The International Congresses of Entomology was established in 1910. Learn more about the rich history below:

• How ICE Came to America (The First Time) by May Berenbaum (Featured in American Entomologist, Fall 2016)

The following societies and organizations supported the Entomological Society of America's bid to host ICE 2016, the XXV International Congress of Entomology, in Orlando, Florida.

The Entomological Foundation hosted more than 2,500 students during the Insect Expo held on September 28 during ICE 2016. The kids participated in activities including holding live insects, painting with termites, spitting crickets and eating fried meal worms! Photos of the Expo can be found in ESA's ICE 2016 Photos.

Myron Philip Zalucki (Australia), born in 1954. He completed his first degree, a BSc with first class honours in Zoology, from the Australian National University in 1976 and his Ph.D. in 1982, at Griffith University, Brisbane. Joined the then Department of Entomology at the University of Queensland in 1981 as a part time temporary lecturer and "rose through the ranks" to full Professor in 2001.

Joop C. van Lenteren (Netherlands) born in 1945 is Emeritus Professor of Entomology at Wageningen University. He graduated with honours in Ecology and Plant Anatomy from Leiden University and received a Ph.D. from the same university in behavioural and population ecology.

Thomas W. Scott (United States) born in 1950 is Distinguished Professor at the University of California at Davis. He received his PhD in ecology from the Pennsylvania State University, was a post-doctoral fellow in epidemiology at the Yale School of Medicine, and was a faculty member in the Department of Entomology, University of Maryland before relocating in 1996 to the Department of Entomology, University of California at Davis.

Dmitry L. Musolin (Russia) born in 1970 is Associate Professor of Department of Forest Protection, Wood Science and Game Management and Director of Department of Advanced Training and Graduate Studies at Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical University, Saint Petersburg (Russia). He received his BSc degree in Forestry from the Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical Academy, MSc degree in Environmental Sciences and Policy from the Central European University (Budapest, Hungary) and PhD degree in Entomology from the Saint Petersburg State University (Russia) in 1997.

Shu-Sheng Liu (China) born in 1955 is Distinguished University Professor at Zhejiang University and Deputy President of the Academic Committee of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. He did his undergraduate study at Hunan Agricultural University (1974-1977) and his postgraduate study at the then Zhejiang Agricultural University (1978-1980). He then went to Australia and did his PhD study at CSIRO Entomology (1980-1984), and obtained his PhD in Zoology from the Australian National University in 1984.