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Thursday, November 13, 2008

7:30 PM-9:00 PM
Executive Committee Meeting
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa -- Presidential Suite
 
Friday, November 14, 2008

8:00 AM-6:00 PM
Governing Board Meeting
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa -- Executive Board Room, Second Floor
 
Saturday, November 15, 2008

7:30 AM-5:00 PM
Entomological Collections Network
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D4/D5, First Floor

8:00 AM-4:30 PM
Governing Board Meeting
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa -- Executive Board Room, Second Floor

12:00 PM-6:00 PM
Certification Board Meeting
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room M6, Mezzanine Level

2:00 PM-5:00 PM
CEDA Meeting
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa -- Paradise Ballroom ABC, Second Floor

5:00 PM-6:00 PM
CEDA/Governing Board Meeting
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa -- Paradise Ballroom ABC, Second Floor

6:00 PM-7:00 PM
CEDA/Governing Board Reception
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa -- Paradise Terrace, Second Floor

6:00 PM-9:00 PM
Entomological Collections Network
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D4/D5, First Floor

7:00 PM-9:00 PM
NRI Annual Awardee Workshop--Poster Reception
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D6/D7, First Floor
 
Sunday, November 16, 2008

7:00 AM-7:30 AM
Moderator Training Session
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A19, First Floor

7:30 AM-12:00 PM
Entomological Collections Network
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D4/D5, First Floor

8:00 AM-10:30 AM
Annals of the ESA
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room M3/M4, Mezzanine Level

8:00 AM-12:00 PM
IPMIS Section Symposium: Lignocellulose Degradation by Insects and Their Gut Symbionts with Potential Applications to the Biofuels Industry
Jian-Zhong Sun, js841@msstate.edu, Kelli Hoover, kxh25@psu.edu, Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, jurat@utk.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A6, First Floor
Symposium: Advances in Acarology
Ashley P. G. Dowling, adowling@uark.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D9, First Floor
Symposium: Change in the Life of Aquatic Insects: Individuals to Ecosystems
Jennifer Henke, jennifer.henke@email.ucr.edu, Robert F. Smith, rsmith9@umd.edu, Peter D. Jensen, pjensen@integral-corp.com, Lauren E. Culler, leculler@gmail.com, Ely Kosnicki, ekdy7@mizzou.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room C1, First Floor
Symposium: Frontiers in Molecular Insect Science: I
Qisheng Song, songq@missouri.edu, Yongping Huang, yongping@sippe.ac.cn, David W. Stanley, stanleyd@missouri.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A11, First Floor
Symposium: The Changing Nature of Insect Management in Greenhouses: Staying One Step Ahead of Arthropod Pests
Luis A. Cañas, canas.4@osu.edu, John Sanderson, jps3@cornell.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A8, First Floor
Symposium: The Changing Nature of Pest Management for Ornamentals and Turfgrass
David W. Held, david.held@msstate.edu, Nate Royalty, nate.royalty@bayercropscience.com
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A1, First Floor
Symposium: The Evolution of Military Entomology
Jamie Blow, jamie.blow@osd.mil
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D8, First Floor
Ten-Minute Papers, Section P-IE11 Ten-Minute Papers, Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A12, First Floor
Ten-Minute Papers, Section P-IE9 Ten-Minute Papers, Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A10, First Floor

8:00 AM-5:00 PM
NRI Annual Awardee Workshop
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D6/D7, First Floor

8:40 AM-12:00 PM
PIE Section Symposium: Seizing the Night: Nocturnal Studies of Insect Predation Yield New Insights
Robert Pfannenstiel, Bob.Pfannenstiel@ars.usda.gov, Donald C. Weber, Don.Weber@ars.usda.gov
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A2, First Floor

9:00 AM-12:00 PM
International Collaboration Meeting
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room E2, First Floor
Program Symposium: Insects in a Changing World: Impacts of Global Climate Change on Insect Populations
Daniel M. Pavuk, dmpavuk@bgsu.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room C2/C3, First Floor

10:00 AM-2:00 PM
Career Center
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor

10:30 AM-11:30 AM
Guest Program Orientation
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa -- Grand Ballroom 7, Second Floor

10:30 AM-1:00 PM
Environmental Entomology
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room M3/M4, Mezzanine Level

12:00 PM-12:30 PM
Moderator Training Session
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A19, First Floor

12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Clarke Mosquito Control Luncheon
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room F9, First Floor

1:00 PM-2:00 PM
Committee on Education and Outreach Meeting
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room M6, Mezzanine Level
Insect Photo Salon: I
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A17, First Floor

1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Symposium: SOLA Scarab Workers
Andrew B. T. Smith, asmith@mus-nature.ca, M. J. Paulsen, mpaulsen@unlserve.unl.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D4/D5, First Floor
Ten-Minute Papers, Section IPMIS1 Ten-Minute Papers, Integrative Physiological and Molecular Insect Systems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A6, First Floor
Ten-Minute Papers, Section P-IE7 Ten-Minute Papers, Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A8, First Floor
Ten-Minute Papers, Section SEB2 Ten-Minute Papers, Systematics, Evolution, Biodiversity
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A9, First Floor

1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Program Symposium: Global Impact of Biological Invasions: Transformation in Pest Management Approaches
James D. Harwood, james.harwood@uky.edu, Megha N. Parajulee, m-parajulee@tamu.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room C2/C3, First Floor
PIE Section Symposium: Insect-Symbiont Interactions: A Metamorphosis in Perspectives
Kenneth Raffa, raffa@entomology.wisc.edu, Kier Klepzig, kklepzig@fs.fed.us
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A4, First Floor
PIE Section Symposium: Pollen and Nectar-providing Plants Enhance Biological Control with Parasitoids and Predators
Phyllis G. Weintraub, phyllisw@agri.gov.il, Eric Palevsky, palevsky@agri.gov.il
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A3, First Floor
SVPHS Section Symposium: The Larry L. Larson Symposium: Legal and Collaborative Challenges Between Industry, Universities, and IR-4 That Impact Product Development Success
Mike P. Tolley, mtolley@dow.com
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A2, First Floor
SEB Section Symposium: Immature Stages in Insect Systematics
Caroline Chaboo, cschaboo@ku.edu, Yves G. Alarie, yalarie@laurentian.ca,
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A5, First Floor
Symposium: Current Research and Developments of New Insect Repellents
Mustapha Debboun, mustapha.debboun@us.army.mil
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D8, First Floor
Symposium: Ecology of Soil Mites
Hans Klompen, klompen.1@osu.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D9, First Floor
Symposium: Forest Entomology: Changes Impacting Our Discipline
John T. Nowak, jnowak@fs.fed.us, Christopher J. Fettig, cfettig@fs.fed.us, David R. Coyle, dcoyle@entomology.wisc.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A10, First Floor
Symposium: Frontiers in Molecular Insect Science: II
David W. Stanley, stanleyd@missouri.edu, Yongping Huang, yongping@sippe.ac.cn, Qisheng Song, songq@missouri.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A11, First Floor
Symposium: International Society of Hymenopterists Informal Conference and Business Meeting
Andy Deans, andy_deans@ncsu.edu, Mike Schauff, Mike.Schauff@ARS.USDA.GOV
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room E1, First Floor
Symposium: Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)---A New Quarantine Problem
Danny J. Hamon, danny.j.hamon@aphis.usda.gov, Robert Dowell, Bdowell@cdfa,ca.gov
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A12, First Floor
Symposium: Organics Strategum Efficacy---So Many Choices, So Little Time
Jennifer C Johnson, jcj100@comcast.net
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D10, First Floor
Symposium: Revitalizing Undergraduate Majors in Entomology
Tiffany M Heng-Moss, thengmoss2@unl.edu, Sujaya Rao, sujaya@oregonstate.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A16, First Floor
Symposium: Student Debate: The Impacts of Genetically Modified Organisms in Entomology
Anne L. Nielsen, annielse@rci.rutgers.edu, Roxanne Burrus, roxanne.burrus@ars.usda.gov
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A1, First Floor
Symposium: The Walnut Twig Beetle and Thousand Cankers Disease: Will Native American Walnuts Go the Way of the American Chestnut and the American Elm?
Steven J Seybold, sseybold@fs.fed.us
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room C1, First Floor

2:00 PM-3:30 PM
Annual Meeting Program Committee Meeting
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room E2, First Floor

2:00 PM-4:00 PM
Linnaean Games--Prelims
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room C4/D1-3

2:00 PM-4:30 PM
Journal of Economic Entomology
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A18, First Floor

3:00 PM-3:45 PM
New Member Meet and Greet
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room E3, First Floor

3:00 PM-5:00 PM
IOBC Governing Board Meeting
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room M6, Mezzanine Level
Rules Committee
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room M3/M4, Mezzanine Level

4:00 PM-5:00 PM
Student Competition Judges Meeting
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A13, First Floor

4:00 PM-5:30 PM
Session on Senior Entomologists
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room E2, First Floor

5:30 PM-7:30 PM
Plenary Session
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room C4/D1-3

7:30 PM-9:30 PM
Welcoming Reception
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor

9:30 PM-11:30 PM
Jam Session
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Main Lobby, First Floor
 
Monday, November 17, 2008

7:00 AM-7:30 AM
Moderator Training Session
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A19, First Floor

7:00 AM-6:00 PM
Student Competition for the President's Prize Display Presentations, Section IPMIS1. Integrative Physiological and Molecular Insect Systems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize Display Presentations, Section IPMIS2. Integrative Physiological and Molecular Insect Systems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize Display Presentations, Section P-IE1. Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize Display Presentations, Section P-IE2. Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize Display Presentations, Section P-IE3. Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize Display Presentations, Section P-IE4. Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize Display Presentations, Section P-IE5. Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize Display Presentations, Section P-IE6. Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize Display Presentations, Section P-IE7. Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize Display Presentations, Section SEB1. Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize Display Presentations, Section SEB2. Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize Display Presentations, Section SEB3. Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiverstiy
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize Display Presentations, Section SVPHS1. Structural, Veterinary, and Public Health Systems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize Display Presentations, Section SVPHS2. Structural, Veterinary, and Public Health Systems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor

7:30 AM-5:00 PM
Career Center
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor

8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Arthropod Management Tests
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room M3/M4, Mezzanine Level

8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section IPMIS2. Integrative Physiological and Molecular Insect Systems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A17, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section P-IE1. Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A8, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section P-IE3. Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A4, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section P-IE4. Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room C2/C3, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section P-IE5. Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A5, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section P-IE6. Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A6, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section P-IE7. Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A13, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section P-IE9. Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A10, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section SEB3. Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiverstiy
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A1, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section SEB6. Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiverstiy
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A3, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section SVPHS3. Structural, Veterinary, and Public Health Systems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D10, First Floor

8:30 AM-12:00 PM
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section IPMIS1. Integrative Physiological and Molecular Insect Systems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A16, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section IPMIS3. Integrative Physiological and Molecular Insect Systems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A18, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section P-IE10. Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A12, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section P-IE2. Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A9, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section P-IE8. Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A11, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section SEB1. Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D7, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section SEB2. Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D8, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section SEB4. Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiverstiy
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D6, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section SEB5. Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiverstiy
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A2, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section SVPHS1. Structural, Veterinary, and Public Health Systems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D9, First Floor
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section SVPHS2. Structural, Veterinary, and Public Health Systems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room E1, First Floor

8:30 AM-3:30 PM
Entomological Foundation Board of Directors Meeting
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room M6, Mezzanine Level

10:00 AM-12:30 PM
Journal of Medical Entomology
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room M3/M4, Mezzanine Level

11:30 AM-1:30 PM
BCE Business Meeting
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room C1, First Floor

12:00 PM-12:30 PM
Moderator Training Session
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A19, First Floor

12:00 PM-2:00 PM
Council for the International Congresses of Entomology
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room E2, First Floor

1:30 PM-5:30 PM
IPMIS Section Symposium: Section Meeting---Integrative Physiological and Molecular Insect Systems
Walter S. Leal, wsleal@ucdavis.edu, Margaret L. Allen, meg.allen@ars.usda.gov
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A1, First Floor
PIE Section Symposium: Section Meeting---Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Robert N. Wiedenmann, rwieden@uark.edu, William D. Hutchison, hutch002@umn.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room C2/C3, First Floor
SVPHS Section Symposium: Section Meeting---Structural, Veterinary, and Public Health Systems
Phillip E. Kaufman, pkaufman@ifas.ufl.edu, Michael E. Merchant, m-merchant@tamu.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D4/D5, First Floor
SEB Section Symposium: Section Meeting--Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity
Marc A. Branham, marcbran@ufl.edu, Paul Z. Goldstein, pgoldstein@flmnh.ufl.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A5, First Floor

2:00 PM-4:30 PM
American Entomologist
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room M3/M4, Mezzanine Level

6:00 PM-9:00 PM
UMass Entomology Mixer
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa -- Grand Ballroom 3, Second Floor

6:30 PM-8:00 PM
University of California Alumni Reception
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa -- Paradise Ballroom C, Second Floor

6:30 PM-8:15 PM
Pacific Northwest Mixer
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room E2, First Floor

6:30 PM-8:30 PM
Kansas State Univ./Univ. of Nebraska/Colorado State Univ. Mixer
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa -- Paradise Ballroom E, Second Floor
Purdue University Mixer
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A16, First Floor

7:00 PM-8:30 PM
University of Florida Alumni Mixer
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa -- Emerald A, Second Floor
University of Minnesota Alumni Reception
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa -- Emerald B, Second Floor

7:00 PM-9:00 PM
Cornell University Mixer
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa -- Grand Ballroom 2, Second Floor
Illinois ESA Mixer
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa -- Paradise Ballroom B, Second Floor
Iowa State University Reception
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa -- Treasure D, Second Floor
Maryland Mixer
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room E3, First Floor
Optimum® AcreMax™ Reception sponsored by Pioneer Hi-Bred
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa -- Paradise Ballroom D, Second Floor
Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Clemson and Auburn Mixer
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A18, First Floor
University of Missouri Reception
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A17, First Floor

7:00 PM-10:00 PM
Black Entomologists Mixer and Business Meeting
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa -- Grand Ballroom 7, Second Floor
Southwestern Branch Universities Mixer -- Hosted by New Mexico State/Oklahoma State/Texas A&M
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa -- Grand Ballroom 6, Second Floor

7:30 PM-9:00 PM
Entomology Mixer, NCSU
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa -- Grand Ballroom 1, Second Floor

7:30 PM-9:30 PM
DoD Entomology Reception
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa -- Emerald D, Second Floor
Wisconsin Centennial Reception
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa -- Emerald C, Second Floor

8:30 PM-10:00 PM
Penn State Mixer
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa -- Grand Ballroom 5, Second Floor
 
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

6:00 AM-8:00 AM
USDA-ARS Meeting
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa -- Paradise Ballroom E, Second Floor

6:30 AM-8:00 AM
Past Presidents Breakfast
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa -- Treasure D, Second Floor
Women in Entomology Breakfast
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa -- Toucan Charlie's, First Floor

7:00 AM-7:30 AM
Moderator Training Session
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A19, First Floor

7:00 AM-8:00 AM
ESA Standing Committee on Awards
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room M3/M4, Mezzanine Level

7:00 AM-8:30 AM
MSU Alumni/Friends Breakfast
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa -- Grand Ballroom 5, Second Floor

7:00 AM-11:00 AM
Western Corn Rootworm Genome Sequencing Workshop
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D10, First Floor

7:00 AM-6:00 PM
Display Presentations, Integrative Physiological and Molecular Insect Systems Section
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor
Display Presentations, Plant–Insect Ecosystems Section
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor
Display Presentations, Structural, Veterinary, and Public Health Systems Section
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor
Display Presentations, Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity Section
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor

7:30 AM-5:00 PM
Career Center
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor

8:00 AM-9:00 AM
Student Affairs Committee Planning Meeting
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room M6, Mezzanine Level

8:00 AM-9:30 AM
Extension and Regulatory Network Meeting
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room E2, First Floor

8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Program Symposium: Metamorphosis of Entomological Chemical Ecology: A Tribute to Wendell Roelofs: I
Walter S. Leal, wsleal@ucdavis.edu, Coby Schal, coby_schal@ncsu.edu, Sonny Ramaswamy, sonny@purdue.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room C2/C3, First Floor
PIE Section Symposium: Entomology Without Borders - The Next Stage in Resistance Management
Caydee Savinelli, caydee.savinelli@syngenta.com, Graham P. Head, graham.p.head@monsanto.com
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A4, First Floor
SEB Section Symposium: Phylogenomics: Trends and Innovative Techniques
Barb Sharanowski, rhubarb@uky.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A6, First Floor
Symposium: Metamorphosis Through Merger: Celebrating the Diverse Entomological Accomplishments of Maurice and Catherine Tauber
James Nechols, jnechols@ksu.edu, John Ruberson, ruberson@uga.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D8, First Floor
Symposium: Metamorphosis of Entomology as a Cornerstone Discipline in Social and Environmental Issues
Timothy Schowalter, tschowalter@agctr.lsu.edu, Susan Fisher, fisher.14@osu.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A3, First Floor
Symposium: Metamorphosis of Vineyard Pest Management
Derrick L. Hammons, dlhamm3@uky.edu, Rufus Isaacs, isaacsr@msu.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D4/D5, First Floor
Symposium: Necrotic Arachnidism, Morbidity or Myth? Substantiating True Envenomation
Stuart Mitchell, docmitchell@hotmail.com, Shripat T. Kamble, SKamble1@unl.edu, James Cilek, james.cilek@famu.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A1, First Floor
Symposium: Semiochemicals That Mediate Behavior of Cerambycid Beetles
Lawrence M. Hanks, hanks@life.uiuc.edu, Jocelyn G. Millar, millar@ucr.edu, James D. Barbour, jbarbour@uidaho.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D9, First Floor
Ten-Minute Papers, Section P-IE2 Ten-Minute Papers, Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A8, First Floor
Ten-Minute Papers, Section P-IE5 Ten-Minute Papers, Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A9, First Floor
Ten-Minute Papers, Section SEB1 Ten-Minute Papers, Systematics, Evolution, Biodiversity
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A5, First Floor
Ten-Minute Papers, Section SVPHS2 Ten-Minute Papers, Structural, Veterinary, and Public Health Systems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A2, First Floor

9:00 AM-10:00 AM
Thomas Say Books
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room M3/M4, Mezzanine Level

10:00 AM-11:00 AM
Book and Media Reviews
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room M3/M4, Mezzanine Level

10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Network Organizers Meeting
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A10, First Floor

11:30 AM-12:00 PM
Hemipteran Feeding Network Meeting
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room E3, First Floor

12:00 PM-12:30 PM
Moderator Training Session
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A19, First Floor

12:00 PM-1:30 PM
ESA Standing Committee on Membership Meeting
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room M6, Mezzanine Level

12:00 PM-3:00 PM
Entomological Foundation Board of Counselors Meeting
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room E2, First Floor

12:15 PM-1:15 PM
Bedoukian-Sponsored Reception
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room F10, First Floor

12:30 PM-1:30 PM
Common Names Committee
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa -- Grand Ballroom 1, Second Floor

1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Publications Council
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room M3/M4, Mezzanine Level

1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Exhibitor & ESA Sponsored Refreshments
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor

1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Ten-Minute Papers, Section P-IE1 Ten-Minute Papers, Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A12, First Floor
Ten-Minute Papers, Section P-IE10 Ten-Minute Papers, Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A9, First Floor
Ten-Minute Papers, Section P-IE4 Ten-Minute Papers, Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A10, First Floor
Ten-Minute Papers, Section SEB3 Ten-Minute Papers, Systematics, Evolution, Biodiversity
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A5, First Floor
Ten-Minute Papers, Section SVPHS4 Ten-Minute Papers, Structural, Veterinary, and Public Health Systems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A2, First Floor

1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Program Symposium: Metamorphosis: The Development of Entomology into an Interdisciplinary Science
Anne L. Nielsen, annielse@rci.rutgers.edu, Greg Wiggins, wiggybug@utk.edu, Roxanne Burrus, roxanne.burrus@ars.usda.gov
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room C1, First Floor
IPMIS Section Symposium: Metamorphosis of Entomological Chemical Ecology: A Tribute to Wendell Roelofs: II
Walter Leal, wsleal@ucdavis.edu, Coby Schal, coby_schal@ncsu.edu, Sonny Ramaswamy, sonny@purdue.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room C2/C3, First Floor
IPMIS Section Symposium: Tick Genomics and Beyond—New Advances in Tick-borne Disease Systems
Albert Mulenga, a-mulenga@tamu.edu, Deborah C Jaworski, deborah.jaworski@okstate.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A3, First Floor
PIE Section Symposium: Environmental Fate of Transgenic Insecticidal Proteins from Genetically-modified Crops: The Metamorphosis of Ecotoxicology
Kelsey R Prihoda, kelsey.prihoda@pioneer.com, Keri L.D. Henderson, keri.henderson@pioneer.com, Joel Coats, jcoats@iastate.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D6, First Floor
PIE Section Symposium: Metamorphosis by Fusion: Plant-Insect Interactions, Forest Entomology, and the Unifying Contributions of William J. Mattson (On the Occasion of his Retirement).
Daniel A. Herms, herms.2@osu.edu, Kenneth F. Raffa, raffa@entomology.wisc.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A1, First Floor
SVPHS Section Symposium: Phlebotomine Sand Flies in Public Health: Metamorphosis of Research from Basic Biology Towards Novel Disease Control Strategies
Phillip G. Lawyer, Phillip.Lawyer@amedd.army.mil, Marcelo Ortigao, mortigao@nd.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A11, First Floor
SEB Section Symposium: For the Love of Longicornia: Cerambycid Workers Symposium
Ann M. Ray, annray@life.uiuc.edu, Amy Berkov, berkov@sci.ccny.cuny.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A4, First Floor
Symposium: Metamorphosis Through Mentoring in Medical and Veterinary Entomology---Highlights from the Career of R.C. Axtell
Donald A. Rutz, dar11@cornell.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D4/D5, First Floor
Symposium: Overlooked Areas of Concern for Pest Solutions
Sharon M. Dobesh, sdobesh@ksu.edu, Scott W. Ludwig, swludwig@tamu.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A16, First Floor
Symposium: Stalk Boring Lepidopteran Pests in Multi-Crop Ecosystems of the United States: Current Status, Challenges, and Prospects
Fangneng Huang, FHuang@agcenter.lsu.edu, Boris A. Castro, bacastro@dow.com
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D7, First Floor
Symposium: The NSF GK-12 Program: Insect-based Curricula, Impact, and Extensions
Matthew L. Richardson, mlrichar@uiuc.edu, Michelle A. DaCosta, dacostma@wfu.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D8, First Floor

2:00 PM-3:00 PM
International Affairs Committee Meeting
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room M6, Mezzanine Level

2:30 PM-3:30 PM
Private-Sector Entomology Network Meeting
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D9, First Floor

5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Linnaean Games--Finals
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room C4/D1-3

6:00 PM-11:30 PM
Symposium: A Celebration of the Career and Contributions of Robert J. O’Neil
James R. Hagler, james.hagler@ars.usda.gov, Robert N. Wiedenmann, rwieden@uark.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room C1, First Floor

6:30 PM-7:30 PM
Student Awards Session
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room C4/D1-3

7:00 PM-11:55 PM
Plant-Insect Ecosystems Meeting
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa -- Treasure D, Second Floor

7:30 PM-9:30 PM
North American Dipterists Society
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room E2, First Floor

7:30 PM-9:45 PM
Symposium: Symposium---Korean Young Entomologists (KYE)
Hojun Song, hojun_song@byu.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A1, First Floor

7:30 PM-11:30 PM
Symposium: Annual Business Meeting of the North American Section of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects
Colin S. Brent, colin.brent@ars.usda.gov
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A8, First Floor
Symposium: Coleopterists Society
Brett C. Ratcliffe, bratcliffe1@unl.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A5, First Floor
Symposium: Heteropterists Conference
Scott Bundy, cbundy@nmsu.edu, Jeffrey Bradshaw, bradshaw@iastate.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A2, First Floor
Symposium: Overseas Chinese Entomologists Association: Metamorphosis---A New Beginning
Qisheng Song, songq@missouri.edu, Quentin Fang, qfang@georgiasouthern.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A3, First Floor

8:00 PM-9:00 PM
Insect Photo Salon: II
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A17, First Floor

8:00 PM-11:00 PM
Student Reception--80's Style!
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa -- Grand Ballroom 1-3, Second Floor

8:00 PM-11:55 PM
Entomological Foundation Dinner/Dance
National Auto Museum --

8:30 PM-10:30 PM
IOBC Mixer
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room C1, First Floor

9:00 PM-11:00 PM
Nepal Overseas Entomologists Annual Meeting
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room M6, Mezzanine Level

9:00 PM-11:30 PM
PIE Section Symposium: The Global Threat of Red Palm Weevil (RPW), Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, (Olivier) To Major Palm Species
Aziz Ajlan, aajlan@hotmail.com, Khalid Alhudaib,
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A6, First Floor

9:30 PM-11:00 PM
Overseas Chinese Entomologists Association: Metamorphosis---A New Beginning
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A3, First Floor

9:45 PM-11:00 PM
Korean Young Entomologist (KYE) Mixer
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A1, First Floor
 
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

7:00 AM-7:30 AM
Moderator Training Session
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A19, First Floor

7:00 AM-1:30 PM
Display Presentations, Integrative Physiological and Molecular Insect Systems Section
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor
Display Presentations, Plant-Insect Ecosystems Section
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor
Display Presentations, Structural, Veterinary, and Public Health Systems Section
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor
Display Presentations, Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity Section
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor

7:30 AM-1:30 PM
Career Center
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor

8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Governing Board Meeting
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa -- Executive Board Room, Second Floor

8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Program Symposium: An Entomological Perspective Addressing Challenges in the Developing World: New Frontiers in Food and Bio-security
Lambert H. B. Kanga, lambert.kanga@famu.edu, Moses Kairo, moses.kairo@famu.edu, Sonja Brannon, sbrannon@fayettecountyga.gov, Joseph Munyaneza, joseph.munyaneza@ars.usda.gov
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room C2/C3, First Floor
IPMIS Section Symposium: Interacting Genomes in Bark Beetle Ecology
Dezene P. W. Huber, huber@unbc.ca, Christopher I. Keeling, ckeeling@mac.com
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D9, First Floor
PIE Section Symposium: Advances in Weed Biological Control: The On-going Metamorphosis
Veronica Manrique, vero72@ufl.edu, Rodrigo Diaz, rrdg@ufl.edu, William A. Overholt, billover@ufl.edu, Greg Wheeler, greg.wheeler@ars.usda.gov
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A16, First Floor
PIE Section Symposium: From North American Pest to European Threat: 21st Century Western Corn Rootworm Management at Home and Abroad
Joseph L. Spencer, spencer1@uiuc.edu, Bruce E. Hibbard, Bruce.Hibbard@ars.usda.gov, Stefan Vidal, svidal@gwdg.de
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A6, First Floor
SEB Section Symposium: Beyond Paper: Diversity, Importance And Validation Of Non-traditional Web-based Scientific Publication
Joshua R. Jones, doc.jones3000@tamu.edu, John D. Oswald, j-oswald@tamu.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A10, First Floor
Symposium: Adult Insect Feeding Attractants, an Alternative to Pheromones
Peter J Landolt, peter.landolt@ars.usda.gov, Hal Reed, hreed@oru.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D8, First Floor
Symposium: Challenges in Managing the Western Flower Thrips
Anthony W. Weiss, awweiss@dow.com, Stuart Reitz, stuart.reitz@ars.usda.gov
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D7, First Floor
Symposium: Linking Insects, Ecosystem Function, and Ecosystem Services
Anna K. Fiedler, fiedlera@msu.edu, Mary M. Gardiner, gardin18@msu.edu, Nancy A Schellhorn, nancy.schellhorn@csiro.au
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A8, First Floor
Symposium: New Perspectives on Stink Bug Biology, Ecology, Behavior, and Management
Glynn Tillman, Glynn.Tillman@ars.usda.gov, Russell Mizell, RFMizell@ufl.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A11, First Floor
Ten-Minute Papers, Section IPMIS2 Ten-Minute Papers, Integrative Physiological and Molecular Insect Systems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A1, First Floor
Ten-Minute Papers, Section P-IE8 Ten-Minute Papers, Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A9, First Floor
Ten-Minute Papers, Section SEB4 Ten-Minute Papers, Systematics, Evolution, Biodiversity
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A5, First Floor
Ten-Minute Papers, Section SVPHS1 Ten-Minute Papers, Structural, Veterinary, and Public Health Systems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A3, First Floor
Ten-Minute Papers, Section SVPHS3 Ten-Minute Papers, Structural, Veterinary, and Public Health Systems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A2, First Floor

9:00 AM-10:30 AM
Annual Meeting Program Committee
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room E2, First Floor

10:00 AM-1:00 PM
Teaching Expo 2009 Planning Session
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room M6, Mezzanine Level

12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Section Meeting---Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A5, First Floor
Section Meeting---Integrative Physiological and Molecular Insect Systems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A1, First Floor
Section Meeting---Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room C2/C3, First Floor
Section Meeting---Structural, Veterinary, and Public Health Systems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D4/D5, First Floor

1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Program Symposium: The Darwinian Metamorphosis of Entomology
Gene Kritsky, cdarwin@aol.com, Carol M. Anelli, carol_anelli@wsu.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room C2/C3, First Floor
IPMIS Section Symposium: Application of New Methodologies to Insect Physiology Research: The “–Omics” Revolution
Kent Shelby, shelbyk@missouri.edu, Holly J. Popham, pophamh@missouri.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A1, First Floor
SVPHS Section Symposium: School Integrated Pest Management
Dawn Gouge, dhgouge@ag.arizona.edu, Thomas A. Green, ipmworks@ipminstitute.org, L. C. "Fudd" Graham, grahalc@auburn.edu, Kathy Murray, kathy.murray@maine.gov
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A11, First Floor
SEB Section Symposium: Systematics and Diversity of Coleoptera
M. Fran Keller, mfkeller@ucdavis.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A5, First Floor
Symposium: Honoring the Life and Work of Randy Higgins: Past Successes Lead to New Beginnings in Pest Management
Thomas W. Phillips, twp1@ksu.edu, James R. Nechols, jnechols@ksu.edu, C. Micheal Smith, cmsmith@ksu.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A10, First Floor
Symposium: Lepidopteran Larvae: Biology and Morphology Workshop
J. Brown, John.Brown@ars.usda.gov, Don Davis, DAVISD@si.edu, Susan J Weller, welle008@umn.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A6, First Floor
Symposium: Managing Soil Arthropod Pests in Vegetables: High Stakes and Long Odds
Mark R. Abney, mark_abney@ncsu.edu, Thomas P. Kuhar, tkuhar@vt.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D8, First Floor
Symposium: One Man's Influence on the Field of Insect Ecology: A Tribute to Robert F. Denno
Deborah L. Finke, FinkeD@Missouri.edu, Andrea F. Huberty, Andrea.F.Huberty@aphis.usda.gov, Ian Kaplan, ik223@cornell.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A4, First Floor
Symposium: Stored Product Insect Pest Management: Decades of Change, Recent Advances, and Challenges for the Future
Edmond L. Bonjour, edmond.bonjour@okstate.edu
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D9, First Floor
Ten-Minute Papers, Section IPMIS3 Ten-Minute Papers, Integrative Physiological and Molecular Insect Systems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room D7, First Floor
Ten-Minute Papers, Section P-IE3 Ten-Minute Papers, Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A3, First Floor
Ten-Minute Papers, Section P-IE6 Ten-Minute Papers, Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A9, First Floor

4:10 PM-5:00 PM
Reception in Honor of G. Michael Chippendale for his Research Contributions to Entomology
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room A2, First Floor

5:00 PM-7:00 PM
Closing Session
Reno-Sparks Convention Center -- Room C4/D1-3