Monday, April 4, 2016: 01:30 PM
Using high-throughput data to impact and inform pollinator management and policy
Organizer: Vanessa Corby-Harris
Celebrating a Mixed-Plate in the Pacific Branch: Fostering Diversity in Science
Organizers: Jonathan Koch and Emily A. Sadler,
Integrating Insect Conservation Theory and Practice
Organizers: Daniel Rubinoff and Jesse A. Eiben
Navel Orangeworm Management for the 21st Century
Organizers: Brad Higbee and Kris Tollerup
Population Perspectives in Agroecology
Organizers: John Banks and John Stark
Monday, April 4, 2016: 05:00 PM
What's New in Industry
Organizers: Jesse M. Richardson and Christopher Clemens
Tuesday, April 5, 2016: 08:00 AM
Challenges and Solutions for the Floriculture and Nursery Industry's Exotic Pest Crisis
Organizers: Arnold Hara and James A. Bethke
Animal and Plant Vector Biology: Addressing Old Questions with New Technologies
Organizers: Monika Gulia-Nuss and Judith K. Brown
The Future of Genetic Engineering: Opportunities, Risks, and Challenges
Organizers: Natalie Boyle and Sujaya Rao
Honoring Professor Minoru Tamashiro's Contributions to Entomology: His Legacy and Academic
Organizers: Nan-Yao Su, J. Kenneth Grace and Faith Oi
Little Genes, Big Data: Applying Genomic Techniques to Solve the Problems that Bug Us
Organizers: Joe Hull and Scott Geib
Strategies Underlying the Evolution of Herbivory
Organizers: Paul Nabity and Noah Whiteman
New Tools to Mitigate the Spread of the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle and other Invasive Scarabs
Organizers: Mary Liz Jameson, Joshua Dunlap and Jackie Baum
Promising Accomplishments in Biological Control
Organizer: Thomas R. Unruh
Celebrating North America's Iconic Native Pollinator-Contemporary Advances in the Study of Bumble Bee Ecology and Evolution
Organizers: S. Woodard, Jonathan Koch and James Strange
Wednesday, April 6, 2016: 08:00 AM
IPM of Agriculturally Important Heteroptera in Western States
Organizers: Casey Butler and John C. Palumbo
Current Research on Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in the Pacific Area
Organizers: Roger Vargas and Nicholas Manoukis,
Pollinator Protection: Parasites, Pathogens, and Management Practices
Organizers: Brian Bret and Amber Vinchesi
Bringing natural history back in to focus: Utilizing modern resources for high throughput observational data
Organizers: Eric Gordon and Kaleigh Russell