22 – 23 May, 2025

Biogents AG, in close collaboration with the INOVEC project, has successfully hosted the Strategic Workshop on Advanced Trapping (S.W.A.T) at its headquarters in Regensburg, Germany.

The workshop brought together 18 participants among professionals working with mosquito traps for mosquito surveillance and/or control from Germany, Ivory Coast, Brazil and Switzerland. This two-day event featured expert-led discussions and hands-on sessions. It served as a platform for knowledge exchange, capacity building, and discussion on current challenges and solutions in vector control strategies.

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Program

• Effective use of traps passive traps like the BG-GAT and BG-Pro

• Trapping for monitoring and pest control applications

• Practical guidance for solar-powered trapping

• Experiment design for trap efficacy evaluations

• Effective CO2 sourcing and application

• Smart trap (BG-Counter)