Scientific Program for ICE 2012
(February 14, 2012)

1. 1. Systematics, Phylogeny and Zoogeography
2. 2. Morphology and Ultrastructure
3. 3. Insect Immunology, Physiology and Neurobiology
4. 4. Development and Reproduction
5. 5. Genetics, Genomics and Evolutionary Entomology
6. 6. Behavior and Chemical Ecology
7. 7. Insect related Interactions at a Multi-trophic Ecosystem
8. 8. Pesticides, GM Crops, Resistance and Toxicology
9. 9. Conservation, Biodiversity and Climate Change
10. 10. Integrated Pest Management
11. 11. Insect Biological Control
12. 12. Urban, Stored Product and Post Harvest Entomology
13. 13. Medical & Veterinary Entomology
14. 14. Invasive Species and Quarantine
15. 15. Acarology
16. 16. Social Insects
17. 17. Special Issues

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1. Systematics, Phylogeny and Zoogeography

Dr. Ho-Yeon Han, Yonsei University, Korea (E-mail: hyhan@yonsei.ac.kr )

Dr. John Heraty, University of California, Riverside, USA (E-mail: john.heraty@ucr.edu)

• 1-1. Globalized insect taxonomy in the 21st century: current accomplishments, future prospects
  • Organizers :
    • Matthew Buffington, USA (matt.buffington@ars.usda.gov)
    • John LaSalle, Australia (John.Lasalle@csiro.au)
  • Tentative titles and speakers :
    • 1) Collaborative Databasing of Bee Collections Within a Global Informatics Network John Ascher, John Pickering, and Doug Yanega (ascher@amnh.org)
    • 2) Towards the insect tree of life: addressing incomplete identification in mined data D Chesters, AR LUO, CD ZHU (dc.1984@yahoo.co.uk)
    • 3) New standards in ant taxonomy Brian L Fisher, Alex Smith, Phil S Ward (bfisher@calacademy.org)
    • 4) LepBase: Mobilizing data on butterflies and moths in a community architecture I.J. Kitching, T.J. Simonsen, C.H.C. Lyal & A. Hine (i.kitching@nhm.ac.uk)
    • 5) Advanced phenomics in support of taxonomy John La Salle, Paul Jackway, Chuong Nguyen & David Lovell (john.lasalle@csiro.au)
    • 6) CyberCicadas and WWWasps: Utilising innovative digitisation technologies in collection management and delivery Beth Mantle and Nicole Fisher (Beth.Mantle@csiro.au)
    • 7) Dipterorum - a global nomenclatural platform for the taxonomy of flies Thomas Pape & Chris Thompson (tpape@snm.ku.dk)
    • 8) Viewing specimen data through the prism of collecting events: expanding the utility and resolution of the traditional collection database Andrew Short (aezshort@ku.edu)
    • 9) Scratchpads - progress and prospects: the first five years of running a data-publishing framework for biodiversity researchers Smith, V.S., Rycroft, S.D., Brake, I., Baker, E., Scott, B., Livermore, L., Roberts, D. (vince@vsmith.info)
    • 10) Remote microscopy: a success story in Australian and New Zealand plant biosecurity Michael Thompson (Michael.Thompson@csiro.au)
    • 11) PBI and beyond: databasing and the heteropteran community C. Weirauch & R. T. Schuh (christiane.weirauch@ucr.edu)
    • 12) Cybertaxonomy of species rich clades using character matrices as data repositories and natural language parsing for rapid publication of species descriptions Shaun Winterton (wintertonshaun@gmail.com)
    • 13) An integration of cryobanking and web-based image recognition systems for systematic studies and curation Tsai J.M. (1); Yeh W.B.(2); Fu Y.S. (3); Chan M.L. (4); YANG M.M. (mmyang@dragon.nchu.edu.tw)
    • 14) Virtual Taxonomy Laboratory Networking for Sustainable Agriculture in China CD ZHU, John La Salle, DS WANG (zhucd2005@gmail.com)
    • 15) Global Genome Initiative: Building a synoptic collection of earth’s genomic resource Sean Brady (BRADYS@si.edu)
    • 16) Changing the way we describe biodiversity Andrew R. Deans, Matthew J. Yoder, James P. Balhoff, István Mikó, Katja C. Seltmann, Matthew Bertone (ardeans@ncsu.edu)
    • 17) An integrated toolkit for future taxonomy Norman F. Johnson (johnson.2@osu.edu)
    • 18) ZooBank – the story so far… Andrew Polaszek (A.Polaszek@nhm.ac.uk)

    • 19) From field to screen and beyond: new methods for the collection, curation, and illustration of parasitic Hymenoptera (Insecta) Matthew Buffington & Michael Gates (matt.buffington@ars.usda.gov)

• 1-2. Dates and rates: diversification and dating methods and their applications to entomology
  • Organizers :
    • Sean Brady, Smithsonian Institution, USA (BRADYS@si.edu)
    • Jessica L. Ware, Rutgers University, USA (jware42@andromeda.rutgers.edu)
  • Tentative titles and speakers:
    • 1) Sources of error and uncertainty in divergence dating
      Sean Brady, Smithsonian Institution, USA (BRADYS@si.edu )
    • 2) Divergence dating in dragonflies
      Seth Bybee, Brigham Young University, USA (seth.bybee@gmail.com)
    • 3) Divergence dating in bees (Apidae)
      Sophie Cardinal, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Canada (scc44@cornell.edu)
    • 4) Divergence dating in caddisflies
      Marianne Espeland, Harvard University, Sweden (Marianne.Espeland@nrm.se)
    • 5) Divergence dating in bees (Megachilidae)
      Jesse Litman, Cornell University, USA (jrl72@cornell.edu)
    • 6) Divergence dating in fig wasps
      Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre d'Orlean, France (Carlos.lopez-vaamonde@orleans.inra.fr)
    • 7) Diversification rates in beetles
      Duane McKenna, University of Memphis, USA (dmckenna@memphis.edu)
    • 8) Divergence dating and diversification rates in ants
      Corrie Moreau, Field Museum, USA (cmoreau@fieldmuseum.org)
    • 9) Diversification rates methodology and case studies from ants and bees
      Marcio Pie, Universidade Federal do Paran?, Brazil (marcio.pie@gmail.com)
    • 10) Divergence dating and diversification rates in ants (Cephalotes) Shauna Price, UCLA, USA (slprice@ucla.edu)
    • 11) Divergence dating in Orthoptera
      Hojun Song, University of Central Florida, USA (song@ucf.edu)
    • 12) Divergence dating in dragonflies
      Jessica Ware, Rutgers University, USA (jware42@andromeda.rutgers.edu)
    • 13) Divergence dating and diversification rates in Neuropterida
      Shaun Winterton, California State Collection of Arthropods, USA (wintertonshaun@gmail.com)
    • 14. Divergence Times in Mantodea
      Gavin Svensson, Clevland, Ohio State Museum, USA (gavin.svenson@gmail.com)
    • 15. Lepidoptera dating
      Akito Kawahara, University of Souther Florida, USA (kawahara@flmnh.ufl.edu)
• 1-3. Biogeography: challenges to a biological synthesis
  • Organizers :
    • Kipling (Kip) Will, USA (kipwill@berkeley.edu)
    • Eduardo A. B. Almeida, Brazil (eduardo@ffclrp.usp.br)
  • Tentative titles and speakers:
    • 1) Challenges of interpreting biogeographic histories of diverse insect taxa using event-based methods
      Eduardo A.B. Almeida, Universidade de Sao Paulo (eduardo@ffclrp.usp.br)
    • 2) One of the many faces of the Neotropical forests: connections with the Oriental region
      Dalton Anorim, Universidade de Sao Paulo (dsamorim@usp.br)
    • 3) Interplay of species interactions and geography in shaping Australia's biota: the case study of land bugs and seed plant interactions in Australia
      Gerry Cassis, University of New South Wales (e-mail)
    • 4) How area taxonomy will unify biogeography and turn it into big science
      Malte Ebach, University of New South Wales (mcebach@unsw.edu.au)
    • 5) A History of Biogeographical Regionalization in Australia
      Malte Ebach, University of New South Wales (mcebach@unsw.edu.au)
    • 6) Diversification of Caribbean and Neotropical mainland entimine weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae): untangling the effects of host plants and biogeography
      Nico Franz, Arizona State University (nico.franz@upr.edu)
    • 7) Local variation, species, and biogeography of New Zealand Beetles: Challenges and Solutions
      Richard Leschen, Landcare, New Zealand (e-mail)
    • 8) Biogeography (and evolution) at the Mexican transition zone
      Juan Morrone, UNAM, Mexico (juanmorrone2001@yahoo.com.mx)
    • 9) Biogeography of Patagonian Carabidae: distribution, endemicity, diversity and historical patterns
      Sergio Roig, IADIZA, Mendoza (e-mail)
    • 10) Evolutionary and biogeographic patterns in African and Madagascan dung beetles
      Catherine Sole, University of Pretoria (e-mail)
    • 11) The fossils within: use of nuclear mitochondrial pseudogenes to understand historical biogeography
      Hojun Song, University of Central Florida (e-mail)
    • 12) The interface of biogeography and phylogeography in dune restricted insects in North America
      Matthew VanDam, UC, Berkeley (e-mail)
    • 13) The wings of butterflies: active dispersal through time or passive movements?
      Niklas Wahlberg, University of Turku, Filand (niklas.wahlberg@utu.fi)
    • 14) Large-scale biogeography of Carabid beetles using phylobetadiversity methods
      Kipling Will, UC, Berkeley, USA (kipwill@berkeley.edu)
    • 15) Austral biogeography: Goodbye Gondwana, Hello to the Moa Buoyancy Hypothesis
      David Yeates, CSIRO, Australia (David.Yeates@csiro.au)
• 1-4. Phylogenomics and the evolution of insects
  • Organizers :
    • Brian Wiegmann, Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, USA (bwiegman@ncsu.edu)
  • Tentative titles and speakers:
    • 1) Keynote Address: Phylogenomic Distribution and Functions of DNA Methylation in Insect Genomes
      Soojin Yi, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA, USA (e-mail)
    • 2). Insect diversification through time: a phylogenomic approach
      Christopher Wheat, University of Helsinki, Department of Biosciences, Finland (e-mail)
    • 3) Can phylogenomic studies tell us the evolution of insects?
      Sabrina Simon, Stiftung Tierarztliche Hochschule Hannover, ITZ, Ecology & Evolution, Hannover, Germany (e-mail)
    • 4) Transcriptomics and the phylogeny of phytophagan beetles
      Duanne McKenna, Biological Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis TN, USA (e-mail)
    • 5) Recovering the evolution of flies: contributions from phylogenomics
      Michelle Trautwein, Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC, USA (e-mail)
  • Invited Speakers Pending:
    • Alfried Vogler (NHM London)
    • Antonis Rokas (Vanderbilt, TN USA)
    • Bernard Misof (Bonn, Germany)
    • Heather Hines (NCSU, North Carolina USA)
• 1-5. Phylogeny and evolution of the Coleoptera
  • Organizers :
    • Kojun Kanda, Oregon State University, USA (kandak@science.oregonstate.edu)
  • Tentative titles and speakers:
    • 1) Molecular phylogeny of Adephaga
      David R. Maddison, Oregon State University - Zoology Department, USA (david.maddison@science.oregonstate.edu)
    • 2) Phytophaga or beetle genomics
      Duane D. McKenna, University of Memphis, USA (dmckenna@memphis.edu)
    • 3) Molecular phylogeny of Tenebrionoidea
      Kojun Kanda, Oregon State University - Zoology Department, USA (kandak@science.oregonstate.edu)
    • 4) Tenebrionoidea/Cucujoidea
      Richard Leschen, Landcare Research, New Zealand (leschenr@landcareresearch.co.nz )
    • 5) Hydrophiloidea
      Andrew Short, University of Kansas, USA (aezshort@ku.edu)
    • 6) Coleoptera nomenclature
      Patrice Bouchard, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada (Patrice.Bouchard@AGR.GC.CA)
    • 7) Curculionoidea
      Adriana E. Marvaldi, Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de Zonas Aridas, Argentina (marvaldi@mendoza-conicet.gov.ar)
    • 8) Molecular phylogeny of Coleoptera
      Alex Wild, University of Illinois, USA (alexwild@illinois.edu)
    • 9) Morphological phylogeny of Coleoptera
      Ainsley Seago, CSIRO, Australia (Ainsley.Seago@csiro.au)
    • 10) Cucujoidea
      Joseph V. McHugh, University of Georgia, USA (mchugh.jv@gmail.com)
    • 11) Phylogeny of Cerylonid series of Cucujoidea
      James A. Robertson, University of Arizona (erotylid@gmail.com)
• 1-6. Evolution of the Aculeata and the rise of Eusociality
  • Tentative Titles and Speakers:
    • 1) Ropaldia or Polistes sociality
      Koji Tsuchida, Gifu University, Japan
    • 2) TBA
      Miriam Richards, Brock University, Canada
    • 3) Phylogeny and macroevolution of colletid bees (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)
      Eduardo Almeida, University of Sao Paolo, Brazil
    • 4) A single origin of morphological castes in a bee subfamily, despite ancient preadaptations to eusociality
      Sandra Rehan, University Pennsylvania, USA
    • 5) Phylogeny and social evolution of the Halictidae
      Jason Gibbs, Cornell University, USA
    • 6) TBA
      Sean Brady, AMNH
    • 7) Nestmate and kin recognition in Manuelia species on the context of evolution of sociality in Xylocopinae
      Luis Flores-Prado, UMCS, Chile
    • 8) Evolution of socially parasitic ants
      Riitta Savolainen, University of Helsinki, Finland
    • 9) Phylogenetics of sociality in thrips – a comparison to the Aculeata
      Michael McLeish, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, China
    • 10) Radiation of the allodapine bees since the Eocene
      Luke Chenoweth, Flinders University, Australia
    • 11) Radiation of colletid bees in Australia
      Pelin Kayaalp, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
    • 12) Radiation of bees in the South West Pacific - dispersals and rapid radiations
      Scott Groom, Flinders University, Australia
    • 13) Circadian rhythms and the evolution of facultatively social halictid bees
      Simon Tierney, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama
• 1-7. Phylogeny and Evolution of the Lepidoptera
  • Organizers :
    • Soowon Cho, Korea (chosoowon@gmail.com)
    • Akito Y Kawahara, USA (kawahara@flmnh.ufl.edu)
    • Thomas J. Simonsen, England (t.simonsen@nhm.ac.uk)
  • Tentative titles and speakers:
    • 1) Lepidoptera phylogeny: history, characters. Keynote speaker Niels P. Kristensen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (npkristensen@snm.ku.dk)
    • 2) Larval trunk evolution in primitive Lepidoptera Steen DuPont, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (SDupont@snm.ku.dk)
    • 3) Lepidoptera phylogeny Andreas Zwick, State Museum of Natural History, Stuttgart, Germany (zwick.smns@naturkundemuseum-bw.de)
    • 4) Lepidoptera phylogeny Marko Mutanen, Zoological Museum, University of Oulu, Finland (marko.mutanen@oulu.fi)
    • 5) Lower Lepidoptera Donald Davis, Smithsonian Institution, USA (davisd@si.edu)
    • 6) Micropterigidae David Lees, INRA, France (dclees@gmail.com)
    • 7) Higher classification of Hepialoidea Thomas J. Simonsen, Natural History Museum, London, UK (t.simonsen@nhm.ac.uk)
    • 8) Nepticuloidea Erik Nieukerken, National Museum of Natural History. Leiden, Netherlands (Erik.vanNieukerken@ncbnaturalis.nl)
    • 9) Tischeriidae – Jadranka Rota, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, (jrota@snm.ku.dk)
    • 10) Phylogenetic relationships of Gelechiidae Lepidoptera –Sang-Mi Lee, Arizona State Univ., USA (microlepi@hotmail.com)
    • 11) Lecithoceridae Kyu-Tek Park, Kangwon National University, Korea (ktpark02@gmail.com)
    • 12) Cosmopterigidae: Hyposmocoma Daniel Rubinoff, University of Hawaii, USA (rubinoff@hawaii.edu)
    • 13) Phylogeny of tineid moths from Eastern Asia based on molecular data and morphological characters Guo-Hua Huang, Harvard University, USA (tineidaehgh@gmail.com)
    • 14) Tortricoidea Richard Brown, Mississippi State Univ., USA (RBrown@entomology.msstate.edu)
    • 15) Ypnomeutoidea Jae-Cheon Sohn, University of Maryland, USA (jsohn@umd.edu)
    • 16) Gracillariidae – higher-level – Akito Y. Kawahara, University of Florida, USA (kawahara@flmnh.ufl.edu)
    • 17) Evolution of pollination behavior and mutualism in Epicephala (Gracillariidae) Atsushi Kawakita, Kyoto University, Japan (kawakita@ecology.kyoto-u.ac.jp)
    • 18) Gracillariidae, Phyllonorycter Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde, INRA, France (Carlos.Lopez-Vaamonde@orleans.inra.fr)
    • 19) The genetics of host shifting in a leaf-mining moth Acrocercops transecta (Gracillariidae) -Issei Ohshima, National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan (issei@nibb.ac.jp)
    • 20) Pyraloidea Shen-Horn Yen, National Sun Yat-sen Univ., Taiwan (shenhornyen@mail.nsysu.edu.tw)
    • 21) Noctuoidea Susan Weller, University of Minnesota (welle008@umn.edu)
    • 22) Phylogenetic and comparative studies of tiger moths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) Jennifer Zaspel, University of Wisconsin (zaspelj@uwosh.edu)
    • 23) Geometridae Satoshi Yamamoto, Kyoto University (s_yamamoto@terra.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp)
    • 24) Butterflies – Niklas Wahlberg, University of Turku, Finland (niklas.wahlberg@utu.fi)
    • 25) Papilionoidae Felix Sperling, University of Alberta, Canada (felix.sperling@ualberta.ca)
    • 26) Nymphalidae Giovanny Fagua, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia (fagua@javeriana.edu.co)
    • 27) Nymphalidae Andre Freitas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil, (baku@unicamp.br)
• 1-8. Phylogeny and evolution of the Diptera
  • Organizers :
    • Brian Wiegmann, USA (bwiegman@ncsu.edu)
    • David Yeates, Australia (David.Yeates@csiro.au)
  • Tentative Titles and Speakers:
    • 1) Keynote Address - The FLYTREE of lIfe: Resolution and radiation of higher-level fly phylogeny
      Brian Wiegmann
    • 2) The FLYTREE morphology: A new phylogenetic estimate from exemplar based analysis across the order
      David Yeates
    • 3) Reciprocal illumination between morphology and molecules in basal Diptera phylogeny
      Dalton Amorim
    • 4) A supermatrix analysis of the lower Brachyera
      Michelle Trautwein
    • 5) Phylogenetics and biodiversity of therevoid flies
      Shaun Winterton
    • 6) Higher flies fly high - mitogenomics of Schizophora through Next Generation Sequencing
      Ana Carolina Martins Junqueira
    • 7) Molecular phylogenetics and diversification of schizophoran Diptera
      Isaac Winkler
    • 8) Outgroup relationships, basal phylogeny and classification of the family Tephritidae
      Ho-Yeon Han
    • 9) The trouble with rapidly diversifying Neotropical lineages: Can the current Pipunculidae classification be incorporated into new phylogenetic hypotheses?
      Jeffrey Skevington
    • 10) Multispecies interactions and cophylogenesis in the Fergusoninidae
      Sonja Scheffer
    • 11) Explosive Radiation of Parasitoid Flies: Phylogeny and Evolution of Tachinidae
      John Stireman
• 1-9. Phylogeny and evolution of the Paraneoptera
  • Organizers :
    • Christiane Weirauch, USA (christiane.weirauch@ucr.edu)
    • Jason Cryan, USA (JCRYAN@MAIL.NYSED.GOV)
    • Kevin Johnson, USA (kjohnson@inhs.uiuc.edu)
  • Tentative titles and speakers:
    • 1) Morphological homologies across Paraneoptera and the evolution of GC content in Psocodea
      Kazunori Yoshizawa, Hokkaido University, Japan (psocid@res.agr.hokudai.ac.jp)
    • 2) EST phylogeny of Paraneoptera
      Joseph Hughes, University of Glasgow, UK (j.hughes@bio.gla.ac.uk)
    • 3) Mitochondrial genomics of Paraneoptera
      Steve Cameron, Queensland University of Technology, Australia (sl.cameron@qut.edu.au)
    • 4) Molecular dating of the age of lice
      Vince Smith, Natural History Museum, U.K. (v.smith@nhm.ac.uk)
    • 5) Phylogeny of lice and phylogenomics using next generation genomic sequencing
      Kevin Johnson, Illinois Natural History Survey, USA (kjohnson@inhs.illinois.edu)
    • 6) Phylogenetics of Thysanoptera
      Rebecca Buckman, Brigham Young University, USA (rsbuckman@gmail.com)
    • 7) Phylogeny of Sternorrhyncha
      Nate Hardy, University of New Mexico, USA (nbhardy@gmail.com)
    • 8) Phylogeny and evolution of Aphidini (Sternorrhyncha)
      Hyojoong Kim, EWHA Womans University, Korea (aphid@ewha.ac.kr)
    • 9) Phylogeny of Hemiptera with emphasis on Auchenorrhyncha
      Jason Cryan, New York State Museum, USA (jcryan@MAIL.NYSED.GOV)
    • 10) Hemiptera and fossils
      Jacek Szwed, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland (szwedo@miiz.waw.pl)
    • 11) Phylogeny of Coleorrhyncha
      Daniel Burckhardt, Naturhistorisches Museum, Switzerland (Daniel.Burckhardt@unibas.ch)
    • 12) Molecular systematics in Heteroptera
      Wenjun Bu, Nankai University, China (wenjunbu@nankai.edu.cn)
    • 13) Phylogeny of Heteroptera - combined morphological and molecular perspective
      Christiane Weirauch & Randall Schu, University of California, Riverside, USA (christiane.weirauch@ucr.edu)
    • 14) Dating, feeding habits, and ancestral state reconstructions: evolution of Cimicomorpha (Heteroptera)
      Sunghoon Jung, University of California, Riverside, (sunghoon.jung@ucr.edu)
    • 15) Host-symbiont co-speciation in Hemiptera-Heteroptera
      Takahiro Hosokawa, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan (th-hosokawa@aist.go.jp)
• 1-10. From fossils to molecules: evolution of the stick and leaf Insects
  • Organizers :
    • Sven Bradler, Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen, Germany (sbradle@gwdg.de)
    • Thomas Buckley, Landcare Research, New Zealand (BuckleyT@landcareresearch.co.nz)
  • Tentative titles and speakers:
    • 1) Homologies in stick-insect wing venation and taxonomic implications
      Olivier Bethoux, France (obethoux@yahoo.fr)
    • 2) The phasmatodean tree of life: progress and enigmas
      Sven Bradler, Johann-Friedrich-Blumenbach-Institut fur Zoologie und Anthropologie, Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen, Germany (sbradle@gwdg.de)
    • Phylogeny and Genome Evolution in the New Zealand Stick Insects (Phasmatodea) Thomas R. Buckley^1,2,3, Luke Dunning^1,2,3, Alice Dennis^1,3, Shelley Myers^1,2,3, Geoffrey Thomson^1,2,3, and Sven Bradler4 (buckleyt@landcareresearch.co.nz); ^1, Landcare Research, Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand; ^2, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand; ^3, Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, New Zealand; ^4, Johann-Friedrich-Blumenbach-Institut für Zoologie und Anthropologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Berliner Strasse 28, 37073 Göttingen, Germany.
    • 4) The sperm structure of phasmatodea (Insecta): morphological diversity and phylogenetic significance
      Marco Gottardo^*, University of Siena, Italy (gottardo@unisi.it)
      Romano Dallai, University of Siena, Italy
    • 5) Molecular phylogeny of stick insects based on mitochondrial genome
      Natuo Komoto^*, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan (natuo@affrc.go.jp)
      Kenji Yukuhiro
      Shuichiro Tomita
    • 6) Speciation through clasper divergence in the New Zealand stick insect genus Clitarchus
      Shelley Myers^*, Landcare Research, New Zealand (MyersS@landcareresearch.co.nz)
      Thomas R. Buckley
    • 7) Genomic divergence during Timema stick insect speciation
      Patrik Nosil, University of Boulder, USA (patrik.nosil@colorado.edu)
    • 8) The unusual reticulated evolution of the Iberian and North African stick insects
      Marco Passamonti, University of Bologna, Italy (marco.passamonti@unibo.it)
    • 9) Phylogeny of Phasmatodea: evolution of egg laying techniques and co-evolution between ants and stick insects
      James A. Robertson, University of Arizona, USA (erotylid@gmail.com)
      Michael F. Whiting, Brigham Young University, USA
    • 10) Onset, evolution and outcomes of parthenogenesis in the Circummediterranean stick insects.
      Valerio Scali, University of Bologna, Italy (valerio.scali@unibo.it)
    • 11) Paleobiology of fossil stick- and leaf insects.
      Sonja Wedmann*,– Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Germany (Sonja.Wedmann@senckenberg.de)
      Sven Bradler, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
    • 12) Stick insects and webspinners are sister taxa: Morphological evidence
      Benjamin Wipfler*, Rolf G. Beutel, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany (bwipfle@gwdg.de)
• 1-11. Biology of Chrysomelidae
  • Organizers :
    • Michael Schmitt, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitaet, Germany (michael.schmitt@uni-greifswald.de)
    • Jong Eun Lee, Andong National University, Korea (jelee@andong.ac.kr)
  • Tentative Titles and Speakers:
    • 1) Diversity of Monolepta and related groups in South-East Asia
      Thomas Wagner, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany (thwagner@uni-koblenz.de)
    • 2) Checklist of the chrysomelids of the State of Morelos, Mexico
      Armando Burgos, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas de la UAEM, Mexico, (burgos@cib.uaem.mx)
    • 3) TBA
      Caroline S. Chaboo, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA (cschaboo@ku.edu)
    • 4) Preliminary report on a new project of the Alticinae of Oaxaca, Mexico
      David Furth, Mexico (furthd@si.edu)
    • 5) TBA
      Gael J. Kergoat, France (kergoat@supagro.inra.fr)
    • 6) TBA
      Jacques Pasteels, jmpastee@ulb.ac.be
    • 7) TBA
      Daniel J. Funk, Vanderbilt University, USA (daniel.j.funk@vanderbilt.edu)
    • 8) Ginkgo phytophaga
      Pierre Jolivet, France (timarcha@club-internet.fr)
    • 9) Cassidine phylogeny and evolution or the higher-level phylogeny of Chrysomeloidea
      Duane D. McKenna, University of Memphis, USA (dmckenna@memphis.edu)
    • 10) TBA
      Laura Rocha Prado, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil (laurarochaprado@gmail.com)
    • 11) Notes on the ecology of rolled leaf miners (Chrysomelidae: Hispinae) of Costa Rica
      Michael Schmitt, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitaet, Germany
      (michael.schmitt@uni-greifswald.de)
    • 12) TBA
      Don Windsor, windsord@si.edu
• 1-12. Origin and early splits of hexapods
  • Organizers :
    • Gunther Pass, Austria (guenther.pass@univie.ac.at)
    • Berhard Misof, Germany (b.misof.zfmk@uni-bonn.de)
    • Ryuichiro Machida, Japan (machida@sugadaira.tsukuba.ac.jp)
  • Tentative Titles and Speakers:
    • 1) Introduction: Dividing light from the darkness
      Guenther Pass, University Vienna, Austria (guenther.pass@univie.ac.at)
    • 2) Origin of views on origin of hexapods
      Nils Peder Kristensen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (NPKristensen@snm.ku.dk)
    • 3) Exploring morphological variation in apterygotes: consequences of taxon sampling on ancestral character state reconstructions
      Markus Koch, University of Bonn, Germany (mkoch@evolution.uni-bonn.de)
    • 4) Reevaluating Entognatha: is there a single root for hidden teeth?
      Nikola Szuscich, University of Vienna, Austria (nikola.szucsich@univie.ac.at)
    • 5) Early splitting of Hexapoda reviewed from the comparative embryology
      Ryuichiro Machida, University of Tsukuba, Japan (machida@sugadaira.tsukuba.ac.jp)
    • 6) Entognathy formations of three entognathan constituents, Protura, Collembola and Diplura.
      Shigekazu Tomizuka, Kaoru Sekiya, Makiko Fukui and Ryuichiro Machida, University of Tsukuba, Japan (s-tomi@sugadaira.tsukuba.ac.jp)
    • 7) The phylogenetic studies of basal hexapods based on different molecular markers.
      Yunxia Luan, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, PR China (luanyunxia@gmail.com)
    • 8) Can we ever hope for a robust backbone tree of hexapods ?
      Bernhard Misof, Zoologisches Forschungmuseum A. Koenig, Bonn, Germany (b.misof.zfmk@uni-bonn.de)/li>
    • 9) Basal hexapod relationships based on phylogenomic data: challenges and pitfalls
      Karen Meusemann & Bernhard Misof, Zoologisches Forschungmuseum A. Koenig, Bonn, Germany (mail@karen-meusemann.de)
    • 10) Resolving the phylogeny of non-endopterygote Hexapoda
      Andreas Zwick, Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, Germany (andreas.zwick@smns-bw.de), Hong Zhao & Jerome C. Regier, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute,U.S.A. (regier@umd.edu)
    • 11) Hexapod phylogeny based on nuclear DNA-encoded protein sequences
      Michael Schmitt, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitaet, Germany
      Zhi-Hui Su, JT Biohistory Research Hall, Osaka, Japan (su.zhihui@brh.co.jp)
• 1-13. Marine Insects: systematics, ecology, phylogeny and zoogeography
  • Organizers :
    • Kee-Jeong Ahn, Chungnam National University, Korea (kjahn@cnu.ac.kr)
    • Lanna Cheng, University of California, San Diego, USA (lcheng@ucsd.edu)
  • Tentative titles and speakers:
    • 1) Introductory remarks - Marine entomology, then and now
      Lanna Cheng, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, USA (lcheng@ucsd.edu)
    • 2) Distribution of the ocean-skater Halobates sericeus (Heteroptera: Gerridae) and paleo-oceanography
      Sarah Leo^*, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (ssleo@ualberta.ca)
      Lanna Cheng, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, USA (lcheng@ucsd.edu)
      Felix Sperling, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (felix.sperling@ualberta.ca)
    • 3) Temperature tolerance of oceanic sea skaters, Halobates (Heteroptera; Gerridae), and ocean dynamics
      Tetsuo Harada, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan (haratets@kochi-u.ac.jp)
    • 4) Ecology of three endangered sea skaters in Japan
      Terumi Ikawa, Morioka College, Iwate, Japan (trmi@pop02.odn.ne.jp)
    • 5) Molecular phylogeny of marine midges (Diptera: Chironomidae)
      Peter S. Cranston, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia (pscranston@gmail.com)
    • 6) Live with the rhythm of the tides: Genetics and evolution of local adaptations in adult emergence time in the marine midge Clunio marinus (Diptera: Chironomidae)
      Tobias Kaiser, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany (tobias.kaiser@univie.ac.at)
    • 7) A marine insect that counts - Mechanism of Circa-semilunar emergence rhythm of Pontomyia oceana (Diptera: Chironomidae)
      Keryea Soong^*, National Sun Yet Sun University, Taiwan (keryea@gmail.com)
      In-how Chang
      Yi-Jen Lee
    • 8) Zoogeography of coastal marine Staphylinidae (Coleoptera)
      Howard Frank^*, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA (jhfrank@ufl.edu)
      Kee-Jeong Ahn, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea (kjahn@cnu.ac.kr)
    • 9) Preliminary findings into the morphology and systematics of Onciderini (Cerambycidae: Lamiinae)
      Eugenio Nearns, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (gino@nearns.com)
    • 10) Molecular phylogeny and coastal habitat evolution of the genus Aleochara (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
      Jeong-Hun Song^*, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea (mong8@naver.com)
      Kee-Jeong Ahn, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea (kjahn@cnu.ac.kr)
    • 11) Histeridae, Salpingidae and Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera) on seashore of Japan
      Masahiro Ohara, Hokkaido University Museum, Sapporo, Japan (ohara@museum.hokudai.ac.jp)
    • 12) Concluding remarks
      Kee-Jeong Ahn, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea (kjahn@cnu.ac.kr)
• 1-14. Systematics, biogeography and ecology of Cerambycidae and Buprestidae
  • Organizers :
    • Qiao Wang, Massey University, New Zealand (Wang@massey.ac.nz)
    • Steve Lingafelter, USDA, USA (steve.lingafelter@ars.usda.gov)
  • Tentative Titles and Speakers:
    • 1) Volatile pheromones of longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
      Ann Ray, Xavier University, USA (raya6@xavier.edu)
    • 2) Observational notes on the endophallus of Cerambycidae: Comparing everted and non-everted conditions
      Junsuke Yamasako, Ehime University, Japan (mesoxxmesosa@hotmail.com)
      Nobuo Ohbayashi, Tokyo, Japan
    • 3) Cerambycidae of Brazilian Tropical Savanna: Diversity and endemism
      Marcela Monné, Museu Nacional, Brazil (mlmonne@uol.com.br)
    • 4) The Longhorned beetles of the Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
      Miguel Monné, Museu Nacional, Brazil (monne@uol.com.br)
    • 5) Cerambycidae of Bolivia (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
      Steven Lingafelter, USDA, USA (steve.lingafelter@ars.usda.gov)
      James Wappes, USA
    • 6) Cerambycidae of North Vietnam (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
      Eduard Vives, Barcelona, Spain (eduard_vives@hotmail.com)
      Steven Lingafelter, USA
      Pham Hong Thai, Vietnam
    • 7) Phylogenetic insight into the hyperdiverse genus Agrilus Curtis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
      Lourdes Chamorro, USDA, USA (Lourdes.Chamorro@ars.usda.gov)
      Eduard Jendek, CFIA, Canada
    • 8) Diversity and taxonomic review of the genus Agrilus in Korea (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
      Jun-Gu Lee, Chungnam National University, Korea (jg-lee@nate.com)
    • 9) Current Status and Management of Exotic Buprestidae and Cerambycidae in the United States
      Robert Haack, U. S. Forest Service Northern Research Station, USA (rhaack@fs.fed.us)
    • 10) Concluding remarks
      Qiao Wang, Massey University, New Zealand (Wang@massey.ac.nz)
      Steven Lingafelter, USDA, Washington, DC, USA
• 1-15. Biological transitions in the Hymenoptera: a phylogenetic approach
  • Organizers :
    • Andy Austin, Australia
    • John Heraty, University of California at Riverside, USA (john.heraty@ucr.edu)
  • Tentative titles and speakers
    • 1) Introductory Remarks
      • Andy Austin, University of Adelaide, Australia (andy.austin@adelaide.edu.au)
    • 2) Phylogeny of the Hymenoptera: latest results and implications
      • Mike Sharkey, University of Kentucky (msharkey@uky.edu)
    • 3) Phylogeny of the Chalcidoidea: latest results and implications
      • John Heraty, UC Riverside (john.heraty@ucr.edu)
    • 4) Phylogeny of the aculeate Hymneoptera: latest results and implications
      • Denis Brothers, University of Kwazulu-Natal (brothers@ukzn.ac.za)
    • 5) Evolution of the hymenopteran ovipositor system: implications for host exploitation
      • Don Quicke, Imperial College, Silwood Park (d.quicke@imperial.ac.uk)
    • 6) Evolution of endoparasitism: stradegies for dealing with the host milieu
      • Mike Strand, University of Georgia (mrstrand@uga.edu)
    • 7) Host switching as biological transitions among parasitoids: exploiting spiders as a resource
      • Andy Austin, University of Adelaide (andy.austin@adelaide.edu.au)
    • 8) Evolution of sex determination and endosymbionts in the Hymenoptera
      • Leo Beukeboom, University of Groningen (l.w.beukeboom@rug.nl)
    • 9) Evolution of pollen feeding and secondary phytophagy among the Hymenoptera
      • Astrid Cruaud, University of California, Riverside (cruaud@supagro.inra.fr)
    • 10) The rise of ants: Evolutionary transitions among different habitat strata
      • Andrea Lucky, North Carolina State University, USA (alucky.ncsu@gmail.com)
• 1-16. Aphid systematic and evolution : systematic, ecology, phylogeny and zoogeography
  • Organizers:
    • Seunghwan Lee, Seoul National University, Korea (seung@snu.ac.kr)
    • Robert Foottit, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada (Robert.Foottit@AGR.GC.CA)
  • Tentative titles and speakers:
    • 1) Evolution of asexuality in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphum pisum
      Shin-ichi Akimoto, Hokkaido University, Japan (akimoto@res.agr.hokudai.ac.kr)
    • 2) Macroevolutionary Patterns in the Aphidini aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
      Hyojoong Kim, Ewha Womans University, Korea (e-mail)
      Seunghwan Lee, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (seung@snu.ac.kr)
    • 3) Barcoding aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
      Wonhoon Lee, Hokkaido University, Japan (e-mail)
      Robert G. Foottit, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada (Robert.Foottit@AGR.GC.CA)
      Seunghwan Lee, Seoul National University, Korea (seung@snu.ac.kr)
    • 4) Biogeography and speciation of aphids (Mindarinae?)
      Hwang, Xiao-Lei, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (qiaogx@ioz.ac.cn)
      Qiao, Ge-Xia, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (qiaogx@ioz.ac.cn )
    • 5) Evolution and Behavior adaptation of gall making aphids (from Japan or China)
    • 6) Molecular phylogeny of major branches in the superfamily Aphidoidea (?)
    • 7) Phylogeny of Cinara (Lachninae)
    • 8) Aphids and Symbioent (?)

2. Morphology and Ultrastructure

Dr. R.A. Steinbrecht, Max Planck Institut (MPI) fur Verhaltensphysiologie, Germany (E-mail: asd@orn.mpg.de)

Dr. Myungjin Moon, Dankook University, Korea (E-mail: moonmj@dankook.ac.kr)

• 2-1. Reproductive Systems
• 2-2. Insect Neuroendocrine Systems: Morphology and Function
• 2-3. The Insect Antenna: A Multimodal Sensory Organ
• 2-4. Spiracular Mechanisms: Ultrastructure and Physiology
• 2-5. Feeding and Mouthparts
• 2-6. Locomotor Systems: Functional Morphology
• 2-7. The Insect Brain
• 2-8. Insects - The Most Successful Crayfish on Land
• (Comparative Microanatomy and Phylogenetics)
• 2-9. Insect flight and migration: aerial performance in a changing world
  • • Organizers :
      • Robert Dudley, University of Californai, Berkeley, USA (wings@berkeley.edu)
      • Jason Chapman, Rothamsted Research, UK (jason.chapman@bbsrc.ac.uk)
    • Speakers :
      • 1) Robert Dudley and Steve Yanoviak (spyanoviak@ualr.edu)
      • 2) Sanjay Sane(sane@ncbs.res.in) and Tom Daniel (danielt@u.washington.edu)
      • 3) Michael Dickinson (flyman@caltech.edu)
      • 4) Hao Liu (hliu@faculty.chiba-u.jp)
      • 5) Mao Sun (m.sun@263.net)
      • 6) Ty Hedrick (thedrick@bio.unc.edu)
      • 7) Graham Taylor (graham.taylor@zoo.ox.ac.uk)
      • 8) Richard Bomphrey (richard.bomphrey@zoo.ox.ac.uk)
      • 9) Jason Chapman
      • 10) Steve Reppert
      • 11) Greg Sword
      • 12) Constanti Stefanescu
      • 13) Alistair Drake
      • 14) Akira Otuka
      • 15) Hongqiang Feng
• 2-10. Mechanisms of regulation of growth rate and shape in insects
  • Organizers :
    • Jon Harrison, Arizona State University, USA (j.harrison@asu.edu)
  • Tentative titles and speakers:
    • 1) Regulation of organ allometry in Drosophila
      • Alex Shingleton, Michigan State University, USA
    • 2) Systems integration and the regulation of insect size
      • Fred Nijhout, Duke University, USA
    • 3) Mechanisms and evolution of nutrient-dependent horn allometry in beetles
      • Douglas Emlen, University of Montana, USA
    • 4) Mechanisms for oxygen-regulation of insect body size
      • John Harrison, Arizona State University, USA
    • 5) Interactions between ecdysone and nutrition-dependent development
      • Christen Mirth, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, Portugal (christen@igc.gulbenkian.pt)
    • 6) Molecular mechanisms of organ growth control
      • Konrad Basler, Univ. of Zurich
    • 7) Interactions between insulin and steroid signaling in the control of growth and size in Drosophila
      • Pierre Leopold, Institute of Developmental Biology and Cancer, France
    • 8) Starvation regulation of insulin signaling and growth in Bombyx
      • Sheng Li, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
    • 9) Evolution of sexual size dimorphism in insects
      • R. Craig Stillwell, University of Houston, USA
    • 10) Evolution and development of beetle horns
      • Armin Moczek, Indiana Molecular Biology Institute, USA

3. Insect Immunology, Physiology and Neurobiology

Dr. Yonggyun Kim, Andong National University, Korea (E-mail: hosanna@andong.ac.kr)

Dr. Michael Kanost, Kansas State University, USA (E-mail: kanost@ksu.edu)

• 3-1. Hemolymph protein in immune
  • Organizers :
    • Mike Kanost, Kansas State University, USA (kanost@ksu.edu)
    • Bok Luel Lee, Pusan National University, Korea (brlee@psu.ac.kr)
  • Tentative titles and speakers:
    • 1) TBA (30 min.)
      • Bok Luel Lee, Pusan National University, Korea (brlee@psu.ac.kr)
    • 2) TBA (30 min.)
      • Yoshinobu Nakanishi, Kanazawa University, Japan
    • 3) TBA (30 min.)
      • Shoichiro Kurata, Tohoku University, Japan
    • 4) TBA (30 min.)
      • Kenneth Soderhall, Uppsala University, Sweden
    • 5) TBA (30 min.)
      • In-Hee Lee, Hoseo University, Korea
    • 6) TBA (30 min.)
      • Michael Kanost, Kansas State University, USA (kanost@ksu.edu)
• 3-2. Immune mediators and cross-talk
  • Organizers :
    • David Stanley, University of Missouri, USA (stanleyd@missouri.edu)
    • Yonggyun Kim, Andong National University, Korea (hosanna@andong.ac.kr)
  • Tentative titles and speakers:
    • 1) Probing the insect immune system with the insect pathogen Photorhabdus (15 min.)
      • Richard Ffrench-Constant, University of Exeter, UK (R.Ffrench-Constant@exeter.ac.uk)
    • 2) Deploying the mosquito IMD pathway in the war against malaria (15 min.)
      • George Dimopoulos, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, USA
    • 3) Biological functions of insect cytokine growth-blocking peptide (GBP) (15 min.)
      • Yoichi Hayakawa, Saga University, Japan (hayakayo@cc.saga-u.ac.jp)
    • 4) Drosophila immune responses against entomopathogenic nematodes (15 min.)
      • Ulrich Theopold, Stockholm University, Sweden (uli@molbio.su.se)
    • 5) Functional amyloids in insect immune response (15 min.)
      • Franscesco Pennacchio, University of Napoli, Italy
    • 6) Relationship between Drosophila prophenoloxidase structure and enzyme activity (15 min.)
      • Ling Erjun, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, China
    • 7) Is lebocin-like protein an antibacterial peptide that specifically functions in the midgut of Spodoptera litura? (15 min.)
      • Qili Feng, South China Normal University, China
    • 8) TBA (30 min.)
      • Norman Ratcliffe, Swansea University, UK (n.a.ratcliffe@swan.ac.uk)
    • 9) Parasitic wasp symbiotic viruses against host immune response (15 min)
      • Jean-Michel Drezen, Directeur de Recherche CNRS, France
    • 10) Both biogenic monoamine and PSP activate hemocyte-spreading via eicosanoids (15 min.)
      • Yonggyun Kim, Andong National University, Korea (hosanna@andong.ac.kr)
• 3-3. Ecological immunity
  • Organizers :
    • Jens Rolff (jor@sheffield.ac.uk)
    • Michael Siva-Jothy (m.siva-jothy@sheffield.ac.uk)
• 3-4. Integrative nutrition: from physiology to ecology and beyond
  • Organizers :
    • Spencer T. Behmer, Texas A&M University, USA
    • Kwang Pum Lee, Seoul National University, Korea (kwanglee@snu.ac.kr)
    • Stephen J. Simpson, Sydney University, Australia
  • Speakers :
    • David Raubenheimer (Massey University, New Zealand) – Keynote speaker
    • Mattew Piper (University College London, UK)
    • Hubi Amerein (Texas A&M University, USA)
    • Lindsay Gray (University of Sydney, Australia)
    • Mike Pankratz (University of Bonn, Germany)
    • Spence Behmer (Texas A&M University, USA)
    • Audrey Dussutour (Univeriste Paul Sabatier, France)
    • Geraldine Wright (Newcastle University, UK)
    • Fiona Clissold (University of Sydney, Australia)
    • Fleur Ponton (University of Sydney, Australia)
    • Shawn Wilder (University of Sydney, Australia)
    • Mathieu Lihoreau (University of Sydney, Australia)
    • Kwang Pum Lee (Seoul National University, Republic of Korea)
    • Rebecca Clark (TexasA &M University, USA)
    • Tony Joern (Kansas State University, USA)
    • Jerome Casas (Universite de Tours, France)
    • Heiko Vogel (Max Planck Institute of Chemical Ecology, Germany)
    • David Giron (Universite de Tours, France)
    • Arianne J. Cease (Arizona State University, USA)
    • Christelle Robert (University of Neuchatel, Switzerland)
• 3-5. The role of immunity in host-pathogen interactions
  • Organizers :
    • Sussan Asgari, University of Queensland, Australia (s.asgari@uq.edu.au)
    • Tentative titles and speakers:
      • 1) Evolutionary plasticity of insect immunity (30 min) Andreas Vilcinskas, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Denmark
      • 2) Virulence factors produced by pathogens provide important insights into the function of the insect immune system (30 min) Mike Strand, University of Georgia, USA
      • 3) Infection-induced physiological interaction between the mosquito circulatory and immune systems (15 min) Julian Hillyer, Vanderbilt University, USA
      • 4) The impact of isoprenoid precursors released by parasites and pathogens on the immune response in Drosophila and Anopheles (15 min) Ingrid Faye, Stockholm University, Sweden
      • 5) The endosymbiont Wolbachia as an extension of the host antiviral immune system(15 min) Karyn Johnson, University of Queensland, Australia
      • 6) Mosquito immunity to human pathogens George Dimopoulos, Johns Hopkins University, USA
      • 7) Biochemical characterization of host-immune related molecules by infection of pathogenic or symbiotic bacteria into the hemimetabolous insect, Riptortus pedestris(15 min) Bok Luel Lee, Pusan National University, Korea
      • 8) Bacterial flagellin as an initiator of insect immune responses (15 min) Stuart Reynolds, University of Bath, UK
• 3-6. Neuropeptides and GPCRs
  • Organizers :
    • Youngjoon Kim, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea (yjkim108@gmail.com)
    • Speakers :
      • 1) Yamanaka Naoki, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology & Development, University of Minnesota, USA (yamanaka_naoki@hotmail.com)
      • 2) Ping Shen, Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, USA (pshen@cb.uga.edu)
      • 3) Dusan Zitnan, Institute of Zoology, Slovakia Academy of Sciences, Slovakia (dusan.zitnan@savba.sk)
      • 4) Jan Veenstra, Laboratoire de Neuroendocrinologie des Insectes Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)/Universite Bordeaux I Avenue des Facultes, France (j.veenstra@Inc.u-bordeaux1.fr)
      • 5) Subba Reddy Palli, Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, USA (rpalli@uky.edu)
      • 6) Shengli Li, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (shengli@sippe.ac.cn)
      • 7) Ryusuke Niwa, Initiative for the Promotion of Young Scientists' Independent Research, University of Tsukuba, Japan (ryusuke-niwa@umin.ac.jp)
      • 8) Young-Joon Kim, School of Life Sciences, Gwang-Ju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea (kimyj@gist.ac.kr)
      • 9) Liliane Schoofs, Research group of Functional Genomics and proteomics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (Liliane.Schoofs@bio.kuleuven.be)
      • 10) Wolfgang Blenau, Goethe-Universitat, Germany
• 3-7. Neuroendocrine system in control of physiology
  • Organizers :
    • Yoonseung Park, Kansas State University, USA (ypark@ksu.edu)
    • Patricia Pietrantonio, Texas A&M University, USA (p_pietrantonio@tamu.edu)
    • Speakers :
      • 1) Michael Adams, Univ California, Riverside, USA
      • 2) Neil Audsley, The Food and Environment Research Agency, UK
      • 3) Willi Honegger, Vanderbilt University, USA
      • 4) Angela Lange, Univ Toronto, Canada
      • 5) Bin Li, Nanjing Normal University, China
      • 6) Ian Ochard, University of Toronto, Canada
      • 7) Yoonseong Park, Kansas State University, USA
      • 8) David Schooley, University of Nevada, USA
      • 9) Qisheng Song, University of Missouri, USA
      • 10) Yashiaki Tanaka, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan
• 3-8. Insect sensory neurobiology
  • Organizers :
    • Hyung Wook Kwon, Seoul National University, Korea (biomodeling@snu.ac.kr)
    • Walton Jones (Walton@jonelab.org)
  • Tentative titles and speakers:
    • 1) TBA
      • Brian Smith, Arizona State University, USA
    • 2) TBA
      • Walter Leal, University of California at Davis, USA
    • 3) Behavioral representation of odor information in the Drosophila brain
      • Bill Hansson, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany
    • 4) From sensory receptors to functional neural networks: Constructing and deconstructing olfactory circuits in Drosophila
      • Pelin Volkan, Duke University, USA
    • 5) Encoding and processing of olfactory information in neural circuits
      • Silke Sache, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany
    • 6) Odors in the insect brain: how fast can a bee smell?
      • Giovanni Galizia, University of Konstanz, Germany
    • 7) TBA
      • Aki Ejima, Kyoto University, Japan
    • 8) TBA
      • Marcus Stensmyr, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany
    • 9) TBA
      • Hugh Robertson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
    • 10) Optophysiological approaches to olfactory signal transduction and odor processing in larval Drosophila
      • Andre Fiala, University of Goettingen, Germany
    • 11) TBA
      • Walton Johns, KAIST, Korea
    • 12) TBA
      • Hyung-Wook Kwon, Seoul National University, Korea
• 3-9. Insect Cuticle
  • Organizers :
    • Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan, Kansas State University, USA (smk@ksu.edu)
  • Tentative titles and speakers :
    • 1) Epidermal cell and cuticle Bernard Moussian, University of Tubingen
    • 2) Cuticular hydrocarbon synthesis Rene Feyereisen, INRA, Centre de Sophia, France
    • 3) Cuticular hydrocarbons and behavior in social insects Judith Korb, University of Osnabrueck
    • 4) Insect cuticular proteins Mike Kanost, Kansas State University, USA
    • 5) Laccase activation in ecdysis process Tsunaki Asano, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
    • 6) Yellow-e protein cuticle Yasuyuki Arakane, Chonnam National University, Korea
    • 7) Evolution and development of color patterns Ryo Futahashi, AIST, Japan
    • 8) Wing melanization patterns Teruyuki Niimi, Nagoya University, Japan
    • 9) Chitin binding proteins S. Muthukrishnan, Kasas State University, USA
    • 10) Chitin inhibitors Hans Merzendorfer, University of Osnabrueck
• 3-10. Salivary proteins
  • Organizers :
    • Jose M. C. Ribeiro (jribeiro@niaid.nih.gov)
• 3-11. Brain science in insects
  • Organizers :
    • Nicholas Strausfeld (flybrain@neurobio.arizona.edu)
    • Alexander Steinbrecht (asd@orn.mpg.de)

4. Development and Reproduction

Dr. Hideharu Numata, Kyoto University, Japan (E-mail: numata@ethol.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp)

Dr. Frantisek Sehnal, Biology Centre, ASCR, Czech Republic (E-mail: sehnal@bc.cas.cz)

• 4-1. From embryo to metamorphosis: Genes for insect development
  • Organizers :
    • Sumihare Noji, Tokushima University, Japan (noji@bio.tokushima-u.ac.jp)
    • Antonia Monteiro, Yale University, USA (antonia.monteiro@yale.edu)
• 4-2. Neuropeptides in insect development and reproduction
  • Organizers :
    • Klaus H. Hoffmann, Bayreuth University, Germany (Klaus.Hoffmann@uni-bayreuth.de)
    • Liesbeth Badisco, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium (liesbeth.badisco@bio.kuleuven.be)
  • Tentative titles and speakers :
    • 1) Modifying insect physiology as a pest control strategy Neil Audsley, UK (neil.audsley@fera.gsi.gov.uk)
    • 2) Neurohormonal control of desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) reproductive physiology Liesbeth Badisco, Belgium (liesbeth.badisco@bio.kuleuven.be)
    • 3) An RNAi approach to understanding regulators of juvenile hormone biosynthesis William G. Bendena, Canada (bendenaw@queensu.ca)
    • 4) The potential for disrupting pupal diapauses in Heliothis/Helicoverpa with diapauses hormone Dave Delinger, USA (denlinger.1@osu.edu)
    • 5) Juvenile hormone titer and allatoregulating neuropeptides in wood-feeding cockroaches and primitive termites Klaus Hoffmann, Germany (klaus.hoffmann@uni-bayreuth.de)
    • 6) Elaboration of the allatotropin pathway in insects Roger Huybrechts, Belgium (roger.huybrechts@bio.kuleuven.be)
    • 7) Epigenetic regulation of locust phase polymorphism Elwyn Isaac, UK (r.e.isaac@leeds.ac.uk)
    • 8) Neuropeptides and the control of reproductive tissue Angela Lange, Canada (angela.lange@utoronto.ca)
    • 9) RNAi technology reveals the roles of G-protein coupled receptors in moth reproductive behavior Ada Rafaeli, Israel (vtada@volcani.agri.gov.il)
    • 10) The influence of the male sex peptide on sleep and wakeful activity in post-mated females of Drosophila melanogaster and other Drosophila species Schoofs Liliane, Belgium (liliane.schoofs@bio.kuleuven.be)
    • 11) Peptide regulation of feeding, digestion, locomotion and reproduction in Periplaneta Americana Makio Takeda, Japan (mtakeda@kobe-u.ac.jp)
    • 12) Neuroparsin Jan A. Veenstra, France (j.veenstra@cnic.u-bordeaux1.fr)
    • 13) Neuropeptides regulating feeding and reproduction in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria Pieter van Wielendaele, Belgium (pieter.vanwielendaele@bio.kuleuven.be)
    • 14) ETH signaling and activity of the corpora allata Dusan Zitnan, Slovakia (dusan.zitnan@savba.sk)
• 4-3. Hormonal Control of Development
  • Organizers :
    • Marek Jindra, Biology Centre Acad. Sci., Czech Rep. (jindra@entu.cas.cz)
    • Tetsuro Shinoda, NIAS, Japan (shinoda@affrc.go.jp)
• 4-4. Evolution and Development of Integrated Phenotypes
  • Organizers :
    • Pavel Tomancak, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany (tomancak@mpi-cbg.de)
    • Christine K. Mirth, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, Portugal (christen@igc.gulbenkian.pt)
• 4-5. Molecular Aspects of Insect Reproduction
  • Organizers :
    • Klaus Hartfelder, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil (klaus@fmrp.usp.br)
    • Maria Dolors Piulachs, CSIC, Spain (mdolors.piulachs@ibe.upf-csic.es)
    • Halyna R. Shcherbata, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics and Chemistry, Germany (halyna.shcherbata@mpibpc.mpg.de)
  • Tentative titles and speakers
    • 1) TBA
      Alexander Raikhel
    • 2) The Hippo pathway in oogenesis of Blattella germanica
      Dolors Piulachs
    • 3) Micro RNAs in the control the differential development of Apis mellifera
      Zilá Luz Paulino Simões
    • 4) Insulin, JH and 20E cross-talk to regulate female reproduction in the red flour
      beetle
      Subramanyan R. Palli and Jinjing Xu
    • 5) Insulin signaling: A tangled web controlling reproduction, immunity and aging in the mosquito
      Michael A. Riehle
    • 6) Dead upon dengue infection
      Margareth L. Capurro- Guimarães
    • 7) Lygus bugs - reproduction/transcriptome/hormonal regulation
      Colin Brent
    • 8) Coupling of reproduction with wing polymorphism in the brown planthopper - other than ordinary cockroach vitellogenin story
      Makio Takeda
    • 9) A developmental approach to the evolution of a reproductive fitness trait in Drosophila
      Cassandra Extravour
    • 10) Steroids and miRNAs cooperate in regulation of the stem cell niche
      Halyna Shcherbata
    • 11) Signalling and extracellular matrix in a stem cell niche
      Acaimo Gonzalez-Reyes
    • 12) Border cell migration and follicle cell specification in the ovary and the roles
      integrins play in these processes
      Maria D. Martin-Bermudo
    • 13) Signaling, miRNAs and developmental switches in the follicular epithelium
      Wu-Min Deng
    • 14) A brain-gland-gonad axis is required for niche formation, germ line stem cell establishment and the initiation of oogenesis in Drosophila
      Lilach Gilboa
    • 15) Signalling in the somatic and germline niches of the fly testis
      Christian Boekel
    • 16) TBA
      Erika Matunis
    • 17) Transcriptional control of ovary size - cell death in the ovary of honey bee worker larvae
      Klaus Hartfelder
• 4-6. Photoperiodic Induction of Diapause and Seasonal Morphs
  • Organizers :
    • Shin G. Goto, Osaka City University, Japan (shingoto@sci.osaka-cu.ac.jp)
    • Jim Hardie, Imperial College, UK (j.hardie@imperial.ac.uk)
• 4-7. New Complexities in the Regulation of Insect Diapause and Cold Hardiness
  • Organizers :
    • Kyeong-Yeoll Lee, Kyungpook National University, Korea (leeky@knu.ac.kr)
    • David L. Denlinger, Ohio State University, USA (denlinger.1@osu.edu)

5. Genetics, Genomics and Evolutionary Entomology

Dr. Yong-ping Huang, Shanghai Center for Biological Sciences, CAS Shanghai, China (E-mail: yphuang@sibs.ac.cn)

Dr. Kostas Bourtzis, University of Ioannina, Greece (E-mail: kbourtz@uoi.gr)

• 5-1. Insect genomics based on insect species
  • Organizers :
    • Susan Brown, Kansas State University, USA (sjbrown@ksu.edu)
    • Owain Edwards, CSIRO, Australia (Owain.Edwards@csiro.au)
• 5-2. Genomics and functional genomics of non-Diptera insects
  • Organizers :
    • John Werren, USA (werr@mail.rochester.edu)
    • Stephen Richards, USA (stephenr@bcm.edu)
  • Tentative titles and speakers :
    • 1) Functional genomics of the migratory locust
      Li Kang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
    • 2) Comparative genomics of ants
      Juergen Gadau, Arizona State University, USA
    • 3) Comparative methylomics of wild and domestic silkworms
      Wen Wang, Kunming Institute of Zoology, China
    • 4) The 5000 insect genomes (i5K) project
      Richard Stephens, USA
    • 5) What nasonia genomes reveal about adaptation & Speciation?
      Jack Werren, University of Rochester, USA (werr@mail.rochester.edu)
    • 6) The genomics of an adaptive radiation-raciation, speciation, and mimicry in Heliconius butterflies
      Owen McMillan, STRI, Panama
    • 7) The spider mite genome
      Grbic Miodrag, University of Western Ontario, Canada
    • 8) Microbial lateral gene transfers in arthropod genomes
      Dave Wheeler, University of Rochester, USA
    • 9) What genomes tell us about the evolution of arthropod development?
      Nipam Patel, University of California Berkeley, USA
    • 10) Biological implications of the aphid genome
      Denis Tagu, INRA, France (denis.tagu@rennes.inra.fr)
    • 11) Epigenetics of aphids
      Owain Edwards, CELS, Australia
    • 12) The arthopod genomics revolution
      Xin Zhou, BGI, China (xinzhou@genomics.org.cn)
    • 13) The evolution of odorant receptors
      Hugh Robertson, University of Illinois, USA
    • 14) Genomics and sociality
      Michael Goodisman, USA
    • 15) Regulation of immune genes in silkmoths: From transcriptomes to individual genes
      J. Nagarju, Center DNA Fingerp. & Diagnostics, India
    • 16) The diversity of social insect genomes
      Li Cai, BGI, China
• 5-3 Genomics and functional genomics of non-Drosophilid Diptera insects
  • Organizers :
    • Charalambos (Babis) Savakis, Greece (Savakis@fleming.gr)
    • Giuliano Gasperi, Italy (gasperi@unipv.it)
• 5-4. Evolutionary genomics of social behavior
  • Organizers :
    • Christina Grozinger, The Pennsylvannia State University, USA (cmgrozinger@psu.edu)
  • Tentative titles and speakers :
    • 1) Comparative genomics of solitary/social bees, Gene Robinson, USA
    • 2) Genomics of social behavior in slime molds Joan Strassmann, USA
    • 3) Comparative genomics of ants Juergen Gadau, USA
    • 4) Comparative genomics of pheromone communication Christina Grozinger, USA
    • 5) Genomics of reproductive groundplan in social insects Gro Amdam, USA/Norway
    • 6) Epigenetics of caste differentiation in honey bees,Ryzard Maleska, Australia
    • 7) Epigenetics across species (Nasonia, ants, bees)Soojin Yi, USA
    • 8) Genomics of wasp social behavior (and epigenetics)Amy Toth, USA
    • 9) Bumble bee genomics Paul Schmid-Hempel, Switzerland
    • 10) Genomics of social aphids Denis Tagu, FranceA
    • 11) Genomics of social behavior in migratory locusts Le Kang, China
    • 12) Termite genomics Judith Korb, Germany
    • 13) Genomics of facultatively social behavior in Halictid bees Sarah Kocher, USA
    • 14) Genomics of social behavior in fire ants John Wang, Taiwan
    • 15) Genomics of pheromone communication in honey bees Osnat Malka, Israel
• 5-5. Insect transgenics: techniques and applications
  • Organizers :
    • Antony James, University of California Irvine, USA (aajames@uci.edu)
    • Alfred M. Handler, USDA ARS, USA (Al.Handler@ARS.USDA.GOV)
      Anjiang Tan, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, China (tananjiang@sippe.ac.cn)
  • Tentative titles and speakers :
    • 1) Transposon structure and function in multiple eukaryotic systems [keynote talk, 30 min]
      Peter Atkinson, University of California Riverside, USA (peter.atkinson@ucr.edu)
    • 2) Transposon-based forward-genetic analysis of Anopheles mosquitoes
      David O’Brochta, University of Maryland, USA (dobrocht@umd.edu)
    • 3) Transgenic silkworms for analysis of gene function and productions of recombinant protein
      Hideki Sezutsu, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan (hsezutsu@affrc.go.jp)
    • 4) Transgenic approach in genetic control of the lepidopteran insects, Bombyx mori and Ostrinia furnacalis
      Anjiang Tan, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, China (tananjiang@sippe.ac.cn)
    • 5) Site-specific recombination for transgene targeting in tephritid genomes
      Marc F. Schetelig, USDA ARS, USA (mfas@me.com)
    • 6) Genetic control of vector-borne pathogens
      Anthony A. James, University of California Irvine, USA (aajames@uci.edu)
    • 7) Using targeted mutagenesis to decode mosquito host-seeking behavior [keynote talk, 30 min.]
      Matt DeGennaro, The Rockefeller University, USA (mdegennaro@rockefeller.edu)
    • 8) Targeted mutagenesis in the silkworm, Bombyx mori, using zinc finger nuclease mRNA injection
      Michael Zurovec, Biology Centre of the ASCR, Czech Republic (zurovec@entu.cas.cz)
    • 9) Development of RIDL and fsRIDL in vector mosquitoes [keynote talk, 30 min.]
      Luke Alphey, UK (Luke.Alphey@oxitec.com)
    • 10) Development of "male-only" strains of the New World screwworm fly, Cochliomyia hominivorax
      Max Scott, North Carolina State University, USA (max_scott@ncsu.edu)
    • 11) A transgene-based maternally-driven RNAi leading to male-only progeny in the Mediterranean fruitfly Ceratitis capitata
      Giuseppe Saccone, Università degli Studi di Napoli, Italy (giuseppe.saccone@unina.it)
    • 12) First and second generation paratransgenesis for control of vector-borne diseases [keynote talk, 30 min]
      Ravi Durvasula, University of New Mexico, USA (Ravi.Durvasula@va.gov)
    • 13) Genetic engineering of bacteria from vector mosquitoes to prevent Plasmodium transmission: promises and challenges
      Marcelo Jacobs Lorena, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
      USA (mlorena@jhsph.edu)
    • 14) Paratransgenesis to control the transmission of malaria
      David Lampe, Duquesne University, USA (lampe@duq.edu)
    • 15) TBA
    • 16) TBA
• 5-6. Advances in symbiosis
  • Organizers :
    • Heike Feldhaar, Bayreuth University, Germany (Heike.Feldhaar@Biologie.Uni-Osnabrueck.DE)
    • Boaz Yuval, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (yuval@agri.huji.ac.il)
  • Tentative titles and speakers
    • 1) Symbiotic microorganisms: Arbiters of insect physiology
      Angela Douglas, Cornell University, USA (aes326@cornell.edu)
    • 2) Symbiont-mediated body colour change in aphids
      Tsotomu Tsuchida, Toyama University, Japan (tsuchida@ctg.u-toyama.ac.jp)
    • 3) Microbe-modulated multi-trophic interactions
      Yasmin Cardoza, North Carolina State University, USA (yjcardoz@ncsu.edu)
    • 4) Evolution of symbiont-mediated antibiotic defense in solitary wasps
      Martin Kaltenpoch, Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany (mkaltenpoth@ice.mpg.de)
    • 5) Symbiont-mediated pesticide resistance
      Yoshitomo Kikuchi, AIST Hokkaido, Japan (y-kikuchi@aist.go.jp)
    • 6) The role of the innate immune system of the ant Camponotus floridanus in regulation and maintenance of its endosymbiont Blochmannia
      Heike Feldhaar, Bayreuth University, Germany (Andreas.Vilcinskas@agrar.uni-giessen.de)
    • 7) Symbiont-directed insect behavior [keynote talk, 15 min.]
      Wolfgang Miller, Medical University of Vienna, Austria (wolfgang.miller@meduniwien.ac.at)
    • 8) Candidatus Cardinium hertigii in sympatric Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) vector species
      Yuval Gottlieb, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (gottlieb@agri.huji.ac.il)
    • 9) Repeated interactions and the evolution of dependence in insect symbiosis
      Fabrice Vavre, University of Lyon, France (vavre@biomserv.univ-lyon1.fr)
    • 10) TBA
    • 11) Wolbachia as a tool for pest and disease control
      Kostas Bourtzis, University of Agrinio, Greece (kbourtz@uoi.gr)
    • 12) Symbionts and fitness of Tephritid fruit flies
      Boaz Yuval, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (yuval@agri.huji.ac.il)
• 5-7. Insects and biofuels
  • Organizers :
    • Jianzhong Sun, China (jzsun1002@ujs.edu.cn)
    • Xuguo 'Joe' Zhou, USA (xuguozhou@uky.edu)
• 5-8. Small non-coding RNAs and genome expression
  • Organizers :
    • Denis Tagu, INRA, IGEPP, France (Denis.tagu@rennes.inra.fr)
  • Tentative titles and speakers :
    • 1) Small non-coding RNAs: towards networking of gene expression?
      Denis Tagu, INRA, IGEPP, France (Denis.tagu@rennes.inra.fr)
    • 2) The role of microRNAs in host-pathogen interactions [keynote talk, 30 min]
      Sassan Asgari, The University of Queensland, Australia (s.asgari@uq.edu.au)
    • 3) Identification of microRNAs from six important rice pests
      Fei Li, Nanjing Agricultural University, China (lifei@njau.edu.cn)
    • 4) RNAi in silkmoth
      RNAi in silkmoth
    • 5) Non-coding RNAs in Bombyx mori
      Yunchao Kan, Nanyang Normal University, China (yckan19@hotmail.com)
    • 6) Non-coding RNAs in Drosophila
      Qingfa Wu, University of Science and Technology of China, China
    • 7) TBA
    • 8) TBA
    • 9) TBA
• 5-9. Insect mitochondrial genomics
  • Organizers :
    • Stephen Cameron, ANIC & CSIRO Entomology, Australia (Stephen.Cameron@csiro.au)
    • Iksoo Kim, Chonnam National University, Korea (ikkim81@chonnam.ac.kr)
  • Tentative titles and speakers
    • 1) Panarthropod phylogeny inferred from complete mitochondrial genomes
      Ui Wok Hwang, Kyungpook National University, Korea (uwhwang@knu.ac.kr)
    • 2) Structure, evolution and phylogeny of polyneopteran mitogenomes
      Shuichiro Tomita, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan (tomita@affrc.go.jp)
    • 3) Phylogenomic, transcriptional and evolutionary studies of mitochondrial genomes for orthopteran insects
      Yuan Hwang, Shaanxi Normal University, China (yuanh@snnu.edu.cn)
    • 4) What can mitochondrial genomes tell about beetle evolution?: Strengths and pitfalls of mitochondrial phylogenomics
      Hojun Song, University of Central Florida, USA (song@ucf.edu)
    • 5) Mitogenomics of the Coleoptera under dense taxon sampling
      Alfried Vogler, Natural History Museum, UK (A.Vogler@nhm.ac.uk)
    • 6) Mitochondrial genome evolution in Hymenoptera
      Mark Dowton, University of Wollongong, Australia (mdowton@uow.edu.au)
    • 7) Phylogenetic relationships of Lepidoptera inferred from complete mitochondrial genomes
      Iksoo Kim, Chonnam National University, Korea (ikkim81@chonnam.ac.kr)
    • 8) Insect mitochondrial genome database (IMGD): An integrated platform for insect mitochondrial genomes
      Wonhoon Lee, Hokkaido University, Japan (wonhoon@res.agr.hokudai.ac.jp)
• 5-10. Physiological genomics of the insect midgut
  • Organizers :
    • Daniel Doucet, Natural Resources Canada/Ressources Naturelles, Canada (Dan.Doucet@NRCAN.gc.ca)
    • John Christeller, Plant and Food Research, New Zealand (john.christeller@plantandfood.co.nz)
• 5-11. Development and evaluation of improved strains of insect pests for sterile insect technique
  • Organizers :
    • Gerald Franz, FAO/IAEA, Austria (G.Franz@iaea.org)
  • Tentative titles and speakers
    • 1) Regulation of transposons in pestiferous mosquitoes and Tephritid fruit flies that are subjects of SIT programs
      Peter Atkinson, University of California Riverside, USA
    • 2) Site-specific recombination to improve transgenic pest strains for their use in SIT programmes
      Ernst A. Wimmer, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
    • 3) Identification of molecular and transgenic tools for sexing strategies and development of strain and sperm marking systems for fruit fly pests
      Giuliano Gasperi, Universita degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
    • 4) Female-specific embryonic lethality strains for the Mexican fruit fly, Anastrepha Ludens
      Alfred M. Handler, USDA ARS, USA
    • 5) Assessment of genetic diversity of the olive fly Israeli SIT laboratory strain
      Kostas Mathiopoulos, University of Thessalia, Greece
    • 6) Improved SIT strains for the Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni, through the development of genetically-marked and male-only strains
      Kathryn Raphael, University of Sydney, Australia
    • 7) Development and characterization of genetic sexing strains of the Oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, and the Guava fruit fly Bactrocera correcta for SIT
      Sujinda Thanaphum, Mahidol University, Thiland
    • 8) Hyper-variable molecular markers in support of SIT implementation for Anastrepha fraterculus in Argentina
      Silvia Lanzavecchia, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Argentina
    • 9) Development and evaluation of genetic sexing strains of Anastrepha ludens for sterile insect technique
      Christina Silvia Zepeda-Cisneros,
    • 10) Highthroughput PCR based determination of Medfly sterile males performance in field
      Beatriz Sabater Muñoz, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias, Spain
    • 11) Laboratory and field characterization of Medfly and Mexfly genetic modified strains
      Edwin Ramirez, CIUDAD DE GUATEMALA
    • 12) Development of genetic sexing strains in the codling moth
      Frantisek Marec, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
    • 13) Role of the Y chromosome in the Ceratitis capitata sex determination and reproduction
      Giuseppe Saccone, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
    • 14) Development and evaluation of improved strains of moth pests for SIT
      Nagaraju Javaregowda, CDFD, India
    • 15) Development of high efficient PiggyBac vectors for germ-line transformation of insect pests
      Min Wu, Nanjing Agricultural University, China
• 5-12. Bioinformatics
  • Organizers :
    • Jake (Zhijian) Tu, Virginia Tech University, USA (jaketu@vt.edu)
• 5-13. Sexual selection and sperm competition: Theories and applications
  • Organizers :
    • Qiao Wang, Massey University, New Zealand (Q.Wang@massey.ac.nz)
  • Tentative titles and speakers
    • 1) Opening remarks
      Qiao Wang, Massey University, New Zealand (Q.Wang@massey.ac.nz)
    • 2) The role of apyrene sperm in the polyandrous swallowtail butterflies
      M. Watanabe, Japan (watanabe@kankyo.envr.tsukuba.ac.jp)
    • 3) A novel mechanism for sperm removal in a spider with last-male sperm precedence
      A. V. Peretti, Argentina (aperetti@com.uncor.edu)
    • 4) Evolution of ultrasonic courtship signal through sensory bias in moth
      R. Nakano, Japan (rnakano@affrc.go.jp)
    • 5) The presence of rivals reduces reproductive fitness of male moths
      J. Xu, Massey University, New Zealand
      Q. Wang, Massey University, New Zealand (Q.Wanf@massey.ac.nz)
    • 6) Comparative evidence that copulatory spermatophore guarding is associated with smaller nuptial gifts and modifications in the form and use of the male’s cerci in bushcrickets
      K. Vahed, UK (k.vahed@derby.ac.uk)
      L. Barrientos-Lozano, UK
      D. Weissman, UK
      J.D.J. Gilbert, UK
    • 7) Discussion
      Q. Wang, Massey University, New Zealand (Q.Wanf@massey.ac.nz)
    • 8) What's so interesting about spider sperm?
      M.E. Herberstein, Australia (marie.herberstein@mq.edu.au)
    • 9) Should inbreeding avoid or tolerate? Comparison of mating behavior between mass-reared and wild strains of the sweetpotato weevil
      T. Kuriwada, Japan (t.kuriwada@gmail.com)
    • 10) Lovesongs and speciation in sandflies
      A.A. Peixoto, Brazil (apeixoto@ioc.fiocruz.br)
    • 11) Nuptial feeding diversity and its morphological basis in scorpionflies (Mecoptera: Panorpidae)
      W. Zhong, China
      B.Z. Hua, China (huabzh@nwsuaf.edu.cn)
    • 12) Sexual selection in Toxotrypana curvicauda Gerstaecker (Diptera: Tephritidae)
      N.N.S. Muñiz, Mexico
      L. Salazar-Marcial, Mexico
      N. Robledo, Mexico
      R. Arzuffi, Mexico
      P. Villa-Ayala, Mexico
      A. Jiménez-Pérez, Mexico (aljimenez@ipn.mx)
    • 13) Mating system and alternative mating tactics in Neotropical harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones)
      G. Machado, Brazil (glaucoma@ib.usp.br)
    • 14) Male responses to sperm competition: adaptation, or are males just paranoid?
      Z. Lewis, UK (Z.Lewis@liverpool.ac.uk)
      A. Lize, UK
      R. Doff, UK
      E. Smaller, UK
      G. Hurst, UK
    • 15) Intra-specific variation in the effect of male-derived substances on female mating behaviours in Callosobruchus chinensis
      T. Yamane, Japan (nemesis@affrc.go.jp)
    • 16) Discussion and Close up
      Q. Wang, Massey University, New Zealand (Q.Wanf@massey.ac.nz)
• 5-14. Evolutionary dynamics of insect acoustic communication
  • Organizers :
    • Yikweon Jang, Ewha Womans University, Korea (jangy@ewha.ac.kr)
    • David Gray, California State University, USA
• 5-15. RNAi methods for controlling insects and their pathogens
  • Organizers :
    • S.R.Palli, USA (rpalli@uky.edu)
    • Guy Smaghee, Belgium (guy.smagghe@ugent.be)
    • Qili Feng, China (qlfeng@scnu.edu.cn)
  • Tentative titles and speakers :
    • 1) Introduction: History, technology and future prospective N. Perrimon, USA
    • 2) RNAi for identification of target sites for developing newer pest management methods S. R. Palli, USA
    • 3) RNAi-based strategies for disease vector management John M. Marshall, UK
    • 4) RNAi for controlling lepdopteran pests Xiaoya Chen, China
    • 5) RNAi for controlling coleopteran pests-transgenic crops Gerrit Segers, USA
    • 6) Feeding RNAi for controlling pests Fang Zhu, USA
    • 7) RNAi control of honeybee diseases Ilan Sela, Israel
    • 8) RNAi methods for protecting silk worms against viruses J. Nagaraju, India
    • 9) RNAi strategies for control of brown plant hopper G.C. He, China)
    • 10) RNAi for protection of beneficial insects, lady bird beetles T. Niimi, Japan
    • 11) RNAi for regulation of development of silkworm wing discs during metamorphosis Qili Feng, China
• 5-16. Musca domestica genetics and genomics
  • Organizers :
    • Daniel Bopp, Zurich, Switzerland (Daniel.Bopp@imls.uzh.ch)
    • Leo Beukeboom, Groningen, The Netherlands
  • Tentative titles and speakers :
    • 1) The Musca genome and transcriptome analysis in relation to insecticide resistance [keynote talk, 30 min.]
      Michael Kristensen, Arrhus University, Denmark (Michael.Kristensen@agrsci.dk)
    • 2) Insecticide resistance, gene interaction and regulation in the house flies at a whole transcriptome level
      Nannan Liu, Auburn University, USA (LIUNANN@auburn.edu)
    • 3) House fly immune response to bacteria and vector potential for pathogens
      Dana Nayduch, USDA ARS, USA (flylab@gmail.com)
    • 4) Bifurcation of the sex-determining pathway in the house fly
      Daniel Bopp, University of Zurich, Switzerland (Daniel.bopp@imls.uzh.ch
    • 5) The quest for the elusive male determiners
      Leo Beukeboom, University of Groningen, The Netherlands (l.w.beukeboom@rug.nl)
    • 6) Age-dependent manifestation of sex-linked wings fragility mutation in Musca domestica
      Galina Benkovskaya, Scientific Centre of Russian Academy, Russia (bengal2@yandex.ru)
    • 7) The transcriptome of hytrosavirus infected Musca domestica
      Drion Boucias, University of Florida, USA (pathos@ufl.edu)
    • The prospects for parasitoid-housefly interactions using genomic approaches
      John Werren, USDA ARS, USA (jackwerren@yahoo.com)
• 5-17. Development and evaluation of improved strains of insect pests for sterile Insect technique
  • Organizers :
    • Gerald Franz, Food and Agriculture Organization/International Atomic Energy Agency
    • Kyeong-Yeoll Lee, Kyungpook National University, Korea (leeky@knu.ac.kr)

6. Behavior and Chemical Ecology

Dr. Le Kang, Institute of Zoology, CAS Beijing, China (E-mail: lkang@ioz.ac.cn)

Prof. Dr. Meron P. Zalucki, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (m.zalucki@uq.edu.au)

• 6-1. The prospect of manipulating herbivore-induced plant volatiles to improve the biological control of pest insects
  • Organizers :
    • Ted Turlings, Switzerland (ted.turlings@unine.ech)
    • Junji Takabayashi, Japan (junji@ecology.kyoto-u.ac.jp)
    • Yonggen Lou, China (yglou@zju.edu.cn)
• 6-2. Exploiting inducible plant defences in agriculture- possibilities and prospects
  • Organizers :
    • Mike Furlong, Australia (M.Furlong@uq.edu.au)
• 6-3. Insect-host interactions: sensory and chemical profiles on host specificity
  • Organizers :
    • Kye Chung Park, New Zealand (kpark@plantandfood.co.nz)
    • Chung Gyoo Park, Korea (parkcg@gnu.ac.kr)
• 6-4. Chemically-mediated host plant selection, a complex and challenging topic
  • Organizers :
    • Silvia Dorn, Switzerland (silvia.dorn@ipw.agrl.ethz.ch)
    • Jianghua Sun, China (sunjh@ioz.ac.cn)
  • Tentative titles and speakers
    • 1) How fruit moths recognize host plant volatile mixtures Silvia Dorn, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (silvia.dorn@ipw.agrl.ethz.ch)
    • 2) Patterns of attraction of herbivore pests to plant volatiles Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Rutgers University, USA (CRodriguez@RCE.Rutgers.edu)
    • 3) Influence of mating on responses of Helicoverpa armigera moths to synthetic plant volatiles Alice del Socorro, University of New England, Australia (adelsoc2@une.edu.au)
    • 4) Shared signals: yeast links the fly to the fruit Peter Witzgall, Swedish Agricultural University, Sweden (peter.witzgall@ice3.se)
    • 5) Chemically-mediated host selection in the red turpentine beetle Zhudong Liu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (liuzd@ioz.ac.cn)
    • 6) Do novel fungal genotypes drive the success of an invasive bark/pine host fungus complex? Min Lu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (lumin@ioz.ac.cn)
    • 7) Role of host kairomones in the first step of the mating sequence of cerambycid beetles Jacob D. Wickham, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (wickham@iccas.ac.cn)
• 6-5. Mechanisms of Insect Odorant Detection
  • Organizers :
    • Walter Leal, USA (wsleal@ucdavis.edu)
    • Chen-Zhu Wang, China (czwang@ioz.ac.cn)
    • Yukio Ishikawa, Japan (ayucky@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
    • Speakers:
      • 1) Walter S. Leal (USA)-Open Remarks and Presentation (2 15-min blocks)
      • 2) Chen-Zhu Wang, China
      • 3) Yukio Ishikawa, Japan
      • 4) Chuck Luetje, USA
      • 5) Bill Hanson, Germany
      • 6) Tom Baker, USA
      • 7) Christer Lofstedt, Sweden
      • 8) Neil Vickers, USA (tentative)
      • 9) Toru Shimata, Japan
• 6-6. Semiochemical application: from sex to alarm
  • Organizers :
    • Alex IL'ICHEV, Australia (alex.il'ichev@dpi.vic.gov.au)
    • Man-Yeon Choi, USA (MYChoi@ars.usda.gov)
    • Robert Vander Meer(Bob.Vandermeer@ARS.USDA.GOV)
• 6-7. New science of sustainable insect pest control based on chemical ecology
  • Organizers :
    • John Pickett, UK (john.pickett@bbsrc.ac.uk)
    • Mike Birkett, UK (mike.birkett@bbsrc.ac.uk)
  • Speakers:
    • 1) John Pickett (key note speaker), UK
    • 2) Consuelo de Moraes, USA
    • 3) Andre Kessler, USA
    • 4) Rob Glinwood, Sweden
    • 5) Marcel Dicke, Netherland
    • 6) Zeyaur Khan
    • 7) Harro Bouwmeester, Netherland
    • 8) Miguel Borges, Brazil
    • 9) David Hall, UK
    • 10) Ted Turlings
    • 11) Emilio Guerrieri, Italy
• 6-8. Botanically-derived bioactive compounds: insecticides, repellents, attractants and antifeedants
  • Organizers :
    • Robert Spooner-Hart, University of Western Sydney, Australia (R.Spooner-Hart@uws.edu.au)
    • Young-Joon Ahn, Seoul National University, Korea (yjahn@snu.ac.kr)
• 6-9. TBA
• …

7. Insect related Interactions at a Multi-trophic Ecosystem

Dr. Junji Takabayashi, Kyoto University, Japan (E-mail: junji@ecology.kyoto-u.ac.jp)

Dr. Jeremy McNeil, Western Ontario Canada (jnmcneil@gmail.com)

• 7-1. Evolutionary Ecology and Biosystematics of Gall-Inducing Arthropods and Their Associates
  • Organizers:

    • Man-Mia Yang, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan (mmyang@dragon.nchu.edu.tw)
      Makoto Tokuda, Saga University, Japan (tokudam@cc.saga-u.ac.jp)
      Type: Half or one day symposium

• 7-2. Phloemophagous insects; strategies and impacts on plants
  • Organizers:
    • Philippe Giordanengo, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, France

    • (philippe.giordanengo@u-picardie.fr)
      Christine Coustau, CNRS/INRA/UNSA, France (Christine.Coustau@sophia.inra.fr)
      Charles Vincent, Agriculture Canada, Canada (charles.vincent@agr.gc.ca)

    • Type: One day symposium
• 7-3. Multitrophic interactions under changing environmental conditions
  • Organizers:

    • Jarmo Holopainen, Finland (jarmo.holopainen@uef.fi)

    • TBA
    • Type: TBA
• 7-4. Next generation study of multitrophic interactions
  • Organizers:

    • Wilhelm Boland, Max Plank Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany
      (boland@ice.mpg.de)
      Gen-ichro Arimura, Kyoto University, Japan (garimura@ecology.kyoto-u.ac.jp)

    • Type: Half day symposium
• 7-5. Plant-mediated effects on the ecology and evolution of multitrophic interactions
  • Organizers:

    • Raul Medina, Texas A&M University, USA (rfmedina@tamu.edu)
      Betty Benrey, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland (betty.benrey@unine.ch)
      David Giron, Université F. Rabelais, France (david.giron@univ-tours.fr)

    • Type: TBA
• 7-6. Insects in forest litter and woody debris
  • Organizers:

    • John Spence, University of Alberta, Canada (john.spence@ualberta.ca)
      Anne Oxbrough, University of Alberta, Canada (anne.oxbrough@ales.ualberta.ca)

    • Type: One day symposium

8. Pesticides, GM Crops, Resistance and Toxicology

Dr. Si Hyeock Lee, Seoul National University, Korea (E-mail: shlee22@snu.ac.kr)

Dr. Isaac Ishaaya, Agricultural Research Organization, Israel (E-mail: vpisha@volcani.agri.gov.il)

• 8-1. Advanced technologies for managing insect pests
  • Organizers :
    • Isaac Ishaaya and Murad Ghanim, Department of Entomology, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel, (E-mail: vpisha@volcani.agri.gov.il, ghanim@volcani.agri.gov.il)
  • Tentative titles and speakers
    • 1) Biorational control of arthropod pests: an Overview
      I. Ishaaya, Department of Entomology, ARO, The Volcani Center, Israel (vpisha@volcani.agri.gov.il)
    • 2) Identification of target sites for developing novel insecticides: Biological approach
      Suba Reddy Palli, University Of Kentucky, USA (rpalli@uky.edu)
    • 3) Neuropeptides: Important sites for developing novel insecticides
      M. Altstein, Department of Entomology, ARO, The Volcani Center, Israel (vinnie2@agri.gov.il)
    • 4) RNA interference and its potential for developing new control methods
      M. Ghanim, Department of Entomology, ARO, The Volcani Center, Israel (Ghanim@volcani.agri.gov.il)
    • 5) Plant secondary compounds from Leucaena leucocephala, Alpinia zerumbet and Bidens pilosa: Important source for novel insecticides
      Shinkichi Tawata, University of Ryukyus, Japan (b985097@agr.u-ryukyu.ac.jp)
    • 6) Design of molting hormone agonists
      Yoshiaki Nakagawa, Kyoto University, Japan (naka@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp)
    • 7) Novel approaches in pesticide regulation
      Chris A. Wozniak, US Environmental Protection Agency, USA, (Wozniak.chris@epamail.epa.gov)
    • 8) Farnesyl diphosphate synthase as a target site for insect pest control
      Michel Cusson, Laurentian Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada, Canada (michel.cusson@nrcan.gc.ca)
    • 9) Multimodal communication as promising tool in biological control
      Andrej A. Cokl, National Institute of Biology, Slovania (andrej.cokl@nib.si)
      G. Jocelyn Millar, University of California, Riverside, USA,
      M. Virant-Doberlet,
    • 10) Ligand-gated chloride channels: Important sites for developing novel insecticides
      Yoshihiza Ozoe, Shimane University, Japan (ozoe-y@life.shimane-u.ac.jp)
    • 11) Ecological assessment and resistance management, an important approach in IPM programs
      Mark Whalon, Michigan State University, USA (Whalon@msu.edu)
• 8-2. Insecticide resistance: Mechanism and management
  • Organizers :
    • Dr. Ian Denholm, Department of Plant and Invertebrate Ecology, Rothamsted, UK (Ian.denholm@rothamsted.ac.uk)
    • Dr. Ralf Nauen, Bayer CropScience AG, Germany (ralf.nauen@bayer.com)
• 8-3. The effects of GM crops on non-target organisms
  • Organizers :
    • Jorg Romeis, Agroscope ART, Switzerland (joerg.romeis@art.admin.ch)
    • Richard L. Hellmich, USDA-ARS & Iowa State University, USA (Richard.Hellmich@ARS.USDA.GOV)
    • Anthony M. Shelton, Cornell University/NYSAES, USA (ams5@cornell.edu)
• 8-4. RNAi: Applications and considerations
  • Organizers :
    • Dr. William J. Moar, Monsanto Company, USA (William.moar@monsanto.com)
• 8-5. Botanical Insecticides: Biological, biochemical and agricultural aspects
  • Organizers :
    • Murray B. Isman, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, 2357 Main Mall, Suite 248, Vancouver BC, Canada V6T 174, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4 (murray.isman@ubc.ca).
• 8-6. Pesticides: ecotoxicology and effect on non target arthropods
  • Organizers :
    • Sylvia Blumel, Institute of Plant Health (PGH), Austria (Sylvia.bluemel@ages.at)
    • Nicolas Desneux, French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), France (Nicolas.desneux@sophia.inra.fr)
• 8-7. Countermeasure Strategies for Insect Resistance to Insecticides
  • Organizers :
    • Tetsuo Saito, Nagoya University, Japan

9. Conservation, Biodiversity and Climate Change

Dr. Ke Chung Kim, Pennsylvania State University, USA (kck@psu.edu)

• 9-1. Insect biodiversity in the changing world
  • Organizers :
    • Ke Chung Kim, Pennsylvania State University, USA (kck@psu.edu)
• 9-2. Insect biodiversity and ecosystem services
  • Organizers :
    • Wolfgang Weisser, Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany (wolfgang.weisser@tum.de)
• 9-3. Insect biodiversity and global IPM challenges in climate change
  • Organizers :
    • Hari C. Sharma, (H.SHARMA@CGIAR.ORG)
• 9-4. Evolution of insect pests and insect biodiversity in the changing world
  • Organizers :
    • TBA
• 9-5. Insect biodiversity conservation
  • Organizers :
    • Michael Samways, USA

10. Integrated Pest Management

Dr. Yoo Han Song, Gyeongsang National University, Korea (E-mail: ysong@gsnu.ac.kr)

Dr. Babara Ekbom, Swedish Agricultural University (E-mail: babara.ekbom@ekol.slu.se)

• 10-1. Ecological approaches to pest management/Landscape level pest management
  • Organizers :
    • Dr. Megha N. Parajulee, Texas A&M University System AgriLife Research, USA (E-mail: Megha.Parajulee@agnet.tamu.edu)
    • Hong-Hyun Park, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Korea (hhpark@korea.kr)
• 10-2. Chemical ecology and crop protection
  • Organizers :
    • Silvia Dorn, Switzerland (silvia.dorn@ipw.agrl.ethz.ch)
    • Maya Evenden, Canada (mevenden@ualberta.ca)
  • Tentative titles and speakers
    • 1) Pheromone-based management of the red clover casebearer moth, an invasive pest of clover in Canada Maya Evenden, University of Alberta, Canada (mevenden@ualberta.ca)
    • 2) Semiochemical approaches for area-wide protection of forest stands from bark beetle attack Nancy Gillette, USDA-ARS, USA (ngillette@fs.fed.us)
    • 3) Semiochemical-based monitoring in the tropics Gadi VP Reddy, University of Guam, USA (reddy@uguam.uog.edu)
    • 4) Chemically-based monitoring of the brown marmorated stink bug in orchards Tracy Leskey, USDA-ARS, USA (Tracy.Leskey@ARS.USDA.GOV)
    • 5) Mating disruption of multiple species in horticulture Alex Il’ichev, DPI, Australia (alex.il’ichev@dpi.vic.gov.au)
    • 6) Plant volatiles attracting an invasive fruit moth: basic findings relevant for future monitoring Silvia Dorn, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (silvia.dorn@ipw.agrl.ethz.ch)
    • 7) Use of a plant-volatile moth attractant in resistance management for transgenic cotton Peter Gregg, University of New England, Australia (pgregg@une.edu.au)
    • 8) ‘Attract and reward’ as a contribution to pest management Stephen Wratten, Lincoln University, New Zealand (Steve.Wratten@lincoln.ac.nz)
    • 9) Root feeders induce volatiles attracting predators Anne Marie Cortesero, University of Rennes, France (anne-marie.cortesero@univ-rennes1.fr)
• 10-3. GM crops and IPM
  • Organizers :
    • Joerg Romeis, Switzerland (joerg.romeis@art.admin.ch)
    • Anthony Shelton, Cornell University, USA (ams5@cornell.edu)
    • Yunhe Li, China (yunheli@ippcaas.cn; yunhe.li@hotmail.com)
• 10-4. Stink bugs: their expansion, pest status, and control tactics
  • Organizers :
    • Kenji Fujisaki, Kyto University, Japan (fujisaki@adm.kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp)
    • Un Taek Lim, Andong National University, Korea (utlim@andong.ac.kr)
    • Antonio Panizzi, EMBRAPA, Brazil (panizzi@cnpt.embrapa.br)
    • Tentative titles and speakers :
    • 1) Expansion of the southern green stink bug in Japan, Kenji Fujisaki, Japan
    • 2) Pecky rice problem in Japan, Hiroya Higuchi, Japan
    • 3) Research status on stink bugs in Korea, Chung Gyoo Park, Korea
    • 4) Recent advances on phytophagous stink bug feeding and damage in South America, Antonio Panizzi, Brazil
    • 5) Pest status of Halyomorpha halys in USA, George Hamilton, USA
    • 6) Stink bug pests in Europe: research status and control perspectives, Eric Conti, Italy
    • 7) Provision of host eggs to increase field parasitism, Un Taek Lim, Korea
    • 8) Detecting source habitat of the bean bug Riptortus pedestris and its egg parasitoid: toward area-wide pest management using natural pest control, Ken Tabuchi, Japan
    • 9) Habitat shifts of stink bug pests and their egg parasitoids in Japan: implications for managing these mobile pests in diversified agroecosystems Yoshimi Hirose, Japan
    • 10) Attractiveness of stink bugs to trap types and its utilization in fields Soon-Do Bae, Korea
• 10-5. Biology and Control of Spotted Wing Drosophia, Drosophila suzukii
  • Organizers :
    • Robert Van Steenwyk, University of California Berkeley, USA (bobvanst@berkeley.edu)
    • Vaughn Walton
• 10-6. Ecological Control of Regional Rice Insect Pests in Integrated Pest Management Protocol
  • Organizers :
    • Jichao Fang, Institute of Plant Protection, National Agriculture Research Center or East-China Region & Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China (fangic@jaas.ac.cn)
    • Masaya Matsumura, National Agriculture Research Center for Kyushu and Okinawa Regions, Japan
    • Michael Stout, Louisiana State University, USA
• 10-7. Recent challenges in IPM of cereal and sugarcane moth borers
  • Organizers :
    • Francois-Regis Goebel, CIRAD unite de Recherche Systemes de Cultures annuels, France (francois-regis.goebel@cirad.fr)
    • Des Conlong, South African sugarcane research institute (SASRI), South Africa (dconlong@sugar.org.za)
    • Nader Sallam, BSES Limited, Australia (nsallam@bses.com.au)
    • Seelavarn Ganeshan, Mauritius Sugar Research Institute (MSRI), (seelavarn.ganeshan@msiri.mu)
  • Tentative titles and speakers :
    • 1) IPM of stemborers in Indonesia François-Régis Goebel, France
    • 2) IPM of stemborers in Mauritius Seelavarn Ganeshan
    • 3) SIT in sugarcane pest management, Des Conlong
    • 4) Varietal resistance to stemborers in Papua New Guinea Peter Samson
    • 5) Biosecurity and IPM in sugarcane Nader Sallam
    • 6) Agroecological management of cereal stemborers Johnnie Van de Berg [Key note speaker}
    • 7) Biocontrol of stemborers Elisabeth Tabone
    • 8) Varietal resistance to stemborers in Reunion Island Samuel Nibouche
    • 9) TBA
    • 10) TBA
• 10-8. Management of migratory pests
  • Organizers :
    • Haikou Wang, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry, Australia (haikou.wang@daff.gov.au)
• 10-9. Spatial dynamics and movement of insect pests
  • Organizers :
    • Yong-Lak Park, West Virginia University, USA (yopark@mail.wvu.edu)
    • Patrick C. Tobin, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, USA (ptobin@fs.fed.us)
• 10-10. Population genetics in the service of pest management
  • Organizers :
    • Thomas W. Sappington, Corn Insects & Crop Research Unit, USDA-ARS, USA (Tom.Sappington@ars.usda.gov)
    • Lizhi Luo, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China (lzluo@ippcaas.cn)
    • Xingfu Jiang, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China (xfjiang@ippcaas.cn)
• 10-11. Insect life tables and their application
  • Organizers :
    • Hsin Chi, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan (hsinchi@dragon.nchu.edu.tw)
    • Aurang Kavousi, Zanjan University, Iran (akavousi@gmail.com)
    • Remzi Atlihan, University of Yuzuncu Yil, Turkey (ratlihan@yyu.edu.tr)
• 10-12. Ecological modeling for IPM
  • Organizers :
    • Young-Seuk Park, Kyung Hee University, Korea (parkys@khu.ac.kr)
    • Chuleui Jung, Andong National University, Korea (cjung@andong.ac.kr)
• 10-13. Pattern recognition and sensing systems for IPM
  • Organizers :
    • Tae-Soo Chon, Pusan National University, Korea (tschon@pusan.ac.kr)
    • Ryohei Kanzaki, University of Tokyo, Japan (kanzaki@rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
• 10-14. Ecological genetics of crop plants in pest management: from traditional breeding to cisgenic and transgenic crops
  • Organizers :
    • Xinzhi Ni, USDA-ARS, Crop Genetics and Bredding Research Unit, University of Georgia-Tifton Campus, (Xinzhi.Ni@ars.usda.gov)
• 10-15. The contribution of IPM to food security in the developing world
  • Organizers :
    • Christian Borgemeister, ICIPE - African Insect Science for Food and Health, Kenya (dg@icipe.org)
  • Tentative titles and speakers :
    • 1) Introduction
      Christian Borgemeister, ICIPE, Kenya
      Aziz Ajlan, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
    • 2) push-pull – a platform technology to alleviate poverty of small-scale farmer in sub-Saharan Africa Zeyaur Khan, ICIPE, Kenya
    • 3) IPM in rice and its contribution to food security in Asia K.L. Heong, IRRI, Philippines
    • 4) IPM in potatoes and its contribution to food security in Latin America Juergen Kroschel, CIP, Peru
    • 5) IPM in West and Central Africa Rachid Hanna, IITA, Cameroon
    • 6) IPM in vegetables and its contribution to food security in Asia. Srini Ramasamy, AVRDC, Taiwan
    • 7) IPM in cotton and its contribution to food security in Asia Kongming Wu, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
    • 8) IPM in date palms and its contribution to food security in the Middle East Aziz Ajlan, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
• 10-16. Growing potatoes: a tale of emerging and old pests
  • Organizers :
    • Slvia Rondon, Oregon State University, USA (Silvia.Rondon@oregonstate.edu)
    • Joseph Munyaneza, USDA-ARS, USA (Joseph.Munyaneza@ars.usda.gov)
    • Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan, University of Georgia, USA (babusri@uga.edu)
• 10-17. Fruit tree IPM
  • Organizers :
    • Peter W. Shearer, MCAREC, Oregon State University, USA (peter.shearer@oregonstate.edu)
    • Dong-Soon Kim, Jeju National University, Korea (dongsoonkim@jejunu.ac.kr)
• 10-18. Rice hoppers: Problems, surveillance, and management strategies
  • Organizers :
    • Yoo Han Song, Gyeongsang National University, Korea (ysong@gsnu.ac.kr)
    • K. L. Heong, International Rice Research Institute, Phillippines
    • Jiaan Cheng, Zhejiang University and the National Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China (jacheng@zju.edu.cn)
• 10-19. IPM and biocontrol of glasshouse pests
  • Organizers :

    • Eizi Yano, Kinki University, Japan (yano@nara.kindai.ac.jp)

• 10-20. Forest Entomology
  • Organizers :
    • Il-Kwon Park, Korea Forest Research Institute, Korea (parkik1@forest.go.kr)
    • Won-Il Choi, Korea Forest Research Institute, Korea

11. Insect Biological Control

Dr. Masami Takagi, Kyushu University, Japan (E-mail: mtakagi@gtr.kyushu-u.ac.jp)

Dr. Thomas Miller, University of California, Riverside, USA (E-mail: thomas.miller@ucr.edu)

• 11-1. Insect pathology
  • Organizers :
    • Yeon-Ho Je, Seoul National University, Korea (btrus@snu.ac.kr)
    • Hyun-Woo Park, California Baptist University, Korea (hpark@calbaptist.edu)
• 11-2. Microbial pesticides
  • Organizers :
    • Paulo Teixeira Lacava, Federal University of Alfenas, Brazil (ptlacava@unifal-mg.edu)
    • Joao Lucio Azevedo, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil (jazevedo@esalq.usp.br)
  • Confirmed speakers and titles :
    • 1) Endophytic bacteria: Potential of Biological and Symbiotic Control Paulo Teixeira Lacava, Federal University of Alfenas, Brazil (ptlacava@unifal-mg.edu)
    • 2) Endophytic fungi: a review on insect control and recent advances on tropical plants João Lucio Azevedo, University of São Paulo, Brazil (jazevedo@esalq.usp.br)
    • 3) Microbial endophytes as source of genes related to biological control Welington Luiz Araújo, University of São Paulo, Brazil (wlaraujo@usp.br)
    • 4) Fungal endophytes and their potential for biocontrol in cotton Gregory Sword, Texas A&M University
    • 5) Comparative genomics of insect pathogenic fungi Chengshu Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    • 6) Identification and characterization of the spore wall proteins of Antonospora locustae
      Long Zhang, China Agricultural University, China (locust@cau.edu.cn)
  • Potential speakers and titles :
    • 4. The use and regulation of microbial pesticides in representative jurisdictions worldwide Antonet M. Svircev, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada (antonet.svircev@agr.gc.ca)
    • 5. From microbial sprays to insect-resistant transgenic plants: history of the biospesticide Bacillus thuringiensis Vincent Sanchis - INRA, Jouy-en-Josas, France (vincent.sanchis@jouy.inra.fr)
    • 6. Title: TBA Long Zhang, China Agricultural University, China (locust@cau.edu.cn)
• 11-3. Entomopathogenic nematodes
  Organizer : Ho Yul Choo, Gyeongsang National University, Korea (hychoo@gnu.ac.kr)
• 11-4. Artificial diets for entomophagous insects
• 11-5. Technology for automation of insect mass rearing for management and research
• 11-6. International exchange and risk assessment of biological control agents
  • Organizers :
    • Joop van Lenteren, Wageningen University, The Netherlands (Joop.vanLenteren@wur.nl)
• 11-7. Biological control of emerging pests on transgenic crops
  • Organizers :
    • Robert Mensha, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Australian Cotton Research Institute, Australia (robert.mensah@industry.nsw.gov.au)
    • Lewis Wilson, CSIRO Cotton Management and Improvement, CSIRO Plant Industry, Australia (lewis.wilson@csiro.au)
• 11-8. Generalist predators, molecular biology and biological control: tracking predation with new technologies
  • Organizers :
    • James Hardwood, USA (jharw2@email.uky.edu)
    • John Lundgren, USA (Jonathan.Lundgren@ars.usda.gov)
  • 3 hour symposium:
    • introduction to topic, keynote (30 mins), 5 contributions (15 mins),
    • remaining time is kept free for 5 volunteered contributions (15 mins).
• 11-9. Can we better select and manipulate biological control agents when we know their genomics?
  • Organizers :
    • Leo Beukeboom, The Netherlands (L.W.Beukeboom@rug.nl)
    • Jack Werren, University of Rochester, USA (werr@mail.rochester.edu)
    • 3 hour :
      • symposium: introduction to topic, keynote (30 mins), 5 contributions (15 mins),
      • remaining time is kept free for 5 volunteered contributions (15 mins).
• 11-10. Conserving natural enemies in agroecosystems where pesticides are frequently used
  • Organizers :
    • Marshall Johnson, USA (mjohnson@uckac.edu)
• 11-11. Biodiversity and biological control
  • Organizers :
    • Stephen Wratten, New Zealand (steve.Wratten@lincoln.ac.nz)
• 11-12. Present status and future prospects of biological control in Asia
  • Organizers :
    • Masami Takagi, Kyushu University, Japan (mtakagi@grt.kyushu-u.ac.jp)
    • Man Young Choi, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Korea (choimyas@korea.kr)
• 11-13. Biological control using banker plant systems in protected culture
  • Organizers :
    • Eizi Yano, Kinki University, Japan (yaano@nara.kindai.ac.jp)

12. Urban, Stored Product and Post Harvest Entomology

Dr. Yasuyuki Arakane, Chonnam National University, Korea (E-mail: arakane@chonnam.ac.kr )

Dr. Nan-Yao Su, University of Florida, USA (E-mail: nysu@ufl.edu)

• 12-1. Current control practices, area-wide management projects and foraging behaviors of subterranean termites
  • Organizers :
    • Nan-Yao Su, University of Florida, USA (E-mail: nysu@ufl.edu)
  • Speakers and tentative titles:
    • 1)Nan-Yao Su, University of Florida
• 12-2. Pest ants of urban environments
  • Organizers :
    • M. Rust, University of California at Riverside, USA
  • Tentative titles and speakers:
    • 1) Pest ants of urban importance.
      M.K. Rust, Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, California, USA.
      
    • 2) Argentine ants: Understanding their behavior for effective management.
      D.-H. Choe, Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, California, USA.
    • 3) Urban pest ants of Southeast Asia, and their management.
      C.-Y. Lee, Universiti Sains Maylaysia, Penang, Malayasia.
    • 4) History of invasive ant management with recommendations for future progress.
      Ben Hoffmann, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Winnellie, Australia.
    • 5) Native invasive ants: a novel evolutionary trend in the age of global change.
      Grzegorz Buczkowski, Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
    • 6) The perspective of red imported fire ant control in Taiwan: past, present, and future.
      Rong-Nan Huang, Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
    • 7) Advancements in baiting for management of pest ants: Camponotus, Tapinoma, and Liometopum.
      Laurel Hansen, Department of Biology, Spokane Community College, Spokane, Washington, USA.
• 12-3. Cockroach management - Challenges and new innovations
  • Organizers :
    • C.-Y. Lee, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
      Changlu Wang, Rutgers University, USA
  • Tentative titles and speakers:
    • 1) German cockroach IPM and cost-benefit analysis.
      Dini Miller, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
    • 2) Effectiveness of baiting and IPM for managing German cockroaches in apartment buildings.
      Changlu Wang, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
    • 3) Insecticide resistance and its underlying mechanism in the German cockroach.
      Chow-Yang Lee, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.
    • 4) History and development of cockroach bait technology and future innovations.
      Mark Coffelt, DuPont, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
    • 5) Bait aversion in the German cockroach.
      Nonggang Bao, Bayer Environmental Science, Beijing, China.
    • 6) Green pest management approaches against cockroaches.
      Arthur Appel, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA.
• 12-4. Bed bug resurgence and management – a global perspective
  • Organizers :
    • C. Wang, Rutgers University, USA
  • Tentative titles and speakers:
    • 1) Survey of bed bug infestation in Southeast Asia and research updates.
      Chow-Yang Lee, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.
    • 2) Bed bug infestation and management in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China.
      Xiujun Wen South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.
    • 3) Bed bug management practices in the USA.
      Ron Harrison, Orkin Pest Control, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
    • 4) Evaluation of sustainable methods for bed bug control in low-income facilities.
      Dini Miller, Virgina Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
    • 5) Chemical ecology of bed bugs: practical applications.
      Changlu Wang, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
    • 6) Refining non-chemical control tactics against the bed bug.
      Stephen Kells, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
    • 7) Importance of low level detection and the role of monitoring in bed bug management.
      Richard Cooper, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
    • 8) Recent progress in bed bug research in the USA.
      Alvaro Romero, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
    • 9) Beating the Bugs, the Australian Approach.
      Stefan Doggett, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
• 12-5. Stored-product entomology
  • Organizers :
    • Throne, USA (james.throne@ars.usda.gov)
    • Jinjun Wang, China (jjwang7008@yahoo.com)
  • 1) 9:00-9:30: Pest of stores and stored products - an archaoentomological perspective Eva Panagiotakopulu, School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Drummond Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9XP Scotland, United Kingdom (eva.p@ed.ac.uk)
  • 2) 9:30-9:45: Evolution of grain pests Hiroki Obata, Faculty of Letters, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan (totori@kumamoto-u.ac.jp)
  • 3) 9:45-10:00: Invasive and synanthropic – updated aspects on the natural and cultural history of the webbing clothes moth Tineola bisselliella Rudy Plarre, Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Unter den Eichen 87, 12205 Berlin, Germany (ruediger.plarre@bam.de)
  • 4) 10:00-10:15: The practicality of using molecular techniques for identification of stored-product insect pests Zhihong Li, Department of Entomology, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, 2 Yuanmingyuan, West Road, Beijing 100193, China (lizh@cau.edu.cn)
  • 5) 10:15-10:30: Use of molecular methods for species diagnostics and to identify dispersal patterns of stored-product insects Katarina Mikac, University of Wollongong, Institute for Conservation Biology, Wollongong, Australia (kmikac@uow.edu.au) 10:30-11:00: Break
  • 6) 11:00-11:15: Recent advances in stored-product psocid research in China Jin Jun Wang, Plant Protection College, Southwest University, No.1 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing, China (jjwang7008@yahoo.com)
  • 7) 11:15-11:30: Recent advances in stored-product psocid research in North America Jim Throne, USDA-ARS, Manhattan, KS, USA (james.throne@ars.usda.gov)
  • 8) 11:30-11:45: Recent advances in development of attractants for stored-product insects Tom Phillips, Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA (twp1@k-state.edu)
  • 9) 11:45-12:00: Mating disruption for control of stored-product insect pests Christos Athanassiou, Laboratory of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Department of Agriculture, Crop Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly, Phytokou St., N. Ionia Magnisias, 38446, Greece (athanassiou@agr.uth.gr)
  • 10) 12:00-12:15: Influence of interspecific competition between stored product insect pests on biological control with parasitoids Mun Il Ryoo, Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, Korea (ryoomi@korea.ac.kr)
  • 11) 12:15-12:30: 12:30-2:00: Lunch and posters
  • 12) 2:00-2:15: Practicality of using cold treatments for control of stored-product insect pests Panagiotis Eliopoulos, Technological Educational Institute of Larissa, Department of Plant Production, 41 110 Larissa, Greece (eliopoulos@teilar.gr)
  • 13) 2:15-2:30: Use of modified atmospheres for control of stored-product insect pests, with emphasis on modified atmosphere packaging for reducing injury to commodities Jordi Riudavets, Entomology, IRTA, Ctra. Cabrils km 2, 08348 Cabrils, Barcelona, Spain (jordi.riudavets@irta.es)
  • 14) 2:30-2:45: The molecular basis of phosphine resistance David Schlipalius, Cooperative Research Centre for National Plant Biosecurity, Canberra, ACT, Australia (David.Schlipalius@deedi.qld.gov.au)
  • 15) 2:45-3:00: Occurrence and level of phosphine resistance in stored-product insects in Oklahoma USA George Opit, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater OK, USA (george.opit@okstate.edu), Thomas W. Phillips, Kansas State University; Michael J. Aikins, Kansas State University; Mahbub Hasan, Kansas State University
  • 16) 3:00-3:15: Practical implications of insecticide resistance in stored-product insects Raul Guedes, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brazil (guedes@ufv.br)
  • 17) 3:15-3:30: Recent advances in fumigation for control of insect pests in stored grain YongLin Ren, School of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Murdoch University, Western Australia (y.ren@murdoch.edu.au) 3:30-4:00: Break
  • 18) 4:00-4:15: Recent advances in fumigation for control of insect pests in dried fruits and nuts Spencer Walse, USDA-ARS San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, USA (spencer.walse@ars.usda.gov)
  • 19) 4:15-4:30: Current status of non-chemical methods for control of insect pests in dried fruits and nuts Judy Johnson, USDA-ARS San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, USA (judy.johnson@ars.usda.gov)
  • 12-6. Novel approaches for urban pest management
    • Organizers :
      • Dong-Hwan Choe, University of California, Riverside, USA(donghwan.choe@ucr.edu)
• 12-3. Cockroaches
  • Organizers :
    • C. Y. Lee, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Potential speakers:
    • A half day symposium of 8 speakers
• 12-4. Bed bugs
  • Organizers :
    • C. Wang, Rutgers University, USA
  • Potential speakers:
    • A half day symposium of 8 speakers
• 5. Post harvest entomology
• 6. Biological control associated with storage and urban environments

13. Medical & Veterinary Entomology

Dr. Kyoko Sawabe, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan (E-mail: sawabe@nih.go.jp)

Dr. Willem Takken, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Netherlands (E-mail: willem.takken@wur.nl)

• 13-1. Global change, arthropod pests and vector-borne diseases in humans and animals
  • Organizers :
    • Mutsuo Kobayashi, National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), Japan (mutsuo@nih.go.jp)
    • Kom Sukontason, Chiang Mai University, Thailand (ksukonta@mail.md.cmu.ac.th)
  • Tentative titles and speakers :
    • 1) TBA
      Mutsuo Kobayashi, NIID, Japan (mutsuo@nih.go.jp)
    • 2) TBA
      E-Hyun Shin, Korea CDC, Korea (ehshin@nih.go,kr)
    • 3) TBA
      Kom Sukontason, Chiang Mai University, Thailand (ksukonta@mail.md.cmu.ac.th)
    • 4) TBA
      Ratchadawan Ngoen-klan, Kasetsart University, Thailand
    • 5) TBA
• 13-2. Forensic entomology
  • Organizers :
    • Eric Benbow, University of Dayton, USA (benbowme@notes.udayton.edu)
    • Jeff Tomberlin, Texas A&M University, USA (jktomberlin@tamu.edu)
    • Kabkaew (Likitvong) Sukontason, Chiang Mai University, Thailand (klikitvo@mail.med.cmu.ac.th)
  • Speakers :
    • 1) Welcoming Remarks
      Eric Benbow, University of Dayton, USA (benbowme@notes.udayton.edu)
    • 2) TBA
      Martin H. Villet, Rhodes University, South Africa (M.Villet@ru.ac.za)
    • 3) TBA
      Carlo Campobasso, University of Sao Paolo, Brazil (carlo.campobasso@unimol.it)
    • 4) TBA
      James Wallman, University of Wollongong, Australia (jwallman@uow.edu.au)
    • 5) TBA
      Christine Picard, Indiana University-Purdue University, USA (cpicard@iupui.edu)
    • 6) TBA
      Sherah VanLaerhoven, University of Windsor, Canada (vanlaerh@uwindsor.ca)
    • 7) TBA
      Baharudin Omar, Universiti Kepangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
    • 8) TBA
      Ratchadawan Ngoen-klan, Kasetsart University, Thailand
    • 9) TBA
      Krzysztof Szpila, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland (Krzysztof.Szpila@umk.pl)
    • 10) TBA
      Jennifer Pechal, University of Dayton, USA (jenpechal18@gmail.com)
    • 11) TBA
      Erick Benbow, University of Dayton, USA (benbowme@notes.udayton.edu)
    • 12) TBA
      Jeffrey Tomberlin, Texas A&M University, USA (jktomberlin@tamu.edu)
    • 13) Forensic acarology
      Maria Alejandra Perotti, University of Reading, UK (m.a.perotti@reading.ac.uk)
• 13-3. Emerging and re-emerging mosquito-borne Viruses
  • Organizers :
    • Annal-Bella Failloux, Institut Pasteur, France (anna-bella.failloux@pasteur.fr)
    • Alain Kohl. The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, UK (Alain.kohl@ed.ac.uk)
  • Tentative titles and speakers
    • 1) TBA
      • Diana Fonseca, Rutgers University, USA (dinafons@rci.rutgers.edu)
    • 2) The mosquito immune response modulates vector competence for arthropod-borne viruses
      • Caro Blair, Colorado State University, USA (Carol.Blair@ColoState.EDU)
    • 3) Wolbachia and Dengue control: towards a new strategy
      • Luciano Moreira, Fiocruz, Barazil (luciano@cpqrr.fiocruz.br)
    • 4) TBA
      • Laura Kramer, Arbovirus Laboratories Wadsworth Center, USA (kramer@wadsworth.org)
    • 5) TBA
    • 6) Progress in understanding control of arbovirus replication by mosquito innate immune responses
      • Alain Kohl, University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, UK (Alain.Kohl@glasgow.ac.uk)
    • 7) Aedes albopictus and its vectorial status
      • Anna-Bella Failloux, Institut Pasteur, France (anna-bella.failloux@pasteur.fr)
• 13-4. Vector control
  • Organizers :
    • Nina Alphey, University of Oxford, UK (nina.alphey@zoo.ox.ac.uk)
    • Mark Benedict, University of Perugia, Italy (mqbenedict@yahoo.com)
    • Luke Alphey, Oxitec Ltd & University of Oxford, UK (luke.alphey@oxitec.com)
  • Tentative titles and speakers
    • 1) Towards a SIT program for malaria vector control Jeremie Gilles, IAEA, Austria (J.Gilles@iaea.org)
    • 2) Global implementation activities for RIDL technology Luke Alphey, Oxitec Ltd & University of Oxford, UK (luke.alphey@oxitec.com)
    • 3) Brazilian experience in implementing RIDL mosquitoes Margareth Capurro, University of Sao Paolo, Brazil (mcapurro@icb.usp.br)
    • 4) Modelling resistance to genetic vector control Nina Alphey, University of Oxford, UK (nina.alphey@zoo.ox.ac.uk)
    • 5) Genetic control for malaria vectors Mark Benedict, University of Perugia, Italy (mqbenedict@yahoo.com)
    • 6) Fighting malaria with engineered symbionts of mosquito vectors: from bench to field Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
    • 7) Community engagement practices and Genetically-Modified Mosquitoes Tony James, University of California, Irvine, USA
    • 8) Biosafety, risk assessment and international standards for applications of transgenic mosquitoes John Mumford, Imperial College London, UK
    • 9) Vector ecology and behaviour: key parameters in GM strategies Paul Reiter, Institut Pasteur, France
    • 10) Wolbachia technology to prevent dengue transmission Scott Ritchie, Queensland Health & James Cook University, AUstralia
    • 11) Fungal products against disease vectors Bart Knols, K & S Consulting
    • 12) New insecticidal products & treated materials for control of vector-borne disease Graham White, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
• 13-5. Molecular basis of vector-pathogen interactions
  • Organizers :
    • Yeon Soo Han, Chonnam National University, Korea (hanys@chonnam.ac.kr)
  • Tentative titles and speakers:
    • 1) Modulation of mosquito immunity during Plasmodium development
      Sanjeev Kumar, India
    • 2) The mosquito STAT pathway and its role in Plasmodium development
      Lalita Gupta, India
    • 3) Functional characterization of intracellular apoLpo-III in response to Plasmodium invasion in mosquito
      Yeon Soo Han, Chonnam National University, Korea (hanys@chonnam.ac.kr)
• 13-6. Symbiotic microorganisms associated with medical, hygienic and veterinary pest arthropods
  • Organizers :
    • Takema Fukatsu, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan (t-fukatsu@aist.go.jp)
    • Claudio Bandi, The University of Milan, Italy (claudiov.bandi@unimi.it)
  • Tentative titles and speakers
    • 1) Introduction and overview
      • Takema Fukatsu, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan (t-fukatsu@aist.go.jp)
    • 2) Tick and midichloria
      • Claudio Bandi, The University of Milan, Italy (claudio.bandi@unimi.it)
    • 3) Mosquito immunology and microbiota
      • G. Dimopolus, 'ATTIKON' University Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Greece
    • 4) Lice symbiosis
      • Henk R. Braig, University of Wales, UK
    • 5) Ecological mechanisms and transmission of Bartonella by fleas between rodents
      • R. J. Dillon, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
    • 6) Anopheles/Asaia
      • Guido Favia, University of Camerino, Italy
    • 7) Tsetse endosymbionts
      • Rita V. M. Rio, West verginia University, USA
    • 8) Tick and Cardinium
      • H. Noda, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan
    • 9) Mutualistic Wolbachia of bedbug
      • Naruo Nikoh, the Open University of Japan, Japan
    • 10) Endosymbionts of hippoboscoid flies
      • Eva Novakova, Cˇ eske´ Budeˇ jovice, Czech Republic
• 13-7. Malaria vector mosquitoes in Asia and Africa
  • Organizers :
    • Leopoldo M. Rueda, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, USA (ruedapol@si.edu)
    • Noboru Minakawa, Nagasaki University, Japan (minakawa@nagasaki-u.ac.jp)
  • Tentative titles and speakers
    • 1) Introduction
      • Leopoldo M. Rueda, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, USA (ruedapol@si.edu)
      • Noboru Minakawa, Nagasaki University, Japan (minakawa@nagasaki-u.ac.jp)
    • 2) Malaria vector surveillance and control program in China
      • Qiyong Liu, China CDC, China(liuqiyong@icdc.cn)
    • 3) Chemical and biological control of malaria vectors in China
      • Tongyan Zhao, China(aedes@263.net)
    • 4) Ecology of malaria vectors and their Plasmodium parasites in Malaysia
      • Indra Vythilingam, Malaysia(indra.vythilingam@gmail.com)
    • 5) Border malaria in the Republic of Korea: A continuing threat to Korean populations and US Forces Korea
      • Terry A. Klein, Korea(terry.klein@us.army.mil)
    • 6) Anopheles species diversity and malaria infection rates for mosquitoes collected at two villages located in and near the demilitarized zone, Republic of Korea
      • Heung-Chul Kim, Korea(hungchol.kim@us.army.mil)
    • 7) Molecular identification and population structure of the malaria vector, Anopheles sinensis (Diptera: Culicidae) in China
      • Yajun Ma, China(yajunm@yahoo.com.cn)
    • 8) Taxonomic status and distribution of Anopheles Hyrcanus Group vectors of malaria in Asia
      • Leopoldo M. Rueda, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, USA(ruedapol@si.edu)
    • 9) Malaria vector control in Thailand
      • Alongkot Ponlawt. Rueda, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, USA(alongkotp@afrims.org)
    • 10) Surveillance and control of malaria vectors in Vietnam, Laos and neighboring countries
      • Sylvie Manguin, France(sylvie.manguin@ird.fr)
    • 11) Distribution and molecular identification of Anopheles species (Diptera: Culicidae) in Liberia
      • Peter Obenauer, USA(peter.obenauer@med.navy.mil)
    • 12) Surveillance, control and insecticidal resistance of malaria vectors in selected countries of Africa
      • Maureen Coetzee, South Africa(maureenc@nicd.ac.za)
    • 13) Malaria vector control in western Kenya
      • Noboru Minakawa, Nagasaki University, Japan (minakawa@nagasaki-u.ac.jp)
    • 14) Multimodal pyrethroid resistance in malaria vectors in western Kenya
      • Hitoshi Kawada, Nagasaki University, Japan(vergiss_mine_nicht@hotmail.com)
    • 15) Exploiting the oviposition behavior of Anopheles gambiae for monitoring and control
      • Ulrike Fillinger, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK(ulrike.fillinger@lshtm.ac.uk)
    • 16) Ecological and evolutionary determinants of host species choice in African malaria vectors
      • Heather Ferguson, University of Glasgow, UK(h.ferguson@bio.gla.ac.uk)
    • 17) Use of various insecticide isomer and synergies: Implications and challenges in resource poor countries-case study of Malawi
      • Dylo Pemba, Malawi University, Malawi(pembadyl@yahoo.ie)
    • 18) VectorMap, an online mapping resource for malaria vectors and related groups in Asia and Africa
      • Desmond Foley. Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, USA(foleydes@si.edu)
• 13-8. Insecticide resistance in medically important insects (mosquitoes, bed bugs, lice...)
  • Organizers :
    • Si Hyeock Lee, Seoul National University, Korea (shlee22@snu.ac.kr)
  • Speakers :
    • 1) Gao Xiwu (China)
    • 2) Shen Bo (China)
    • 3) Rodolphe Poupardin (United Kingdom)
    • 4) Kentaro Itokawa (Japan)(itokawa@nih.go.jp)
    • 5) Osamu Komagata (Japan)(komagata@nih.go.jp)
    • 6) Deok Ho Kwon (Korea)
    • 7) John Vontas (Greece)
• 13-9. Bartonella in arthropod vectors
  • Organizers :
    • Michael Kosoy, CDC, USA (mck3@cdc.gov)
    • Qiyong Liu, China CDC, China (liuqiyong@icdc.cn)
  • Tentative titles and speakers
    • 1) Welcoming remarks
      • Michael Kosoy, CDC, USA (mck3@cdc.gov)
    • 2) Vector competence of hard ticks for Bartonella transmission
      • Muriel Vayssier-Taussat, Institute National de la Recherche Agronomique, France (mvayssier@vet-alfort.fr)
    • 3) Molecular evidence of Bartonella quintana in Pediculus humanus capitis (Pediculidae: Anoplura) infesting young people in selected villages in Laguna province, Philippines
      • Arlene U. Garcia-Bertuso, Universty of the Philippines, Phillippines (augb8@hotmail.com)
    • 4) Bartonella vector research in China
      • Qiyong Liu, China CDC, China (liuqiyong@icdc.cn)
    • 5) Diversity of Bartonella in flea vectors - insights from studies in Israel
      • Shimon Harrus, Hebrew University, Israel (harrus@agri.huji.ac.il)
    • 6) Competence studies of Bartonella transmission in Xenopsylla ramesis fleas
      • Danny Morick, Hebrew University, Israel (dannymorick@gmail.com)
    • 7) Bat flies as vectors of Bartonella
      • Katharina Dittmar de la Cruz, SUNY Buffalo, New York, USA (mysid@me.com)
    • 8) Identification of new Bartonella species in the soft ticks in Senegal
      • Oleg Mediannikov, Unite des Rickettsies, France (olegusss1@gmail.com)
    • 9) Bartonella species in rodent fleas in Japan
      • Hidenory Kabeya, Nihon University, Japan (kabeya@brs.nihon-u.ac.jp)
• …

14. Invasive Species and Quarantine

Dr. Fang-hao Wan, Institute of Plant Protection, CAAS Beijing, China (E-mail: wanfanghao@ieda.org.cn)

Dr. Ki-Jeong Hong, National Plant Quarantine Service, Korea (E-mail: stpeters@korea.kr)

• 14-1. Ecological impacts of invasive insects
• Organizers :
  • Marc Kenis, Switzerland (m.kenis@cabi.org)
  • Geoff M. Gurr, Australia (geoff.gurr@gmail.com)
• 14-2. Invasive species biology
  • Organizers :
    • Helen Roy, Center for Ecology & Hydrology, UK (hele@ceh.ac.uk)
    • Sandy M. Smith, University of Toronto, Canada (s.smith.a@utoronto.ca)
• 14-3. Biotic interactions in the context of biological invasion
  • Organizers :
    • Shu-Sheng Liu, Zhejiang University, China (shshliu@zju.edu.cn)
    • Marcel Dicke, Wageningen University, The Netherlands (marcel.dicke@wur.nl)
    • 3 hour symposium: introduction to topic, keynote (30 min), 3 invited contributions (20 min), the remaining time is kept free for 6 volunteered contributions (15 min).
• 14-4. Will new Access and Benefit Sharing procedures impede biological control of invasive insects?
  • Organizers :
    • Jacques Brodeur, University of Montreal, Canada (jacques.brodeur@umontreal.ca)
    • Barbara Barratt, New Zealand (barbara.barratt@agresearch.co.nz)
    • 3 hour symposium: introduction to topic, keynote (30 mins), 5 contributions (15 mins), remaining time is kept free for 5 volunteered contributions (15 mins).
• 14-5. Environmental benefits and risks of biological control
  • Organizers :
    • Peter Mason, Canada (peter.mason@agr.gc.ca)
    • George Heimpel, University of Minnesota, USA (heimp001@umn.edu)
    • Helen Roy, Center for Ecology & Hydrology, UK (hele@ceh.ac.uk)
      
• 14-6. Biological invasions under global climate changes
  • Organizers :
    • Davis Goulson, UK (dave.goulson@stir.ac.uk)
• 14-7. Pest quarantine issues and international trade
  • Organizers :
    • Zhi-Hong Li, China Agricultural University, China (lizh@cau.edu.cn)
• 14-8. Recent issues on exotic insects travelling through the continents
  • Organizers :
    • Seunghwan Lee, Seoul National University, Korea (seung@snu.ac.kr)
    • Kim Hoelmer, USDA-ARS, USA (Kim.Hoelmer@ARS.USDA.GOV)
  • Tentative titles and speakers :
    • 16-19 speakers
• 14-9. Postharvest disinfestations
  • Organizers :
    • Lisa G. Neven, USDA-ARS, Yakima Research Laboratory, USA (lisa.neven@ars.usda.gov)
• 14-10. Biological control of invasive weeds
  • Organizer :
    • TBA

15. Acarology

Dr. Hiroshi Amano, Kyoto University, Japan (E-mail: amano@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp)

Dr. Terry Klein, US Military Army in ROK (terry.klein@us.army.mil)

• 15-1. Dispersal and behavior of the Acari
  • Organizers :
    • Norihide Hinomoto, NARO-NARC, Japan (hinomoto@affrc.go.jp)
    • Chuleui Jung, Andong University, Korea (cjung@andong.ac.kr)
• 15-2. Seasonal adaptations of the Acari
  • Organizers :
    • Dimitris Koveos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (koveos@agro.auth.gr )
    • Takeshi Suzuki, Chiba University, Japan (suzuki@restaff.chiba-u.jp)
• 15-3. Bioactive molecules of ticks
  • Organizers :
    • Kozo Fujisaki, Kagoshima University, Japan (tick@ms.kagoshima-u.ac.jp)
    • Libor Grubhoffer, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic (liborex@paru.cas.cz )
  • Tentative titles and speakers :
    • 1) Lectins/FREPs; hemelipoglycoprotein; Tick glycosylation speciality L. Grubhoffer, South Bohemia University, Chzech Republic
    • 2) Tick antimicrobial peptides/proteins L. Grubhoffer, South Bohemia University, Chzech Republic
    • 3) Characterization of the immunosuppressive protein RH-p36 from the Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides tick J. Zhou, Shanghai Vet. Res. Inst., China
    • 4) Antiantiogenic activities of tick troponin I-like molecule Y. Myungjyo, Chonbuk National University, Korea
    • 5) Fate of blood meal iron in ticks T. Tanaka, Kagoshima University, Japan
    • 6) The role of autophagy in the ard tick Haemaphysalis longicornis R. Umemiya-Shirafuji, Kagoshima University, Japan
• 15-4. Current Issues of Tick Taxonomy and Identification and Distribution of Rickettsial Parasites
  • Organizers :
    • Richard Robbins, Armed Forces Pest Management Board, USA (richard.robbins@osd.mil)
    • Allen Richards, Naval Medical Research Center, USA (allen.richards@med.navy.mil)
• 15-5. Internal morphology and ultrastructure of mites
  • Organizers :
    • Shingo Toyoshima, NARO-NIVTS, Japan (toyosin@affrc.go.jp )
    • Antonella Di Palma, "Federico II" University, Italy (a.dipalma@unifg.it)
  • Tentative titles and speakers :
    • 1) On some general aspects of internal anatomy of mites and ticks (Acari) (30 min) Gerd Alberti, University of Greifswald, Germany (alberti@uni-greifswald.de)
    • 2) Functional morphology of accessory structures involved in reproduction among gamasid mites (Acari, Anactinotrichida) (30 min) Antonella Di Palma, University of Foggia, Italy (E-mail: a.dipalma@unifg.it) Gerd Alberti, University of Greifswald, Germany (alberti@uni-greifswald.de)
    • 3) Anatomy and ultrastructure of the prosomal salivary glands in water mites Piona carnea (Koch, 1836) and Teutonia cometes (Koch, 1837) (Acariformes: Hydarchnidia) (15 min) Andrey Shatrov, Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science, Russia (chigger@mail.ru)
    • 4) Presumed paternal genome loss during embryogenesis of predatory phytoseiid mites (15 min) Shingo Toyoshima, NARO-NIVTS, Japan (E-mail: toyosin@affrc.go.jp ) Hiroshi Amano, Kyoto University, Japan (E-mail: amano@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp)
• 15-6. Ecology and behavior of soil-inhabiting mites
  • Organizers :
    • Naoki Mori, Kyoto University, Japan (mokurin@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp)
    • Hiroshi Amano, Kyoto University, Japan (amano@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp)
• 15-7. Agricultural Acarology - invasion and expansion -
  • Organizers :
    • Hidenari Kishimoto, NARO- NIFTS, Japan (kisimoto@affrc.go.jp)
    • Muhammad Haseeb Baloch, Florida A&M University, USA (muhammad.haseeb@famu.edu)
    • David James, Washington State University, USA (david_james@wsu.edu)
• …

16. Social Insects

Dr. Kazuki Tsuji, University of the Ryukyus, Japan (E-mail: tsujik@agr.u-ryukyu.ac.jp)

Dr. Donat Agosti, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA (E-mail: agosti@amrh.org)

• 16-1. Demographic, network, and behavioral trait analyses of sociality
  • Organizers :
    • Raghavendra Gadagkar, Indian Institute of Science, India (ragh@ces.iisc.ernet.in)
    • James H. Hunt, North Carolina State University, USA (jim_hunt@ncsu.edu)
    • Jennifer Fewell, Arizona State University, USA (j.fewell@asu.edu)
• 16-2. Social insects
  • Organizers :
    • Kazuki Tsuji, University of the Ryukyus, Japan (tsujik@agr.u-ryukyu.ac.jp)
• 16-3. Subsocial insects
  • Organizers :
    • Lisa Filippi, Hofstra University, USA (Lisa.Z.Filippi@hofstra.edu)
    • Sumio Tojo
    • Shintaro Nomakuchi
• 16-4. Ants
  • Organizers :
    • Seiki Yamane
• …

17. Special Issues

• 17-A. Insect Industry
  • 17-A-a. Apiculture
    • Dr. Peter Neumann, Swiss Bee Research Centre, Switzerland
    • (E-mail: peter.neumann@alp.admin.ch)
    • 1) Honebee disease diagnostics
      • Organizers:
        • Byoungsoo Yoon, Kyonggi University, Korea (bsyoon@kyonggi.ac.kr)
        • TBA
    • 2) Current issues on apiculture
      • Organizers:
        • Myounglyeol Lee, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Korea (mllee6@korea.kr)
        • Peter Neumann, Swiss Bee Research Centre, Switzerland (peter.neumann@alp.admin.ch)
  • 17-A-b. Sericulture
    • Dr. Sang Mong Lee, Pusan National University, Korea (E-mail: serilsm@pusan.ac.kr)
  • 17-A-c. Insect Virus
    • Dr. Yu-Chan Chao, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (E-mail: mbycchao@gate.sinica.edu.tw)
    • 3-1. Baculovirus: pest control, gene delivery in mammalian cells or organisms
    • 3-2. Arbovirus: vertebrate diseases resulted from arthropod-borne viruses
    • 3-3. Other insect viruses: polydnavirus, ascovirus, nudivirus, nodavirus, tetravirus, etc
  • 17-A-d. Biotechnology
    • Dr. Andreas Vilcinscas, University of Giessen, German
    • (E-mail: Andrea.Vilcinscas@agra.uni-giessen.de)
• 17-B. Utilization of Insects for Human Life
  • Dr. Wan-zhi Cai, China Agricultural University, China (E-mail: caiwz@cau.edu.cn)
  • Dr. Marcel Dicke, Wageningen Uinversity, The Netherlands (Email: marcel.dicke@wur.nl)
    • 1) Insects for foods, pharmacology, and animal feeds
      • Organizer :
        • Dr. Yeong-Cheol Choi, National Academu of Agricultural Science, Korea (E-mail: Choi8464@korea.kr)
        • Dr. Yupa Hanboonsong, Khon Kaen University, Thailand (E-mail: yupa_han@yahoo.com)
    • 2) Insects for Medical Use
    • 3) Insect in History and Culture
• 17-C. Higher Education on Entomology
  • Dr. May Berenbaum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA (E-mail: maybe@uiuc.edu)
    • 1) Women in Entomology?Challenges and Achievements in a New Era
      • Organizers :
        • Ernest S. Delfosse, Michigan State University, USA (E-mail: delfosse@msu.edu)
        • Genet M. Tulgetske, University of California, Riverside, USA (E-mail: gtulg001@ucr.edu)
    • 2) Experiential Learning Opportunities for Undergraduate Students
    • 3) Making Connections between Educational Theory and Teaching Practices in Entomology
    • 4) Insect Science and the Changing Research and Development Landscape
    • 5) From Field to Screen: Digital Imaging Technology in Entomology
• 17-D. Aquatic Entomology: Biodiversity, ecology and environment
  • Organizers :
    • Dr. Yeon Jae Bae, Korea University, Korea (E-mail: yjbae@korea.ac.kr)
    • Dr. Kazumi Tanida, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan (E-mail: tanida@b.s.osakafu-u.ac.jp