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Agenda for the 67th Annual Meeting of the Acadian Entomological Society June 10-12, 2007 at St. Mary's University, 923 Robie Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia. 

Sunday, June 10, 2007
1:00  - 4:00 Field Collecting – led by Jon Sweeney, McNab’s Island
7:00 – 10:00 Registration & Reception, St. Mary’s University

Monday, June 11, 2007 – Morning
8:00 -  9:00   Registration
9:00 –  9:05   Welcome

Faunistics Symposium (9:05 – 12:10):
”The Arthropod Fauna of the Acadian Region:
Lessons from Dusty Old Bugs and New Species”

  9:05    Introduction, Dave McCorquodale, University of Cape Breton
  9:15   Aquatic insect biodiversity studies in the maritimes: why do we still know so little
            about these groups? Donna Giberson, University of Prince Edward Island
  9:45    Learning about insects of forensic importance, Douglas Strongman, Saint Marys
            University and Chantelle Cormier, Cape Breton University

10:15    Refreshment Break

10:45   Maritime beetles: new insights from field and cabinet expeditions,
           Christopher Majka, Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History
11:15   The opportunities and challenges with using structured inventories of Arachnids to
           increase faunistic knowledge in Acadia, Christopher Buddle, McGill University
11:55   Summary and discussion David McCorquodale, Cape Breton University

Associated Poster: Acquiring a baseline of knowledge for a taxon: the ADIP and MDDS
                            examples (Odonata), Paul Brunelle, Research Associate, New Brunswick and
                            Nova Scotia Museums

12:10 - 1:00 Lunch (St. Mary’s)

Monday, June 11, 2007 – Afternoon: Student Presentations (1:30-4:15)

Monday, June 11, 2007 – Evening
6:00 Banquet at Red Stag Pub in Brewery Market (cash bar)
Presentation of Student Awards

Tuesday, June 12, 2007 – Morning:
 9:00 - 10:15  Contributed Papers
10:15 – 10:35 Refreshment Break
10:35 – 11:00 Pest Updates
11:00 – 11:30 AES Business Meeting
11:30 – 12:30 Lunch