Sub-Theme I, ''Floral Characteristics - Attraction and Rewards''

Massimo Nepi
"Dynamics of nectar: new insights from Cucurbita pepo flowers"
Department of Enviromental Sciences, University of Siena, Italy

Martin Heil
"Floral and extrafloral nectar - the same or not the same?"
Dept. of General Botany/Plant Ecology, FB BioGeo, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Clay Carter
"Proteins secreted into Jacaranda mimosifolia nectar may protect flowers from microbial infection"
Biology Department, University of Minnesota - Duluth, Minnesota, USA

Patrick von Aderkas
"Unraveling the biochemistry of gymnosperm reproductive secretions."
Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Robert Thornburg
"Diverse biochemical pathways underlie nectary function in ornamental tobacco."
Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA

Art Davis
"Informative Epidermal Features of Various Floral Nectaries Established as Persistent, Multicellular Outgrowths"
Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Nelida Pohl
"Flower color preferences and constancy in Lycaena heteronea butterflies."
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California, USA

Sub-Theme II, ''Impacts of Animal-mediated Pollination on Gene Flow''

Nickolas M. Waser - Plenary Speaker
''Cognition, choice, carryover, constancy, and context: pollinators as agents of pollen and gene dispersal.''
College of National and Agricultural Sciences Professor of Biology
University of California, Riverside, USA

Rodney J. Dyer
''Genetic Analysis of Insect Mediated Pollen Dispersal: A Case Study in The Understory Tree Cornus florida L.''
Biology Department, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

Thure Hauser
''Gene flow between cultivated and wild plants - a surprise?''
Department of Ecology, Royal Veterinarian and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Marcia Maues
'''Reduced impact logging and its effects on the pollination of Amazonian trees.''
Laboratorio de Entomologia, Embrapa Amazonia Oriental, Brazil

Rod Peakall
''New insights into gene flow within and among sexually deceptive orchids.''
The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Christopher Dick
"Implications of Pollinator behavior on Evolutionary Divergence of Tropical Forest Trees''
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Michigan, USA

Johanne Brunet
''The impact of distinct insect pollinators on the movement of genes via pollen.''
USDA-ARS VCRU, Department of Horticulture
Univeristy of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Sub-Theme IV, ''Pollinator Biology, Conservation & Protection''

Jim Cane
''Bee Pollination of Farmed Wildflowers for Habitat Restoration Seed.''
USDA-ARS Bee Biology and Systematics Lab, Utah State University, USA

Neal Williams
"Responses of native bees to changes to landscape change, linking pattern and mechanism."
Dept of Biology, Bryn Mawr College, USA

Scott Black
''The Xerces Society's Pollinator Conservation Program: Converting Science into Conservation Practice.''
Conservation Director, Entomologist/Educator, USA

Steve Buchmann
"The Status of Pollinators in N. America (Results from the NAS-NRC report): With an Update of Stingless Bee Conservation Efforts in Mexico."
Interim Coordinator, North America Pollinator Protection Campaign

Caroline Gross
"Pollination Resilience in a Fragmented Landscape"
The University of New England, Australia

Bryan Danforth
"Phylogenetic Studies of Bees Provide Insights into the Evolution of Host-plant Specialization''
Department of Entomology, Cornell University, USA

Karen Goodell
"Predicting Pollen Transfer in a Restored Eastern U.S. Prairie Community Using Plant-pollinator Interaction webs"
Department of EEOB, The Ohio State University-Newark, USA

Stuart Roberts
''Quantifying Large-Scale Pollinator Declines - Evidence for a Pollinator Crisis''
University of Reading, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK

Peter Kevan
"Habitat Reduction and Consequences to Pollination: from Landscapes to Insect and Plant Diversity, Abundance, and Conservation"
Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Canada

Alexandra-Maria Klein
''Crop Pollination and Wild Pollinators: Current Knowledge and Future Research''
Agroecology, University of Gottingen, Germany

Janneke Paalhaar
"In-hive Pollen Transfer between Bees Enhances Cross-pollination of Plants"
Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Juliet Osborne
''Bumblebee foraging ranges: consequences for conservation and pollination.''
Plant & Invertebrate Ecology Division,

Rufus Isaacs
"Midwest prairie plants for attraction of native bees, and their integration into fruit farms to provide agro-ecological services."
Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

Wednesday Special Session

Robert G. Danka
"Sustaining and Exploiting Genetic Variation in Honey Bee Polliators"
USDA Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics & Physiology Laboratory, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Marla Spivak
''The Perfect Storm: Setting the Stage for this Year's Loss of Honey Bee Colonies.''
Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

Jeff Pettis
"Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder in the United States."
Research Entomologist, USDA-ARS Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, USA

Diana Cox-Foster
"Research Foci Addressing Colony Collapse Disorder."
Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA