Special Sessions

Saturday, November 14, 2015

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8:00 AM-5:30 PM


Workshop: ASReml-R: Analysis of Breeding Trials
Salvador Gezan

10:00 AM-2:00 PM


Entomological Foundation Teacher Workshop - STEMbugs
Chris Stelzig

10:00 AM-4:00 PM


Offsite Tour: Twin Cities Highlights Tour / Mall of America
Rosina Romano

Sunday, November 15, 2015

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8:30 AM-4:30 PM


Workshop: Analyses of Microbial Community and Metagenomics Using QIIME
Abasiofiok Ibekwe and David Myrold

9:00 AM-4:30 PM


Workshop: Meta-Analysis for the Synthesis of Evidence in Agriculture
Kathleen Yeater

10:00 AM-4:00 PM


Offsite Tour: Twin Cities Highlights Tour / Mall of America
Rosina Romano

12:15 PM-1:15 PM


Lunch and Learn: Exploring Careers in Extension – Advice for Students and Early Professionals
Rachel Elkins, Casey Hoy, Jonathan Larson, Douglas Walsh and Rebecca Schmidt-Jeffris

Lunch and Learn: Fitting the ‘Narrative’: How Media Hype can Hijack Your Research Findings
G. Philip Hughes, G. Christopher Cutler, Scott Stewart, David Zaruk and Joshua Gilder

1:00 PM-3:00 PM


Workshop: Big Data Meets Insect Ecology: Examining Insects Continentally using NEON Data and R
Katherine LeVan

1:30 PM-5:30 PM


Workshop: Data Handling and Analysis Tricks They Don't Teach You in Grad School
Edazrd van Santen

3:30 PM-5:30 PM


ESA Opening Plenary Session and Founders’ Memorial Lecture
Phillip G. Mulder and C. David Gammel

6:00 PM-7:10 PM


ASA, CSSA, SSSA, and ESA Opening Keynote: Partnering for Solutions to Supply Chain Sustainability
Phillip G. Mulder

Monday, November 16, 2015

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8:00 AM-11:00 AM


Joint Symposium: Connecting Phytobiomes with Soil and Plant Health
Ronald Turco and Veronica Acosta-Martinez

9:30 AM-10:00 AM


Refreshment Break
Cindy Myers

9:30 AM-12:00 PM


Joint Symposium: Getting More from Data: Science for Sustainable Solutions
Paul Fixen

10:15 AM-11:30 AM


Joint Symposium: Managing Research Centers for Wildlife and Beneficial Insects
Thomas Abbott

11:00 AM-1:30 PM


Workshop: Mechanical Measurements of Crops and Soils: Principles and Techniques
Douglas Cook and Daniel Robertson

12:15 PM-1:15 PM


Lunch and Learn: Managing Job Transitions as an Early Professional
Mitchell Stamm, Robert Koch, Zach Rystrom, Tamra Lincoln, Andrine A. Shufran, Theresa M. Cira and Ana Velez

12:30 PM-2:00 PM


Joint Session: Tips from the Experts on the Job Application and Interviewing Process
Aaron Daigh and Emily Fuger

12:45 PM-1:45 PM


Lunch and Learn: Everything You Wanted to Know about NIFA, But Were Afraid to Ask
Sonny Ramaswamy

1:00 PM-4:15 PM


Joint Symposium: Insect Ecology in Organic Crop Management Systems
Erin Silva

1:30 PM-3:30 PM


Workshop: Making a Compelling Science Message
Susan Fisk and Martha Pings

2:00 PM-4:00 PM


Joint Session: Teaching and Extension
Aaron Daigh and Emily Fuger

5:30 PM-6:30 PM


Student Competition Social Hour with Poster Presenters
Alvin M. Simmons, Catherine Loudon and Jesus F. Esquivel

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

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6:30 AM-7:30 AM


5K Fun Run/Walk
Rosina Romano

7:55 AM-12:00 PM


Joint Symposium: Bugs and Dirt: Four Letter Words That Go Together
Randall Southard, Daniel Hirmas, Ed Lewis and Rufus Isaacs

8:00 AM-11:35 AM


Joint Symposium: Characterizing and Controlling Insects and Bacteria Associated with Manure-Impacted Environments
Kimberly Cook, Daniel Miller and Christopher J. Geden

8:00 AM-12:00 PM


Joint Symposium: Partnering to Understand Complexity: Biogeochemical Cycles in Agricultural Systems
Ana Wingeyer, Martha Mamo and Jeffrey Bradshaw

9:25 AM-12:00 PM


Joint Symposium: Agroecosystems Research: Integrated Cropping Systems That Promote Ecosystem Services
Diane L. Rowland, Russ Gesch, Chengci Chen and Marisol Berti

9:30 AM-10:00 AM


Refreshment Break
Cindy Myers

9:55 AM-12:15 PM


Joint Symposium: Turfgrass Insect Management: New and Emerging Issues
Benjamin McGraw and Kelly Kopp

10:00 AM-12:00 PM


Workshop: Making a Compelling Science Message
Susan Fisk and Martha Pings

12:00 PM-1:15 PM


Lunch and Learn: Preparing for the Future - What Every Student Should Know About Getting a Job or Finding a Career
Janet Hurley and Robert Davis

12:15 PM-1:15 PM


Lunch and Learn: Science Policy: Fellows, Funding, and the Federal Future of Entomology
Karen Mowrer and Alison Thompson

1:00 PM-3:05 PM


Joint Session: Novel Approaches on Site-Specific Integrated Pest Management
John Shanahan and Brenda Ortiz

1:00 PM-4:00 PM


Joint Symposium: Management and Biological Control of Weeds in Agroecosystems
Linda Buergi and Anil Shrestha

1:15 PM-5:00 PM


Offsite Tour: Ecolab's Global Research, Development and Engineering Center
Dara Kaleiohi

1:30 PM-3:00 PM


Joint Interactive Workshop: Writing Manuscripts for Publication
Emily Fuger

1:30 PM-4:30 PM


Student Debates
Rebecca Schmidt-Jeffris, Kyndall Dye and Alix Whitener

2:00 PM-5:00 PM


Women in Science “Breaking the Bias Habit” Workshop/ Reception
Samira Daroub

5:30 PM-6:30 PM


Social Hour with Poster Presenters
Sue Blodgett and Melody A. Keena

6:45 PM-8:30 PM


ESA Student Awards Ceremony
Cindy Myers

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

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8:15 AM-9:45 AM


Workshop: Marketing for Scientists
Rayda Krell and Richard Levine

8:20 AM-11:00 AM


Joint Symposium: Applications of UAV-Based Remote Sensing for Assessing Crop Stress
Robert Koch and Kevin Smith

9:00 AM-10:30 AM


Joint Session: Grant Application Navigation and Resources for Expanding Early Career Opportunities
Aaron Daigh and Emily Fuger

9:30 AM-10:00 AM


Refreshment Break
Cindy Myers

11:00 AM-2:30 PM


Joint Session: Linking Soil Macrofaunal and Microbial Communities with Crop Dynamics Including Diseases
Christopher Penton

12:00 PM-1:30 PM


Joint Town Hall Meeting: Perspectives on Sustainably Supporting the Human Populace in the Future
Manjit Misra and Ronald Turco

12:15 PM-1:15 PM


Lunch and Learn: Meet the ESA Editors
E. Alan Cameron, Eric Natwick, William Reisen, Marlin Rice, Kevin Steffey, John T. Trumble, Phyllis Weintraub, James Woolley, Kelley Tilmon and Lisa Junker

Social Hour with Poster Presenters
Sue Blodgett and Melody A. Keena

5:30 PM-7:30 PM


Joint Closing Plenary Session and Old Masters Linnaean Games
Phillip G. Mulder and May R. Berenbaum

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