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Member Symposium

Early Career

Professional Development

Student

Bridging Generations by Empowering Tomorrow: Innovative Partnership, Investment, & Entrepreneurship

Sunday, November 9, 2025
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific
Location: Oregon Convention Center, B113, OCC

Oral Presentation

This symposium is to provide timely and thought-provoking advice, examples, and strategies on how to be more innovative and entrepreneurial when looking for investments in entomological research, teaching, and extension. Entomologists must think outside of standard grants for the creation of new scientific knowledge, extension products, and workforce development.

Presentations:

  • 9:00 AM - 9:05 AM Pacific
    Introductory remarks

    Presenting Author: Laura Corley Lavine (she/her/hers) – Washington State University

  • 9:05 AM - 9:30 AM Pacific
    The vast landscape of public-private partnerships and how to strategically align goals to advance entomological science

    Presenting Author: Lev Perelman, MBA – LP Advising LLC

  • 9:30 AM - 9:55 AM Pacific
    Innovative public-private partnerships in higher education to maximize research impact- examples from a premier land-grant institution in Research Triangle Park

    Presenting Author: Steven Lommel (he/him/his) – North Carolina State University

  • 9:55 AM - 10:20 AM Pacific
    Rooted in research: Where millions of tree fruit grower dollars cultivate progress; Why tree fruit growers are funding their own future

    Presenting Author: Ines Hanrahan (she/her/hers) – Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission

  • 10:20 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific
    Break
  • 10:30 AM - 10:55 AM Pacific
    Sentricon Systems: The story of how a research entomologist commercialized a bating system for population control of termites

    Presenting Author: Nan-Yao Su – University of Florida

  • 10:55 AM - 11:20 AM Pacific
    Connecting donors to impactful entomological research, teaching, and extension – increasing capacity in entomological impact by cultivating philanthropic gifts

    Presenting Author: Brandon Hopkins – Washington State University

    Co-Author: Laura Corley Lavine (she/her/hers) – Washington State University

  • 11:20 AM - 11:45 AM Pacific
    Building a collaborative network for digital agriculture

    Presenting Author: Laura Corley Lavine (she/her/hers) – Washington State University

    Co-Author: Javier Gutierrez Illan – Washington State University

    Co-Author: Dave Crowder (he/him/his) – Washington State University

  • 11:45 AM - 11:50 AM Pacific
    Closing remarks

    Presenting Author: Laura Corley Lavine (she/her/hers) – Washington State University