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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG>Proving once again that working on Sunday is not
a great idea, please ALSO ignore the call for abstracts from last year that I
circulated to the LISTSERV from the Penn State conference of 2010.
Apparently I am urging us all to go back in time for some
reason. So sorry. Laurie</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG>Sent:</STRONG> Sunday, February 20, 2011 4:41
PM<BR><B>To:</B> pollinator@nappc.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Pollinator] Fwd:
Abstract Deadline: Penn State PollinatorConference<o:p></o:p></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">May 1,
2010<B><o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=center><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">May
15<SUP>th</SUP> Abstract Submission Deadline: International Conference on
Pollinator Biology, Health and Policy Hosted by The Center for Pollinator
Research at Penn State </SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The
first International Conference on Pollinator Biology, Heath and Policy is
being hosted by the Penn State Center for Pollinator Research on <B>July
24-28, 2010</B> at the University Park campus. The abstract
submission deadline is <B>May 15, 2010</B>, and the early registration
deadline is <B>June 1, 2010</B>. For more information and online
registration, please visit the conference website at <SPAN class=link-external><B><A title=http://agsci.psu.edu/pollinator-conference href="http://agsci.psu.edu/pollinator-conference" target=_blank>http://agsci.psu.edu/pollinator-conference</A>.</B></SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">The focus of the conference
will be current research on pollinator biology and health, as well as policies
related to pollinator conservation. The keynote speaker will be Dr. May
Berenbaum, Professor and Head of the Department of Entomology at University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Berenbaum is internationally recognized for
both her research and conservation efforts related to pollinators, including
chairing the National Research Council’s Committee on the Status Pollinators
in North America in 2007. A full listing of the symposia and confirmed
speakers is below, and can also be found at <SPAN class=link-external>the
conference website.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">The conference is supported
by generous donations from Häagen-Dazs, the National Honey Board,
Anthropologie/Urban Outfitters, Bayer CropScience, Syngenta, The Almond Board
of California, as well as Penn State's Department of Entomology, College of
Agricultural Sciences, and The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences. For
more information, visit the conference website or contact conference
organizers: Christina Grozinger, (814)-865-1895 or </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><A title=mailto:cmg25@psu.edu href="mailto:cmg25@psu.edu"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">cmg25@psu.edu</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">; Diana Cox-Foster, (814)
865-1022 or </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><A title=mailto:dxc12@psu.edu href="mailto:dxc12@psu.edu"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">dxc12@psu.edu</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">; or Ed Rajotte, (814)
863-4641 or uvu@psu.edu. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">Additionally, a Pollinator
Conservation Short Course will be offered by the Xerces Society at the
conclusion of the conference on July 29. Topics include the basic principles
of pollinator biology, the economics of insect pollination, recognizing
native bee species, and assessment of pollinator habitat. More
information is available on the conference website.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">The Penn State Center for
Pollinator Research is devoted to the study of pollinators, pollination, and
pollinator management and protection. The Center combines the resources of 26
research and education programs spanning Penn State’s Departments of
Entomology, Biology, Horticulture, Crop and Soil Science and Landscape
Architecture; the Arboretum at Penn State; the PA Department of Agriculture;
and the USDA. Center activities are supported by government grants, corporate
gifts, the beekeeping industry and Penn State’s College of Agricultural
Sciences. For more information, please visit the Center for Pollinator
Research website at
<B>http://ento.psu.edu/pollinators.</B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">Symposia and confirmed
speakers (as of 4/30/10) include:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">• <B>Welcome Reception,
</B> - Bruce McPheron, Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences, Penn State
University; May Berenbaum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Keynote
Speaker)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">• <B>Behavioral Ecology</B>
- Robert Gegear, University of Massachusetts; Christina Grozinger, Penn State
University; </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Mincho'">
</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">Abraham Hefetz, Tel Aviv
University; </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Mincho'">
</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">Heather Mattila, Wellesley
College</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Mincho'">
</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">; Theresa Pitts-Singer,
USDA-ARS; Peter Teal, USDA-ARS<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">• <B>Evolving Policies on
Pollinator Risk Assessment and Conservation</B> - </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Mincho'">
</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">Doug Holy, USDA-NRCS; Mary
Purcell-Miramontes, USDA-NIFA; Thomas Moriarty, Environmental Protection
Agency; R. Thomas Van Arsdall, Pollinator Partnership; Mace Vaughan, Xerces
Society<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">• <B>Status of Pollinators
Worldwide</B> - David De Jong, University of São Paulo, Brazil</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Mincho'">
</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">; Keith Delaplane,
University of Georgia</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Mincho'">
</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">; Yves Le Conte, Institut
National de la Recherche Agronomique, Avignon-France; Peter Neumann, Honeybee
Pathology Section </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Mincho'">
</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">Swiss Bee Research Centre,
Switzerland</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Mincho'">
</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">; Stuart Roberts, Bees Ants
Wasps Recording Society (BWARS), UK; Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Penn State
University; <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">• <B>Impacts of
Environmental Toxins</B> - </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Mincho'">
</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">Reed Johnson, University of
Nebraska; </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Mincho'">
</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">Chris Mullin, Penn State
University</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Mincho'">
</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">; Andreas Thrasyvoulou.
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman,
USDA-ARS; Jeff Pettis, USDA-ARS<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">• <B>Disease Ecology</B> -
Diana Cox-Foster, Rajwinder Singh, and Abby Kalkstein, Penn State University;
Ben Sadd and Paul Schmid-Hempel, ETH Zurich, Switzerland; Marla Spivak,
University of Minnesota; Rosalind James and Junhuan Xu, USDA-ARS; Michael
Otterstatter and James Thomson, University of Toronto, Canada; Thomas H. Kunz,
Boston University; Dick Rogers, Bayer Crop Science<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">• <B>Conservation and
Ecological Applications of Native Pollinators</B> - David Biddinger, Penn
State University</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Mincho'">
</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">; Sydney Cameron,
University of Illinois; Jim Cane, USDA-ARS;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">Amotz Dafni, Haifa
University, Israel; Tamar Keasar, University of Haifa</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Mincho'">
</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">, Israel;
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">Claire Kremen, UC Berkeley;
</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Mincho'">
</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">Yael Mandelik, Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, Israel</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Mincho'">
</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">; <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">David Mortensen, Penn State
University; </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Mincho'">
</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'"> Uma Partap, International
Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Nepal; Mark Scriber, Michigan
State University</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Mincho'">
</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">; Sharoni Shafir, Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, B. Triwaks Bee Research Center</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Mincho'">
</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">, Israel; John Tooker, Penn
State University</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Mincho'">
</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">; Baldwyn Torto,
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology,
Kenya.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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865-2839<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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