Member Symposia

 
Sunday, November 16, 2008

8:00 AM-12:00 PM
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
 

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
 

1:30 PM-5:30 PM
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
 
 
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

8:00 AM-12:00 PM
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
 

1:30 PM-5:30 PM
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
 

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
 

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
 
 
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

8:00 AM-12:00 PM
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
 

1:00 PM-5:00 PM
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
 

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