EIS Agenda

Wednesday, May 15, 2024 (Pre-symposium)

Afternoon

Jennifer Angus Exhibit Field Trip

Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, MI

Evening

Kellogg Center Movie Night - Insect Themed

Auditorium

Thursday, May 16, 2024

8 a.m.

Registration opens, Breakfast

Lincoln Room

9 a.m.

Welcome Remarks

Lincoln Room

9:30 a.m.

Keynote Addresses

Rufus Isaacs, Climate Resilience

Ben Beard, One Health

The Bug Chicks, STEM Education

Lincoln Room

11 a.m.

Formal Poster Session

Red Cedar Room

12 p.m.

Lunch, Poster Session available for viewing

Lincoln Room 

1 p.m.

Breakout Panel Session I

 

 

One Health: Arthropods & Health

Brian Allan, Warren Booth, Lyric Bartholomay, Debajit Saha, and Sarah Hamer

Room 103AB

 

Climate Resilience: Biodiversity

Christie Bahlai, Corrie Moreau, Alisha Shah, Alex Harmon-Threatt, and Fatma Kaplan

Room 104AB

 

STEM Education: Increasing Diversity & Access

Doug Golick, Kristi Bugajski, Ana Chicas-Mosier, and Eleanor Spicer-Rice

Room 105AB

2:30 p.m.

Break, Poster Session available for viewing

 

3 p.m.

Breakout Panel Session II

 

 

One Health: Insects as Food & Feed

Florence Dunkel, Jeff Tomberlin, Maye Walraven, Joseph Yoon, and Deborah Ruth Amulen 

Room 103AB

 

Climate Resilience: Agriculture & Plant-Insect Interactions

Margarita Lopez-Uribe, Jordan Hesterman, Jared Ali, and Todd DeKryger

Room 104AB

 

STEM Education: SciComm & Outreach 

Gwen Pearson, Stephanie Dole, Tierney Brosius, Jeni Ruisch, and Jennifer Angus

Room 105AB

4:30 p.m.

Day One Concludes

 

5-8 p.m.

Reception, Poster Session available for viewing

East Patio

Friday, May 17, 2024

8 a.m.

Breakfast

Lincoln Room

9 a.m.

Welcome and Working Session Overview

Lincoln Room

9:30 a.m.

Working Session I

 

10:30 a.m.

Break

 

11 a.m.

Working Session II

 

12 p.m.

Lunch

Lincoln Room

1 p.m.

Working Session Reports 

Lincoln Room

1:45 p.m.

Symposium Concludes

 

3-5 p.m.

MSU Department of Entomology Outreach Event featuring the MSU Bug House and OSU BUGmobile

MSU's Natural Science Building

Saturday, May 18, 2024 (Post-symposium)

10 a.m.

Public Lecture in partnership with MSU Museum Food Fight exhibit with Chef Joseph Yoon

MSU Museum