•  Thank you to those individuals and committees who submitted proposals for symposia or workshops.
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• The Symposia and Workshops selected for this year's conference are:

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Symposia:

• Cross-kingdom interactions between plant-parasitic nematodes and other pathogens (Nematode Resistance Committee)

• Entomopathogenic Nematode (EPN) model for biological control and molecular studies (EPN Committee)

• Integrated Nematode Management (INM) (Extension Committee)

• Industry Prospective on the Development of Biological Controls (Biological Control Committee)

• Evolution of nematode community indicators (Ecology Committee)

• Advancement of the nematicide industry (Industry Committee)

Discussion Panels:

• Interview well with the industry (hosted by the Industry & Graduate Student Committees)

• Challenges and future in Nematology (David Moreira)

Workshops:

• Illustration worth a thousand words (Graduate Student Committee)

• Student grant writing workshop (WSARE)

• Designing and printing 3-D models of nematodes (Education Committee)

• High throughput nematode ID (Education Committee)