Harnessing International Policymaking Strategies to Address Grand Challenges: Inspiring Cooperation

Organizer(s)

• EC

  Erin Cadwalader

  Director of Strategic Initiatives
  Strategic Initiatives
  Entomological Society of America
  Annapolis, Maryland
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  Meaghan Pimsler

  AAAS Fellow
  National Institutes of Justice
  National Institutes of Justice
  Washington, District of Columbia
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  Monica Farfan

  Postdoctoral Researcher
  School of Global Environmental Sustainability
  Colorado State University
  Fort Collins, Colorado
• 

  Alvin Simmons

  Research Entomologist
  ARS, Vegetable Research
  USDA-ARS
  Charleston, South Carolina
• HL

  Hongmei Li-Byarlay

  Associate Professor
  Agricultural Research Development Program
  Central State University
  Wilberforce, Ohio
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  Sheila Colla

  Associate Professor
  Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change
  York University
  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

This joint symposium between the Science Policy Committees of ESA and ESC looks at transnational science policy and diplomacy, addressing grand challenges at the intersection of entomology and human suffering, particularly under the growing pressure of climate change.

Presentations:

• 9:00 AM – 9:05 AM PT

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Erin Cadwalader – Entomological Society of America
• 9:05 AM – 9:20 AM PT

  Grand challenges for entomology and society
  

  Presenting Author: Luke Tilley – Royal Entomological Society
• 9:20 AM – 9:30 AM PT

  Trans-American challenges in climate change and vector-borne diseases: A U.S. perspective
  

  Presenting Author: Charles Ben Beard – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• 9:30 AM – 9:40 AM PT

  Trans-American challenges in climate change and vector-borne diseases: A Canadian perspective
  

  Presenting Author: Nicholas Ogden (he/him/his) – Public Health Agency of Canada
• 9:40 AM – 9:50 AM PT

  Leveraging policymaking and cooperation to fight malaria globally
  

  Presenting Author: Sarah Zohdy – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• 9:50 AM – 10:05 AM PT

  Panel discussion
• 10:05 AM – 10:15 AM PT

  Break
• 10:15 AM – 10:25 AM PT

  Protecting pollinators through partnerships and collaboration
  

  Presenting Author: Erin McGregor – Syngenta Canada Inc.
• 10:25 AM – 10:35 AM PT

  Barriers to expanding insects as food and feed
  

  Presenting Author: Ebony N. Jenkins – University of Maryland
• 10:35 AM – 10:50 AM PT

  Panel discussion
• 10:50 AM – 11:00 AM PT

  Break
• 11:00 AM – 11:10 AM PT

  Why entomologists should be paying attention to multilateral access and benefit sharing frameworks
  

  Presenting Author: Rebecca Adler Miserendino – Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC
• 11:10 AM – 11:20 AM PT

  Collaborating with Indigenous communities and entomotourism in a time of climate change and biodiversity losses
  

  Presenting Author: Raynauld Lemelin – Lakehead University
• 11:20 AM – 11:30 AM PT

  Mitigating ecosystem biodiversity loss through a soil systems strategy
  

  Presenting Author: Andrew E. Short – University of Kansas
• 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM PT

  Panel discussion
• 11:45 AM – 11:50 AM PT

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Erin Cadwalader – Entomological Society of America