[Pollinator] Fwd: Invitation to Workshop on Scientific Collections Associated with Pollinators

[Laurie Adams]

*From Kevin Hackett - Thank you!*


International Workshops on Scientific Collections Associated with Food
Security

Orlando, FL

Sept. 25, 2016.





You are invited to participate in two workshops that take place just prior
to the opening of the International Congress of Entomology: (1) *Invasive
Pests, Collections as Critical Infrastructure*, and (2) *Bee Pollinators,
Critical Gene Banks*. The workshops are sponsored by Scientific Collections
International (SciColl) and the USDA Agricultural Research Service.  The
first workshop will be held in the morning and the second will start right
after lunch, so you can attend one or both, as you wish. These brief
workshops will increase international dialogue between those that manage
scientific collections and those that use them.



In short, we will address the question: How can we better utilize
collections to improve and conduct research, inform environmental
policy-making, interdict invasive species, and protect pollinators?



Attached is the Agenda for both workshops.  Registration opens Tues, May 3,
2016.

The registration site is:  https://scicoll.arsnet.usda.gov



Please share this invitation with colleagues that who will benefit the
workshop.



If you plan to attend, please register (registration is free). After
registering, you will automatically receive a confirmation email with the
location of the workshop. The registration site will remain open until the
meeting reaches maximum capacity for the room (about 100 attendees), so we
urge you to register right away.





Rosalind James and Kevin Hackett



National Program Leaders

Crop Production and Protection

USDA Agricultural Research Service






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