Status: Not Submitting for 2026

Status: Approved

Contact:
Luella Owens, LEHP, REHS/RS
Environmental Health Division Chief
Office of Health Protection
Illinois Department of Public Health
525 W. Jefferson St.
Springfield IL 62761
Email: Luella.Owens@illinois.gov

The 2026 Purdue Pest Management Conference is approved for 16 CEU’s.

Status: Approved

More info TBA

Status: Denied

Status: Approved
Program Number: 6856

Contact:
Sara Liming
Certification and Training Specialist | Pesticide & Fertilizer Program
Kansas Department of Agriculture
1320 Research Park Drive | Manhattan, KS 66502
Office: 785-564-6688 | Fax: 785-564-6779
kda.pestfert@ks.gov

Approved for:
2.0 CEUs for Subcategory 7A – Wood-Destroying Pest Control
3.0 CEUs for Subcategory 7B – Stored Product Pest Control
3.0 CEUs for Subcategory 7D – Health-Related Pest Control
7.0 CEUs for Subcategory 7E – Structural Pest Control
3.0 CEUs for Category 8 – Public Health Pest Control

Approved Sessions:
1.0 credit Subcategory 7A – Wood-Destroying Pest Control for attendance at any of the
following sessions:
January 13 10:30 AM 55 minutes – Unseen Invaders
January 13 3:00 PM 55 minutes – Sub-terranean Termite Talk

1.0 credit Subcategory 7B – Stored Product Pest Control for attendance at any of the following sessions:
January 13 10:30 AM 55 minutes – Pest-Free Production
January 13 3:00 PM 55 minutes – Fumigating Stored Product Pests
January 13 5:30 PM 60 minutes – Hands-on Training Session #2

1.0 credit Subcategory 7D – Health-Related Pest Control OR Category 8 – Public Health Pest Control for attendance at any of the following sessions:
January 12 11:00 AM 55 minutes – The Tick Talk
January 13 9:00 AM 55 minutes – When the Client Sees What You Don’t
January 13 2:00 PM 55 minutes – Beyond the Pest Presents

1.0 credit Subcategory 7E – Structural Pest Control for attendance at any of the following sessions:
January 12 11:00 AM 55 minutes – The Tick Talk
January 12 1:15 PM 55 minutes – Rodent Control 2026
January 12 2:15 PM 55 minutes – Rodent Control Inspection Tools
January 12 4:00 PM 55 minutes – The Latest Trends in Bed Bug Management
January 13 8:00 AM 55 minutes – Regulatory Challenges for Pest ManagementIndustry Panel
January 13 4:30 PM 60 minutes – Hands-on Training Session #1
January 14 9:15 AM 55 minutes – The Science of Survival
January 14 10:30 AM 55 minutes – Antswers

Status: Approved

Contact:
Brad Smith
Pesticide Licensing and Compliance Branch Manager
Kentucky Department of Agriculture
502-782-9237

Approved Sessions:
1 CEU for each session which is a total of 21 hours

Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts

Status: Approved

Contact:
Tammy Martin, Pesticide Secretary
Bureau of Environment and Sustainability
Michigan Dept. of Agriculture & Rural Development (MDARD)
517-243-5680; MartinT9@michigan.gov

Approved Sessions:
2026 Rodent Control
Category: 7A, 7D, 8
Credits: 1

Rodent Control Inspection Tools
Category: 7A, 7D, 8
Credits: 1

The Latest Trends in Bed Bug Management
Category: 7A, 8
Credits: 1

The Tick Talk: What Every Pest Professional Should Know
Category: 7A, 8
Credits: 1

Beyond the Pest Presents: Cool, Dark, Moist and Out of the Wind — Conversation with Captain Stan Cope About the Truths and Lies in Mosquito Control
Category: 7F
Credits: 1

Buzz, Crawl, Lead: Leadership Lessons from Insects
Category: 7A
Credits: 1

Fumigating Stored Product Pests Research on Challenges and Solutions
Category: FUM
Credits: 1

Hands-on Training Session #1
Category: 7A, 7D, 8
Credits: 1

Hands-on Training Session #2
Category: 7A, Comm CORE, Priv CORE
Credits: 1

Pest-Free Production: Best Practices for Preventing Stored Product Pests
Category: 7A
Credits: 1

Regulatory Challenges for Pest Management Industry Panel
Category: 10, 1A, 3A, 3B, 7A, 7B, 7D, 7F, 8, 9, Comm CORE, Priv CORE, FUM
Credits: 1

Subterranean Termites
Category: 7B
Credits: 1

Unseen Invaders: Managing Wood-Destroying Organisms
Category: 2A, 7A, 7B
Credits: 1

When the Client Sees What You Don’t: Ethical and Practical Challenges of Delusional Parasitosis
Category: 10, 1A, 3A, 3B, 7A, 7B, 7D, 7F, 8, 9, Comm CORE, Priv CORE, FUM
Credits: 1

Antswers: Outsmarting the Colony!
Category: 7A, 7B
Credits: 1

Making Training Fun!
Category: 10
Credits: 1

The Science of Survival: Understanding and Managing Insecticide Resistance on Urban Pests
Category: 3A, 3B, 7A, 7B, 7F, 8, Comm CORE
Credits: 1

Training the Adult Learner: How to Get Your Point Across
Category: 10
Credits: 1

Status: Approved

Contact:
Robyn Frederick
Recertification Project Manager
Pesticide and Fertilizer Management Division
Email: robyn.frederick@state.mn.us
Office: 651-201-6548
Cell: 651-262-3665

This conference will satisfy the Minnesota Department of Agriculture pesticide applicator recertification requirements for the following certification categories:

A: Core
SPCA: Structural - Master
SPCA: Structural - Journeyman
L: Mosquito and Black Fly Control

Each applicator will need to attend a minimum of 4–60-minute sessions (or 3–20-minute session or 1-60-minute) for Structural and Core. Category L will need to attend 2-60-minute mosquito or tick sessions. All participants will need to attend the entire session(s).

Approved Sessions:
60MIN – Welcome and Year in Review — A (CORE) & SPCA
60MIN – 90 Years of Pest Management and Service Excellence — A (CORE)
60MIN – The Tick Talk: What Every Pest Professional Should Know — L (MOSQUITO, BLACK FLY, TICK)
60MIN – Rodent Control 2026 — SPCA
60MIN – Rodent Control Inspection Tools — A (CORE) & SPCA
60MIN – The Latest Trends in Bed Bug Management — SPCA
60MIN – Regulatory Challenges for Pest Management Industry Panel — A (CORE)
60MIN – When the Client Sees What You Don’t: Ethical and Practical Challenges of Delusional Parasitosis — A (CORE)
60MIN – Pest-Free Production: Best Practices for Preventing Stored Product Pests — A (CORE) & SPCA
60MIN – Unseen Invaders: Managing Wood-Destroying Insects — SPCA
60MIN – Beyond the Pest Presents: Cool, Dark, Moist and Out of the Wind — L (MOSQUITO, BLACK FLY, TICK)
60MIN – Buzz, Crawl, Lead: Leadership Lessons from Insects — SPCA
80MIN – Hands-on Training Session #1 Bell IQ — A (CORE) & SPCA
20MIN – Exclusion — A (CORE) & SPCA
20MIN – Tips and Tricks for Effective Rodent Baiting and Trapping — A (CORE) & SPCA
20MIN – Hands-on Training Session #2 Calibration of Sprayers — SPCA
20MIN – Stored Product Pest ID — SPCA
20MIN – Optimizing the Use of Pheromones in Stored Product Pest Management — A (CORE) & SPCA
60MIN – The Science of Survival: Understanding and Managing Insecticide — A (CORE) & SPCA
Antswers: Outsmarting the Colony! — SPCA

Status: Not a CEU State

Status: Approved

Contact:
Matt Cochran
Agriculture Inspection Manager – Certification & Training / Product Registration
Pesticide & Fertilizer Regulation Section
Division of Plant Health
8995 East Main Street
Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068
mcochran@agri.ohio.gov
P: 614-728-6403
P: 800-282-1955, Ext. 31
F: 614-728-4235
Website: www.agri.ohio.gov

Attendees are to know which credits they need, listen for the codes, and write them correctly. Incorrect or omitted session codes are the attendee’s responsibility, not ODA or the sponsors (county agents). ODA will not change, alter, or modify incorrect forms or session codes (no exceptions).

Forms are to be completed by the attendee only. Sponsors are NOT to complete forms on behalf of attendees. If a sponsor completes forms for attendees, future programs may not be approved for credit. Attendees need to print clearly, stay inside the blocks, and follow all instructions on the form. Forms can be completed in pen or pencil. 

Approved Sessions:
1/12/2026
11:00 AM
637284 TICK TALK GREEN
COMMERCIAL 10D 1 HOUR

1:15 PM
637297 RODENT CONTROL 2026 CORRIGAN
COMMERCIAL 10A 0.5 HOURS
COMMERCIAL 7 0.5 HOURS

2:15 PM 637310 RODENT CONTROL INSPECTION TOOLS COLLINS
COMMERCIAL 10A 0.5 HOURS
COMMERCIAL 7 0.5 HOURS

4:00 PM 637388 LATEST TRENDS IN BED BUG MGMT GONDHALEKAR
COMMERCIAL 10A 1HOUR

1/13/2026
8:00 AM 637401 REGULATORY CHALLENGES FOR PEST MG MULTIPLE
COMMERCIAL CORE 1 HOUR

9:00 AM 637414 ETHICAL CHALLENGES KOLB
COMMERCIAL CORE 1 HOUR

10:30 AM 637427 PEST FREE PRODUCTION HOTTEL
COMMERCIAL 10A 1 HOUR

637440 UNSEEN INVADERS MULTIPLE
COMMERCIAL 10B 1 HOUR

2:00 PM 637466 MOSQUITO CONTROL
COMMERCIAL 10D 1 HOUR

3:00 PM 637479 SUB-TERRANEAN TERMITE SUITER
COMMERCIAL 10B 1 HOUR

637492 FUMIGATING STORED PRODUCT PESTS PHILLIPS
COMMERCIAL 10C 1 HOUR

4:30 PM 637505 TRAINING SESSION #1 MULTIPLE
COMMERCIAL 10A 1 HOUR

5:30 PM 637518 TRAINING SESSION #2
COMMERCIAL 10A 1 HOUR

1/14/2026
9:15 AM 637531 INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE ON URBAN PEST GAIRE
COMMERCIAL 10A 1 HOUR

10:30 AM 637544 ANTSWERS HEINSOHN
COMMERCIAL 10A 1 HOUR

Status: Pending Approval

Status: Approved

Contact:
DREW S. MATTHEWS CPM
| COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST IV | WORKER PROTECTION STANDARD COORDINATOR | CONTINUING EDUCATION UNIT COORDINATOR
128 17th Street, Ogden, Utah
(801) 386 .6510 mobile
dmatthews@utah.gov

The conference will not be approved for line by line CEU, but will be approved by Utah based on the sessions attended.
Attendees must check-in to each session via Whova and Purdue will send this list to the Utah coordinator. If you do not use Whova, please get session approval from the registration desk on your printed program manual or email a list of attended sessions to gillundk@purdue.edu.

Status: Approved

Contact:
Tonita J. Clark | Coordinator
VDACS/OPS
Certification, Licensing, Registration & Training Section
(P) 804.786.0685 | (F) 804.786.9149
Tonita.Clark@vdacs.virginia.gov

Please review the Virginia Recertification Legal Update.

Approved Sessions:
General Pest Control (including food processing)
Category: 7A
Wood Destroying Pest Control
Category: 7B
Fumigation
Category: 7C
Public Health Pest Control
Category: 8
Demonstration and Research Pest Control
Category: 10
Registered Technician
Category: 60