190 - Senecio cookie factory - Lessons learned from its 2023 field deployment addressing the logistics and operations aspects

During 2023 mosquito season in Israel, Senecio deployed an automated sterile mosquito mass production facility. The program took place in close to ten different municipalities in Israel at the same time, addressing all aspects of a commercial ready program, including logistics and operations, interface between an automated mass production facility and a pest control company acting as the operator, mission planning and program monitoring.
The campaign included both the release in public areas, as well as private home owners and business. In the presentation, Senecio will share insights on its efforts and results of the program, with feedbacks received from the field release, providing evidence on the potential scale-up of the sterile insect technique for large audience, including municipalities as well as private people and business.