Final Program Listing

Invited Symposia Presentations


Sunday, 30 July 2006
5:00 PM-7:00 PM
Reception welcome

Monday, 31 July 2006
1:30 PM-3:30 PM
Symposium 5: Conflict and cooperation in symbioses between social insects and micro-organisms
1:30 PM-6:00 PM
Symposium 1: Social recognition
Symposium 2: Body size and natural history
Symposium 3: Molecular and hormonal signaling pathways in caste development and reproduction
Symposium 4: Phylogeny and Evolution of Bees: A Tribute to Charles Michener
4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Symposium 6: Genetic and reproductive structure of termite colonies
7:00 PM-9:00 PM
Informal Symposium: Episodes in the History of Insect Sociobiology
7:00 PM-9:30 PM
Movies

Tuesday, 1 August 2006
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Symposium 7: The consequences of polyandry for colony organization
10:00 AM-12:20 PM
Symposium 10: Evolution of Termite Life Histories
Symposium 8: Building behavior and the control of climate in social insects
Symposium 9: Social complexity from solitary circuits: A new paradigm for insect sociality
1:30 PM-6:00 PM
Symposium 11: The immune system of social insects: challenges of a colonial life
Symposium 12: Ant phylogenetics: New molecular trees to address old problems in ant biology
Symposium 13: Current topics in reproductive physiology
Symposium 8: Building behavior and the control of climate in social insects

Thursday, 3 August 2006
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Symposium 14: Ants communities and biodiversity: Global Assessments and Monitoring
Symposium 15: Collective and Individual Intelligence
Symposium 16: Social Insect Semiochemicals: a Symposium in honor of Murray Blum
Symposium 17: Evolution and development in caste differentiation of termites
1:30 PM-6:00 PM
Symposium 14: Ant communities and biodiversity: community ecology
Symposium 15: Collective and Individual Intelligence
Symposium 16: Social Insect Semiochemicals: a Symposium in honor of Murray Blum
Symposium 18: Genes, genomics and social biology
Symposium 19: Caste Interactions and Social Reproduction

Friday, 4 August 2006
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Symposium 20: Invasive ants
10:00 AM-12:20 PM
Symposium 21: Coevolution between social insects and their macroparasites
Symposium 22: Structure, function and dynamics of social networks
1:30 PM-6:00 PM
Symposium 20: Invasive ants
Symposium 23: Neuroethology of Social Insects
Symposium 25: Pheromonal mediation of honey bee social behavior, a symposium in honor of Mark Winston
Symposium 26: The myth of the sterile worker: A reconsideration of worker reproductive options in social Hymenoptera without morphological castes
1:30 PM-6:20 PM
Symposium 24: Conflict Resolution in Insect Societies