Opening and Plenary Session
Monday, March 14, 2016: 8:00 AM-10:15 AM
Oak Forest Ballroom (Sheraton Raleigh Hotel)
8:00 AM
Call to Order - Nancy Hinkle, President
8:05 AM
Welcome - Richard H. Linton, Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, NCSU
8:15 AM
Address by ESA Past-President - Phil Mulder
8:25 AM
Message from ESA Executive Director - Lisa Junker, ESA Director of Publications
8:35 AM
PLENARY PRESENTATION: Dr. Rob Dunn, "Why the future of food depends on entomologists and why that is a problem"
9:00 AM
Preliminary Business Meeting
9:40 AM
SEB Representative to the ESA Governing Board Report -Tim Schowalter
9:45 AM
Announcements from ESA Section Representatives
9:55 AM
Entomological Foundation Report, Marianne Shockley
10:00 AM
SEB Representative to the ESA Certification Board Report - Dennis Ring
10:05 AM
Remarks from SEB President - Nancy Hinkle
