[Pollinator] Fwd: Abstract Deadline: Penn State Pollinator Conference

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May 1,  2010 

May 15th  Abstract Submission Deadline: International Conference on 
Pollinator Biology,  Health and Policy Hosted by The Center for Pollinator Research 
at Penn State   
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 July  24-28, 2010 at the University Park campus.   The 
abstract  submission deadline is May 15, 2010, and the early registration  
deadline is June 1, 2010.  For more information and online  registration, please 
visit the conference website at _http://agsci.psu.edu/pollinator-conference_ 
(http://agsci.psu.edu/pollinator-conference) . 
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 the conference website. 
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 
_cmg25 at psu.edu_ (mailto:cmg25 at psu.edu) ; Diana Cox-Foster,  (814) 865-1022 or 
_dxc12 at psu.edu_ (mailto:dxc12 at psu.edu) ; or Ed Rajotte, (814)  863-4641 or 
uvu at psu.edu.  
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. 

 
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  http://ento.psu.edu/pollinators. 
Symposia and confirmed  speakers (as of 4/30/10) include: 
• Welcome Reception,  - Bruce McPheron, Dean, College of Agricultural 
Sciences, Penn State  University; May Berenbaum, University of Illinois, 
Urbana-Champaign (Keynote  Speaker) 
• Behavioral  Ecology - Robert Gegear, University of Massachusetts; 
Christina Grozinger,  Penn State University; 
Abraham Hefetz, Tel Aviv  University; 

Heather Mattila,  Wellesley College
; Theresa Pitts-Singer,  USDA-ARS; 
Peter Teal, USDA-ARS 
• Evolving Policies  on Pollinator Risk Assessment and Conservation - 

Doug Holy, USDA-NRCS;  Mary Purcell-Miramontes, USDA-NIFA; Thomas Moriarty,  
Environmental Protection Agency; R. Thomas Van Arsdall,  Pollinator 
Partnership; Mace Vaughan, Xerces  Society 
• Status of  Pollinators Worldwide - David De Jong, University of São 
Paulo,  Brazil
; Keith Delaplane,  University of Georgia
; Yves Le Conte,  
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique,  Avignon-France; Peter Neumann, 
Honeybee Pathology Section 
Swiss Bee Research  Centre, Switzerland
; Stuart 
Roberts, Bees  Ants Wasps Recording Society (BWARS), UK;  Dennis  
vanEngelsdorp, Penn State University;  
• Impacts of  Environmental Toxins - 
Reed Johnson, University  of 
Nebraska; 
Chris Mullin, Penn State  University
; Andreas Thrasyvoulou.  Aristotle 
University of Thessaloniki, Greece; Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman,  USDA-ARS; 
Jeff Pettis, USDA-ARS 
• Disease Ecology  - 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 
• Conservation and  Ecological Applications of Native Pollinators - David 
Biddinger, Penn  State University
; Sydney Cameron,  University of Illinois; 
Jim Cane, USDA-ARS; 
Amotz Dafni, Haifa  University, Israel; Tamar Keasar, University of Haifa
, 
Israel;  
Claire Kremen, UC  Berkeley; 
Yael Mandelik, Hebrew  University of 
Jerusalem, Israel
;  
David Mortensen, Penn  State University; 
 Uma Partap,  International 
Centre for Integrated Mountain Development,  Nepal; Mark Scriber, Michigan State 
University
; Sharoni Shafir, Hebrew  University of Jerusalem, B. Triwaks Bee 
Research Center
, Israel; John Tooker,  Penn State University
; Baldwyn 
Torto,  International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology,  Kenya. 

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Editors  Contact: 
Kristie  Auman-Bauer 
PA IPM  Program 
(814)  865-2839 
kma147 at psu.edu 

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