Pacific Branch Symposia Submission Deadline
103rd Annual Meeting of the Pacific Branch taking place March 31-April 3, 2019 in San Diego, California
Pacific Branch Call for Symposia
2025 Pacific Branch Meeting
Now Accepting Symposia Proposals
Deadline: EXTENDED to November 8, 2025
Your Program Chairs Erik Wenninger and Armando Falcon-Brindis, are ready and waiting to hear your thoughts on symposia for the 2025 Pacific Branch ESA meeting March 30 – April 2, 2025 in Salt Lake City, Utah at the Hilton Salt Lake City Center.
Pacific Branch Presenter Information
Oral Presenters (Submitted)
Presentations should be created in a format compatible with PowerPoint (.pptx). All meeting room computers are PCs, so a presenter who creates a presentation using a Mac should test the file on a PC computer prior to the meeting.
Presenters of submitted talks are expected to upload their presentation no less than two hours prior to their scheduled session. A computer for presentation uploads will be located at the Registratoin Office during the following times:
Pacific Branch Student Poster Competition Information
Students who present posters in the Student Competition for the President's Prize will be evaluated in the following areas:
Pacific Branch Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition Information
Evaluation & Judging
Students who present ten-minute papers (10-min) in the Student Competition for the President’s Prize will be evaluated in the following areas:
Program Highlights
Plenary Speaker: David Holway
Presentation Title: Argentine ant invasions and the loss of native ant diversity
David Holway received a B.A. in zoology from UC Berkeley and a Ph.D in biology from the University of Utah. He conducted postdoctoral research at UC San Diego, where he is currently Professor and Chair of the Section of Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution in the Division of Biological Sciences.