Sunday, August 25 to Friday, August 20 2024, Kyoto, Japan.

Hello there,

We have a few announcements about events taking place at this year’s ESC JAM in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan!

(Download events .pdf here.)

Trivia!

Attendees can now sign up to participate in a trivia (https://forms.gle/EEn9H6Z56QxqqeWV7)

Open to ALL attendees; date TBD.

The student planning committee has organized a trivia for ALL members attending the ESC JAM in Saskatoon. Each team will consist of 4 or 5 people. If you would like to participate and you are worried about not having a team or enough members, please fill out the form and we will do our best to match you with other attendees 🙂

Members of the winning team will receive a cool prize!

If you or any of your members require accommodations, please contact Georgiana (georgiana.antochi@usask.ca) or Berenice (berenice.romero@usask.ca).

Bug War Games!

Student members can also sign up to participate in our first Bug War Games (https://forms.gle/yuAFcteyAQ9X9K1y8)

Students can register as an individual or as part of a team. This event will take place during the student social on Oct 16 at 7 PM (Winston’s Pub).

The student planning committee has organized a series of games and challenges for students attending the ESC JAM in Saskatoon. This event will take place on Monday (Oct 16) starting at 7 PM (Winton’s English Pub & Grill, 243 21st St E). Each team will consist of 4 or 5 students. If you would like to participate and you are worried about not having a team or enough members, please fill out the form and we will do our best to match you with other students. Members of the winning team will receive a cool prize!

If you or any of your members require accommodations, please contact Georgiana (georgiana.antochi@usask.ca) or Berenice (berenice.romero@usask.ca).

PS: None of this would have been possible without the help of our AWESOME sponsors and we would like to take this opportunity to thank them once again…

• Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan (Gold sponsor)
• Wild West Agriculture (Silver sponsor)
• Irvine Ville Farms LTD (Silver sponsor)
• Sasktel (Bronze sponsor)

Winners in each event will receive ento-themed prizes.

If you have any questions regarding the activities, do not hesitate to contact Georgiana (georgiana.antochi@usask.ca) or Berenice (berenice.romero@usask.ca).

See you in October,

Georgiana Antochi-Crihan and Berenice Romero
2023 ESC JAM Student Planning Committee

The deadline for early bird registration and abstract submission (including for abstracts for the Graduate Student Showcase) has been extended to Wednesday September 6, 2023.

ESC Members can take advantage of member AND early bird pricing by logging into their ESC accounts to register.

ESS Members that are not also ESC Members will receive promo codes from the ESS Treasurer to use when registering to take advantage of member AND early bird pricing.

For more information about registration, click here. For any issues using the registration site, please contact info@esc-sec.ca.

For questions about abstract submission, please contact meghan.vankosky@agr.gc.ca.

Book hotel rooms now to take advantage of conference pricing.

REGISTRATION OPEN!

Early bird registration for the 2023 Joint Annual Meeting of the Entomological Societies of Canada and Saskatchewan is now open. Register before August 25, 2023 to take advantage of early bird prices. We look forward to seeing you in person in Saskatoon, October 15-18, 2023!

ESC Members can take advantage of member AND early bird pricing by logging into their ESC accounts to register.

ESS Members that are not also ESC Members will receive promo codes from the ESS Treasurer to use when registering to take advantage of member AND early bird pricing.

For more information about registration, click here. For any issues using the registration site, please contact info@esc-sec.ca

Book hotel rooms now to take advantage of conference pricing.

Field trip anyone?
Let the Local Organizing Committee know if you’d like to join a field trip to Wanuskewin Heritage Park, just outside of Saskatoon, on Sunday morning (October 15) when you register for the meeting! The LOC will make the trip happen if there is sufficient interest and costs can be kept low.

CALL FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS
The Scientific Program Committee now welcomes abstract submissions for contributed presentations and posters. Please visit our website for more information about abstract submission requirements and the Graduate Student Showcase.

The deadline to submit abstracts is August 25, 2023.

For questions about abstract submissions or the scientific program in general, please contact meghan.vankosky@agr.gc.ca

REGISTER HERE