ESA is committed to providing an accessible meeting for all our attendees, speakers, and guests. Below is an outline of information about accessibility for the meeting. If you require additional assistance, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can assist you.   

If you travel with an aide or personal assistant to help you navigate the meeting, ESA will register your aide as a complimentary guest. Please forward the name of your guest to Rosina Romano.

1. Pick a Panel Theme: Identify the theme you want to focus on for the panel. Is there a specific topic you want the panel to discuss? Do you want to focus on educating people? Or having an open discussion? Or describing experiences? The more direction you have, the easier it will be to lead the discussion.
2. Determine Panel Style: Determine the style of panel you want – do you want it to be more audience-forward with a Q&A session from the audience?

Three Brothers in Biology: Bugs, Birds, Books, Conservation, and Politics 

The Cannings brothers – Rob, Syd, and Dick – have a long history as biologists in Canada. Growing up in the diverse habitats of British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley, they immersed themselves in birds and insects, botany and geology. Their careers have taken them all over the world but their hearts are in Canada, where they have worked in nature interpretation, parks development, museum collections and research, conservation biology and, in Dick’s case, even national politics.

This plenary session will provide diverse and international Indigenous perspectives relevant to modern scientific inquiry and will include an open reading by poet and evolutionary biologist Brandon Kilbourne.

Michael Blackstock will present “Blue Ecology: climate change from an Indigenous water perspective". Michael is an Independent Indigenous Scholar from the Gitxsan Nation who will share Elder's teachings on water, and how that knowledge can provide a fresh perspective on climate change.

Join President Marianne Alleyne as we kickoff Entomology 2023: Insects and Influence: Advancing Entomology’s Impact on People and Policy. We’ll hear from President Alleyne as she reflects on her year of leadership, ESA’s accomplishments, and our future, especially around advocacy. As President, she’ll recognize this year’s Fellows and Honorary Members on stage.