Fifty-ninth Meeting
of the
Western Forest Insect Work Conference
 
April 7 - 10, 2008
Boulder, Colorado

Program

last updated: March 25, 2008
 
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Monday,  April 7

15:00 - 20:00 -- Registration

17:00 - 18:00 -- Executive Committee Meeting

WFIWC Chair Peter Hall

19:00 - 21:00 -- Open Mixer

Tuesday,  April 8

07:00 - 16:45 -- Registration

Opening Sessions

08:00 - 08:15 -- Welcome to Boulder -- Sheryl Costello, Ingrid Aguayo,
Tom Eager

08:15 - 09:15 -- Initial Business Meeting -- WFIWC Chair Peter Hall

09:15 - 09:45 -- Address I

09:45 - 10:15 -- Morning Break

10:15 - 10:45 -- Address II

10:45 - 11:20 -- Memorial Scholarship Presentation -- Monica Gaylord

11:20 - 12:00 -- Lessons Learned by a Not-So-Old Forest Entomologist -- John Borden

12:00 - 13:30 -- Lunch  (on your own)

13:30 - 15:00 -- Concurrent Workshops I

The Costs of Doing Nothing About Forest Insect Outbreaks  --   Andy Eglitis, moderator   Invasive Forest Insects  --   Bob Rabaglia, moderator   Western Forest Defoliators  --   Darren Blackford, moderator   The Interface of Atmospheric Processes and Forest Health  --   Steve Seybold and Iral Ragenovich, moderators

15:00 - 15:30 -- Afternoon Break / Group Photos (B. Schaupp)

15:30 - 16:45 -- Graduate Student Presentations

Steve Seybold and Ken Raffa, moderators

17:00 - 18:00 -- Fun Run

18:00 - 21:00 -- Banquet & Founders Award

Boyd Wickman, moderator

Wednesday, April 9

07:00 - 09:30 -- Registration

08:00 - 09:30 -- Plenary Session: Fire and Forest Insects -- Liz Hebertson

09:30 - 10:00 -- Morning Break

10:00 - 12:00 -- Field Trip to Rocky Mountain National Park

12:00 - 13:00 -- Lunch  (provided)

13:00 - 17:00 -- Field Trip to Rocky Mountain National Park

17:00 - 19:00 -- Dinner  (on your own)

19:00 - 21:00 -- Poster Session, Silent Auction, and Forest Entomology Films

Thursday,  April 10

08:00 - 10:00 -- Registration

08:30 - 10:00 -- Plennary Session: Sudden Aspen Decline -- Susan Gray

10:00 - 10:30 -- Morning Break / Group Photos (B. Schaupp)

10:30 - 12:00 -- Concurrent Workshops II

Media and Education  --   Dave Steinke and Shawna Crocker, moderators   Wood Borer Detection and Identification  --   Andy Eglitis, moderator   Verbenone Discussion Group  --   Ken Gibson, moderator   Insect-Microbial Symbiosis  --   Diana Six and Ken Raffa, moderators

12:00 - 13:30 -- Lunch  (on your own)

13:30 - 14:30 -- Final Business Meeting

WFIWC Chair Peter Hall

14:30 - 15:00 -- Afternoon Break

15:00 - 16:30 -- Concurrent Workshops III

Remote Sensing  --   Jim Ellenwood, moderator   Invasive Plants, Native Plants and Insects  --   Carol Randall, moderator   Molecular Techniques and Forest Insects  --   Chris Keeling, moderator   Bark Beetle Research Update  --   Dan Miller and Brytten Steed, moderators

16:30 -- Conference Adjourns

17:00 -- Brewery Tour and Dinner

 
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