<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Christina M. Grozinger</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:cmgrozinger@psu.edu">cmgrozinger@psu.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, Jul 16, 2022 at 3:59 AM<br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Subject: 2023 International Conference on Pollinator Biology, Health and Policy<div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">We are very happy to let you know that the registration and abstract submission for the 2023 International Conference on Pollinator Biology, Health and Policy is now open! The conference is scheduled for June 3-6, 2023, at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center on Penn State’s University Park campus. </font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Please see the </span><a href="https://web.cvent.com/event/c21acf50-b587-4d7c-b0bc-55cbecd97098/summary" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">conference website</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> for more information, as well as this </span><a href="https://www.psu.edu/news/agricultural-sciences/story/international-conference-pollinator-biology-health-policy-slated-2023/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">press release</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">. </span><font face="arial, sans-serif"> The abstract submission deadline is September 15, 2022. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The theme for the 2023 conference is understanding and leveraging networks to support pollinator health, including gene networks, plant-pollinator networks, ecological community networks and scientific networks. The conference will have six sessions, spanning disease ecology, integrated pollinator and pest management, developing biodiverse habitats, understanding the impacts of climate change, tools for monitoring and mapping biodiversity, and education, outreach and policy initiatives.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The conference will begin in the evening of June 3, 2023, with a welcome reception and keynote talk by May Berenbaum, of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Other keynote speakers during the event will be Michelle Flenniken, Montana State University; David Inouye, University of Maryland and Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory; and Alexandra Klein, University of Freiburg. </font></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Additional confirmed speakers include Rufus Isaacs, Michigan State University; Jane Stout, Trinity College London; Scott Loarie, iNaturalist and California Academy of Sciences; Hien Ngo, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; Michael Simone-Finstrom, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman, USDA-ARS; Benjamin Risse, University of Muenster; Elizabeth Hill, USDA Office of the Chief Scientist; Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology; Christine Taliga, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service; and Matt Forister, University of Nevada, Reno.</font></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Preceding the conference on June 3, 2023, will be the Pollinator Conservation Short Course hosted by the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">For more information about the conference, please contact the conference organizers, Christina Grozinger (Penn State University), Michelle Flenniken (Montana State University), and Alex Klein (University of Freiburg). For conference logistic and registration questions, please contact <a href="mailto:ekm5113@psu.edu" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">Erin Reed</a>. This conference is supported by Penn State's Center for Pollinator Research, Department of Entomology, College of Agricultural Sciences, Huck Institute of Life Sciences as well as Wyman’s of Maine.</font></p><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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