Program Schedule
as of 13:00, October 9, 2008
This schedule is very dynamic; please keep checking back for changes.
Click on the Papers/Symposia/Competition names to see the individual schedules.
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| FRIDAY 17th | ||||||||||||||||||||
| AAFC Biological Control Working Group Meeting | 8:30 |
17:00 |
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| SATURDAY 18th | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Initial ESC Governing Board Meeting | 8:30 |
17:00 |
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| Biology and Biological Control of Established Invasive Plants in Canada External Symposium - Rob Bourchier | 8:30 |
17:00 |
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| SUNDAY 19th | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Registration and Audio Visual Room (open for uploading) | 9:00 |
19:00 |
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| ESO Incoming and outgoing board meeting | 8:00 |
12:00 |
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| Opening Session, ESC Awards, Gold Medal Address, Plenary Session | 13:00 |
18:00 |
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| Introduction - John Huber, Terry Shore, Rebecca Hallett, Paul Fields (introducing Gold Medal recipient) | 13:00 |
13:30 |
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| Gold Medal Recipient Address - Bernie Roitberg: Think broad, focus sharp. | 13:30 |
14:00 |
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| Canadian Forum for Biological Control | 18:00 |
19:00 |
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| Student Mixer | 19:00 |
20:00 |
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| General Reception | 20:00 |
22:30 |
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| MONDAY 20th | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Registration and Audio Visual Room (open for uploading) | 7:00 |
19:00 |
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| President's Prize Competition (PP1) - Forestry and Systematics; Moderator: Jade Savage | 8:00 |
12:00 |
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| Insect Pests of Grapevine Symposium - Coordinators: C. Olivier and C. Vincent | 8:15 |
12:00 |
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| Graduate Student Symposium - Coordinators: Chris Borkent and Greg Smith | 9:00 |
12:00 |
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| Coffee break | 10:00 |
10:30 |
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| Poster Session | 10:30 |
12:00 |
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| Editorial Board Meeting | 12:00 |
14:00 |
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| Exhibitors | 8:30 |
18:00 |
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| Silent Auction | 8:30 |
18:00 |
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| President's Prize Competition (PP2) - Ecology; Moderator: Gary Gibson | 13:00 |
18:30 |
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| President's Prize Competition (PP3) - Biodiversity; Moderator: Owen Lonsdale | 13:00 |
18:00 |
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| Celebrating 60 years of Research Collaboration Between CABI and Canada Symposium; Moderator: Peter Mason | 13:00 |
17:00 |
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| Coffee break | 15:00 |
15:30 |
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| ESC Annual General Meeting | 16:30 |
18:00 |
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| ESC Final Governing Board meeting | 18:00 |
18:30 |
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| Presidents reception | 20:15 |
22:15 |
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| CABI Anniversary | 18:00 |
20:00 |
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| TUESDAY 21st | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Registration and Audio Visual Room (open for uploading) | 8:00 |
19:00 |
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| Poster Session | 8:00 |
19:00 |
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| Contributed Papers - Ecology; Moderator: Peggy Dixon | 8:15 |
12:00 |
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| Canadian Insect Collections – Their Role in Support of National and International Biodiversity Research Symposium; Coordinator: Steve Marshall | 8:40 |
11:15 |
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| Contributed Papers - Agriculture; Moderator: Juliana Soroka | 8:00 |
12:00 |
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| Coffee break | 10:00 |
10:30 |
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| ESO Annual General Meeting | 12:00 |
13:00 |
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| President's Prize Competition (PP4) - Agriculture, Physiology and Education; Moderator: Shi-you Li | 13:00 |
18:00 |
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| Contributed Papers - Systematics and Conservation; Moderator: Matt Buck | 13:00 |
17:15 |
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| Contributed papers - Forestry and Agriculture; Moderator: Kevin Floate | 13:00 |
17:00 |
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| Coffee break | 15:00 |
15:30 |
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| Cash Bar | 18:00 |
19:00 |
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| Banquet (includes presentation of Criddle Award) | 19:00 |
22:00 |
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| Heritage Lecture - Stewart Peck - Canadian entomologists: exploring global insect diversity. | 20:30 |
21:30 |
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| WEDNESDAY 22nd | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Registration and Audio Visual Room | 8:00 |
19:00 |
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| Biological Survey of Canada Symposium; Coordinator: Andrew Smith | 8:00 |
9:45 |
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| Invasive Species Symposium; Coordinators: Hume Douglas and Vasily Grebennikov | 8:15 |
12:00 |
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| Digital Entomology (Biodiversity Informatics) Symposium; Coordinator: David Shorthouse | 8:15 |
12:00 |
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| Coffee break | 10:00 |
10:30 |
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| Biological Survey of Canada | 13:00 |
18:00 |
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| THURSDAY 23rd | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Biological Survey of Canada | 9:00 |
18:00 |
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* External tour to the Central Experimental Farm
