ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO
155th Annual Conference
Catch Me If You Can
19 - 21 October, 2018
Message from the Organizers
We invite you to join us for the Entomological Society of Ontario's 2018 Annual General Meeting, October 19-21, near Irondale, ON. We are very excited about this year's meeting where we will explore the theme of field work and the outdoors. The venue is spectacular – Bark Lake Leadership and Conference Centre is a naturalist's paradise, situated away from the highway and surrounded by forest and lakes. There are several hiking trails and great places to go for a quiet paddle. It's the perfect place to balance learning and contemplation. It also couldn't be much better situated in terms of its central location: it is 3 hours from Ottawa, Toronto, Kingston and Guelph, 6 hours from Windsor and 7 hours from Sault Ste. Marie. All of our food and accommodation will be looked after by the attentive staff on site, therefore your registration cost includes everything except your travel to the venue. As specific details of the meeting become available, we will add them below. See you in October!
Michelle Locke and Jeff Skevington
We invite you to join us for the Entomological Society of Ontario's 2018 Annual General Meeting, October 19-21, near Irondale, ON. We are very excited about this year's meeting where we will explore the theme of field work and the outdoors. The venue is spectacular – Bark Lake Leadership and Conference Centre is a naturalist's paradise, situated away from the highway and surrounded by forest and lakes. There are several hiking trails and great places to go for a quiet paddle. It's the perfect place to balance learning and contemplation. It also couldn't be much better situated in terms of its central location: it is 3 hours from Ottawa, Toronto, Kingston and Guelph, 6 hours from Windsor and 7 hours from Sault Ste. Marie. All of our food and accommodation will be looked after by the attentive staff on site, therefore your registration cost includes everything except your travel to the venue. As specific details of the meeting become available, we will add them below. See you in October!
Michelle Locke and Jeff Skevington
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Plenary Speaker
Colin Jones is the Provincial Arthropod Zoologist with the Natural Heritage Information Centre, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry in Peterborough, ON. He is an expert on the Odonata of Ontario and does much work on provincially rare insects. He is a jurisdictional representative for Ontario on the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) as well as a member of the COSEWIC Arthropods Species Specialist Committee. Colin will deliver our plenary lecture focusing on Ontario’s provincially rare insects…what we know, what we don’t know and how everyone can contribute to our collective knowledge. Banquet speaker
Michael Runtz, an award winning natural history author, Carleton University lecturer and naturalist and fabulous story teller will be our banquet speaker this year! We are looking forward to having him participate in our meeting!! Student Competitions
- President's Prize Oral and Poster Competition - click here to download the judging criteria - Travel Awards |
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Thank you to the sponsors of the ESO's 2018 AGM
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AGM 2018!
Where: Bark Lake Leadership and Conference Centre 1551 Bark Lake Drive, Irondale, ON, K0M 1X0 When: October 19-21, 2018 Program: Click here to download pdf of program Contact Persons Jeff Skevington and Michelle Locke [email protected] Additional Activities
Natural history quiz - on Friday evening, Michael Runtz will coordinate his famous natural history quiz. We will work in teams to try to unravel the identity of specimens and unlock the riddles that he provides. Notes from the field - after the banquet talk, we will open the microphone to anyone wanting to share short anecdotes and amusing stories from the field or lab. Travel Grants for Student Presenters
If you are a student presenting at the conference, please click the following link for instructions about travel grants: TRAVEL AWARD CRITERIA The Deadline for applications is July 31, 2018. Accommodations
Accommodations will be at Bark Lake Leadership and Conference Centre. They are mostly dorm style, with 2-4 people per room. All accommodations and food are covered in the registration cost. Haliburton has the closest hotel accommodations (a 25 minute drive away). If you choose to stay off site you will still need to pay the full registration fee.
You can now purchase shirts, mugs, bags, notebooks, and travel mugs with the fabulous ESO logo on them! Go to the “ESO 2018” Redbubble website to order. Scroll down for additional products. Colour options available.
Note: None of these items will be sold at the conference. You must buy them through Redbubble. |
Membership Registration and Payment
ESO 2018 Conference Registration Details
Registration Costs (includes accommodation and food) Early Registration Deadline: Friday 21 September 2018 Student Member Early Registration: $280 Non-student Member Early Registration: $420 Non-member Early Registration: $470 Regular Registration Deadline: Friday 12 October 2018 Student Member Regular Registration: $300 Non-student Member Regular Registration: $450 Non-member Regular Registration: $500 (Hint: Student membership is free and non-student membership is cheaper than paying non-member fees:) Please complete the online registration form (click for link) any time and pay either using the online payment system below or by sending a cheque to the society (details on registration form). Abstract Submission Guidelines for the Entomological Society of Ontario 155th Annual Conference (ESO 2018)
Abstract Submission Deadline: October 5, 2018 Standard Oral Presentations are limited to 12 minutes in total. Please plan on 10 minutes for your presentation with 2 minutes for questions. Lightning Talks are limited to 5 minutes in total and not considered for the President's Prize competition. Poster Presentations should be in “portrait” layout; the poster boards are 3’ wide and 4’ tall. Students who are entering a poster in the student competition must send a PDF file of their POSTER by October 12, 2018 to: [email protected] The guidelines for judging oral presentations and posters are HERE Abstracts will be published in the Journal of the Entomological Society of Ontario. Please complete the online abstract form before the September 21st deadline (click for link). BUG EYE PHOTO CONTEST! 2018
Don't forget to submit your insect photos to the BUG EYE Photo contest, an AGM staple, and ESO tradition! Click HERE to see the Winners of the Bug Eye photo contest 2017 Click HERE for a PDF for details. Or the BUG EYE Mainpage Some winners and nominees from the past are shown below! ESO Membership Fees
Click HERE for full Membership Details The annual fees for membership are: $30.00 for regular membership: 1 year; $150.00 for regular membership: 5 years Free for Canadian students, amateurs and retired members; $10.00 for international students. * Regular members and international students/amateurs now have the convenience of remitting their annual dues via PAYPAL or Major Credit Card as an alternative to regular postal mail. Students and Retired members, please use this PDF and email directly to Michelle Locke: [email protected] Regular members and international students who wish to pay by personal cheque, please complete and print the DOC and mail to: Michelle Locke, (ESO Secretary) Entomological Society of Ontario Vista Centre, 1830 Bank St P.O. Box 83025 Ottawa, Ontario K1V 1A3 |
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