ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Section Symposia

Sunday, November 11, 2012

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8:00 AM-12:00 PM


The i5K Initiative: A Global View of Arthropod Genomes
Susan Brown

8:00 AM-12:20 PM


Social Insects and the Emergence of Novelty: From Local Rules to Global Behavior
Zachary Shaffer, Juliana Rangel, Terrence P. McGlynn, Theresa L. Pitts-Singer and Sandra M. Rehan

1:00 PM-4:45 PM


Remembering the Life and Work of Nancy Beckage
Florence Dunkel and Karen M. Kester

1:15 PM-5:15 PM


A Celebration of the Life and Scientific Contributions of Carl Jones
David Taylor and Jerome A. Hogsette

IPM for Horticultural Crops in the Tropical World
Rangaswamy Muniappan, Short Heinrichs, Douglas G. Pfeiffer and Naidu Rayapati

Improving the Global Regulation of Transgenic Organisms
Richard L. Hellmich, Jörg Romeis, Karen E. Hokanson and Pamela M. Bachman

4:45 PM-5:30 PM


Remembering the Life and Work of Nancy Beckage
Florence Dunkel and Karen M. Kester

Monday, November 12, 2012

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2:00 PM-4:45 PM


PBT Section Networking Session
Subba R. Palli

2:00 PM-5:30 PM


All P-IE Section Networking Afternoon: Plant-Insect Ecosystems
Bonnie B. Pendleton and Gary D. Thompson

SysEB Section Networking Session
Kelly B. Miller and Christiane Weirauch

2:00 PM-6:00 PM


Highlights of Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology in 2012
Christopher J. Geden and Edward D. Walker

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

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8:00 AM-12:00 PM


Do Crises Drive Innovation? Insect Resistance Management: Proactive or Reactive? IRAC US Symposium Series: No.8
Caydee Savinelli and Graham P. Head

Military Entomology: A Partner in Global Public Health
Scott Gordon

P-IE Section Symposium: A Global Perspective of Bee Decline: Situation, Strategies and Successes
John A. Skinner and Christina M. Grozinger

8:00 AM-12:45 PM


Entomologists Beyond Borders: Hands on Macrophotography to Help Think Globally
Cheri M. Abraham and Ric Bessin

8:15 AM-12:00 PM


SysEB Section Symposium: Bacterial Symbionts Mediating Arthropod Evolutionary Ecology: From Local Interactions to Global Diversity
Jennifer A. White, Raul F. Medina and Mariana Mateos

8:30 AM-11:00 AM


P-IE Section Symposium: USDA Global Science: 150 Years of Entomology
Kevin Hackett

8:30 AM-11:30 AM


SysEB Section Symposium: From Voucher Specimen to Climate Change: The Merging of Systematics and Ecology
Christiane Weirauch and John M. Heraty

8:30 AM-12:00 PM


Biofuel Crop Entomology and Pest Management: Global, National and Local Developments
Gregg S. Nuessly and G. David Buntin

1:00 PM-5:25 PM


PBT Section Symposium: RNAi: The Power, the Promise and the Frustration
Jeffrey G. Scott, Kun-Yan Zhu, Blair D. Siegfried and Angela Douglas

1:30 PM-5:30 PM


Biodiversity in Mexico
Julieta Brambila

MUVE Section Symposium: If the Epi Triad is Host, Pathogen and Environment, Where Are the Vectors?
Dana Nayduch and Lee W. Cohnstaedt

P-IE Scetion Symposium: Researching Imminent or Newly Established Pests: Helping and Hurting at the Same Time
Robert G. Ahern

P-IE Section Symposium: Insect Resistance Management, Ecological Genetics and Computer Modeling: Tools for Solving Local Problems With Global Implications
Bruce H. Stanley

Transfer of Solutions from Nature to the Technical World: Latest Applications, Challenges and Future Trends in Insect Biotechnology
Amit Sethi

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

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8:00 AM-12:00 PM


Discover Life in America's All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Todd P. Witcher, Ernest C. Bernard, David Wagner, Andrea Radwell, Christopher E. Carlton, Victoria Bayless and Becky Nichols

Invasive Insects: A Global Regulatory Challenge
Scott W. Myers and Michael K. Hennessey

MUVE Section Symposium: Bed Bug Research: Catching Up With The Global Bed Bug Resurgence
Alvaro Romero and Susan C. Jones

Novel Tools for Sustainable Pest Management
Siddharth Tiwari, Ameya D. Gondhalekar, Lukasz, L. Stelinski and Michael E. Scharf

P-IE Section Symposium: Ecological Considerations of the Rising Use of Systemic Insecticides
Jonathan Lundgren, Adrianna Szczepaniec, Kevin Floate, David Goulson, S. J. Castle, Maggie Douglas, Daniel A. Herms, David J. Hawthorne, John F. Tooker and Nilima Prabhaker

SysEB Section Symposium: Foraging, Energetics and Life History - The Grand Connection
Dhruba Naug

The Larry L. Larson Symposium: Global Challenges to Product Development and New Product Updates
Luis E. Gomez and Mike P. Tolley

The Return of Insurmountable Opportunities: More Novel Statistics for Entomologists
Cynthia C. Lord, Steven A. Juliano and Barry W. Alto

Thinking Globally and Acting Locally: Educating the World with Sound Science on Tough Issues
Logan M. Minter, Mark H. Goodman and Jennifer Gordon

1:30 PM-5:30 PM


Beyond Borders: Global Research in Pest Management
Joyce E. Parker and Joy L. Newton

Function, Regulation and Evolution of Environmental Response Genes in Post-Genomic Era
Fang Zhu and Omprakash Mittapalli

P-IE Section Symposium: Variety is the Spice of Life: Biodiversity in Agricultural Systems
William R. Morrison and Alexandria N. Bryant

P-IE Section Symposium: Remember IPM? Risks and Benefits of Global Expansion of Transgenes and Insecticide Seed Treatments in Field Crops
Arthur W. Schaafsma, Christian H. Krupke and John F. Tooker