49th Southern Forest Insect Work Conference
25 – 28 July 2005
Radisson Hotel
Austin, Texas
| Monday, 25 July 2005 | |
| 1:00-3:00 pm | SPB Working Group – Steve Clarke, moderator |
| 1:00-5:00 pm | Poster set up |
| 3:00-7:00 pm | Registration |
| 3:00-4:30 pm | State Cooperators’ meeting |
| 4:30-5:30 pm | A.D. Hopkins Award Committee meeting |
| 6:00-8:00 pm | Mixer and Reception |
| Tuesday, 26 July 2005 | |
| 7:30-8:30 am | Continental breakfast |
| 7:30-10:00 am | Registration |
| 8:30-8:45 am | Welcome – James Hull, Director, Texas Forest Service, College Station |
| 8:45-9:15 am | Opening Business meeting – James Meeker, U.S. Forest Service -FHP, Pineville, LA, SFIWC Conference Chair |
| 9:15-10:00 am | A.D. Hopkins Address – Dr. David Kulhavy, Professor, College of Forestry and Agriculture, Steven F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX |
| 10:00-10:30 am | Break, group photographs, poster set up |
| 10:30-12:00 pm | Concurrent Workshop Session I |
| Topic 1: Advocacy in Forest Entomology. Steve Clarke (USFS, FHP), moderator | |
| Topic 2: Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Issues. Ashley Lamb (Virginia Tech), moderator | |
| 12:00-1:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30-4:00 pm | Graduate Student Session – Melissa Fierke and Leah Lucio, University of Arkansas, moderators |
| 4:00-4:30 pm | Break |
| 4:30-5:30 pm | Poster Session – William Upton, Texas Forest Service, Lufkin, TX, coordinator |
| 6:30-8:30 pm | Banquet – Old Pecan Street Café |
| 8:30-9:00 pm | Photo salon – Tim Haley, USFS – FHP, Pineville, LA, coordinator |
| Wednesday, 27 July 2005 | |
| 7:30-8:30 am | Continental breakfast |
| 8:30-10:00 am | Concurrent Workshop Session II |
| Topic 1: SPB Prevention and Restoration Program. John Nowak (USFS, FHP), moderator | |
| Topic 2: Insect Rearing Techniques. Fred Hain (NCSU), moderator | |
| 10:00-10:30 am | Break and posters |
| 10:30-12:00 pm | Concurrent Workshop Session III |
| Topic 1: Plant Defenses to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses. Lynne Rieske-Kinney (U. of Kentucky), moderator | |
| Topic 2: Bark Beetles Across the Border: Recent Results and International Collaborations. Kier Klepzig (USFS, SRS), moderator | |
| 12:00-6:00 pm | Lunch and Afternoon Activities |
| Activity 1: Frontalis Cup Golf Tournament | |
| Activity 2: 1-5 pm. Tour of Austin, Oak Wilt Suppression Project, and Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center | |
| Activity 3: 7 pm Baseball game – Austin Round Rock Express vs. Colorado Springs Sky Sox | |
| Thursday, 28 July 2005 | |
| 7:30-8:30 am | Continental breakfast |
| 8:30-10:00 am | Concurrent Workshop Session IV |
| Topic 1: Novel Pesticides for Control of Forest Pests. Jeff Fidgeon (Virginia Tech) | |
| Topic 2: Non-native Invasives in the Southeastern US. Tim Haley (USFS FHP), moderator | |
| 10:00-10:30 am | Break and Poster removal |
| 10:30-12:00 pm | Closing Business meeting |
| 12:00 pm | Meeting Adjourned |