Oral Presentation: 12 minute presentation + 3 minute question time
2. Rapid Fire Presentation: 5 minute speedtalks, no question time

Oral presentation

Oral presentations are a 12 minutes presentation and up to 3 minutes of questions.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• invasive mosquito surveillance,
• operational challenges in mosquito management,
• vector competence studies,
• citizen science and community engagement,
• lifestyle and one health,
• emerging technologies in mosquito surveillance and control, and
• environmental studies in mosquito biology and management

There will be one day devoted to presentations pertaining to the 2022 Japanese encephalitis outbreak in Australia.

Rapid fire presentations

Rapid fire presentations with be 5 minute (no question time allocated). This is a good opportunity for students to present preliminary work. Presentations do not necessarily need to be of a highly scientific nature. The Conference committee invite presentations including mosquito control and/or surveillance operational notes, unusual field observations of mosquitoes and/or their habitats, innovations in mosquito control or surveillance equipment, novel laboratory techniques or community engagement events to promote mosquito and mosquito-borne disease awareness.

Student Award

The MCAA’s ‘Dr E. N. Marks Award’ for the best student presentation is awarded at each symposium. All current students, or those within 12 months of completion, presenting work carried out during their studies, are eligible for consideration. A runner-up award will also be provided to one additional student.

Local Government Award

The Local Government award for the best abstract submitted for presentation by local government staff. The winner is to be announced once abstracts have been assessed, and funding will be provided by the MCAA to support the applicants in attending the conference. This award is sponsored by the MCAA and will cover the costs of domestic air travel, conference registration and hotel accommodation for the duration of the symposium.

Award nominations will be assessed by an anonymous panel and the awards announced at the conclusion to the symposium. Please indicate whether you would like to be considered for any of these awards in the general comments on the submitted abstract.