Drs Robert Mensah and Lewis Wilson were invited by on the Organising Committee of the

International Congress of Entomology Conference to organise a symposium on the

'Biological control of emerging pests on transgenic cotton crops' which is of significant

importance to our situation in Australia. The symposium attracted world renowned

entomologists working on pests on transgenic cotton crops.

The International Congress of Entomology (ICE) is held every four years in different

countries in the world. It serves as a forum where those involved in all facets of entomology

can interact and learn from each other. The congress in Korea gathered 2 900 entomologists

from all over the world working on various aspects of entomology from taxonomy through to

pest management and covering all aspects of crop production and medical entomology.

Scientists, particularly renowned entomologists working in other crops and also in cotton,

normally attend the ICE conference to present the papers in their area of specialty. Thus this

provides an opportunity for researchers to present and hear about pertinent research problems

in their areas of specialty. The conference also attracts extension officers, agro-chemical

companies, administrators, Gritomological suppliers and publishers. The conference covered

aspects of entomology such as integrated pest management, insect biological control, insect

behavior and chemical ecology, pesticides, GM crops, resistance, toxicology, conservation,

biodiversity, climate change, insect biological control, medical and veterinary entomology,

invasive species and quarantine, stored products and post harvest entomology, acarology,

insect related interactions at a multi-tropic ecosystem, genetics, genomics and evolutionary

entomology, systematic s, phylogeny and zoo geography. The conference has enhanced Dr's

Mensah and Wilson's research in Australia.

The title of the symposium jointly organized by Dr Robert Mensah and Dr Lewis Wilson at

the conference was "Biological control of Emerging pests on transgenic cotton" (Symposium

1104). Many audiences attended our symposium, showed significant interest in papers

presented and generated good discussion, especially about the contrlbution of GM crops to

enha CG biological control. Dr Mensah also presented a paper in another symposium on the

use of a natural plant extract for the management of sucking pests on cotton in Australia

(Symposium 608 on 24 August 2012). Dr Wilson also presented a paper on 'Evaluating the

IPM fit of insecticides; Sorting myth from reality' in Symposium 1010 on 21 August 2012.

I Both papers were well received and stimulated a range of questions by the audience. Many

of the applied entomologists working on ERM in field crops were most interested to use

biopesticides being developed in Dr Mensah's research for field trials in their target pests and

crops. The Technical Editor for the Australian Journal of Entomology requested Dr Wilson to

prepare a review article for publication..