Pacific Branch Symposia Submission Deadline
103rd Annual Meeting of the Pacific Branch taking place March 31-April 3, 2019 in San Diego, California
Pacific Branch Call for Symposia
2026 Pacific Branch Meeting
Now Accepting Symposia Proposals
Deadline: December 5, 2025
Your program co-chairs, Armando Falcon-Brindis and Tiziana Oppedisano, are ready and waiting to hear your thoughts on symposia for the 2026 Pacific Branch ESA meeting April 12-15, 2026 in Spokane, Washington, at The Centennial Hotel.
Pacific Branch Presenter Information
Oral Presenters (Submitted)
Presentations should be created in a format compatible with PowerPoint (.pptx). All meeting room computers are PCs, so a presenter who creates a presentation using a Mac should test the file on a PC computer prior to the meeting.
Presenters of submitted talks are expected to upload their presentation no less than two hours prior to their scheduled session. A computer for presentation uploads will be located at the Registratoin Office during the following times:
Pacific Branch Student Poster Competition Information
Students who present posters in the Student Competition for the President's Prize will be evaluated in the following areas:
Pacific Branch Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition Information
Evaluation & Judging
Students who present ten-minute papers (10-min) in the Student Competition for the President’s Prize will be evaluated in the following areas:
Program Highlights
Plenary Speaker: David Holway
Presentation Title: Argentine ant invasions and the loss of native ant diversity
David Holway received a B.A. in zoology from UC Berkeley and a Ph.D in biology from the University of Utah. He conducted postdoctoral research at UC San Diego, where he is currently Professor and Chair of the Section of Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution in the Division of Biological Sciences.