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Announcing the 2012 AGM & Symposium

UPDATED: 10 OCTOBER 2012

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of ESBC will be held in Summerland, BC on Thursday, October 11th and Grape Integrated Pest Management Symposium on Friday, October 12th 2012. Contributed papers will be presented at the AGM on October 11th.

Location

Pacific Agri-Food Research Station
4200 Highway #97 South
Summerland, BC

Registration and Fees

Notification: Please send an indication that you plan to attend to: Ward Strong, President, ward.strong@gov.bc.ca.

Registration:  8:00-8:30 each day. You can register for either day separately, or both together.

Fees: Students $10 per day, regular $20 per day.

Includes: Morning and afternoon coffee and eats; lunch both days; field trip transportation by PARC buses.

Agenda

Thursday October 11 - Annual General Meeting
08:30 Registration & coffee
09:00 Welcome and Scientific Presentations
10:30 Coffee & eats
11:00 Scientific Presentations
12:15 Lunch (provided)
13:15 Scientific Presentations
14:15 Coffee & eats
14:45 ESBC Annual General Meeting and induction of new officers
15:30 Adjourn.

Schedule of talks now available (updated 10 October 2012): [ PDF ]

Friday October 12 - Grape IPM Symposium
08:00-08:30 Registration
08:30-08:40 Introduction to Symposium – Kenna MacKenzie
08:40-09:10 Overview of the Okanagan Wine Grape Industry – Pat Bowen
09:10-09:40 Insect Pests including Spotted Wing Drosophila – Susanna Acheampong
09:40-10:00 Vegetation as a GIS Component – Olga Shaposhnikova
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-10:50 Vegetation and Insect Management – Tom Lowery
10:50-11:05 Grapevine Leaf Roll Virus – Jose Urbez-Torres
11:05-11:20 Grape Insect Toxicology – Mike Smirle
11:20-11:35 Cutworm Species Complex and Natural Control Agents – Naomi DeLury
11:35-11:50 Nematode effects on wine grapes – Tom Forge
11:50-12:00 Conclusion – Kenna MacKenzie
12:00-13:00 Lunch (provided)
13:00    Depart for Field Tour to two vineyards in Okanagan Falls. Some vans will be provided, maps also provided for self-transportation. Carpooling is encouraged as parking is limited.
13:30    Stop 1: See Ya Later Ranch Winery, Vincor, Mike Watson IPM, computerized data collection and GPS
15:00    Stop 2: Park Hill Vineyard, Hans Bouchler IPM and Organic Grape Production
16:30    Depart for PARC Summerland
17:00    Adjourn

Submissions

We are seeking oral presentations for the AGM. Contributions are welcome from members of ESBC, students, and other interested entomologists.  Please encourage your students to submit papers - cash prizes will be awarded for best BSc, MSc & PhD student presentations. Oral presentations will be scheduled for 15 minutes each including time for questions. There will be no poster presentations.

If you are interested in presenting at the ESBC AGM, please send a title and short abstract (50 words or less) via email to Rob McGregor at mcgregorr@douglas.bc.ca by 1 October 2012. Student travel award deadline is also extended to 1 October  2012.

Announcing the 2012 AGM & Symposium

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