Checklist & Instructions for Symposium Organizers
Below are the steps which need to be completed for your all symposium in the online system. These steps must be completed by May 29, 2026 for all accepted Program, Section, and Member Symposia.
Insect Expo
The Entomological Foundation hosted more than 2,500 students during the Insect Expo held on September 28 during ICE 2016. The kids participated in activities including holding live insects, painting with termites, spitting crickets and eating fried meal worms! Photos of the Expo can be found in ESA's ICE 2016 Photos.

May Berenbaum
May R. Berenbaum (USA) was born in 1953. Swanlund Professor of Entomology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She graduated with a B.S. and honors in biology from Yale University and received a Ph.D. from Cornell University in ecology and evolutionary biology. Since 1980, she has been on the faculty of the Department of Entomology at UIUC, serving as head of the department since 1992.
Dr. Jules Hoffmann, Keynote Speaker
Strasbourg University Institute for Advanced Study
France
Dr. Hoffmann is a professor of integrative biology at the Strasbourg University Institute for Advanced Study. He is also emeritus research director of the French National Research Center, and he served as vice-president and president of the French National Academy of Sciences from 2006-2010.
Dr. James R. Carey
University of California, Davis
USA
Dr. Carolina Barillas-Mury
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
USA
Dr. Peter Agre, Keynote Speaker

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
USA
Dr. Peter Agre is the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Plenary & Keynote Speakers
The following international scientists were selected to deliver Plenary or Keynote Lectures at the 2016 International Congress of Entomology. Click on their names for more information and their presentation from ICE 2016.
Dr. Peter Agre (Keynote)- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA
Moderator: Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA
Presentation Title – Opening Doors Worldwide through Medical Science
Sunday, September 25 – 6:30 p.m.