Taking place at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham, the event will explore how responsible pest management supports public health, safe housing, food security, business resilience, reputation and biodiversity.

Date: Wednesday 17 March 2027
Venue: East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham
Ticket sales: Early bird tickets available from 12 August 2026
Early bird deadline: 1 October 2026

Why PestAware?

Pest management is often only noticed when something has gone wrong. Its real value is in preventing problems before they affect people, organisations and the environment.

Professional pest management helps keep businesses open, protect public health, safeguard food, support safe housing, reduce environmental harm and prevent reputational damage.

Pest risk is not a small operational issue; it is a national resilience issue.

Four streams: one shared responsibility

Choose the stream most relevant to your work and spend the day exploring the pest risks, responsibilities and practical challenges facing your sector.

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Public Health

Public health and communities

For environmental health professionals, councils, housing associations, public health teams and community-facing services.

Pest issues can affect dignity, wellbeing, housing standards and public health. This stream will examine pest risk as a public health, housing and community resilience issue.

Expected themes include:

• Rats and drains
• Awaab’s Law and pests as a housing hazard
• Artificial intelligence, sensors and emerging technology
• Getting rats and mice under control
• New pests and changing public health risks.

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Food Security

Food security and resilience

For food producers, manufacturers, storage operators, ports, retailers, auditors and standard setters.

Pest management is a critical food safety control. From production and storage to transport, retail and manufacturing, pest activity can lead to contamination, audit failure, enforcement action, stock loss and closure.

Expected themes include:

• Using data to identify pest risks sooner
• Emerging threats to the food supply chain
• Stored product insects
• Regulation, resistance and chemical control
• Closing the gaps pests exploit from harvest to market.

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Hospitality

Hospitality and hygiene

For cleaning, facilities management, hospitality, accommodation, venue and hygiene professionals.

In customer-facing businesses, pest problems can escalate quickly. One pest sighting can become a complaint, a failed inspection, a social media story or a risk to the organisation’s reputation.

Expected themes include:

• Pest awareness for customer-facing teams
• Staying ahead of bed bugs
• Managing reputation and customer confidence
• Emerging pest risks in hospitality
• Stewardship and reducing reliance on chemicals.

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Conservation

Conservation and biodiversity

For agriculture, gamekeepers, land managers, conservation organisations, wildlife bodies and ecology professionals.

Good pest management can protect biodiversity. Poor pest management can harm it. This stream will explore the relationship between pest risk, conservation, invasive species, stewardship and the protection of non-target species.

Expected themes include:

• Smarter grey squirrel management
• Where pest control meets conservation
• Invasive species on the move
• Legal, humane and effective wildlife management
• New tools for managing pests in sensitive environments.

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What to expect

PestAware Summit is a focused, practical day built around the needs of each sector.

Delegates will spend the day in their chosen stream, with opportunities to meet people working across other sectors during registration, breaks, lunch and the exhibition.

The day will include:

• Expert speakers
• Practical case studies
• Sector-specific PestWatch updates
• Innovation and technology insights
• Ask the expert panels
• A table-top exhibition
• Networking across allied sectors.

You will leave with a clearer understanding of pest risk, what professional pest management should look like and how to prevent small problems from becoming serious ones.

Who should attend?

PestAware Summit is for anyone responsible for protecting people, premises, products, places or the environment from pest risk.

The event will be particularly useful for professionals working in:

• Public and environmental health
• Local government and housing
• Food production and manufacturing
• Storage, distribution, ports and logistics
• Auditing and assurance
• Facilities management and cleaning
• Hospitality, accommodation and venues
• Agriculture and land management
• Conservation and ecology.

Interested in exhibiting at the PestAware Summit?

To get involved or exhibit at the Summit, contact us today at 01332 225 111 or email events@bpca.org.uk