ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Member Symposia

Sunday, November 11, 2012

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8:00 AM-11:45 AM


Symposium: Transgenic Engineering of Invertebrate Species
David O'Brochta and Malcolm J. Fraser

8:00 AM-12:00 PM


Symposium: Aquatic Entomology as a Measure of Global Changes
Jennifer M. Lang, M. Eric Benbow and William O. Lamp

Symposium: Global Arthropod Repellent Research and Development
Mustapha Debboun

Symposium: Persistence of Microbial Control Agents: Current Challenges, Recent Advancements and Future Needs
Denny Bruck

8:00 AM-12:15 PM


Symposium: Current Advances in Acarology
Raul T. Villanueva, Jose Carlos V. Rodrigues and C. W. Welbourn

10:00 AM-12:00 PM


Symposium: Dealing with Delusional Parasitosis: Patients, Papers, and Psychologists
Matan Shelomi

Symposium: Mentoring for a Global Profession
Kenneth A. Sorensen and Charles V. Covell

10:00 AM-12:05 PM


Symposium: An Introduction to RNA Interference (RNAi) or Post Transcriptional Gene Silencing (PTGS): Fourth Generation Pesticides: For All the Non-Molecular Entomologists (Part 1)
Reginald R. Coler and Jennifer L. Williams

1:00 PM-5:15 PM


Symposium: An Introduction to RNA Interference (RNAi) or Post Transcriptional Gene Silencing (PTGS): Fourth Generation Pesticides: For All the Non-Molecular Entomologists (Part 2).
Reginald R. Coler and Jennifer L. Williams

Symposium: SOLA Scarab Workers
Andrew B.T. Smith

1:15 PM-5:15 PM


Symposium: A Global View of Stored-Products Research: Emerging Concepts and Applications.
David E. Bellamy and Rizana M. Mahroof

Symposium: Americas Neuropterists Meeting
David E. Bowles and Atilano Contreras-Ramos

Symposium: Facilitating a Global Society with Social Networking and Mobile Apps: Experiences and Challenges
Godshen Robert Pallipparambil and Joe Louis

Symposium: Holistic Pest Management: Realistic Integration of Biological, Chemical, and Cultural Strategies in Horticultural Production Systems
Randy Martin and Raymond A. Cloyd

Symposium: International Society of Hymenopterists
Andrew R Deans and John M. Heraty

Symposium: New Pest vs Young Scientists: Advances Against Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Doo-Hyung Lee, Christina Harris and Shimat V. Joseph

Symposium: The Acarological Society of America Honors James H. Oliver, Jr.
H. Joel Hutcheson

1:30 PM-4:30 PM


Symposium: Forest Entomology in an Era of Globalization
Nathan Havill, Richard W. Hofstetter and Kimberly F. Wallin

1:30 PM-5:00 PM


Symposium: The Global Grass-Based Ecosystem: Connectivity, Diversity and Management
Matthew J. Petersen and David J. Shetlar

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

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8:00 AM-12:00 PM


Symposium: Asian Citrus Psyllid and "Huanglonbing": Devastating Pest-Disease Complex and Threat to Citrus Production Worldwide
Jawwad A. Qureshi and Philip A. Stansly

Symposium: Biology and Management of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in North America (Part 1)
Albert E. Mayfield and Shimat V. Joseph

Symposium: Future of Amenity Trees
David L. Cox, Deborah G. McCullough and Don Grosman

Symposium: Microbe-Insect Interactions in Decomposition and Disease Ecology
Tawni L. Crippen and Jeffery K. Tomberlin

Symposium: Proceeding Along the IPM Continuum: Developing Multifaceted Approaches for Invasive Species
Jimmy Klick and Tracy C. Leskey

Symposium: Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus. What’s Next?
Aziz M. Ajlan and Khalid Alhudaib

Symposium: Social Networks: The Mechanistic Basis and Evolution of Social Traits
Sandra M. Rehan, Timothy A. Linksvayer and Svjetlana Vojvodic

8:00 AM-12:20 PM


Advances in Pest Management for Turfgrass and Ornamentals
David W. Held and Clifford S. Sadof

9:00 AM-12:00 PM


Symposium: Global Patterns in Insect Morphometrics
Matan Shelomi

1:15 PM-5:15 PM


Symposium: 120 Years After Comstock the Wireworm Battle Continues
Robert Vernon and Kevin W. Wanner

1:30 PM-5:30 PM


Advances in the Management of Some Global Pests In Greenhouses
John P. Sanderson and Steven D. Frank

Chemical Ecology of Cerambycid Beetles
Matthew D. Ginzel, Elizabeth E. Graham and Ann M. Ray

Ecology and Conservation of Saproxylic Insects
Michael L. Ferro

Pest Control with Borates: The Science and the Art
Janet Kintz-Early and Mark E. Mankowski

Symposium: Biology and Management of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in North America (Part 2)
Albert E. Mayfield and Shimat V. Joseph

Tuta absoluta - The Global Threat of Tomatoes
Aziz M. Ajlan, Khalid Alhudaib and Jamal Hajjar

2:00 PM-5:00 PM


Purdue's Contribution to ESA and Entomology: 100 Year Perspective.
Tom Turpin

6:00 PM-9:05 PM


Symposium: Korean Young Entomologists (KYE)
Doo-Hyung Lee and Sunghoon Baek

6:00 PM-9:15 PM


IOBC Business Meeting & Workshop Symposium: Risk Assessment for Natural Enemies used for Classical Arthropod Biocontrol: From Regulatory Requirements to Science-Based Approaches
Jian J. Duan

6:00 PM-10:00 PM


Symposium: Overseas Chinese Entomologists Association (OCEA):  Global Collaboration and Career Development in Entomology
Shiyou Li, Haobo Jiang and Nannan Liu

7:00 PM-9:00 PM


Heteroptera Conference
Thomas J. Henry and Katrina L. Menard

7:30 PM-10:00 PM


Symposium: The Coleopterist's Society Business Meeting
Robert S. Anderson

7:30 PM-10:15 PM


Symposium: North American Dipterists Society Meeting
Keith M. Bayless

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

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8:00 AM-12:00 PM


Anatomy of an Invasion: Requirements, Benefits and Possible Implications for Successful Invaders.
Fabio Manfredini and Elina L. Niņo

GMOs for IPM - Implications for Field Crops
Scott D. Stewart, Jeffrey Gore and Ryan Jackson

More than Pests: Cockroach Behavior, Ecology, Systematics and Taxonomy
Jessica L. Ware and Dominic Evangelista

Nepal Overseas Entomologists Symposium: Global Collaboration for the Development of Next Generation IPM Program.
Ram B. Shrestha and Raju R. Pandey

Symposium: The Entomological Foundation and You: A Global Outlook on Entomology Education and Outreach
Rebecca W. Baldwin, Thomas A. Green, Dennis Kopp, Andrine A. Shufran and Richard Noel Vineyard

Symposium: The Walnut Twig Beetle and Thousand Cankers Disease: A Global View from Ground Zero in Knoxville, Tennessee
Steven J. Seybold and Jerome F. Grant

8:00 AM-12:05 PM


Symposium: Vector-Virus Interactions: Implications for Transmission and Management of Emerging Diseases in Specialty Crops at Local and Global Scale
Ashfaq A. Sial, Douglas B. Walsh, Vaughn M. Walton, Rodrigo P. P. Almeida and Kent M. Daane

8:00 AM-12:20 PM


Symposium: Update on Tuta absoluta, the Tomato Leafminer
Julieta Brambila

1:30 PM-5:30 PM


Bugs, Bytes, and Basal Area – How Forest Inventory & Analysis Programs Support Forest Entomology Research
James T. Vogt and Therese M. Poland

Feeding Future Generations: Expanding a Global Science to Answer a Global Challenge
John Fitt and Boris A. Castro

Forensic Expert Witness: Global Perspectives of Practice
Mustapha Debboun, Jerry Hatch and Stuart Mitchell

How Entomologists Manage: The Global Skills We Often Overlook
Miriam F. Cooperband and Kamal JK. Gandhi

Improving the Safety and Effectiveness of Biological Control Agents of Weeds in the USA
Lincoln Smith and James P. Cuda

Peace Corps: Creating Global Entomologists for a Global Society
Jeffrey A. Davis and Katherine L. Kamminga

The Paris Lambdin Legacy: From Emergence to Convergence
Gary L. Miller

Think Globally, Teach Locally: Designing Your Presentation to Reach Your Target Audience
Marianne S. Cruz and Martha Rosett Lutz

1:30 PM-6:30 PM


Symposium: The Insect Fat Body Symposium
Immo A. Hansen and Geoffrey M. Attardo