ISCBC Research Conference 2025: Day One

The Invasive Species Council of B.C. was pleased to host the 2025 Invasive Species Research Conference – Getting ahead of the invasion curve: bridging the gap between research and management, on May 13-15, 2025. We recognise and respect that the Research Conference took place at the University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus in Kelowna, BC, which is situated on the unceded and unsurrendered land of the Syilx Okanagan Nation.

00:00 – Opening Remarks & Indigenous Welcome
• Steve Thompson (ISCBC Board Chair)
• Pamela and Grouse Barns (Westbank First Nation)
21:17 – Keynote
• Dr. Carla D’Antonio (University of California, Santa Barbara) –
Invasive species management as part of native species restoration in grass-invaded ecosystems
1:07:09 – Hot Topic Presentations
• Dr. Philip Weyl (CABI) – Biocontrol in BC (Virtual)
• Dr. Chandra Moffat (AAFC) – Molecular tools for weed biocontrol
• Dr. Fabio Mologni (University of Vienna) – Cumulative impacts of riparian invasives (Virtual)
2:25:38 – Session 1 – Prevention
• Dr. Miranda Hart (UBCO)– Biofertilizers and underground invasives
• Mark Apfelbacher (CD3 Systems) – Preventing AIS in the Columbia Basin
• Steven Brownlee (SFU) – Predicting zebra mussel invasion pathways
• Dr. Gwylim Blackburn (CFS) – Collaborative genetic tools for management (Virtual)
4:02:00 – Session 2 – Monitoring & Surveillance
• Nicole Jeans-Williams (Synergy Semiochecmicals Corporation) – Trapping longhorn beetles
• Jocelyn Heywood (SFU) – Japanese mud snail population estimates
• Dr. Vicki Maloney (ENVU) – Grass control and biodiversity