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6th International Simuliidae Symposium

Torino, Italy. 16-19 September 2014

Let us remind you of the approaching "6th International Simuliidae Symposium" that will be held in Torino, Italy, on 16th - 19th September 2014 and will embrace all areas of black fly research. The registration fee is 150 € for tenured participants and 110 € for students. The venue of the meeting will be the Regional Museum of Natural Sciences and the city is directly served by the airport of Torino-Caselle or can be reached with a two hour bus journey from Milano-Malpensa.

The symposium organizers will soon send some accommodation suggestions and more details to the Simuliidologist Mailing List at

www.jiscmail.ac.uk/simuliidae

More details here


North American Black Fly Association (NABFA) 13th Annual Meeting

Chair: John Walz; Vice Chair: Elmer Gray

The thirteenth annual NABFA meeting is scheduled for Feb 19-20, 2015. The Georgia Center for Continuing Education on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, Georgia will be the host facility. http://www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/uga-hotel

As always, feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns.

Thanks!

John P. Walz
2099 University Ave West
St. Paul, Minnesota US 55104

Office: 651-643-8388
Cell: 612-919-5101

Email: johnwalz@mmcd.org

Elmer W. Gray
Entomologist
413 Biological Sciences Building
Department of Entomology
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602

Laboratory (706) 542-1184
Cell (706) 338-0266
Fax (706) 542-2279

Email: ewgray@uga.edu

 


Past Events

 

5th International Simuliidae Symposium

Will be held between 3rd and 7th September 2012 at the Comenius University

 (Faculty of Natural Sciences), Bratislava, Slovakia..

 The 3rd. September will be for registration and an evening welcome reception.

On 4, 6 and 7 September there will be lectures and on 5th September a whole

 day field excursion.

Further information and registration forms can be found at

 http://zoology.fns.uniba.sk/simulium2012

Matus Kudela

Department of Zoology, Comenius University

Mlynska dolina

SK-84215 Bratislava

SLOVAKIA

tel. ++421-2-60296252                                                           email: kudela@fns.uniba.sk


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The Tenth Annual Meeting of the North American Black Fly Association (NABFA)
Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida US, February 8, 9, 10, 2012
Chair: John P. Walz
Vice Chair: Elmer Gray


 

4th INTERNATIONAL SIMULIIDAE SYMPOSIUM  2010

October 12-15, 2010 in Antalya, Turkey

Hotel Sun Zeynep in Belek


30th Meeting of the British Simuliid Group - 18th September 2009
 
Simuliidologists are invited to register interest in attending the 30th meeting of the British Simuliid Group is being organised by the Natural History Museum, and it is hoped to hold it in the newly built entomology building (called Darwin Centre II) on Friday 18th September 10:00-16:00.  There will be no charge for attending the meeting, although there will be a small charge for lunch (which will be provided in the Museum).  On the evening of Thursday 17th there will be an informal a la carte meal in a nearby restaurant for anybody (partners/spouses/etc are welcome) who wants to come.

People who might want to attend are asked to register their interest by writing to:

Rory Post
Department of Entomology
The Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road
London SW7 5BD

r.post@nhm.ac.uk
+44 (0)207 942 5593

 The format will be the same as usual, a series of talks and posters.  Please contact Rory Post with offers of presentations.  Length of talks is flexible, and the presenter should say how long he/she wants up to a maximum of 30 minutes (including discussion).

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The Seventh Annual Meeting of the North American Black Fly Association
Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida US, February 4-6, 2009

 

3rd  European Simuliidae Symposium 2008.

The Symposium will be held in Lithuania in the capitalVilnius in September 2008.
at the Academy of Sciences of Lithuania ,(Gediminas ave. 3,)Vilnius
 9-12 September 2008.
The meeting will embrace all areas of black fly research.
The official language of the Symposium is English.

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More general information at:   www.travel.lt and www.vilnius2009.lt

contact:  Rasa Bernotiene - e-mail:  rasa dot bernotiene at biopolis dot lt
Organising Committee of the Symposium


British Simuliid Group
28th Annual Meeting

Wednesday 12 September 2007

Oxford University Museum of Natural History

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2nd International Simuliidae Symposium

3rd- 6th of September 2006
Novi Sad,  Serbia and Montenegro

Contact:

Aleksandra Ignjatovic Cupina
cupinas @ polj . ns . ac . yu   ( to use this address remove all the spaces which have been inserted as a protection against spam)


British Simuliid Group Annual Meeting
2nd September 2005
at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, South Parks Rd., Oxford, OX1 3PW, U.K.

The 3rd Annual North American Black Fly Association Meeting
will be held  February 5-7, 2005, at the Archbold Biological Station in Lake Placid, FL.
For details: Click here


International Congress of Entomology
Brisbane, Australia
15-21 August,  2004

Simuliidae Symposium

Dr. Douglas A. Craig,
Professor Emeritus,  Department of Biological Science,  University of Alberta,
Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA T6G 2E9
d dot craig at UALBERTA dot CA


International Symposium on Simuliidae

(Joint 5th European Simuliidae-Symposium and 26th British Simuliid Group (BSG) meeting)
15 to 18 September 2004. T
Doreen Werner  h0662cer at rz dot hu-berlin dot de
John Davies  daviesjb at liv dot ac dot uk


25th British Simulium Group meeting
Basement Seminar Room, Entomology Department, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London
Wednesday, 24th September 2003


Anthony J.Shelley, Simuliidae and Onchocerciasis Programme Biomedical Sciences,
Department of Entomology The Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road London SW7 9BD
E-Mail  ajs@nhm.ac.uk



The Founding Meeting of the North American Black Fly Association

at Archbold Biological Station in Lake Placid, Florida, 1 to 3 February 2003
John McCreadie, University of South Alabama, Department of Biological Sciences
Life Sciences Building, Rm 124, Mobile, AL 36688, Email: jmccread at jaguar1 dot usouthal dot ed

24th Annual Meeting of the British Simuliid Group
 18 September 2002 – Center for Hydrology & Ecology, Dorset, U.K.
Meeting Programme


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