Symposia

Formerly titled 'Member/Network/Other Symposia

The 2008 Program Committee has selected the following Symposia to feature at this year's Annual Meeting. We feel that these symposia have a lot to offer the membership of the ESA. They are broad based in their subject matter and represent topics of interest around the world, while supporting the program theme: "Metamorphosis: A New Beginning". We invite all our colleagues to make time to attend these featured sessions.

A Celebration of the Career and Contributions of Robert J. O’Neil
James R. Hagler, james.hagler@ars.usda.gov
Robert N. Wiedenmann, rwieden@uark.edu

Adult Insect Feeding Attractants, an Alternative to Pheromones
Peter J Landolt, peter.landolt@ars.usda.gov
David Robacker, david.robacker@ars.usda.gov

Advances in Acarology
Ashley P. G. Dowling, adowling@uark.edu

Challenges in managing the western flower thrips
Anthony W. Weiss, awweiss@dow.com
Stuart Reitz, stuart.reitz@ars.usda.gov

Change in the Life of Aquatic Insects: Individuals to Ecosystems
Jennifer Henke, jennifer.henke@email.ucr.edu
Robert F. Smith, rsmith9@umd.edu
Peter D. Jensen, pjensen@integral-corp.com
Lauren E. Culler, leculler@gmail.com
Ely Kosnicki, ekdy7@mizzou.edu

Coleopterists Society
Brett C. Ratcliffe, bratcliffe1@unl.edu

Current Research and Developments of New Insect Repellents
Mustapha Debboun, mustapha.debboun@us.army.mil

Ecology of Soil Mites
Hans Klompen, klompen.1@osu.edu

Emerging arthropod transmitted plant diseases: a national and international perspective
Russell L. Groves, groves@entomology.wisc.edu
F. Mitchell, f-mitchell@tamu.edu

Forest Entomology: Changes Impacting Our Discipline
John T. Nowak, jnowak@fs.fed.us
Christopher J. Fettig, cfettig@fs.fed.us
David R. Coyle, dcoyle@entomology.wisc.edu

Frontiers in molecular insect science
Qisheng Song, songq@missouri.edu
Yongping Huang, yongping@sippe.ac.cn
David W. Stanley, stanleyd@missouri.edu

Heteropterists Conference
Scott Bundy, cbundy@nmsu.edu
Jeffrey Bradshaw, bradshaw@iastate.edu

Honoring the Life and Work of Randy Higgins: Past Successes Lead to New Beginnings in Pest Management
Thomas W. Phillips, twp1@ksu.edu
James R. Nechols, jnechols@ksu.edu
C. Micheal Smith, cmsmith@ksu.edu

International Society of Hymenopterists Informal Conference and Business Meeting
Andy Deans, andy_deans@ncsu.edu

Lepidopteran larvae: biology and morphology workshop
J. Brown, Don Davis, DAVISD@si.edu
Susan J Weller, welle008@umn.edu

Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana); A New Problem Quarantine Problem
Danny J. Hamon, danny.j.hamon@aphis.usda.gov
Robert Dowell, Bdowell@cdfa,ca.gov

Linking Insects, Ecosystem Function, and Ecosystem Services
Anna K. Fiedler, fiedlera@msu.edu
Mary M. Gardiner, gardin18@msu.edu
Nancy A Schellhorn, nancy.schellhorn@csiro.au

Managing soil arthropod pests in vegetables: High stakes and long odds
Mark R. Abney, mark_abney@ncsu.edu
Thomas P. Kuhar, tkuhar@vt.edu

Metamorphosis of Entomology as a Cornerstone Discipline in Social and Environmental Issues
Timothy Schowalter, tschowalter@agctr.lsu.edu
Susan Fisher, fisher.14@osu.edu

Metamorphosis of Vineyard Pest Management
Derrick L. Hammons, dlhamm3@uky.edu
Rufus Isaacs, isaacsr@msu.edu

Metamorphosis Through Mentoring in Medical and Veterinary Entomology – Highlights from the Career of R.C. Axtell
Donald A. Rutz, dar11@cornell.edu

Metamorphosis through Merger: Celebrating the Diverse Entomological Accomplishments of Maurice and Catherine Tauber
James Nechols, jnechols@ksu.edu
John Ruberson, ruberson@uga.edu

Necrotic Arachnidism, Morbidity or Myth? Substantiating True Envenomation
Stuart Mitchell, docmitchell@hotmail.com
Shripat T. Kamble, SKamble1@unl.edu

New Perspectives on Stink Bug Biology, Ecology, Behavior, and Management
P. Glynn Tillman, Glynn.Tillman@ars.usda.gov
Russell Mizell, RFMizell@ufl.edu

Organics Strategum Efficacy: so many choices, so little time
Jennifer C. Johnson, jjohn172@bigred.unl.edu

Overlooked Areas of Concern for Pest Solutions
Sharon M. Dobesh, sdobesh@ksu.edu
Scott Ludwig, swludwig@ag.tamu.edu

Overseas Chinese Entomologists Association: Metamorphosis - a new beginning
Qisheng Song, songq@missouri.edu
Quentin Fang, qfang@georgiasouthern.edu

Plant Health Taskforce of PROCINORTE and Crop Life International " Guidelines for Pesticide Resistance Management"
Robert L. Mangan, robert.mangan@ars.usda.gov

Revitalizing Undergraduate Majors in Entomology
Tiffany M Heng-Moss, thengmoss2@unl.edu
Sujaya Rao, sujaya@oregonstate.edu

Semiochemicals that mediate behavior of cerambycid beetles
Lawrence M. Hanks, hanks@life.uiuc.edu
Jocelyn G. Millar, millar@ucr.edu
James D. Barbour, jbarbour@uidaho.edu

SOLA Scarab Workers
Andrew B. T. Smith, asmith@mus-nature.ca
M. J. Paulsen, mpaulsen@unlserve.unl.edu

Stalk Boring Lepidopteran Pests in Multi-Crop Ecosystems of the United States: Current Status, Challenges, and Prospects
Fangneng Huang, FHuang@agcenter.lsu.edu
Boris A. Castro, bacastro@dow.com

Stored Product Insect Pest Management: Decades of Change, Recent Advances, and Challenges for the Future
Edmond L. Bonjour, edmond.bonjour@okstate.edu

Symposium - Korean Young Entomologists (KYE)
Hojun Song, hojun_song@byu.edu

The changing nature of insect management in greenhouses: staying one step ahead of arthropod pests
Luis A. Cañas, canas.4@osu.edu
John Sanderson, jps3@cornell.edu

The Changing Nature of Pest Management for Ornamentals and Turfgrass
David W. Held, david.held@msstate.edu
Nate Royalty, nate.royalty@bayercropscience.com

The Evolution of Military Entomology
Jamie Blow, jamie.blow@osd.mil

The Impacts of Genetically Modified Organisms in Entomology
Anne L. Nielsen, annielse@rci.rutgers.edu

The NSF GK-12 Program: Insect-based curricula, impact, and extensions
Matthew L. Richardson, mlrichar@uiuc.edu
Michelle A. DaCosta, dacostma@wfu.edu