Download program for talks, 1-3 July

Monday

30th June

Early arrivals.

Tuesday 1st July

Arrive at Oliver Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg.
All delegates will be picked up at Johannesburg airport and taken to the ABSA Conference Center.
18h00 - Welcoming address and keynote lecture.
Followed by a barbecue and early to bed.

Wednesday 2nd July

Presentations and discussions all day.


Thursday 3rd July

Presentations and discussions all day.
Possible visit to FABI, depending on time.
Cultural entertainment and dinner. Download program

Friday 4th July

VERY EARLY departure per bus on the field trip.
Field stop Warburton to see native Coryphodema tristis (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) attacking Eucalyptus nitens.
Lunch in field.

Field stop to see Thaumastocoris peregrinus (Hemiptera: Thaumastocoridae) and Gonipterus scuttelatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidea) damage and its biological control.
Overnight at Hluhluwe game reserve in Northern Natal.

Saturday 5th July

Game viewing all day in Hluhluwe - including hopefully BIG FIVE and LITTLE FIVE (including two insects, the ant LION and the RHINOCERUS beetle).

Sunday 6th July

Early departure through Northern Kwazulu-Natal with extensive clonal Eucalyptus plantations.
To Pietermaritzburg to see Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae), Pissodes nemorensis (Coleoptera: Curculionidea) and bark beetle damage on Pinus patula.
Drop of at the ICE conference centre or hotels in Durban.
 
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