Monday, December 11, 2006: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Rooms 201-203 (Convention Center)
Symposium: From Entomological Plagues to Biodiversity: Unfinished Business in Africa. A Tribute to the Life of Professor Thomas R. Odhiambo (1931-2003).
Organizer(s):	Moses, T. K. Kairo, moses.kairo@famu.edu Samuel Ochieng, sochieng@blomand.net Pedro Barbosa, pbarbosa@umd.edu Henry Fadamiro, FADAMHY@auburn.edu Oscar Liburd, oeliburd@ifas.ufl.edu Peter Edde, peter_edde@yahoo.co George Opit, george.opit@gmprc.ksu.edu Francoise Favi, ffavi@vsu.edu
1:30 PM			Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM	0563		A tribute to Professor Thomas R. Odhiambo (1931-2003), founding director of the International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology Rachel Galun, jacobsr@cc.huji.ac.il
1:53 PM	0564		Frontiers of insect physiology and how they relate to addressing entomological challenges in Africa Lynn Riddiford, lmr@u.washington.edu
2:11 PM	0565		Agricultural science: Looking forward to the next 50 years   Hans R. Herren, hherren@threshold21.com
2:29 PM	0566		Mosquitoes research at ICIPE   Phil Louinibos, lounibos@ufl.edu, John Beier, jbeier@med.miami.edu
2:47 PM	0567		Tsetse: Tom Odhiambo's legacy lives on   David L. Denlinger, denlinger.1@osu.edu
3:05 PM	0568		Fungal pathogens against ticks: Is the cattle skin surface too hostile   Moses T. K. Kairo, moses.kairo@famu.edu, Perry Polar, p.polar@cabi.org, Dave Moore, d.moore@cabi.org
3:23 PM			Break
3:33 PM	0569		SIT for screwworm and tsetse: Challenges and promises Muhammad F. Chaudhury, mchaudhury2@unl.edu, Marc J. B. Vreysen, m.vreysen@iaea.org
3:51 PM	0570		A plague on locusts   Dave Moore, d.moore@cabi.org, Jean Nguya Kalemba Maniania, nmaniania@icipe.org
4:09 PM	0571		ICIPE's quest for a sustainable solution to cereal stemborer problems in smallholder agriculture in Africa Charles Omwega, Zeyaur R. Khan, zkhan@mbita.mimcom.net, William Overholt, waoverholt@mail.ifas.ufl.edu
4:27 PM	0572		Termite research, from ICIPE to New Orleans   Ashok K. Raina
4:45 PM	0573		An ARPPIS alumni in US agricultural research Baldwyn Torto, btorto@gainesville.usda.ufl.edu
5:03 PM	0574		Challenges and opportunities in understanding and managing African insect biodiversity   Scott Miller, millers@si.edu
5:21 PM			Discussion
5:25 PM			Concluding Remarks

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