Section Conveners were responsible for selecting symposia organizers for their appointed section. Symposia organizers could be subject experts who were invited by section Conveners as well as contributed symposia which were submitted online by anyone in the entomological community. Section Conveners accept, refer to another section or decline submitted symposia. The composition of co-chairs and speakers for each symposium reflected the diversity as embodied in the 2016 congress theme – Entomology Without Borders.
1. Acarology
Armando E. Martinez (Mexico)
Adalberto Perez de Leon (USA)
Azhahianambi Palavesam (India)
2. Agricultural and Forest Entomology
Larry Godfrey (USA)
Elda Vitanovic (Croatia)
Waqas Wakil (Pakistan)
3. Apidology, Sericulture and Social Insects
Christina Grozinger (USA)
Lilia de Guzman (USA)
Kiyoshi Kimura (Japan)
4. Arthropod Vectors of Animal and Plant Diseases
James Legg (Tanzania)
James Logan (United Kingdom)
Roger Nasci (USA)
5. Biodiversity, Biogeography and Conservation Biology
Audrey A. Grez (Chile)
Gail Kampmeier (USA)
Jessica Ware (USA)
6. Bioinformatics, and Comparative Genomics of Arthropods
John Clark (USA)
Kristen Panfilio (Germany)
Jose Ribeiro (USA)
7. Biological Control and Insect Pathology
Shaaban Abd-Rabou (Egypt)
Bryony Bonning (USA)
8. Ecology and Population Dynamics
Henry Fadamiro (USA)
Nancy Schellhorn (Australia)
9. Ecology of Pesticides, Resistance, Toxicology and Genetically Modified Crops
Lin Field (United Kingdom)
Shripat T. Kamble (USA)
Benjamin Mensah (Ghana)
10. Entomological Effects of Global Warming in Agriculture and Medical Entomology
Ephantus Juma Muturi (USA)
Paul Weston (Australia)
11. Entomology Around the World
Grayson Brown (USA)
Antonio R. Panizzi (Brazil)
12. Entomophagy, and Entomology in Popular Culture
Florence Dunkle (USA)
Gene Kritsky (USA)
Peter Smithers (United Kingdom)
13. Frontiers in Entomology
John Carlson (USA)
Sarjeet Gill (USA)
Ted Turlings (Switzerland)
14. Functional Genomics and Transgenesis
Susan Brown (USA)
Reddy S. Palli (USA)
Wei Xu (Australia)
15. Genetics and Evolutionary Entomology
Adrien Fonagy (Hungary)
Ann Fraser (USA)
David Heckel (Germany)
16. Insect Biomechanics and Insect-Inspired Robotics
Marianne Alleyne (USA)
17. Insect Chemical Ecology
Ylva Hillbur (Nigeria)
Annie Ray (USA)
Paulo H.G. Zarbin (Brazil)
18. Insect Immunity
Angela Douglas (USA)
Elizabeth McGraw (Australia)
Jens Rolff (Germany)
19. Insect Neurobiology
Richard Newcomb (New Zealand)
Peter Simmons (United Kingdom)
Jim Truman (USA)
20. Insect-Plant Interactions in a Changing Climate
Saadia Lhaloui (Morocco)
Naoki Mori (Japan)
Bonnie Pendleton (USA)
21. Insects in Food Safety and Homeland Security
Anthony Clark (Australia)
Brian Kopper (USA)
Alberto Pantoja (Chile)
22. Integrated Pest Management and Sustainable Agriculture
Divina Amalin (Philippines)
Margaret Appleby (Canada)
Thomas Green (USA)
23. Invasive and Exotic Entomology
Jose Romeno Faleiro (Saudi Arabia)
Lisa Neven (USA)
Daniel Strickman (USA)
24. Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Adriana Costero-Saint Denis (USA)
Stephen Higgs (USA)
Anthony James (USA)
Willem Takken (The Netherlands)
25. Molecular Basis of Insect Learning and Behavior
Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly (France)
Kevin Wanner (USA)
26. Morphology, Systematics and Phylogeny
Adriana E. Marvaldi (Argentina)
Joseph V. McHugh (USA)
Christiana Weirauch (USA)
27. RNAi and Gene Expression Control in Insects
Kent Shelby (USA)
Rosemarie Tedeschi (Italy)
28. Physiology and Biochemistry
Jon Harrison (USA)
Le Kang (China)
Jeff Scott (USA)
29. Stored Products Entomology
Maria Otilia Carvalho(Portugal)
Rizana Mahroof (USA)
30. Urban Entomology in a Changing Environment
Kris Braman (USA)
Chow-Yang Lee (Malaysia)
Coby Schal (USA)