1. 15 th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships

2. 206 participants according to country of affiliation (state 16.8.2014) 26 countries

3. 2 nd time in Switzerland 1st time in 1987, Gwatt (Martine Rahier, Erich Städler & Robert Baur) Logo: http://www.thomas-degen.ch/

4. Registration Open 8:00 - 18:00, Monday-Thursday Reimbursements: Invited Speakers: Tuesday Eurovolers: Wednesday

5. Posters Put them up ASAP 100 posters All posters remain up throughout the meeting Be with your poster on the day of the theme it falls under Posters sessions after lunch (coffee + dessert) Three student poster awards (CHF 500 each)

6. Upload your presentation a day before Check movies and special effects Very full program (more that 70 presentations) Start Every day at 8:50AM Sharp!!! (Swiss Time) Oral presentations

7. This is Switzerland! Stick to the allotted time!!!!!!!! -invited: 20 minutes (15 + 5) -Regular: 15 minutes (12 + 3) Take out 2-3 slides

8. Meals 100 restaurants Expensive …. Make reservations Ask for help Restaurants (Dinner) Lunch included: Romarin (10 min. walk), follow staff!!

9. Wednesday Business meeting before lunch – To decide on the next meeting Boxed lunch Entertain yourself – Bike (for free) – Guided tour of the city (Angela) – Watch museum (La-chaux-de-fonds) – Bern – Morat/Murten

10. Banquet Thursday 18:45 at the harbour (only those who signed up) Fish

11. Oral presentations Stick to the allotted time!!!!!!!! Let’s keep everything running smoothly! Thank Sandrine and Thomas Blame Ted!!No food or drinks in the Aula

12. Sharon Strauss 1978 BA Harvard University Biology 1984 MS University of Minnesota Ecology 1988 PhD Florida State University Biological Sciences Professor, University of California, Davis « How organisms are influenced both ecologically and evolutionarily by the complex communities in which they are embedded « With Richard Karban 1st to work on Induced Defenses

13. Sharon Strauss Ecological and evolutionary responses in complex communities: implications for invasions and eco‐evolutionary feedbacks Phenotypic and transgenerational plasticity promote local adaptation to sun and shade environments Direct and indirect effects of host-plant fertilization on an insect community Ecology Determining the effects of herbivory using naturally damaged plants. Ecology

14. Sharon Strauss Apparency Revisited