The 2025 Entomological Society of America Eastern Branch Meeting will be held in Harrisburg, PA on March 15─18, 2025. We invite diverse participation and engagement at this meeting. We are now accepting symposia, workshop, and other interactive program submissions. We look forward to your submissions to make this a great branch meeting!
The deadline for symposia submissions is October 31, 2024. All successful applications will be confirmed and notified by early November. The more complete your proposal, the more favorable it will be ranked. We hope to provide some funding for travel for students and early-career professionals. Preference will be given to new meeting attendees and those with the farthest travel distance. We will not have remote symposium presentations this year.
If you have any questions or would like feedback on your proposal before submission, please contact the Program co-Chairs, Patricia Prade and Laura Nixon.
Proposals are to be submitted online, and submitters are required to provide:
- Session Title
- Summary Statement of the Goal or Concept, and Objectives
- This statement will be used by the Program Chairs to evaluate the submission. A strong summary statement should include:
- Topic being addressed
- Relation to the meeting theme
- Scope of topic
- Relevance of topic
- Goal or objectives
- This statement will be used by the Program Chairs to evaluate the submission. A strong summary statement should include:
- Session Description (50 words or less, required)
- Provide a short (3-4 sentences) session overview describing what the attendees will take away from your session. Think marketing and edu-tainment. This will be posted in the online program to aid attendees in selecting the sessions that they wish to attend.
- List of several speakers/presenters you plan to invite to participate in your session
- Where possible, include the topic you would like each speaker/presenter to address (or title of talk), speaker's career-level, area of expertise, and whether the speaker's participation has been confirmed.
- Describe special facilities that you will need for your session. Keep in mind the extensive facilities available for this meeting.
- Comments for Program Organizers (optional)
- Total time required
- 2, 3, or 4 hours
- Organizer name(s) and contact information
We look forward to hearing from you and all the new things we will discover through your submissions at the 2025 ESA Eastern Branch Meeting!