Bed bugs are obviously an growing concern in the District. We did our best to try and answer your questions about them in our Q & A last week with a certified expert. But the D.C. Department of Health obviously wants to move the discourse further, and so they have planned a “bed bug summit” for January 13, 2011. The summit, which will feature several speakers and will be held at 441 4th Street NW, has the rather flowery title of “Bed Bugs Are Changing Our World.” Of course, bed bugs have been around since at least 400 BCE (or circa 77 CE, depending on whether you find Greek or the Roman texts more credible) — so we’ll imagine that no matter what’s said at the summit, bed bugs will keep on “changing our world” for some time. RSVP here if you’re interested in spending a Saturday learning about the bloodsucking parasites.