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| SECTION 1 |
PEST MANAGEMENT: PERENNIAL CROPS |
| Convenors |
Vaughan Hattingh, Citrus Research International, RSA
Jerry Cross, East Malling Research, UK
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| Symposium Organisers |
No. |
Symposium Titles |
| Jerry Cross (UK) & Tim Grout (RSA) |
1.1 |
IPM on perennial crops
(Continued on Monday pm and Saturday am) |
| Jim Hardie (UK) & David Hall (UK) |
1.2 |
Semiochemicals in IPM on perennial crops
(Continued on Tuesday pm) |
| Mark Brown (USA) & Viktor Marko (Hungary) |
1.3 |
Functional biodiversity in perennial crops for pest management |
| Joerg Samietz (Switzerland) |
1.4 |
Phenology models and their use in IPM on perennial crops |
| Nilsa Bosque-Perez (USA) & Sanford Eigenbrode (USA) |
1.5 |
Coffee entomology: an international perspective |
| Paula Shrewsbury (USA) & Rob van Tol (The Netherlands) |
1.6 |
Advances in implementing biological control for perennial ornamental crops grown outdoors |
| Johannes Jehle (Germany) & Patricia Stock (USA) |
1.7 |
Microbial and nematode biocontrol agents for pests of perennial crops |
| SECTION 2 |
PEST MANAGEMENT: ANNUAL CROPS |
| Convenors |
Johnnie Van Den Berg, North-West University, RSA
Huib van Hamburg, North-West University, RSA
John D Mumford, Centre for Environmental Policy, UK |
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| Symposium Organisers |
No. |
Symposium Titles |
| Megha N. Parajulee (USA), Robert Mensah (Australia) & Lewis Wilson (Australia) |
2.1 |
Ecological approaches to cotton IPM: a global perspective |
| Samuel Waladde (RSA), Johnnie Van den Berg (RSA) & Zeyaur Khan (Kenya) |
2.2 |
Pest management: prospects, successes and failures
(Continued on Tuesday pm, Wednesday am and Thursday pm, in other venues) |
| Sam Cook (UK) & Zeyaur Khan (Kenya) |
2.3 |
Habitat management strategies for controlling insect pests of crop plants |
| Joop van Lenteren (The Netherlands) |
2.4 |
Can boundaries between biocontrol and GMOs be overcome? |
| Mark Stevens (Australia) & Mike Way (USA) |
2.5 |
Ecology and management of key rice pests |
| Vicki Tolmay (RSA) & K.A. Shufran (USA) |
2.6 |
Russian wheat aphid management |
| Joop van Lenteren (The Netherlands) & Martin Hill (RSA) |
2.7 |
Critical analyses of successes and failures of biological control in Africa |
| Malcolm Keeping (RSA) & M.N. Sallam (Australia) |
2.8 |
Sugarcane IPM: tough challenges - sweet outcomes |
| Dionyssios Perdikis (Greece) & Oscar Alomar (Spain) |
2.9 |
Predatory Heteroptera: recent advances and future needs |
| Sunday Ekesi (Kenya) & M. Knapp (Kenya) |
2.11 |
IPM in horticultural crops in the tropics |
| SECTION 3 |
PESTICIDES, RESISTANCE & TRANSGENICS |
| Convenors |
Graham Head (USA) |
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| Symposium Organisers |
No. |
Symposium Titles |
| John Stark (USA) |
3.1 |
New pesticides and pest control technologies
(Continued on Monday pm and Tuesday am) |
| Rafael Martinez Pardo (Spain) & Ralf Nauen (Germany) |
3.2 |
Insecticide resistance in sucking insects in agriculture |
| William Moar (USA) & Joseph Huesing (USA) |
3.3 |
Development, barriers and use of insect resistant transgenic crops in developing countries |
| Joerg Romeis (Switzerland) & Tony Shelton (USA) |
3.4 |
Integration of insect-resistant GM crops within IPM programs |
| Srinivas Parimi (India) & Blair Siegfried (USA) |
3.5 |
A global view of IRM strategies for transgenic crops
(Continued on Friday pm) |
| Noubar Bostanian (Canada) & J.M. Hardman (Canada) |
3.6 |
The effects of pesticides on non-target arthropods |
| SECTION 4 |
FOREST ENTOMOLOGY |
| Convenors |
Andrew Liebhold, USDA Forest Service, USA
Michael J. Wingfield, Forestry and Agricultural Research Institute (FABI), RSA
Dan Robison, North Carolina State University, USA |
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| Symposium Organisers |
No. |
Symposium Titles |
| Daniel Doucet (Canada) & Qili Feng (China) |
4.1 |
Forest entomology in the era of genomics and post-genomics |
| Diana Six (USA) & Bernard Slippers (RSA) |
4.2a |
Consequences of environmental change and globalization on insect-microbe symbioses: anthropogenic effects on symbioses |
| Naoto Kamata (Japan) & Jean-Claude Grégoire (Belguim) |
4.2b |
Consequences of environmental change and globalization on insect-microbe symbioses: ambrosia beetles as affected by environmental factors |
| Kier Klepzig (USA), Francois Lieutier (France) & Timothy D. Paine (USA) |
4.3 |
Mediation of tree-insect interactions by micro-organisms |
| Joseph Elkinton (USA), Nancy Gillette (USA) & Bernard Slippers (RSA) |
4.4 |
Use of molecular techniques to identify and to trace the origin and spread of invasive forest insects |
| John Spence (Canada), Jari Niemelä (Finland) & Johan Kotze (RSA) |
4.5 |
Ecological and conservation implications of linkage between arthropod biodiversity and forestry practices
(Continued on Friday pm) |
| Patrick Tobin (USA), Brian Aukema (Canada) & Hugh Evans (UK) |
4.6 |
Insect invasion dynamics in forest ecosystems |
| Fred Stephen (USA) & Robert Coulson (USA) |
4.8 |
Impacts of insects on forest landscapes: implications for forest health management |
| SECTION 5 |
URBAN, STORED PRODUCT & POST HARVEST ENTOMOLOGY |
| Convenors |
Frank Arthur, Grain Marketing & Production Research Center, USA
Frikkie Kirsten, Agricultural Research Council, RSA
Michael K. Rust, University of California, Riverside, USA
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| Symposium Organisers |
No. |
Symposium Titles |
| Tom Phillips (USA) & Frank Arthur (USA) |
5.1 |
Ecology and management of stored-product insects in large-scale facilities |
| Paul Flinn (USA) & Cornell Adler (Germany) |
5.2 |
Biological control of stored product insects |
| James Campbell (USA) & Marcé Lorenzen (USA) |
5.3 |
The stored product pest Tribolium castaneum as a model organism |
| James Throne (USA) & Brighton Myumi (Zimbabwe) |
5.4 |
Ecology of stored-product insects for improving pest management |
| Brian Forschler (USA) & Vernard Lewis (USA) |
5.5 |
Economical, environmentally sensitive termite management: a global perspective |
| SECTION 6 |
ECOLOGY |
| Convenors |
Melodie McGeoch, University of Stellenbosch, RSA
Stig Larsson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden |
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| Symposium Organisers |
No. |
Symposium Titles |
| Robert Denno (USA) & Matthew Thomas (Australia) |
6.1 |
Multiple natural-enemy interactions in natural and managed systems
(Continued on Monday pm) |
| Robert Knell (UK), Sheena Cotter (UK) & Ken Wilson (UK) |
6.2 |
Ecological immunity of insects |
| Marcel Dicke (The Netherlands) & Louise Vet (The Netherlands) |
6.3 |
Omics and ecology and evolution of multitrophic interactions |
| Jeff Harvey (The Netherlands) & Paul Ode (USA) |
6.4 |
Plant chemistry and insect ecology: a multitrophic perspective |
| Takayuki Ohgushi (Japan), Oswald Schmitz (USA) & Robert Holt (USA) |
6.5 |
Trait-mediated indirect effects in insect communities |
| Nuria Roura-Pascual (Spain/RSA) & Joaquin Hortal (UK) |
6.6 |
Sampling and modelling the spatial responses of insects across spatial scales |
| Connal Eardley (RSA) & Carolin Mayer (Germany) |
6.7 |
Pollinators in full bloom |
| Pedro Barbosa (USA) & Markus Rantala (Finland) |
6.8 |
Insect outbreaks revisited |
| Louise Vet (The Netherlands) & Brian Smith (USA) |
6.9 |
Ecology, evolution and application of learning in insects |
| Jeff Harvey (The Netherlands) & Martijn Bezemer (The Netherlands) |
6.10 |
Linking aboveground and belowground multitrophic interactions |
| SECTION 7 |
GENETICS, GENOMICS, TRANSGENICS & EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY |
| Convenors |
Ary Hoffmann, University of Melbourne, Australia
J. Nagaraju, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, India |
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| Symposium Organisers |
No. |
Symposium Titles |
| J. Nagaraju & H.A. Ranganath (India) |
7.2 |
Insect genetics |
| K. Mita (Japan) & J. Nagaraju (India) |
7.3 |
Insect genomics |
| Chris Klingenberg (UK) & James S. Patterson (UK) |
7.4 |
Insect morphometrics |
| Steve Sinkins (UK) |
7.7 |
Wolbachia endosymbionts in invertebrates |
| SECTION 8 |
INSECT PATHOLOGY |
| Convenors |
Justin Hatting, ARC-Small Grain Institute, RSA
Patricia Stock, University of Arizona, USA |
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| Symposium Organisers |
No. |
Symposium Titles |
| Sean Moore (RSA) |
8.1 |
Success and failure of microbial control products and businesses: determining factors |
| Eda Reinot (USA) |
8.2 |
Biopesticides: development, formulations, applications |
| Jørgen Eilenberg (Denmark) & Patricia Stock (USA) |
8.5 |
Ecology of insect host-pathogen interactions |
| Trevor Jackson (New Zealand) |
8.6 |
Microbial control of concealed and soil-dwelling pests |
| Sarjeet Gill (USA) |
8.7 |
Microbes: pathogenicity and host interactions |
| SECTION 9 |
MEDICAL & VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY |
| Convenors |
Maureen Coetzee, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, RSA
Theuns C. van der Linde, University of the Free State, RSA
Willem Takken, Wageningen University, The Netherlands |
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| Symposium Organisers |
No. |
Symposium Titles |
| John Hargrove (RSA) & Rajinder Saini (Kenya) |
9.1 |
African Trypanosomiasis |
| Richard Hunt (RSA) & John Githure (Kenya) |
9.2 |
Malaria in Africa - ecology and control of vectors |
| Bart Knols (The Netherlands) |
9.3 |
Novel control strategies |
| Hilary Ranson (UK) & Lizette Koekemoer (RSA) |
9.4 |
Insecticide resistance in vectors |
| Larry Zweibel (USA) & Alan Clements (UK) |
9.5 |
Olfaction and physiology |
| Abdalla Latif (RSA) & Ahmed Hassanali (Kenya) |
9.6 |
Ticks and tick-borne diseases |
| Theuns van der Linde (RSA) & Gail Anderson (Canada) |
9.7 |
Forensic entomology |
| Wayne Hunter (USA) & George Christophides (UK) |
9.8 |
Genetics, bio-informatics and genomics |
| Mustapha Debboun (USA) & Rajendra Maharaj (RSA) |
9.9 |
Global repellent research |
| Willem Takken (The Netherlands) & Tom Scott (USA) |
9.10 |
Emerging vector-borne diseases |
| SECTION 10 |
REPRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT |
| Convenors |
Lynn Riddiford, University of Washington, USA
Klaus Hoffmann, University of Bayreuth, Germany |
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| Symposium Organisers |
No. |
Symposium Titles |
| Marek Jindra (Czech Republic) |
10.1 |
From embryo to metamorphosis: genes of insect development |
| Lynn Riddiford (USA), Klaus Hoffmann (Germany), Jozef van den Broeck (Belgium) & Hans Ferenz (Germany) |
10.4a
10.4b |
Hormonal control of development and reproduction:
Insulin signalling and development
(Neuro) hormonal control of reproduction |
| Goggy Davidowitz (USA), Elizabeth Jockusch (USA) & Lisa Nagy (USA) |
10.6 |
Evolution and development of integrated phenotypes |
| Francesco Pennacchio (Italy) & Michael Strand (USA) |
10.7 |
Developmental strategies in parasitoids |
| SECTION 11 |
PHYSIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY |
| Convenors |
Frances Duncan, University of the Witwatersrand, RSA
Laura Fielden, Truman State University, USA |
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| Symposium Organisers |
No. |
Symposium Titles |
| Thorsten Burmester (Germany) & Stefan Hetz (Germany) |
11.1 |
It's not the heat - it's the humidity? Challenges and tradeoffs in insect respiration
(Continued on Monday pm) |
| Gerd Gäde (RSA) |
11.2 |
Regulation of metabolism, growth, development and reproduction: from molecule to organismal research
(Continued on Tuesday pm) |
| Jadwiga Giebultowicz (USA) & David Denlinger (USA) |
11.3 |
Biological clocks: from genes to physiology and behaviour |
| Wolfram Kutch (Germany) |
11.4 |
Insect flight: new traits |
| Andrew Li (USA) & Glen Needham (USA) |
11.5 |
New approaches toward understanding vector physiology and control |
| William Symondson (UK) |
11.7 |
Trophic interactions using molecular approaches |
| Maciej Pszczolkowski (USA) & Sonny Ramaswamy (USA) |
11.8 |
Juvenile hormone in adult physiology and behaviour: the roads less travelled |
| SECTION 12 |
BEHAVIOUR AND NEUROBIOLOGY |
| Convenors |
James W. Truman, University of Washington, USA
Giovanni Galizia, Universität Konstanz, Germany |
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| Symposium Organisers |
No. |
Symposium Titles |
| Wolfgang Blenau (Germany), Arnd Baumann (Germany) & Patricia Pietrantonio (USA) |
12.1 |
Signalling by G Protein-coupled receptors in arthropods |
| Silke Sachse (Germany) & Mattias Larsson (Sweden) |
12.2 |
Neurobiology of sensory systems |
| Mike Adams (USA) & Sabine Kreissl (Germany) |
12.3 |
Peptides and behaviour |
| Friedrich Barth (Austria) |
12.4 |
Stingless bees |
| Greg Holwell (Australia) |
12.6 |
Behaviour and evolution of Mantodea |
| Ian Meinertzhagen (Canada) |
12.7 |
Neural circuits in the insect brain |
| SECTION 13 |
SOCIAL INSECTS |
| Convenors |
Robin Crewe, University of Pretoria, RSA
Theresa Wossler, University of Stellenbosch, RSA
Klaus Hartfelder, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil |
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| Symposium Organisers |
No. |
Symposium Titles |
| Vivienne Uys (RSA), Paul Eggleton (UK) & Jo Darlington (UK) |
13.1a
13.1b |
Termite phylogeny and nest structure:
Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny
Nest structure, ventilation and homeostasis |
| David Nash (Denmark) & Koos Boomsma (Denmark) |
13.2 |
Cooperation and conflict in insect societies: novel concepts and newly discovered mechanisms |
| Michael Schwarz (Australia) |
13.3 |
Origins and losses of sociality: new insights that address big questions |
| Andy Suarez (USA) & Theresa Wossler (RSA) |
13.4 |
The biology of a global invader: the Argentine ant |
| Gro Amdam (USA/Norway) |
13.5 |
Endocrine and genetic network regulation of social life histories |
| Robin Moritz (Germany) & Theresa Wossler (RSA) |
13.6 |
Genes and pheromones: the molecular basis of social parasitism in insect societies |
| Asha Rao (USA) & Bradleigh Vinson (USA) |
13.7 |
Current advances in ant physiology and behaviour |
| Duur Aanen (The Netherlands) |
13.8 |
Social insects and their symbionts: from mutualism to parasitism |
| Theo Evans (Australia) |
13.9 |
Termites as beneficial insects |
| Ed Vargo (USA) & Claudia Husseneder (USA) |
13.10 |
Breeding systems in social insects: causes and consequences of within colony genetic diversity |
| SECTION 14 |
SYSTEMATICS, PHYLOGENY & ZOOGEOGRAPHY |
| Convenors |
Martin Villet, Rhodes University, RSA
Chris Simon, University of Connecticut, USA |
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| Symposium Organisers |
No. |
Symposium Titles |
| John La Salle (Australia) |
14.1 |
New technologies and global initiatives in arthropod systematics
(Continued on Monday pm) |
| Thomas Pape (Denmark) |
14.2 |
Names and naming in Entomology |
| Jim Whitfield (USA) |
14.3 |
Ancient rapid radiations in insects: strategies and prospects for resolution |
| Mikhail Mostovski (RSA) |
14.4 |
Insects in palaeoenvironments |
| Mike Picker (RSA) & Jeyaraney Kathirithamby (UK) |
14.6a
14.6b |
Enigmatic Orders:
Mantophasmatodea advances and controversies - 7 years after the discovery
Biodiversity and systematics of Strepsiptera |
| Mike Sharkey (USA) |
14.7 |
Hymenoptera: assembling the tree of life
(Continued on Thursday pm) |
| Thomas Simonsen (Canada), Akito Kawahara (USA) & Charles Mitter (USA) |
14.8 |
Lepidoptera phylogeny and evolution
(Continued on Friday pm) |
| SECTION 15 |
CONSERVATION, BIODIVERSITY & CLIMATE CHANGE |
| Convenors |
Michael Samways, University of Stellenbosch, RSA
Tim New, La Trobe University, Australia |
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| Symposium Organisers |
No. |
Symposium Titles |
| Sacha Spector (USA) |
15.1 |
Insect species conservation |
| Sujaya Rao (USA) |
15.2 |
The pollinator crisis: native bees in native habitats and agricultural landscapes |
| Tim New (Australia) & Michael Samways (RSA) |
15.3 |
Insect conservation in practice
(Continued on Wednesday am) |
| Mattias Jonsson (New Zealand) & Marco Jacometti (New Zealand) |
15.4 |
Insects and ecosystem services |
| SECTION 16 |
INVASIVE SPECIES |
| Convenors |
Helen Roy, CEH Monks Wood, UK
Marc Kenis, CABI Europe, Switzerland
Julie Coetzee, Rhodes University, RSA |
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| Symposium Organisers |
No. |
Symposium Titles |
| Franz Bigler (Switzerland) & Joop van Lenteren (The Netherlands) |
16.1 |
Environmental benefits and risks of biological control |
| Remy Ware (UK) & Helen Roy (UK) |
16.2 |
Harmonia axyridis: a model invasive insect |
| Alain Roques (France) & Andrea Battisti (Italy) |
16.3 |
Insect invasions and climate change |
| Marc Kenis (Switzerland) & Sandy Smith (Canada) |
16.4 |
Ecological impact of invasive insects |
| Craig Phillips (New Zealand) & James Ridsdill-Smith (Australia) |
16.5 |
Defending national and internal borders against invasive insects
(Continued on Thursday pm) |
| Michael Schauff (USA) & Michael Gates (USA) |
16.7 |
Global impact of invasive Hymenoptera |
| Julie Coetzee (RSA) |
16.8 |
Insect invasions in Africa |
| Julie Coetzee (RSA) & Martin Hill (RSA) |
16.9 |
Insects as weed biological control agents |
| SECTION 17 |
INSECT PLANT INTERACTIONS |
| Convenors |
Peter Price, Northern Arizona University, USA
Ingrid Nanni, South African Biodiversity Institute, RSA
John Donaldson, South African National Biodiversity Institute, RSA |
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| Symposium Organisers |
No. |
Symposium Titles |
| Teja Tscharntke (Germany) & Jason Tylianakis (New Zealand) |
17.1 |
Multitrophic-level interactions under climate change |
| Netta Dorchin (USA) & Joseph Shorthouse (Canada) |
17.2 |
Gall inducing insects
(Continued on Monday pm) |
| Steve Johnson(RSA), Rob Raguso (USA) & Sue Nicolson (RSA) |
17.3 |
Floral rewards and advertising
(Continued on Tuesday pm) |
| Philippe Giordanengo (France), Yvan Pelletier (Canada) & Charles Vincent (Canada) |
17.4 |
Insects of solanaceous crops |
| Joe Bailey (USA) & Jennifer Schweitzer (USA) |
17.5 |
Ecological and evolutionary consequences of insect plant interactions: a genes to ecosystems approach |
| Myron Zalucki (Australia) |
17.6 |
Traversing a treacherous landscape: caterpillar movement and behaviour on whole plants at multiple scales |
| Wilson Fernandez (Brazil) |
17.8 |
Comparison of tropical and temperate plant-insect interactions |
| SECTION 18 |
SPECIAL ISSUES |
| Convenors |
Vivienne Uys, Plant Protection Research Institute, RSA |
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| Symposium Organisers |
No. |
Symposium Titles |
| Marcel Dicke (The Netherlands) & Arnold van Huis (The Netherlands) |
18.1 |
Insects and society |
| Jacques Brodeur (Canada) & Joop van Lenteren (The Netherlands) |
18.3 |
What are ecology's contributions to biological control and vice versa? |
| Michael Schmitt (Germany) & Beth Grobbelaar (RSA) |
18.4 |
Biology of the Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) |
| Dawid Jacobs (RSA) & Ernst Heiss (Austria) |
18.5 |
The true bugs (Heteroptera) with emphasis on the Afrotropical fauna
(Continued on Thursday pm) |
| Jan-Hendrik Venter (RSA) |
18.6 |
Developing sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) capacity in Africa |
| Des Conlong (RSA) & Norman Leppla (USA) |
18.7 |
Education and training in rearing insects for private and public ventures |
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| Fabian Haas (Kenya) & Bernhard Löhr (Germany) |
W18.1 |
Invasive species, biological control and the Convention on Biological Diversity |
