2002 Annual Meeting

The 2002 annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America North Central Branch was at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center in East Lansing, Michigan. Here's a map of East Lansing and a current weather forecast. For more information about East Lansing, see the Local Arrangements 2002 page.

Meeting dates are set for March 24 through 27.

The official preregistration deadline has passed; you must register for the meeting on-site. Note that the NCB-ESA cannot accept credit cards, so on-site registration must be done by cash or check. On-site rates will be the following:

• ESA members - $150
• Non-members - $180
• Students, guests, emeritus members - $35
• Invited non-ESA speakers - free

You can download a registration form in either Microsoft Word format or Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. Note that if you wish to fill the form out on your computer, you should use the Microsoft Word version. The PDF format is for printing out and typing on with a typewriter.

Here is the schedule of events. For more detailed information, click one of the links below or refer to the 2002 Meeting Program (PDF).

Search presentations for the 2002 meeting:

Time	Sunday, 24 March	Monday, 25 March	Tuesday, 26 March	Wednesday, 27 March
	Registration (10:00-6:00)	Registration (7:30-5:00)	Registration (7:30-5:00)	Registration (7:30-noon)
M O R N I N G	NCB Executive Committee Business Meeting (8:00-noon)	Opening Session, Awards & Preliminary Business Meeting (8:30-10:30)	Insect Photo Salon (6:45-8:00)	Continental Breakfast (6:30-8:00)
				Final Business Meeting (8:00-9:00)
		Student Competition Papers (Four Sections: 10:45-12:30)	Organic Fruit Production (8:00-noon)	TUBENROPE Workshop (9:00-noon)
			BT Corn and Corn Insects (8:30-noon)	Biological Control (9:00-noon)
			Get Bugged (10:00-noon)	Submitted Papers (Sections E & F: 9:00-noon)
				SAC Bug House Tour (10:00-noon)
A F T E R N O O N	Insects for Scientific Inquiry (1:00-5:00)	U.S. GAO Report on IPM (President’s Symposium) (1:30-4:30)	Coleopteran Fruit Pests (1:00-4:45)	NCB Executive Committee Business Meeting (1:00-5:00)
	Future Trends in Entomology (BCE) (1:00-5:30)	Systematics and Biodiversity (1:30-5:00)	Extension Entomology: Current Issues (1:30-4:30)
		Submitted Papers (Sections A, B & C: 1:30-4:45)
E V E N I N G	Insect Photo Salon (6:30-7:45)	Linnaean Games (6:30-8:30)	Student Award Presentations (6:30-6:45) Linnaean Games: 2002 Champions vs. The Old Timers (6:45-7:15)
	Linnaean Games (8:00-10:00)	Student Recruitment & Employment Mixer (8:30-10:30)	Branch Mixer (7:15-10:00)
	Poster setup (size is 4' x 4', velcro only-no pushpins) (4:00-8:00)	Poster Session (1:30 pm - 9:00 pm) (Authors present 4:00 - 5:00) Student Competition Posters (Judging 1:30-5:30)	Poster Session (8:00 am - 4:30 pm) (Authors present 3:30-4:30) Posters down 4:30-6:00