Insect invasions in a changing world

Convenors :

• Dr. Natalia Kirichenko, LE STUDIUM® RESEARCH FELLOWon leave from Sukachev Institute of Forest SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk, Russia,  in residence at INRA, URZF (Unité de Recherche Zoologie Forestière), Orléans, France.
• Dr. Alain Roques, Research DirectorINRA, URZF (Unité de Recherche Zoologie Forestière), Orléans, France.
• Dr. Sylvie Augustin, Deputy DirectorINRA, URZF (Unité de Recherche Zoologie Forestière), Orléans, France.
• Dr. Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde, Research ScientistINRA, URZF (Unité de Recherche Zoologie Forestière), Orléans, France.

Confirmed Speakers:

• Dr. Tea AmmunetSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences / Department of Ecology, Uppsala, Sweden
• Dr. Peter BaierInsitute of Forest Entomologie, Forest Pathology and Forest Protection / University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
• Dr. Yuri BaranchikovSukachev Institute of Forest, Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences / Forest Zoology department, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
• Dr. Andrea BattistiUniversity of Padova / Department DAFNAE-Entomology, Legnaro, Italy
• Dr. Manuela BrancoInstituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA), University of Lisbon / Centro de Estudos Florestais (CEF), Lisbon, Portugal
• Dr. Milka GlavendekićUniversity of Belgrade / Faculty of Forestry, Belgrade, Serbia
• Dr. Marc KenisCABI-Europe Switzerland / Risk Analysis and Invasion Ecology Section, Delemont, Switzerland
• Dr. Carole KerdelhuéINRA, CBGP / Montpellier, France
• Dr. Mathieu LaparieINRA / Unité de Recherche Zoologie Forestière, Orléans, France
• Dr. Stig LarssonSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences / Department of Ecology, Uppsala, Sweden
• Dr. Erik J. van NieukerkenNaturalis Biodiversity Center / Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Leiden, The Netherlands
• Dr. Deepa PureswaranCanadia Forest Service / Laurentrian Forestry Centre,  Quebec, Canada
• Dr. David RenaultUniversity of Rennes / Rennes, France
• Dr. Christelle RobinetINRA / Unité de Recherche Zoologie Forestière, Orléans, France
• Dr. Rodolphe RougerieMuséum National d'Histoire Naturelle / Paris, France
• Dr. Axel SchopfBOKU-University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences / Institute of Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology & Forest Protection,Vienna, Austria
• Dr. Viktória TóthUniversity of West-Hungary, Institute of Silviculture and Forest Protection / Faculty of Forestry, Sopron, Hungary
• Dr. Carlos Lopez-VaamondeINRA / Unité de Recherche Zoologie Forestière, Orléans, France
• PhD student Julien HaranINRA / Unité de Recherche Zoologie Forestière, Orléans, France
• Dr. Natalia Kirichenkoon leave from Sukachev Institute of Forest SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk, Russia,  in residence at INRA, URZF (Unité de Recherche Zoologie Forestière), Orléans, France

Topics:

• Insect invasions in relation to climate change
• Adaptation, phenotypic plasticity and invasion potential
• Genomics of invasion, DNA metabarcoding and early detection
• Pathways and routes of invasion
• Modeling and prediction of invasions
• Ecological and economic impacts and management of invasive insects