Call for Symposia

Symposia submission is now open. ISCE and APACE are calling to their members to put forward ideas for symposia for the 2025 ISCE-APACE conference by 31 December 2024.

Submission Guidelines

Submissions should provide a brief paragraph, 200 words or less, outlining what the symposia will cover and including the following:
  • Title
  • Description about symposium topic
  • Any proposed contributors/presenters
Your title and authors/affiliations will need to be provided.

Please send your submission to via email to kyechung.park@plantandfood.co.nz

More information for symposia organisers

All symposia submitters are encouraged to take an active leadership role in coordinating any accepted session, seeking out and encouraging speaker participation in your session. You will be supported by the scientific committee in confirming the final session line up for the conference programme. Co-organisers are welcome. Once accepted, all symposia will be listed on the conference website along with the call for abstracts which opens in February 2025. All participating speakers will need to submit an abstract for their presentation. The call for abstracts will allow all submitters an option to identify their submission as a candidate for a specific symposium. In partnership with the scientific committee, you will confirm the final speaker line up and the local organising committee will send speaker confirmations as well as announce the programme. Prior to the event, you may also be asked to secure a session chair.

Language of Submission
All submissions must be submitted in English.

Word Count

Submissions should be 200 words or less.

Review and Notification to Submitters

All completed submissions will be reviewed by the scientific committee. You will be informed by email of the acceptance status no later than 31 January 2025.

Proposed Symposia

The following topics of symposia have been proposed through the scientific committee:
  1. Fruit Fly Chemical Ecology
  2. Chemical Senses (possible subtopic on Acarine)
  3. Chemical Ecology and Biocontrol
  4. Chemical Signals that Mediate Plant-Pest Interactions
  5. Chemical and Molecular Ecology of Multitrophic Interactions
  6. Chemical Ecology of Fruits Frugivores and Seed Dispersal
  7. Chemical Ecology of Invasive Species and links to Biosecurity
  8. Plant-Pollinator Interactions
  9. Chemical Ecology in the Anthropocene
  10. Semiochemical Applications in Agriculture: Current Innovations and Future Challenges
  11. Semiochemical Applications for Pest Management in Urban Environments
  12. Advances in Pheromone Research: From Identification and Synthesis to biosynthesis and practical applications
  13. Microbe-Plant-Insect Interactions
  14. Blood Sucking Insects and Practical Application
  15. Chemical Ecology of Forest Ecosystems


ISCE-APACE 2025

18-22 August 2025
Christchurch Town Hall, Christchurch

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