
Palm Weevils get attention again at
2011 ESA Meeting in Reno, NV, USA
Invitation to a Member Symposium
for the 59th Annual Meeting of the
Entomological Society of America (ESA)
to be held in Reno, NV during 13-16
November, 2011
Titled:
Can Entomologists Stop The Threat of
Invasive Palm Weevils, Rhynchophorus
spp.?
Please forward it to anyone interested
in Palm Weevils
All reply to:
redpalmweevil@gmail.com
Red Palm Weevil Home Page
http://www.redpalmweevil.com/newlook/Conf/ESAPalmWeevils.htm
Hello Everyone,
We would like to invite you to
participate in a Member Symposium for
the 59th Annual Meeting of the
Entomological Society of America (ESA)
to be held in Reno, NV during 13-16
November, 2011. Titled: "Can
Entomologists Stop The Threat of
Invasive Palm Weevils, Rhynchophorus
spp.?"
http://www.entsoc.org/submit-symposia-entomology-2011
As you know
that ESA has used a variety of systems
for such presentations but the one that
ESA used the most is confex. The
presenter simply sits at his/her
computer, runs the PowerPoint
presentation and speaks as if they were
at the podium. The audience can ask
questions and the speaker can hear them
and reply in real time. The remote
speaker can also watch other
presentations and interact with other
speakers and is a fully participating
member of the audience. Speakers only
need a high-speed internet connection
although a web cam is very highly
recommended.
As Palm
Weevil Investigators are scattered
throughout the world and may not have
the opportunity to meet very often in
spite of the economic significance of
this pest. ESA can use the
infrastructure of the technology to
allow you to meet, free of charge,
virtually over the internet and ground
line.
We are
wondering if you are willing to speak
for 15 minutes (12 + 3 for question). If
so, please submit your
title and abstract along with contact
information to:
redpalmweevil@gmail.com
no later than April 25, 2011 (Time is 4
hours for 15 speakers only).
However, each
speaker’s presentation would be a
regular ESA symposium presentation and
each speaker must agree to allow his or
her presentation to be recorded for
later access via the web. This is an
opportunity to participate in a
historically significant entomological
event. We would like to see the global
entomological community eventually able
to meet virtually as necessary and this
would be the second real implementation
of that capability to combat Invasive
Palm Weevils. We hope that you will be
able to participate.
We hope to
hear from you soon.
Aziz Ajlan &
Khalid Alhudaib
For more information
of 2008 ESA meeting

