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Please forward it to
anyone interested in RPW
All reply to:
redpalmweevil@hotmail.com
Please Copy to:
aajlan@hotmail.com
Red Palm Weevil Home
Page
http://www.redpalmweevil.com
Hello Everyone,
We would like to
inform you that we are writing to
present you with a rather unique
opportunity to participate in the next
ESA (Entomological Society of America)
Annual Meeting to be held in Reno,
Nevada, USA, Nov. 16 – 19, 2008.
Specifically, as organizers from the Red
Palm Weevil (RPW) Home Page (http://www.redpalmweevil.com)
to coordinate the RPW International
Symposium (The
Global Threat of Red Palm Weevil (RPW),
Rhynchophorus ferrugineus,
(Olivier)
To Major Palm Species)
with Grayson Brown, one of the
Program Chairs of ESA.
As you know that ESA
has used a variety of systems for such
presentations but the one that ESA used
the most is WebEx – perhaps you have
heard of it or used it yourself. It is
extremely easy to use – the presenter
simply sits at his/her computer, runs
the PowerPoint presentation and speaks
as if they were at the podium. The
audience can ask questions and the
speaker can hear them and reply in real
time. The remote speaker can also watch
other presentations and interact with
other speakers and is a fully
participating member of the audience.
Speakers only need a high-speed internet
connection although a web cam is very
highly recommended.
As RPW Investigators
are scattered throughout the world and
may not have the opportunity to meet
very often in spite of the economic
significance of this pest. ESA and RPW
Home Page can use the infrastructure of
the technology to allow you to meet,
free of charge, virtually over the
internet.
We are wondering if
you are willing to speak about 20
minutes. If so, please submit your title
and abstract no later than May 15, 2008.
(Time is 3.5 hours for 10 speakers
only).
However, each
speaker’s presentation would be a
regular ESA symposium presentation and
each speaker must agree to allow his or
her presentation to be recorded for
later access via the web (ESA use a
process that prevents theft of
intellectual property). All speakers
will have the opportunity to practice
their presentations over the system to
confirm that everything is OK.
As organizers with
the help of the Program Chair, we can
schedule it at any time of the
day/night. Please inform us about your
best time as GMT.
Any speaker who
wishes to re-present his talk from the
ICE (International Congress of
Entomology) meeting this summer in
Durbin, South Africa probably not be a
problem.
This is an
opportunity to participate in a
historically significant entomological
event. We would like to see the global
entomological community eventually able
to meet virtually as necessary and this
would be the first real implementation
of that capability. We hope that you be
able to participate.
We hope to hear from
you soon.
Aziz Ajlan & Khalid
Alhudaib (aajlan@hotmail.com)
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