24 – 29 July 2023
The 10th ISH congress was held in Iaşi, Romania, at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, the Faculty of Biology.
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There were 104 participants – 41 of which were students – from 24 countries!
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In total, there were 87 talks and 27 posters (almost half of overall presentations were by students!). Below is a word cloud of words used in titles of talks – unsurprisingly, ‘Hymenoptera’ is a very popular word in the society!
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Organising committee
Local Organizing Committee:
Chairs: Lucian Fusu, Mircea-Dan Mitroiu, Ovidiu Alin Popovici
Committee members: Mălina Atodiresei, Florina-Georgiana Caba, Maria-Magdalena Dascălu, Lucian Hănceanu, Zoltán László, Cristina Vasilița, Ionela Mădălina Viciriuc
Scientific Committee:
Ionel Andriescu, Bonnie Blaimer, Gary Gibson, John Heraty, John Noyes, Andrew Polaszek, Jean-Yves Rasplus, Paolo Rosa, Lars Vilhelmsen, James Woolley, Dominique Zimmermann
Executive Committee:
- President José Fernández-Triana
- President-Elect Juanita Rodriguez
- Past President Lars Krogmann
- Secretary Natalie Dale-Skey
- Treasurer Craig Brabant
- Journal of Hymenoptera Research Editor Michael Ohl
- Student Representative Jessica Awad
- Webmaster Erinn Fagan-Jeffries
- Social Media Officer Miles Zhang