Programme 

Symposia Themes

Pest management:

  • Fruit Fly Chemical Ecology (Alvin Hee and Umar Lubanga)
  • Chemical Ecology and Biocontrol (Adriana Najar-Rodriguez, Xue-Xin Chen and Wei Xu)
  • Chemical Ecology of Forest Ecosystems (Jeremy Alison and Andrew Hayes)
  • Applications of Natural Products for Sustainable Pest Management in Agriculture and Urban Environments (Aijun Zhang, Jian Chen, and Dong Cha)
  • Advances in Pheromone Research: From Identification and Synthesis to biosynthesis and practical applications (Maria Carolina Blasioli Moraes and Andres Gonzales)

Chemical senses, signals, and interspecific interactions:

  • Chemical Senses (Paul Szyszka and Nicoletta Faraone) 
  • Chemical Signals that Mediate Plant-Pest Interactions (Naoki Mori and Ted Turlings)
  • Microbe-Plant-Insect Interactions (Michael Rostàs and Claudia Lange)
  • Chemical Ecology of Pollination and Seed Dispersion (Suk Ling Wee and Renee Borges) 
  • Chemical and Molecular Ecology of Multitrophic Interactions (Ricardo Machado and Yonggen Lou)

Chemical Ecology and Global Change:

  • Chemical Ecology in the Anthropocene (Magali Proffit and Adriana Najar) 
  • Chemical Ecology and Biosecurity (Andrea Clavijo McCormick and Sulav Paudel)
  • Aquatic Chemical Ecology (Emily Claereboudt and Thomas Lang)
  • Blood Sucking Insects and Practical Applications (Jerry Zhu, Wei Xu and Rickard Ignell)
  • New Frontiers in Chemical Ecology and Potential for Interdisciplinary Partnerships (Umar Lubanga and Andrea Clavijo McCormick)
  • Indigenous Research (Claudia Lange)

Post-Conference Workshop 
Monday 25th & Tuesday 26th August 2025

See here for more information.

ISCE-APACE 2025

18-22 August 2025
Christchurch Town Hall, Christchurch

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