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25th Anniversary Meeting of ISCE

The 25th Anniversary meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology will be held from 17 to 22 August at The Pennsylvania State University (PSU), located in State College, Pennsylvania, USA. This meeting is in celebration of the Silver Anniversary (25th year) of the society, which was started in 1983. The meeting will be hosted by Jim Tumlinson and program committee members (all Center for Chemical Ecology, Department of Entomology):

Jim Tumlinson (meeting host, travel awards chair) Student Travel Awards Form
Consuelo De Moraes (program chair)
Tom Baker (local arrangements, program committee)
Mark Mescher (program committee)
Julie Todd (abstract submissions) Abstract Submission Form

To register for the meeting and see meeting updates, please click Meeting Registration.
You also can submit your abstract or travel award application and make hotel arrangements from the registration site.

Our four plenary symposia feature presentations on
1. Chemical Deception/Mimicry
2. Phylogenetic Analyses of Plant Defense and Insect Host Range
3. Chemical Ecology of Disease Transmission
4. Chemical Ecology of Plant–Plant Interactions

Submitted oral presentations or posters related to these, or other topics, are welcome.

If the PSU meeting will be your first ISCE meeting, see the main ISCE website for information about the society and its journal.

Please register to become a member of ISCE.

MEETING OVERVIEW
Please plan your flight or local travel to arrive by Sunday 17 August to take part in the Welcome reception.

The meeting meeting headquarters is the Nittany Lion Inn, and scientific sessions and posters are in new Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences Life Sciences Building (see photo) on the Penn State campus. The executive committee meeting is the afternoon of 17 August, and the welcome reception is that same evening.

The scientific portion of the meeting will be from Monday 18 August through Friday 22 August. The morning plenary sessions will be in the auditorium of the new Life Sciences Building on campus and a separate room for parallel afternoon sessions also will be in the Life Sciences Building. The third-floor bridge between the Life Sciences and the Chemistry buildings, with a beautiful view of the campus, will be used for coffee breaks, poster sessions, and individual discussions as well as for the welcome reception.

The conference banquet will be at the Penn Stater Hotel on the Penn State campus (approximately a 3-mile [4.8 km] drive to ISCE meeting headquarters).

Free time and other social events are planned for Wednesday afternoon 20 August.

Executive committee meeting: 17 August
Welcome reception: 17 August
Plenary sessions, talks, and posters: 18–22 August
Banquet, awards ceremony, and banquet speech: 21 August

TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATIONS
Your final destination by air should be the University Park Airport in State College, Pennsylvania.
From the airport, it is a 10–15-minute drive to the main campus, the meeting location, and the lodging.

We have reserved 120 rooms at the Nittany Lion Inn (see courtyard photo). The Nittany Lion Inn is the ISCE meeting headquarters. The hotel is offering a special group rate for ISCE meeting attendees of $115 (USD) per night single occupancy and $125 per night double occupancy from 17 to 24 August. On 15 and 16 August, the rates are $155 per night single occupancy and $165 per night double occupancy. To receive these rates when you register online or by phone at 800-233-7505, please request room block INT0815 (letters INT, numbers 0815). The hotel provides complimentary parking and free Internet access for its guests, and it is located in the heart of the Penn State campus.

We also have reserved 30 rooms at the Days Inn and 30 rooms at the Atherton Hotel.

GENERAL INFORMATION: PSU AND STATE COLLEGE
You will want to take time to enjoy some of the activities and attractions available on campus and throughout the surrounding area. The town of State College and the University Park campus combine to offer a relaxed, college-town atmosphere with many shops, restaurants, and points of interest.

For general information about PSU and State College, click here
Campus maps
Downtown State College maps