252 - Report on the AMCA 2023 Insectide Resistance Workshop

Abstract: At the beginning of the 2023 AMCA Annual meeting in Reno, NV, AMCA condcucted an Insecticide Resistance Needs Assessment Workshop.  AMCA developed an interactive, all-day workshop and invited attendees representing different areas of academic, governmental, and provate mosquito control instituitions to determine needs and gaps related to insecticide resistance testing at the mosquito control local level. To guide attendees and facilitators throughout the entirety of the daylong event, three pieces of collateral were created: a set of creative spaces in Mural to capture ideas generated throughout the workshop, a PowerPoint slide guide that moved facilitators and attendees throughout the day, and a master facilitator’s guide containing detailed plans for every anticipated aspect of the day.  At the end of the workshop, the attendees identified 6 categories of need: new pesticides to manage insecticide resistance, insecticide resistance data repository, national network of entomologists with insecticide resistance knowledge, training and guidance authority on insecticide resistance in mosquito control, external partnerships, and insecticide resistance related research.  The final report of the workshop will be presented and each category of need discussed.