International Congresses of Dipterology

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2014 International Congress of Dipterology

Congress Website: http://www.icd8.org

Congress Update (October 2012)

by Marion Kotrba, Zoologische Staatssammlung München, marion.kotrba@zsm.mwn.de

The 8th International Congress of Dipterology will be held at Potsdam near Berlin, Germany on 10-15 August 2014. The ICD8 Organizing Committee includes Marion Kotrba (chair), Netta Dorchin and Frank Menzel. The Scientific Committee is headed by Netta Dorchin and includes Daniel Bickel, Martin Hauser, Ashley Kirk-Spriggs and Rudolf Meier. The professional company handling the congress organization is pcma (http://www.pcma.de/de).

Important dates
Early registration: September 2013 – 1st February 2014
Regular registration: until 1st July 2014
Abstract submission deadline: 1st May 2014

Venue
Only about 30 min from the bustling German capital with its museums, shops, theaters and pubs, the small town of Potsdam harbors famous tourist attractions such as Frederick the Great’s famous Sanssouci palace with its beautiful park area, Filmpark Babelsberg, the Biosphere, and the cozy streets of the “Dutch Quarter”.

The congress will take place at the Kongresshotel Potsdam, once the construction site of Count Zeppelin's famous airships and today a modern and spacious building beautifully situated on the banks of Lake Templiner. The hotel offers accommodation for all participants as well as all scientific sessions under one roof, with ample space for hanging around, socializing and discussions during coffee breaks. There is also the restaurant / beer garden “Seekrug” right next to it. Check out these locations at 52°22'22"N, 13°00'54"E.

Scientific program
The scientific program will include broad scope sessions covering large taxonomic groups (e.g., Nematocera, Orthorrhapha, Eremoneura, Calyptrata, acalyptrate families) as well as general topics (e.g., higher level Phylogeny, Morphology/ Anatomy/ Ultrastructure, Physiology, Biodiversity, Conservation, Evolutionary Biology, Behaviour, Diptera of Economic Importance, Diptera in Forensic Entomology, Diptera in Medical Entomology, and Fossil Diptera).

Suggestions for symposia are welcome. Proposals should include a title, justification, and a list of potential speakers. Please e-mail symposia suggestions to Netta Dorchin at ndorchin@post.tau.ac.il.

Public outreach activities
We plan to combine the congress with special public outreach activities, most important of which is the award-winning exhibition “Flies” (“Die Fliegen”, “Mouches”) originally created by Christophe Dufour and Jean-Paul Haenni (Neuchatel). The exhibition will be presented at the Museum of Natural History in Berlin during the congress. Our congress logo is largely based on the design of this exhibition. We also plan other activities, such as a fly related art exhibition, promoting a fly for “insect of the year”, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of the founder of European dipterology J.W. Meigen (1764–1845), a Diptera postal stamp, public talks, press conference, etc.

Congress language
The official congress language is English.

Congress schedule
August 10 (Sunday) Registration, Reception
August 11 (Monday) Full day Congress
August 12 (Tuesday) Full day Congress
August 13 (Wednesday) Full day congress, Congress Dinner
August 14 (Thursday) Full day congress
August 15 (Friday) Congress sessions, Closing ceremony
Various tours during and after the congress will be offered to delegates and accompanying persons.

Accommodation
The hotel rooms adjoin the congress center and can accommodate all congress delegates. The current daily rates, including breakfast, are 85 € (single) and 100 € (double).

Fees
Full registration fee will be approximately 400 € (350 € early; 200 € student), including the reception, lunch and coffee breaks. The Congress Dinner will be booked and charged separately. The Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung supports the Congress with 30,000 €. We make efforts to recruit additional support from exhibitors and sponsors (please refer to our webpage for further information) and will try to reduce the registration fee and/or offer travel grants for students depending on our success in obtaining additional funds.

Registration of interest
To receive further information about the ICD8 please refer to the Congress website at http://www.icd8.org. Assist us in planning ahead for the Congress by submitting the Registration of Interest Form that is provided there.

With ample input from the dipterological community worldwide this will become yet another wonderful congress. Keep informed as our new website (http://www.icd8.info) takes shape and do not hesitate to contact us with ideas, wishes and suggestions.

2010 International Congress of Dipterology

The 7th International Congress of Dipterology was held at the Ramada Herredura Hotel, San José, Costa Rica, 8-13 August 2010. The scientific program, abstracts volume, and list of delegates are available for download below through the courtesy of the Organizing Committee of ICD7. The scientific program, comprising oral and poster presentations, was distributed as a printed pamphlet during congress registration. The abstracts volume and list of delegates were prepared as electronic PDFs only and are posted on the ICD7 website. These files were first posted online at the time of the congress and revised and reposted on the ICD7 website on 13 January 2011. The files offered here are the updated versions.

View the PDF of the Scientific Program (talks)

View the PDF of the Scientific Program (posters)

View the PDF of the Abstracts Volume

View the PDF of the Participants List (alphabetical by name)

View the PDF of the Participants List (alphabetical by country)

 

2006 International Congress of Dipterology

The 6th International Congress of Dipterology was held at the Fukuoka International Congress Center, Fukuoka, Japan, 23-28 September 2006. The "Program and Delegate List" and "Abstracts Volume" from the Congress are available for download below through the courtesy of the Organizing Committee of ICD6. These publications were not originally intended for electronic dissemination on this website.

The print version of the "Program and Delegate List" includes 42 numbered pages plus a cover page and an acknowledgements page. The PDF version offered here is the same as the print version for the first 28 pages (i.e., cover page, acknowledgements page, and pages 1-28), except that the pages are unnumbered. The Delegate List, comprising pages 29-42 in the print version, has been altered in the PDF version by the deletion of e-mail addresses. The Delegate List in the PDF version comprises pages 29-40.

View the PDF of the Program and Delegate List

The print and PDF versions of the "Abstracts Volume" are almost identical, and both have numbered pages. The print version has a cover page, three unnumbered pages, and 354 numbered pages. The PDF version is the same up to page 336. The Index of Authors and Index of Key Words, comprising pages 337-354 in the print version, occupies pages 337-355 in the PDF version. The Indexes may cause an error message when viewed, which can be cancelled without closing the document.

View the PDF of the Abstracts Volume

 

Locations of Previous Congresses

  • 7th International Congress of Dipterology
    8-13 August 2010
    Ramada Herredura Hotel, San José, Costa Rica
    Chair of Organizing Committee: Manuel Zumbado
  • 6th International Congress of Dipterology
    23-28 September 2006
    Fukuoka International Congress Center, Fukuoka, Japan
    Chair of Organizing Committee: Junichi Yukawa
  • 5th International Congress of Dipterology
    29 September - 4 October, 2002
    University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
    Chair of Organizing Committee: David K. Yeates
  • 4th International Congress of Dipterology
    6-13 September 1998
    Keble College, Oxford, United Kingdom
    Chair of Organizing Committee: David de C. Henshaw
  • 3th International Congress of Dipterology
    15-19 August 1994
    University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
    Chair of Organizing Committee: Steve A Marshall
  • 2nd International Congress of Dipterology
    27 August - 1 September 1990
    Comenius University, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
    Chair of Organizing Committee: Rudolf Rozkosny
  • 1st International Congress of Dipterology
    17-24 August 1986
    Budapest, Hungary
    Chair of Organizing Committee: Tibor Jermy

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the North American Dipterists Society for hosting these web pages on behalf of the International Congresses of Dipterology. There is no formal affiliation between the two organizations.
 

First published on the Internet in June 2003
Last update: 5 March 2013
J.E. O'Hara