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Purple-edged copper Lycaena hippothoe, foto: Pekka Malinen

ICE Council

The Council of the International Congresses of Entomology

The purpose of the Council is to provide continuity and direction for the International Congresses of Entomology, and to serve as the Entomology Section of the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS). It may also encourage the holding of smaller inter-Congress meetings. For further details about the Council and how it functions, see its Constitution.

The Council consists of not more than twenty-three (23) members, who shall represent as wide a field as possible both geographically and by entomological discipline. Membership of the Council shall be limited to distinguished entomologists who are interested in the welfare and future of the International Congresses of Entomology. Members are elected for one term of 8 years. Members can be re-elected for a second term but are not permitted to serve more than two consecutive terms.

The Council is able to appoint Honorary Members as prescribed in the Constitution. Honorary Members are appointed from among entomologists who have made outstanding contributions to entomological knowledge, who have influenced entomology substantially both within and outside their own countries or regions, and who have made important contributions to the International Congresses of Entomology.

List of ICE Council Members

May Berenbaum
Born: 1953 | Appointed: 2008
Field: Evolution, Education and Outreach
E-mail: maybe@uiuc.edu
Bio: May R. Berenbaum (USA) was born in 1953. Swanlund Professor of Entomology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She graduated with a B.S. and honors in biology from Yale University and received a Ph.D. from Cornell University in ecology and evolutionary biology. Since 1980, she has been on the faculty of the Department of Entomology at UIUC, serving as head of the department since 1992.
Her research addresses insect-plant coevolution at multiple levels, including molecular and biochemical adaptations of insects to toxins and impacts of chemical defense on insect distribution and abundance in natural and managed ecosystems, in the United States and recently in the Netherlands and New Zealand. This work has been published in over 220 journal articles and 30 book chapters.
She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Entomological Society of America, and the American Philosophical Society and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. She has served as editor of Annual Review of Entomology since 1996 and is on the editorial boards of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Chemical Ecology.
Devoted to fostering scientific literacy, she has authored numerous magazine articles, as well as six books, about insects for the general public. Her book Bugs in the System has been translated into German, Japanese, and Korean.

Christian Borgemeister
Born: 1959 | Appointed: 2016
Field: Applied Entomology and Plant Protection
E-mail: cb@uni-bonn.de
Bio: Professor Borgemeister (Germany) born 1959. He obtained his PhD in Horticulture from Leibniz Hannover University (LUH) in 1991. He lectured at LUH before embarking on a research career in Africa in 1992. Until the end of 1997 he worked at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), in Benin, West Africa first as a Postdoctoral Fellow, then as an Associate and finally as a Senior Scientist coordinating a multi-country program on the integrated control of an invasive stored-product pest. He returned to Germany in 1998 working as an Assistant, then Associate and since 2003 as a Full Professor for Applied Entomology at LUH. From 2000–2001, he was also a Visiting Professor for Applied Zoology at the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany. From 2005 to 2013 he was the Director General of icipe, the International Centre of Insect Physiology (www.icipe.org), a Nairobi, Kenya headquartered pan-African R&D Centre. In October 2013 he was appointed Full Professor at the University of Bonn as Head of the Department for Ecology and Natural Resources Management of ZEF, the Centre of Development Research (www.zef.de). Since January 2015 he is the Managing Director of ZEF. Borgemeister is a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences, the Royal Entomological Society and the Entomological Society of America. Borgemeister was for >8 years Chief Editor of the International Journal of Tropical Insect Science (published by Cambridge University Press) and has affiliations with other distinguished scientific journals as reviewer. He has authored and co-authored over 130 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals, has co-authored a book on biological control in Africa, and has written over 10 chapters for different scientific books.

Yu-Chan Chao
Born: 1952 │ Appointed: 2016
Field: Insect Pathology
E-mail: mbycchao@imb.sinica.edu.tw
Bio: Yu-Chan Chao (Chinese Taipei), born in 1952. A professor at the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. He received his Ph. D. from the Department of Entomology, University of Arkansas, USA, and completed his postdoctoral training at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Cornell University.
He has been studying insect pathology for many years, with a special emphasis on baculovirus gene regulation in infected host insect cells. His laboratory is not only manipulating insect viruses for insect pest control, but also developing fluorescent technology and constructing recombinant viruses to aid research into insect pathology at the gene regulation, protein expression and miRNA interaction levels. He has published many high profile papers including in the Journal of Virology, Nucleic Acids Research, and Nature.
He served as Deputy Director of IMB from 2002 to 2005. He was then appointed as Dean of the College of Life Sciences from 2005 to 2007 at National Chung Hsing University, which is a highly-regarded agriculturally-oriented university. In 2006, he was elected as Chair Professor by the same university. Over the course of his academic career, he has received three Distinguished Research Awards from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan. He was elected as a MOST Distinguished Research Fellow in 2006. In 2013, he received the Merit MOST Research Award; this is the top award that MOST offers to professors and research fellows in Taiwan. He has been invited as a distinguished or keynote speaker to many international conferences. He was also the organizer of the Virology Session at the most recent XXIV International Congress of Entomology Symposium in Korea. In addition, he has served as an editor for many highly-regarded international journals, including currently for the Journal of Virology. Apart from his academic contributions, his work has also been reported by prominent international periodicals such as “Asia Weekly” and by several other international media outlets.

María Marta Cigliano
Born: 1959 │ Appointed: 2016
Field: Taxonomy and Systematics, Orthoptera
E-mail: cigliano@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar
María Marta Cigliano completed a Licenciate in Zoology (1982) and a Ph.D. (1987) in Natural Sciences at La Plata National University (Argentina). She is an Associate Professor at La Plata National University and a Research Scientist from the Argentine National Research Council (CONICET) at La Plata Museum. She has been President of the Orthopterists´ Society (2009-2013), Vice-President of the Argentine Entomological Society (2012-2015). Currently, she is Member of the Global Team Catalogue of Life (2017-2020), Affiliate Researcher at Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois, USA, and curator of the world catalogue Orthoptera Species File (OSF) Online. She has published over 80 scientific papers and book chapters, and edited two books. Her main area of research is phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of grasshoppers (Orthoptera). She has a particular focus on aspects related to species diversification and character evolution; and is also involved in the design and implementation of web applications to assist researchers in sharing and managing biodiversity data on the web.

Jocelia Grazia
Born: 1944 │ Appointed: 2016
Field: Taxonomy and Systematics
E-mail: jocelia@ufrgs.br
Bio: Jocelia Grazia (Brazil) born in 1944 is a Full professor of the Department of Zoology at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul since 1980. She obtained her Ph.D. degree in zoology at the University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil in 1976 and pos-doc at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, N.Y., USA in 1995.
She has been a Researcher of National Research Council of Brazil for the last 50 years. She was President of the Entomological Society of Brazil (1984–1990) and also Editor in chief of the Annals of the Entomological Society of Brazil (1978–1984). She was Director of the Natural Science Museum, Zoobotanical Foundation, Porto Alegre, Brazil (1972–1975) and also Vice Rector of Graduate Courses, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2003–2004).
She has been conducting studies in systematics, biodiversity, and evolutionary biology of Heteroptera (Insecta), with emphasis on Pentatomidae, comparative morphology, integration of morphological and molecular data for phylogenetic analysis.
She has published almost 200 on international peer-reviewed journals, including Cladistics, Annals of Entomological Society of America, Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society, Arthropod Structure and Development, Zootaxa and so on; and also 23 book chapters, and one book.
She was conferred Jesus Santiago Moure Prize (2010) and Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira Prize (2013) given by the Brazilian Society of Zoology for the best paper published in taxonomy and the best book in zoology (senior author of the Hemiptera chapter), respectively; and also Edilson Bassoli de Oliveira Prize given by the Brazilian Entomological Society in recognition to the members who have contributed to the development of entomology in Brazil (2014)

Angharad Gatehouse
Born: 1954 │ Appointed: 2016
Field: Plant-Insect Interaction; Novel Approaches to Integrated Pest Management
E-mail: a.m.r.gatehouse@ncl.ac.uk
Bio: Professor Angharad Gatehouse (UK) born in 1954 is the chair of the Invertebrate Molecular Biology Department at the University of Newcastle. She is also head of Molecular Agriculture within the Institute of Sustainability, which coordinates research across Newcastle University around key issues of sustainability, including food security. Her over-arching research interests are in the molecular and biochemical bases of insect-plant interactions for the development of novel approaches to crop protection. As part of this, her research interests also encompass the potential impact of such technologies on non-target organisms, particularly beneficial insects including pollinators such as bees, and natural enemies such as parasitoids and predators.

Marec Frantisek
Born: 1957 | Appointed: 2012
Field: Population Genetics
E-mail: marec@entu.cas.cz
Bio: Frantisek Marec (Czech Republic), born in 1957. Director of the Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, and Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics at the Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, both in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic. He obtained his PhD in Entomology (insect genetics) in 1987 at the Institute of Entomology.
Since 1990 he has been a research fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany. He has had a long-standing collaboration with Prof. Walther Traut at the University of Lubeck, Germany, where he worked as a Humboldtian in 1991–1992 and 1998. Like many geneticists, he started his career in Drosophila, but soon become fascinated by Lepidoptera genetics. His research has focused on sex chromosomes in Lepidoptera, especially on meiotic pairing, molecular differentiation and evolution, and also applications of the sex chromosomes in genetic control strategies against pest species. In addition, his co-operation with the Insect Pest Control Section, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, resulted in a new approach for the construction of genetic sexing strains in lepidopteran pests.
So far Prof. Marec has published more than 70 peer-reviewed articles and contributed to 4 book chapters. He was also editor of a recently published book on “Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Lepidoptera” (edited by Marian R. Goldsmith and F. Marec, 2010, CRC Press). Since 2001 he has been an Executive Editor of the European Journal of Entomology. He co-organized symposia on insect genetics at the VIth and VIIIth European Congress of Entomology (ECE).

Takema Fukatsu
Born: 1966 │ Appointed: 2016
Field: Evolutionary biology of Insect -endosymbiotic microorganism interactions
E-mail: t-fukatsu@aist.go.jp
Bio: Takema Fukatsu (Japan) born in 1966 is Prime Senior Researcher and Group Leader at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Professor at the University of Tokyo, and Professor at the University of Tsukuba, Japan. BSc in 1989 and PhD in 1994 from the Department of Zoology, the University of Tokyo, Japan.
His research areas are extremely broad, encompassing diverse sophisticated biological interactions associated with such phenomena as symbiosis, mutualism, parasitism, reproductive manipulation, morphological manipulation, insect sociality, etc. In particular, his scientific interest focuses on insect-microbe symbiotic associations and their biological relevance, which have been published as over 210 peer-reviewed papers describing symbiont-mediated insecticide resistance, symbiont’s modification of insect body color, symbiont’s broadening of insect food plant range, symbiont-mediated pest evolution, insect-symbiont lateral gene transfers, and many other topics.
His services for scientific communities other than the ICE councilor include: fellow, the American Academy of Microbiology (2013-); associate member, the Science Council of Japan (2011-); editor-in-chief, Zoological Science (2015-); associate editors, Zoological Letters (2014-), Journal of Experimental Zoology A (2007-); editorial board members, Current Opinion in Insect Science (2013-), Journal of Insect Physiology (2011-), Proceedings of the Royal Society B (2007-2012), Entomological Science (2004-2005), Applied Entomology and Zoology (2003-2006); councilors, the Zoological Society of Japan (2016-), the Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology (2009-), the Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan (2006-).

Le Kang
Born: 1959 | Appointed: 2008
Field: Ecology, Molecular Biology
E-mail: lkang@ioz.ac.cn
Bio: Le Kang (China), born in 1959, is a Professor of Entomology and Ecology at Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and courtesy professor of the University of Nebraska. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in ecology from the Chinese Academy of Sciences Graduate School and Institute of Zoology in 1990. Now he serves as Director Institute of Zoology and President of Beijing Institutes of Life Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
He is Chairman of Scientific Committee of State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, and Dean of College of Life Sciences, University of CAS. He is elected as President of the Entomological Society of China since 2012. He was Director-General of the Bureau of Life Science and Biotechnology, CAS, from 1999 to 2008. He has been conducting studies focused on ecological genomics and adaptation in insects, especially in locust, grasshoppers and leafminers.
He has published more than 100 research papers on international peer-review journals, including Science, PNAS, PLoS Genetics, Genome Biology, Evolution, Molecular Ecology, Annual Review of Entomology, and so on. He is Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Insect Science, editorial board member of the Journal of Insect Physiology, and Council Member of the International Congress of Entomology.
He was conferred an Honorary Doctor Degree of Sciences by the University of Nebraska in 2009. As a leading scientist, he was elected to be a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2011 and TWAS’s fellow in 2012. He won the Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress of Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation (Hong Kong) in 2012.

Ziuar Khan
Born: 1955 | Appointed: 2010
Field: Pest Management, Biology
E-mail: zkhan@mbita.mimcom.net
Bio: Zeyaur R. Khan is a Principal Scientist and Leader of Habitat Management Program at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya and a Visiting Professor of Entomology at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Dr. Khan has dedicated his 30 year career as an agricultural scientist to advancing the science and practice of agriculture by studying and applying chemical ecology, behavior, plant-plant and insect-plant interactions to improve farm productivity to combat poverty and food insecurity in Africa.
He is responsible for the discovery and wide scale implementation of a scientific innovation through a biologically-based IPM technology called ‘Push-Pull’ (www.push-pull.net), providing practical solutions, and sustainable livelihoods for thousands of small-holder poor cereal-livestock African farmers. Dr. Khan obtained his Ph. D. from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi in 1980.
Before joining ICIPE, he worked with Rajendra Agricultural University, Bihar, Pusa, India (1980-1983), the International Rice Research Institute (1983-1991), University of Wisconsin, Madison (1985-1986) and Kansas State University, Manhattan (1991-1993). Dr. Khan is a Fellow of the Entomological Society of America and a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, London. He was a plenary speaker at during XXIII International Congress of Entomology in 2008.
In 2009 Dr. Khan was awarded the International IPM excellence award. In 2010 he received Nan-Yao Su award for Innovation and Creativity in Entomology and was named as a Distinguished Scientist by the International Branch of Entomological Society of America. In 2011, ICIPE designated him as a Thomas Odhiambo Distinguished Research Fellow and in the same year he was a winner of TWAS Prize in Agriculture.

Byung-Jin Kim
Born: 1947 | Appointed: 2004
Field: Taxonomy, Molecular Phylogeny
E-mail: kbjin@wku.ac.kr
Bio: Byung-Jin Kim (South Korea), born in 1947. Professor Kim completed his BSc, MSc and PhD studies at the Department of Biology at Korea University. He was a full-time lecturer at Wonkwang University, South Korea in 1985, and studied ant ecology at CEH, Great Britain as a postdoctoral fellow in 1987-1988. He was appointed Assistant Professor in 1988, Associate Professor in 1991 at the Department of Molecular Biology, and Full Professor at the Division of Biological Sciences at Wonkwang University, South Korea, in 1996.
His main research activities are in the field of insect taxonomy, in particular of the Formicidae. He was Director of the Center for Science at Wonkwang University in 1999-2002. He has been Director of the Entomological Society of Korea since 1987 and President in 2003-2004, Director of the Korean Society of Systematic Zoology since 1987 and President in 2004-2005. He also had been Director of the Zoological Society of Korea since 1987 and Vice-president in 2005-2006.
In 2005 He was appointed a columnist of daily newspaper, Joongang-Ilbo, and wrote 16 columns of ant life. He was Director of the Research Center of Development and Management of Endemic Species of Animals from Korea in 2003-2005 and the Research Center of Development and Management of Biological Resources from Korea from 2005 to 2009, Ministry of Environment, Korean Government. He won the Prize of the President from No Mu-Hyun, President of Korea, for good work in 2007.
He has published widely on the systematics of Formicidae. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society in 2010. He was President of ICE2012 Daegu from 2008-2012. He has appeared on TV, KBS, MBC, and EBS of insects many times. He won the Appreciation Award from ICE Council for excellent congress. He was appointed an Emeritus Professor September, 2012 from Wonkwang University. He was awarded a medal from Lee Myong-Bak, President of Korea, for amazing work on September, 2012.

Walter Leal
Born: 1954 │ Appointed: 2016
Field: Chemical Ecology
E-mail: wsleal@ucdavis.edu
Bio: Walter S. Leal (USA) born in 1954 is Distinguished Professor at the University of California-Davis, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology. He is former professor and chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology. Leal received his B. Eng. in chemical engineering from the Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil, M. Sc. in agricultural chemistry from Mie University, Japan, and Ph. D. in applied biochemistry from Tsukuba University, Japan. He received postgraduate training in entomology and chemical ecology at the National Institute of Sericultural and Entomological Science, Japan and Cornell University, USA, respectively. Leal distinguished himself as the first non-Japanese scientist to earn tenure in the Japan Ministry of Agriculture. He joined the faculty at UC Davis in 2000. Leal’s research if focused on insect chemical communication and olfaction. His laboratory discovered a mosquito receptor for the insect repellent DEET and published about 200 peer-reviewed papers. Leal is member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society (Hon. F.R.E.S.), and Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Entomological Society of America. He is recipient of prestigious awards from three different countries, including the Nan Yao Su Award for Innovation and Creativity in Entomology and the Silver Medal of the International Society of Chemical Ecology. Leal served (with Dr. Alvin Simmons, USDA-ARS) as co-Chair of the 2016 International Congress of Entomology

Shu Sheng Liu
Born: 1955 | Appointed: 2012
Field: Ecology
E-mail: shshliu@zju.edu.cn
Bio: Shu-Sheng Liu (China) born in 1955 is Distinguished University Professor at Zhejiang University and Deputy President of the Academic Committee of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. He did his undergraduate study at Hunan Agricultural University 1974-1977 and his postgraduate study at the then Zhejiang Agricultural University 1978-1980. He then went to Australia and did his PhD study at CSIRO Entomology 1980-1984, and obtained his Ph.D. in Zoology from the Australian National University in 1984. He then returned to China and has been on the faculty of the College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, serving as head of entomology 1991-2009 and discipline leader of plant protection since 2007. His work focuses on integrated pest management (IPM) in vegetable crops and has promoted vegetable IPM in China, Australia and elsewhere. Apart from applied research and IPM implementation, he has been conducting studies on host-parasitoid interactions, vector-virus-plant interactions, and invasion biology. His work has been published in over 200 peer-reviewed articles in English journals and over 100 peer-reviewed articles in Chinese journals, one book and 10 book chapters. He has served as subject editor of the Bulletin of Entomological Research since 2006, column editor for the Journal of Integrative Agriculture since 2013, associate-editor for two Chinese journals including Acta Entomologica Sinica and Journal of Biosafety, and is on the editorial boards of six other journals including Science China Life Sciences, Insect Science, Chinese Journal of Biological Control and others. He has been active in international conferences, serving as section convener and symposium organizer at XVth International Plant Protection Congress, and plenary lecture speaker and symposium organizer at ICE XXII, symposium organizer at ICE XXIV, and member of the organizing committee for ICE XXV 2016.

Dmitry Musolin
Born: 1970 │ Appointed: 2016
Field: Insect Ecophysiology, Climate change, Forest Entomology
E-mail: musolin@gmail.com
Bio: Dmitry L. Musolin (Russia) born in 1970 is Associate Professor of Department of Forest Protection, Wood Science and Game Management and Director of Department of Advanced Training and Graduate Studies at Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical University, Saint Petersburg (Russia). He received his BSc degree in Forestry from the Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical Academy, MSc degree in Environmental Sciences and Policy from the Central European University (Budapest, Hungary) and PhD degree in Entomology from the Saint Petersburg State University (Russia) in 1997. He was a postdoctoral associate with Professor Hideharu Numata at Osaka City University (Osaka, Japan, 1998–2000) and Dr. Kiyomitsu Ito at National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region (Sapporo, Japan, 2001–2005), then an invited foreign researcher at Kyoto University (Kyoto, Japan, 2005–2009) before joining the faculty at the Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical University.
His recent research focuses on eco-physiological control of insect diapause, ecology of forest insects and responses of insects to climate change. He has had a long-standing interest in true bugs (Heteroptera), especially their diapause and seasonal development. He has published over 50 papers in refereed journals, refereed conference papers, book chapters and edited conference proceedings. He serves on the editorial boards of Applied Entomology and Zoology and Transactions of the Saint Petersburg Forest Technical Academy. He co-organized a few national entomological meetings in Russia. Dr. Musolin served as a reviewer of the Working Group II contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and an expert of the Russian Science Foundation and Russian Academy of Sciences. He is also involved in protection of human rights in Russia. Dr. Musolin is a member of the Presidium and Central Council of the Russian Entomological Society (since 2012).

Norma Mujica
Born: 1963 | Appointed: 2016
Field: Agroecology, IPM
E-mail: normamujicamoron@hotmail.com
Bio: Norma Mujica studied agriculture (B.Sc.) and a Master Degree in Entomology at National Agrarian University La Molina (Lima, Peru), and a PhD in Agricultural Sciences (2016) at the University of Hohenheim (Stuttgart, Germany). She started her career at the National Program of Biological Control in Lima, Peru (1989). She worked as a Senior Entomologist of the Agroecology/IPM program at the International Potato Center (1990-2017). During this time she implemented and coordinated agricultural R&D projects with governmental and non-governmental organizations in Latin America and Africa. Her research was centered in development of sustainable pest management strategies for potato and sweet potato crops focusing on conservation biological control. In the last years she developed temperature-based phenology models for pest and parasitoids, simulation of risk mapping under climate change scenarios, and conducted pest risk assessments. She is invited professor at National Agrarian University La Molina (Lima, Peru). She has published scientific and technical papers, technical bulletins and book chapters, and participated in scientific and technical congress and workshops for professionals, technicians and farmers. She is a Fellow of the Entomological Society of Peru, the Entomological Society of America, the Neotropical Section of the International Organization of Biological Control, and the Latin American Potato Association.

Daniel Obeng-Ofori
Born: 1957 | Appointed: 2010
Field: Chemical Ecology, IPM
E-mail: provc.office@uenr.edu.gh
Bio: Daniel Obeng-Ofori (Ghana), born in 1957. Professor of Agricultural Entomology at the Department of Crop Science in the College of Agriculture & Consumer Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana. He completed a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture at the University of Ghana in 1982, M.phil and Ph.D degrees in Applied Biology and Agricultural Entomology from the University of Cambridge, UK in 1986 and 1990.
At the International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya from 1991-1994, he was a member of the Locust Research Programme which championed the pioneering work on pheromone-mediated communication in the desert locust. From 1994-1996, he was an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the Federal Biological Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Institute for Stored Product Protection, Berlin, Germany. Prof. Obeng-Ofori has worked at the University of Ghana since 1996, was Head of Department and Vice-Dean (2002-2005), Ag. Dean of the School of Agriculture (2005-2006), Deputy Provost and Coordinator of the African Regional Postgraduate Programme in Insect Science (ARPPIS), West Africa Sub-Regional Centre since 2009.
He is currently the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana. His research focus is on chemical ecology and integrated management of agricultural pests for sustainable crop production. He has published some 100 journal articles, 5 book chapters and four books. He was the African Association of Insect Scientists (2005-2009) and is the President of the Ghana Science Association and the Entomological Society of Ghana.

Francesco Pennacchio
Born: 1960 │ Appointed: 2016
Field: Insect Physiology
E-mail: f.pennacchio@unina.it
Bio: Francesco Pennacchio (Italy) born in 1960 is Professor of Entomology at the University of Napoli “Federico II” (Italy) and Visiting Professor at Newcastle University (UK). In 1989 he received a PhD in Entomology, from the University of Napoli “Federico II”, for his research on parasitic Hymenoptera biology. He continued to focus on this research area as a visiting scientist (1989-1991) at Texas A&M University (College Station, TX, USA). The study of parasitology and pathology of insect pests and pollinators is the core of his current research interests, along with technologies for sustainable insect control that can be developed on this background. He has published extensively within the field, including in discovery journals. In 2013 he was awarded the Cozzarelli Prize by the National Academy of Sciences of USA for his seminal work on elucidating the molecular mechanism through which the neonicotinoid clothianidin adversely affects the insect immune response. He co-edits the Journal of Insect Physiology and serves on the editorial boards of other entomological journals. He is the Co-Chair of the XI European Congress of Entomology, which will be held in Italy, in 2018. He is the President of the Società Entomologica Italiana (SEI) and member of the Italian National Academy of Entomology.

Thomas W. Scott
Born: 1950 | Appointed: 2012
Field: Medical Entomology
E-mail: twscott@ucdavis.edu
Bio: Thomas W. Scott (USA) born in 1950 is Distinguished Professor at the University of California at Davis. He received his Ph.D. in ecology from the Pennsylvania State University, was a post-doctoral fellow in epidemiology at the Yale School of Medicine, and was a faculty member in the Department of Entomology, University of Maryland before relocating in 1996 to the Department of Entomology, University of California at Davis.
His research focuses on epidemiology of mosquito-borne disease, mosquito ecology, evolution of mosquito-pathogen interactions, and evaluation of novel products and strategies for disease control. He aims to generate the detailed, difficult to obtain data that are necessary for assessing current recommendations for disease prevention, rigorously testing fundamental assumptions in public health policy, and developing innovative, cost, and operationally effective strategic concepts for prevention of mosquito-borne disease. He has worked in Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Africa with an emphasis on longitudinal studies in Peru and Thailand.
He is a fellow of the Entomological Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; National Research Council Associate; Past-President of the Society for Vector Ecology; past-Chair of the Mosquito Modeling Group in the program on Research and Policy in Infectious Disease Dynamics; Chair of the WHO Vector Control Advisory Group; and Co-Chair of the WHO Steering Committee for the Global Vector Control Response.
He has published over 260 research articles and reviews. He served as an editor for several entomological and tropical disease journals. He organized the Medical and Veterinary Entomology section of the XXI International Congress of Entomology in Iguassu, Brazil.

Hari C. Sharma
Born: 1954 | Appointed: 2004
Field: Integrated Pest Management
E-mail: h.sharma@cgiar.org
Bio: Hari C. Sharma (India), born in 1954 in Himachal Pradesh, India, obtained BSc and MSc degrees at the Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, and his PhD in Entomology at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India in 1979. Currently, he is Principal Scientist – Entomology at International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, Hyderabad, India, where he has been working for the past 32 years.
He was a visiting scientist at the University of Wisconsin, USA, in 1987, and the Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Toowoomba, Australia in 1996. Dr. Sharma’s research involves insect ecology, bio-pesticides, host-plant resistance, transgenics and molecular for insect resistance, biosafety of transgenic crops to non-target organisms, climate change effects on arthropods, and integrated pest management.
He has published over 250 research papers, 150 book chapters, 10 research/information bulletins, and six books, including Heliothis/Helicoverpa Management, Application of Molecular Techniques for Pest Management, and Environmental Safety of Biotech and Conventional IPM Technologies. He has collaborated with several scientists in Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas.
His work has been recognized by many national and international societies, including the Archana Gold Medal and Lifetime Achievement Award of the Academy of Environmental Biology, the Millennium Science Award of ICRISAT, the CGIAR Excellence in Science Award, and the International Plant Protection Award of Distinction of the International Association of Plant Protection Sciences. He is a fellow of six academic societies, and Life Fellow of the Entomological Society of India, and the National Academy Agricultural Sciences. Dr. Sharma is a Governing Board Member of the International Association of Plant Protection Sciences, and Co-chair of the program on, ‘Biological consequences of global change’, of the International Union of Biological Sciences.

Joop van Lanteren
Born: 1945 │ Appointed: 2016
Field: Insect Ecology and Biological Control
E-mail: Joop.vanlenteren@wur.nl
Bio: Joop C. van Lenteren (Netherlands) born in 1945 is Emeritus Professor of Entomology at Wageningen University. He graduated with honours in Ecology and Plant Anatomy from Leiden University and received a Ph.D. from the same university in behavioural and population ecology. He was a postdoctoral associate with Paul DeBach (University of California at Riverside, USA; 1976-1977), senior scientist and full professor of ecology and biological control at Leiden University (1977-1983), professor of entomology and head of department of the Laboratory of Entomology at Wageningen University (1983 – 2003). He was/is visiting professor at universities in Brazil, China, Italy and the USA.
Joop’s scientific work concerns behavioural ecology and population dynamics of parasitoids and predators, and he develops biological and integrated control of pests programmes within sustainable crop production. He is also involved in developing Quality Control Guidelines and Environmental Risk Assessment Methods for biological control agents. He attended and lead many missions in developing countries for FAO, WHO, Worldbank, Ministry of Foreign Affairs to implement, manage and evaluate IPM programmes. He published more than 200 peer reviewed papers, edited several books, served as editor of various ecological and entomological journals, including the Annual Review of Entomology.
Joop has served the International Organization for Biological Control (IOBC) in various functions during the past 40 years. He is a fellow of the Royal Netherlands Society for Sciences and arts, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences and Arts and Honorary fellow of the Italian Academy of Entomology and received Doctor Honoris Causa degrees from the Szent Istvan University, Budapest, Hungary and the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

Charles Vincent
Born: 1953 │ Appointed: 2016
Field: Pest Management; Alternatives to insecticides in agriculture
E-mail: charles.vincent@agr.gc.ca
Bio: Charles Vincent (Canada) born in 1953. He completed a B.Sc. in Agriculture at Université Laval (Quebec City, Canada), a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. (1983) in Entomology at McGill University (Montreal, Canada). Since 1983, he worked as an entomologist for the Horticultural Research and Development Center (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) at Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada. In 1984, he has been appointed adjunct professor at the Macdonald Campus of McGill University. He has been appointed as adjunct at Université du Québec à Montréal in 1992, and, since 2000, is invited professor at l’Université de Picardie Jules Verne (Amiens, France). His research focus is on the management of insect populations of horticultural importance with biological (including biopesticides) and physical control methods. To date he published 178 scientific and more than 200 technical papers. He edited 24 books or technical bulletins and did > 500 presentations worldwide. He received numerous awards, notably the Gold Medal of the Entomological Society of Canada, the L. O. Howard Distinguished Achievement Award from the Entomological Society of America (Eastern Branch) the L. O. Howard Distinguished Achievement Award from the Entomological Society of America (Eastern Branch) and the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Entomological Society of America (International Branch). He is a Fellow of the Entomological Society of America, the Royal Entomological Society (London, U.K.), and the Entomological Society of Canada.

Phyllis G. Weintraub
Born: 1953│ Appointed: 2016
Field: Pest Management, Alternatives to insecticides in agriculture
E-mail: cphyllisw@agri.gov.il
Dr. Phyllis G. Weintraub completed her B.A. in Biology at California State University, Northridge, a M.S. in Biology with an emphasis in Entomology from California State University, Long Beach, and a Ph.D. in Entomology from the University of California, Davis in 1984. She worked as a pesticides efficacy/regulatory affairs specialist for a private laboratory from 1990-1993 before moving to Israel. She is a senior researcher in the Department of Entomology, The Agricultural Research Organization, Gilat Research Center. Her research focuses on biological and physical control of arthropod pests, and management of insects transmitting plant pathogenic bacteria. She has authored over 150 articles and book chapters in the academic and popular press. Dr. Weintraub is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Insect Science and has served as editor for 8 books and proceedings.

Myron P. Zalucki
Born: 1954 | Appointed: 2004
Field: Ecology, Behaviour
E-mail: m.zalucki@uq.edu.au
Bio: Myron Philip Zalucki (Australia), born in 1954. He completed his first degree, a BSc with first class honours in Zoology, from the Australian National University in 1976 and his Ph.D. in 1982 from Griffith University, Brisbane. Joined the then Department of Entomology at the University of Queensland in 1981 as a part time temporary lecturer and “rose through the ranks” to full Professor in 2001.
He is an insect ecologist by “bent” working on various applied and basic research areas. He uses various model systems to ask questions ranging from the interaction of host chemistry and induced plant defences on oviposition behaviour and early stage caterpillar survival, to the effects of learning on oviposition behaviour at a landscape level and of climate on insect abundance and distribution. He prefers butterfly plant interactions, particularly Monarch butterflies and milkweeds as a model study system.
A substantial amount of his applied research has been on the ecology and biology of Helicoverpa spp., the major pest of Australian field crops, and more recently Diamondback moth, a key pest of horticulture worldwide. He was awarded the Ian MacKerras Medal in 1996 for excellence in Entomology by the Australia Entomological Society. He chaired the organising committee for the XXII International Congress of Entomology held in Brisbane in August 2004. He has worked with colleagues on various entomological problems and questions in China, North Korea, Iran, India, Pakistan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Oman, Italy, Spain, Germany, the South Pacific and North America.


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Bailey to Premier League? Director Boldt has transfer warning for Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool over £100 million deal

Bayer Leverkusen’s sporting director Jonas Boldt has announced that they will not be selling Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal target Leon Bailey this coming January.

Regarded as one of the most exciting and talented youngsters in Europe, there has been some speculation in the media over the last few days which suggested the Premier League trio will be looking to try and seal a deal for Bailey in the coming transfer window.

Chelsea and Liverpool are looking to keep on building the side in hope they can push Manchester City all the way for the premier League title this season, while Gunners boss Unai Emery is desperate to add a bit more creativity and pace on his wings, as he looks to get back into a top four spot.

Bailey still has over four years remaining on his current deal with Leverkusen and while the German club admit the winger will be sold at some stage, he will not be leaving midway through the season.

‘The conversation was good. We all know that Leon will eventually leave,’ Boldt told Bild.

‘But we have made it clear that a winter transfer is out of the question. He also knows that he has our backing.’

Who could Bailey sign for when he leaves Leverkusen?

The lad is talented enough to force his way into any of the trio’s squads in the coming seasons, but with Chelsea already having a number of top-class midfielders to chose from, it would be much more likely that Bailey signs for either Liverpool or Arsenal.

Both are in need of another out-and-out winger that brings both goals and assists, and both are looking for a long-term investment, which the 21-year old would be.

But having spent so much money in the summer transfer window, the hierarchy will have to be convinced that a £100 million deal for Bailey would benefit the club immediately, as well as in the long-run.

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Review of Icinga Camp Barcelona 2015

Last Friday we had our first Icinga Camp in beautiful Barcelona. Thanks to the help of our local Icinga friends from Insomer we where able to start into an amazing Camp year over there in Catalan. The Camp started late, which is not so unusual in Spain 🙂 and i started with a detailed overview of the last developments and a review of 2014. After that Jorge (CEO from our host) gave a talk about their way to monitoring and Icinga. The had a funny video (we didn’t understand it, but it was funny enough to watch) where they documented a big outage during the night.
After a short break Michael took over the stage and gave a detailed talk about all the new things in Icinga 2. Functions, Rules and really hot things are coming up with Icinga 2.3 next week and Michael showed how to deal with them.
Last but not least Eric talked about Icinga web 2. We expect Icinga Web 2 Beta 3 during the next week and the current version worked really great at the live. We where curious about the reaction on our approach for the web service but the audience really liked it. With visitors from all over Spain, Germany, Denmark, Czech Republic and the United States.

We closed the day in a wonderful Tapas-Bar with lots of food and a couple of Gin & Tonics later on. The cherry on the cake on the Camp was a quote of the taxi driver on the next morning.

There are to many red traffic lights, you have to ignore them.

You can find all the slides in our presentation area and we’ll add more pictures in the next weeks. Thanks Barcelona, we will be back!

Icinga Camp Barcelona 2015

IcingaTime flies by and great things are coming up next year. After our first Icinga Camp San Francisco at GitHub, we would like to move forward in Europe. We found some friends from Insomer Webservices in Barcelona and cause of them and their help next Icinga Camp will be there.
Our next Camp will be at 27th of February next year in lovely Barcelona city center. We’ll start late into the day at around 3pm and we’ll have a long monitoring evening with free drinks after the official schedule.
Icinga Camps are one-day, regional events that feature talks by the Icinga team and community, as well as giving  users time connect with other users.
Here are all necessary informations:

  • 27th of February 2015 – 3pm start

  • We would like you to share your experiences and ideas for Icinga, tell us about it. Give a talk

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  • The only thing you have to do now is fill out the registration form. Yes, it is that easy. Register now

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A big thank you to Insomer, especially Ana Cerezuela and Jorge Rancé, for helping us organising Icinga Camp Barcelona.
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The Alligator Gar received it's named from the elongated snout and dual rows of teeth that give it an alligator like appearance. The largest of all the Gar species, the Alligator Gar can grow up to three meters long and weigh over ninety kilograms. Its scaly outer layer can be brown or olive in color and the scales themselves are diamond shaped and interlocked with the other scales around it. Each scale is attached to the musculature of the fish and can be used as defense against potential predators.

The scales range from 10-40 mm in diameter and consist of two layers. The thinner, external layer (600 {\mu}m) is a highly mineralized material called "ganoine" and is analogous to the enamel in a human tooth. The inner layer ( 3.5 mm) is made up of bone.

Capturing the behavior of the composite that makes up the Gar's scales, requires consideration of the structure-property relations of all the length scales (see Fig. 1). To accomplish this, the length scales must be linked. [1]

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  1. W. Yang, I. Chen, J. Mckittrick, M. Meyers. Flexible Dermal Armor in Nature. TMS, 64(4):475-485, 2012.
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Is A Scam? is an International dating site. It came up in the Internet world in 2004 as a sister website of, another top Chinese dating site in Asia (read more iDateAsia Reviews). This site is committed to providing a reliable, easy-operating dating platform for western men and Asian women ( mainly Thai girls and Vietnamese women). Since online dating business is booming and gets competing, it’s hard for to stay away from rumors and imputations. In order to protect our members from being confused or misguided by these so-called “iDateAsia Scams”, we think it’s really essential to tell the truths and break down the rumors.
Here we pick out two big ” SCAMS” that doubt the reliability and credit of

iDateAsia Scam 1: Girls on This Thai Dating Site Are Fake.

Rejection! Like what’s pointed in our Anti-Scam Protection Policy, the success of “comes from our firm commitment to take precautionary and remedial measures against potential harmful activities.” We allow no deceptive actions on the site and her / his profile will be suspected or banished forever if she / he breaks dating rules ( e.g. spreading porn information) or gets reported for bad actions on the dating platform. And this policy also expresses clearly on terms and regulations that lady members should comply with. Since we have such rules and strong determination on fighting against scams and offering a stable, trusted platform to our members, why do these scams get their chance to attack
First, it’s because of the negligence and carelessness of local matchmaking agencies. All profiles of the lady members are selected, examined and verified by the dating agencies in the first round, which should be strictly in accordance with terms and rules on And then our business department will recheck relative materials from agencies ( such as ID copies), making sure that everything goes well without breaking any rules on this site. However, during the process of sorting out the large amount of profiles, some agencies might mix up the ladies photos and other informations unconsciously, carelessly. Of course, some agencies may deliberately send us fake profiles in order to get more money from So if you find these bad action, you’re strongly recommended to report them to our customer department.
Second, it’s caused by misunderstanding. Some male members required to see the ladies after a short term of communication, but unfortunately were refused. Or a few of our lady members left our site after several weeks of EMF with male members, making him feel played by these Asian girls. But the truth is that these girls also signed up on other sites and probably met their guys there. We promise to offer a reliable and stable platform for communication but can not control people’s willing – choose who to date or marry.

iDateAsia Scam 2: It Censors All Correspondence.

Disagreed! One of services is called EMF Mail Correspondence, which allows male members meet Thai women or Vietnamese girls on our site via emails. Since this is an cross-cultural dating site for western men and Asian women for marriage, translating service is required. The correspondences from male members are firstly translated into Thai, Vietnamese or other Asian languages automatically by our system before transferred to ladies. And these ladies may ask their friends or agencies to help them express their own feeling and meaning in English to their potential boyfriends or husbands. So this is not ” CENSOR”!
No matter in the past, present or the future, never and ever allows frauds or scams. We’ll keep trying our best to fight against all these bad actions in future. Meanwhile, we’ll appreciate your generous suggestion or advice.

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Despite substantial investments in maternal and newborn health in Ethiopia, Nigeria and India, the coverage of high impact, evidence-based life saving interventions continues to be unacceptably low.

Frequent high-quality contacts between families and frontline workers are critical in ensuring that every woman and every child receive the interventions they need. Yet in 2015 there were too few contacts between families and health workers, and those that did happen included many missed opportunities for health workers to deliver life-saving interventions.

Regular tracking of the progress of effective coverage provides an opportunity for reflection and course-correction in maternal and newborn health programmes.

IDEAS works in Gombe State in Nigeria to generate primary data through six-monthly health facility surveys and annual household surveys.

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Countries are taking forward the Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health by strengthening maternal and newborn health...

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Per-Anders Abrahamsson New Scientific Advisor to IDL Biotech AB | IDL Biotech
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Per-Anders Abrahamsson New Scientific Advisor to IDL Biotech AB

Per-Anders Abrahamsson, MD, PhD, Professor in Urology, has been working as urologist for 40 years, out of which 20 years as Head of the Department of Urology, Skåne University Hospital (Malmö/Lund, Trelleborg and Landskrona), Adjunct Secretary General at the European Association of Urology (EAU) 2004-2007 responsible for Science, EAU Secretary General 2007 – 2015, Vice President Global Medical Affairs Uro-oncology, Ferring Pharmaceuticals A/S and Member of the Board at Camurus AB.

Per-Anders Abrahamsson has over 40 years experience of translational and clinical research, management and political experience in Urology. Professor Abrahamsson is also an Adjunct Professor in Urology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, USA, and Adjunct Professor at the Russian Institute of Urology, Moscow, Russia.
Professor Abrahamsson is Honorary Professor at 16 Institutions all over the world.
He has received numerous awards and The Polish Red Cross for humanitarian support
and several prizes for presentations at International Meetings.

As Scientific Advisor to IDL Biotech, Per-Anders Abrahamsson will contribute with his
experience and expertise. He will strengthen the company clinical studies, and
contribute as medical advisor on development of new products in the area of oncology and urology.

“I’m pleased to welcome Professor Abrahamsson to IDL Biotech. His wealth of
knowledge and experience will be of great benefit to our company,” says Charlotte
Berg, CEO at IDL Biotech AB.

“Professor Abrahamsson is the right person to contribute to the development of the
potential in our products”, says Hans Örström, chairman of the Board.
Through the election of Per-Anders Abrahamsson, IDL Biotech AB will strengthen its national competence in urology and oncology, in addition to obtaining access to an extensive international network. This will be advantageous in relation to planned expansion phase, both on the current markets in Europe, and globally.

Jerker Swanstein new Chairman of the Board of Directors

The annual general meeting, held 28th of May 2019, re-elected Jerker Swanstein, Per-Anders Abrahamsson and Carsten Olsson, and elected Malin Ruijsenaars and Eva Sjökvist Saers as new members of the Board of Directors. During the statutory meeting held 28th of May 2019 Jerker Swanstein was selected as new Chairman of the Board of Directors.

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A Trip to Borgo Panigale to Visit DUCATI

One has to be lucky to have an opportunity like this.  I’ve always liked visiting factories and plants of anything, from soybean oil plants to tractor plants, such as I have visited in school and college days.  But to visit a motorcycle factory, well that is special. Now add to it that we are talking here about Ducati and it makes it even more special. Yes, I am lucky.

The Ducati Plant in Borgo Panigale, Bologna, Italy. October 26th, 2011

Let’s backtrack a little here. I was visiting my dear friend Flora in Lucca, and it was from there that I took a train to spend an afternoon at the Ducati plant with my friends Doug and Annie, who had rented an apartment in Bologna in October.

Lucca’s train station. Lucca, October 26th, 2011

Just as a side bar, I love the train system in Europe.  You are here and you are there, you go everywhere and most of the time, on schedule. I met Doug and Annie at the train station in Bologna, we had a nice lunch accompanied by a bottle of Brunello the Montepulciano at their apartment in Bologna and then we set off to get a public transit bus to Borgo Panigale, where we exited at the Ducati station.  The day before I had called Ducati and had made a reservation for the “English” tour.  They took my first name (no last names for things like this) making it for a nice and warm informality.  We arrived half an hour early at the plant, and we met Donatella (on the left), the factory tour guide, taking the “Italian” group for their tour. The tour consists of a museum and factory tour, a total of one hour.  We would start our tour at the Ducati museum.

Donatella (left) organizing the factory tour. Borgo Panigale, October 26th, 2011

Starting with the museum, a bit of history about Ducati.  Although “electronics” is a more modern name for such products, that’s how I can best describe how the Ducati company started: they made radios.  This is what you get from Wikipedia: “In 1926, three brothers, Adriano, Marcello and Bruno Ducati, founded Societa Scientifica Radio Brevetti Ducati in Bologna to produce vacuum tubes, condensers and other radio components, becoming successful enough by 1935 to construct a new factory in the Borgo Panigale area of the city. Production was maintained during World War II, despite the Ducati factory being a repeated target for Allied bombing”. After the war, with no transportation available, and expensive gasoline, Ducati started making small motors to be adapted to or installed in bicycles. That was the “Cucciolo” (puppy dog in English) as shown by our first Museum guide, Maria.

Maria presenting the Cucciolo, first production cycle motor by Ducati. Borgo Panigale, October 26th, 2011

Ducati sold thousands of these little motors.  This motor was not developed by Ducati, but Ducati produced a cucciolo based motorcycle, in 1950. And the rest is history. Or the rest of the history. Or the important part of the history as that was the basis, the foundation for what we now know as Ducati. The museum shows motorcycles from all eras of Ducati. You can see an Elephant from the time Cagiva owned Ducati in the 80’s and 90’s.

1989-90 Cagiva Marathon. Winner Paris Dakar, 1990.

This bike above could as well be the very bike that Orioli took to victory in 1990.  The Paris Dakar, which now runs on other locations of the world due to security threats in its original location,  is the race founded by Thierry Sabine.  After an ordeal in the desert in 1977 when Thierry almost died, he wanted to share with others his sense of adventure. He called it “A challenge for those who go. A dream for those who stay behind.”

Paolo Pirozzi’s Lidia. The Multistrada that went around the world in 2010. Borgo Panigale, October 2011

Another interesting enduro bike is Paolo Pirozzi’s Lidia. This 2010 Multistrada (above) was taken around the world in 2010.  He was sponsored by the Desmo Owners Clubs around the world.  He came by Eugene in end of October, 2010.  I was on a work trip out of town, so I missed the action. This trip was part of the several initial promotions by Ducati when this excellent bike was first launched.  The Desmo Owners club gives me an opportunity to talk about the desmo word. It is short for desmodromic. It is a valve management system invented by Ducatu engineers and is without a doubt synonimous with Ducati. Below is an animation of the desmodromic valve management system.

The museum includes a showcase of the desmodromic system.  Continuing the tour, Ilaria showed us the various motorcycles from the early 50’s and on.

Nice displays.

Ducati museum displays

And the more recent bikes.

Super Bikes

GP Bikes.

GP Bikes

Unfortunately we were not allowed to take pictures during the factory tour.  My impressions as we walked around the many work stations and assembly lines are that they are organized, but definitely not fanatic about organization. They are organized Italian style. It definitely does not show a teutonic organization or a Japanese efficiency. I actually like it. Most of the components arrive pre-assembled.  Engines are assembled in the plant, and cam shafts are machined on site.  Frames come from subsidiaries in Italy.  Other specialized components such as brakes and other electronic systems also arrive from external suppliers. And that is the case for all vehicle manufacturers these days. Final assembly, mostly plastics, are added outside of this location, on some transition area where bikes are organized for final shipment.

As you walk past people on their stations, they are very friendly and you walk away with a feeling that they are proud of their bikes, their work.  No robots onsite, Donatella proudly said. In Approximate numbers, they have 500 people on the floor, 300 on the administration, marketing and R&D, and 150 on the GP bikes.  And they know each other, like a family.

The evening before the trip to Bologna I had a glass of wine with my friend Vitorio in Lucca and when I told him I was going to visit the Ducati plant he mentioned the name of an old friend of his that works there, friends from the time Vittorio went to elementary school.  During the tour I had a chance to meet Vitorio’s friend. Donatella, the factory tour, kept telling me we would walk by his station and she would let me know who he was. In the end, he was not there. So at the front gate, before leaving I made a final try, checked with the front guards. They took me in their office, checked the directory, got his Ducati mobile number (they all have an individual mobile, plant number), the guard “dialed” it for me and gave me the phone. Not five minutes later and Franco was out by the gate and we were talking.

Next time I will spend more time in Borgo Panigale to know more about this operation. Maybe next time I will be riding a Ducati. And yes, we arrived there too early to see their newest bike, three weeks more precisely, so we missed the 1199 Panigale, Ducati’s new superbike. It will be on display at the EICMA show. After the EICMA official release of this bike, I’ve heard, visitors will have a chance to see it being assembled in one of their lines during a factory tour.

EDIT: The 1199 Panigale was voted the most beautiful bike at the EICMA 2011 show.

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Facilitate the right Oracle solutions to help hardware and software work together in the cloud and in your data centre.

SAP CRM Services

Minimise costs and maximise value, whether you’re planning an enterprise-wide implementation, upgrade, rollout or managed services deployment.

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2019 – 2020 Section Officers Elections

We didn’t have any new candidates stand for Section Officers.  Fortunately James Sipes has stepped up to continue as the Section Treasurer and Santosh Veda has stepped up to continue as Section Secretary.  Jason Rupe, our Vice Chair / Chair Elect will takeover as Section Chair on Jan. 1 2019. We are continuing to look… Read more

IEEE Presidents Forum

The video of the forum is now available on the IEEE Presidents Forum Website.  See Jim Jefferies – IEEE President, Jose Moura – IEEE President Elect and Steve Welby – IEEE Executive Director talk about their vision for the IEEE and respond to the Q&A form members.  The forum was a great opportunity to interact with… Read more

IEEE Day 2 October 2018 – Call for Ambassadors

IEEE Day 2018 is just around the corner on 2 October 2018. The team is looking for interested individuals to serve as IEEE Day Ambassadors for this year’s festivities. As of right now, the team does not have any Ambassadors designated from the US. Please be sure to promote this opportunity to your members and… Read more

New Student Projects Funded

At the Section ExCom meeting on May 15th, two new university student were funded: Guatemala Global Health Project The Last Resort Emergency System The students have been asked to present their results at an upcoming Dine & learn.


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The IKC Classic collection

The IKC Classic collection has been a worldwide success for many years thanks to its recognizable frame and cheerful colours. The FSC-certified, durable beech wood frames ensure long-lasting and safe fun for all children. In this collection you will find wall games, play systems, sofplays and much more. Discover the collection here and create your own play corner!

Imaginative children's corner with our collections

Our designers bring every fantasy to life with cheerful and appealing designs. All play elements are designed with care and attention to detail. Conceptual thinking is in our design team's blood. And this is reflected in our collections.

Children's play area in a flash

You would like to invest in fun, but don't necessarily need your own design? Then our collections are perfect. Choose, order and put down: you'll soon see how the power of play works and what it brings you. Our specialists will be happy to advise you.

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Our products are made in our own factory in China and are SGS certified according to the EN-71 standard. This guarantees that they are safe. Sustainable production is also a matter of course for us. So we choose honest materials and ensure that our products last for years (real years).


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Best Way to Get Imessage For PC Windows

IMessage become quite popular with iOS users compared to utilizing WhatsApp and Facebook messenger as it provides optimal and reliable message service with mobile data. As we all know, Apple products are costly, and their quality is large. If you currently have an iPhone or even iPad, then you have to know more about the features and also the caliber. IMessage is your iOS app which use to send messages. Hope you’ve learned about iMessage for PC that’s used for sending a message between iPhone and Mac. This iMessage for PC functioning exclusively with Apple devices such as iPhone, iPad along with other iOS devices.
Fundamentally, This is the iMessaging app that does not utilize any text quota out of the mobile account. That means, this message providers moving messages through cellular data. It’s critical to get in touch with the world wide web to send a message through iMessage. Hope you’ve seen iMessage App accessible iPad (wifi just ) and iPod touch that may use though Wifi only. IMessage app offers many features about a simple messaging app.You can send any kind of message through it but first you have to know how to get imessage on pc which we are going to teach in this.

Could We Use iMessage for PC ( Windows 10,8,7)

Non iOS users keep asking, can we utilize iMessage without employing any iOS merchandise. Well. This is the subject which we’ll discuss today. As we all know, iMessages capable of connecting Mac with no situation. Since both hardware and software manufactured by Apple. But can we link iMessage with windows? IMessage isn’t available for Windows PC. Which means there aren’t any official ways to join iMessage for PC windows such as Windows 10, 7, 8. However, there are several basic methods which we may utilize to link iMessage on PC. Let us see what will be the potential way to utilize iMessage on PC or even iMessage on windows PC.

Which are Features of iMessage for windows 10

IMessage is the best app to get in touch with our loved one’s members and friends. There are particular features about iMessage for windows. Also, there are a few extra features compared to the normal messaging app. IMessage for PC become the hottest messaging app amongst iOS and MAC community. Therefore. Windows community also gets access to the iMessage for PC. That is why iMessage become renowned in windows users.
1. As we spoke before, iMessage is an agency that includes with inbuilt message app in iOS devices. It can help to send Text, Text, Picture, Video Gif, or some other message to iOS users. It requires a net to send the message. However, when you’re from the world wide web, Message will convert to SMS and send SMS to the recipient.
2. IMessage also as with another messaging app. Therefore iMessage for windows too able to deliver Text, Text, Image, Video, Audio, Gif, and much more. Assessing SMS and MMS, this is the best way to send a message to other people
3. IMessage for PC additionally as with another messaging app. When you send some message, it may monitor with the shipping report. Which mean. After an individual sends any message, he could see if the recipient read and got the message.

Imessage For PC

The way to get iMessage onto Windows PC

To start with, we wish to tell that, if you want to utilize iMessage on Windows PC then you want to adhere to some tiny steps before going. There aren’t officially published iMessage for windows computer version by apple cider. However, there are several ways to receive this on for your PC. It is possible to select what method match to you. Let’s see how to do this.
The way to utilize iMessage online on Mac OS Computer
Individuals who’ve Mac, they could adhere to this principle for iMessage online to Mac OS. You should have working Mac using Internet link > Follow under education to utilize iMessage online.
Step 1: On your Mac computer, start safari browser and see iTunes page.
Step 2: Sort iMessage from the search bar and click iMessage. ( Here is the iMessage online app)
Step 3: Today, install iMessage app in your Mac computer.
Step 4: After you’re finished with the installation, you may use an existing Apple ID and password to log the imessage online app.
As soon as you’re logged into iMessage internet app, It is possible to send some message into your iOS buddy free using the internet. Hope you’re apparent with iMessage online on Mac OS Guideline.

The way to get iMessage on PC ( Windows 10, 7, 8 PC)

IMessage is formally unavailable for Windows PC version. So, there’s no option to put in iMessage On PC. But there are just a few ways to get iMessage on PC. Let us see exactly what these methods are everywhere.
How To Install Apple’s iMessages onto Windows PC Utilizing iPadian
That is an emulator established iMessage installation. There are a couple more emulators available to do this. But we’ll highly suggest iPadian. As it’s safe to use on your windows computer. This will encourage Windows 7, 7, also, ten versions.
Step 1: First of all, you have to set up the iPadian emulator in your Windows PC. To acquire the iPadian set up to see their official page and follow the education
Step 2: launching iPadian emulator as soon as you’re finished with the installation area.
Step 3: Today, your windows PC resembles Mac OS and Mac dock visible on the base of the display.
Step 4: Now click on the search button and then type” iMessage” and set up the app to your Windows PC with iPadian.
Step 5: Now, it is possible to start the iMessage app from the PC and Log into iMessage with Apple ID and Password.
Now you’re finished using iMessage on PC.but be sure to, and you can’t conduct iMessage straight from the windows computer. So, When you utilize iMessage again, you have to start the iPadian emulator and operate iMessage app.


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Whether it was the positive vibes I was sending out to the universe or the Scarlett O’Hara meme, or just the fact that he got tired from running away from me; I finally met John Goodman! As you may recall, I missed him when I got to meet Roseanne recently, but I wasn’t going to let that happen to me again.

He was promoting the Roseanne reboot and I was lying in wait like a cheetah ready to snag its prey. I saw him coming across the lobby and as he came out of the building walked up and told him what a big fan I was and that I’d been looking for him. When he made a strange face upon hearing that and said “what?” I realized that I might be sending the wrong message to him because I was starting to sound like a crazy person so I just said “I’m sorry – big fan – may I take a picture with you?”

Me jabbering on and talking so fast probably explains the strange grimace on his face in the first photo of us, but it was worth the wait to meet him and see that big Dan Conner smile! He’s been a favorite of mine for a long time through Roseanne and countless movies since Always and he was just really nice and a very cool dude.

The only John Goodman project that I really can’t get on board with is those freaky new McDonald’s commercials – is anyone else terrified by these? I’ being serious – he seems like a lunatic and I’m legitimately frightened by his voice in these. McDonald’s is fine and I have been known to indulge on the deliciousness of the McRib, but the only thing true about the commercials is the tagline “They’ll leave you speechless and it has!

While looking at the photos of us afterwards, I couldn’t help but take note of how skinny we both look and wonder if they’re padding him up on the show like Toby on This Is Us. I can remember a time not long ago when neither one of us could fasten our suit jackets up for fear of taking an eye out when a button would surely popped off, so it’s nice to see time and age have changed us for the better.

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I‘m sure that some celebrities get tired of being stopped all the time by fans, and I could tell he was in a rush by the fast pace with which he was walking, but he relented. I was grateful because he stopped to talk with me and took the photo, then hustled to the car before anyone else could stop him. I’m actually not sure that there was a chance for anyone else to snap a pic with him after me because he was moving like a man that just got a bad batch of gumbo and needed to get the hell out of dodge immediately if you know what I mean! (Believe me when I tell you that no one understands THAT feeling better than me!) Either way, I got to meet John and it’s all Goodman!

Guess I won’t need this anymore…

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Where to Invest Your Marketing Dollars

The fact of the matter is most companies do not have an unlimited marketing budget. When determining where to spend your precious marketing dollars, you have seemingly endless options: social advertising, Google AdWords, events, swag, marketing automation software, website enhancements, email marketing, videos, influencer campaigns, PR, SEO… the list goes on. There are compelling arguments for each of these categories. The solution usually ends up being a combination of a few tactics, depending on your product or service, your target audience and how they buy. If your target audience “lives” online, invest in some SEO. If you’re a large organization that needs to keep your pipeline organized, invest in marketing automation software. And so on and so forth.

What I’d like to illustrate today is the benefit of layering your marketing campaigns with a consistent marketing machine, as we discussed in a previous blog post. A lot of the client work we do at Impressi involves coordination with other marketing professionals (in-house or outsourced), feeding into their various existing marketing campaigns.

Example 1: One of my clients already has a digital marketer on retainer to manage his website and social media accounts. Whenever Impressi scores a new earned media placement for the client, we pass it along to the marketer to post on the client’s social media platforms. Whenever a new campaign warrants a landing page, Impressi drafts the language and sends to the marketer to publish.

Example 2: Another one of my clients already has an in-house marketing department. They had put together a press release for a C-level new hire, and passed it along to Impressi to pitch to the media. We landed an Exclusive in one of their target media outlets.

Example 3: A few of my other clients have contracts with marketing agencies. I am brought into the mix to create quick, supplemental editorial opportunities and/or complete writing projects. They also keep me informed about their current campaigns so I can brainstorm outreach ideas.

It’s important to remember that with Impressi, we only charge when we get a client placed. So in all these instances there was no risk to the client in terms of adding an additional monthly fee. Sometimes when Impressi has an incredibly successful month securing earned media for clients, in order to manage cash flow, clients will “pause” our services. We will solely focus on relationship-building until funds are freed up and we can “release the hounds” once again. Simple as that.

All this is to say: no matter what your marketing mix ends up being, consider a risk-free layered service like Impressi. As I start with in all my emails, “Nothing to lose and a ton to gain.”

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Meet filipino ladies

Are Filipina Women Good For Dating And Marrying? WARNING MUST READ

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So you are considering the possibility of marrying a Filipino woman? The first thing that springs into everybody's mind when we say «Filipino ladies» is a beauty. . You may meet your real destiny on a dating site, and who knows what that. Meet Filipino women, they are among the sexiest out of all the Asian women. Combine that with great English, they are the best women for. In this article, I'm going to teach you how to meet quality Filipino women online. I' m not talking about the usual bar girls, freelancers or sloppy Filipino girl with.

Filipinos are a product of mixed culture and this reflects in their physical features and attitudes. According to Philippines Plus5, years ago, Indonesians arrived in the Philippines. One group was tall with light skin, large foreheads, high noses and thin lips.

The second group of Indonesians were shorter, darker and has larger noses, and thick lips. After several thousand years, the Malays came to the Philippines. Malays have a medium height, brown skin, dark eyes, flat noses and straight black hair. A number of Filipinos feel insecure with their flat noses, which others find to be just fine.

However, some Filipinos also look Spanish because the country has been colonized by Spaniards for years. Overall, Filipina women come in a variety of skin color, height, and built.

However, most foreigners are drawn to dating Filipino girls who are slim, petite and attractive. Yes, Filipina girls have dark hair, dark eyes, and slender figures.

They are also naturally tanned which is a change of pace, especially for Westerners and Americans. Asian women, in particular, Filipinos are beautiful inside and out.

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They have a rich culture, delicious food, and a knit family. Aside from their lookswomen from the Philippines are very conservative, especially when it comes to sexual values. Filipina women only express their sexuality with someone when they are already in a committed relationship. In general, they are very faithful when in a relationship and are not promiscuous.

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Lets talk about their outer characteristics first. There are a number of gorgeous Filipina girls all over the world. In fact, the country has won a number of titles in major beauty pageants. Their beauty stands out from the rest but they more than just a pretty face. Here are some of their characteristics that will make one easily fall in love with them.

They have a sunny disposition. Filipino women are very fun to be with. They will entertain you with their stories, happy chatter and charm.

They are kind and submissive. Filipina women are strong but they are brought up to be submissive to their husband. As a partner, they are patient, kind, understanding, generous, caring and supportive. When in a fight with their spouse, they are usually quiet. They are smart and educated.

Girls from the Philippines speak English well. They are also career-driven. A number of Filipina women excel in engineering, computer, architecture and education to name a few. They are faithful and loyal. If you date Filipino girls you will see how they value relationships. A Filipino woman is very loyal and faithful to her man. She will stick to his man, no matter what. She is not the type to give up a relationship so easily.

A number of foreigners visit the Philippines to find a Filipina wife. In fact, many white and black men are happily living in the country with their Filipina better half and children. Do Filipino women make good wives? Here are some reasons why a number of men around the world go to the Philippines to find a wife.

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Check it out and you will surely be amazed. They have the skills and the character that will surely make every house a home. A number of Filipina girls do this while maintaining their careers to earn a living.

Children even in their 20s still live with their parents. They do so not because they remain dependents to their parents, in most cases, these young individuals work and provide for their family. In fact, some still extend help to their parents and siblings even after marriage.

Filipinos also tend to live with their relatives and extended family nearby or in a compound. This is convenient for everyone as they can ask the relatives to look after their children, in case, there are emergencies.

Philippine Brides: Where to find Filipino women for marriage?

Due to this arrangement, Filipina women are very family-oriented. Naturally, Filipino women are attracted to white skinned men as much as you are attracted to tan skin. Most Filipino men are short and dark skinned, it is a common thing and this offer you an opportunity to look like a super star thanks to your skin.

What about black men? They look exotic to most Filipino girls, and they would love to meet you. In the Filipino woman gene, security by a strong provider is important. Play this card to your advantage to get notice by Filipino women online. In my profile pictures, I dress and look sharp. What will cost you? JD contacted me asking for help in planning his trip to Cebu after successfully have met Filipino girls online.

I wondered how he did it, here his reply; Hi Rocco, I got three of my best pictures online. The feedback I get is haha or or yes. I then move the conversation to Skype — I tried to avoid numbers as they can get annoying texting me every second of the day. When talking to them on Skype I usually just follow your advice which is to be yourself and smile and talk with confidence and let them do the most talking.

I showed my animals to them immediately try to make them laugh. Laughing for them is huge!. If somebody tells you that appearance doesn't matter, don't believe them. We are just people, and we can't help but judge the others by what they look like.

It is not our final impression, but still, it matters when we see the person for the first time. I don't know a man who wouldn't want to have a true beauty by his side, so this magical Philippines ladies appearance can be a pleasant bonus to your wife's personality.

She is devoted to her man One of the positive traits of a girl from the Philippines is her faithfulness. Even more than that, she is ready to dedicate her time and feelings to the one that she chooses, and it is a lot.

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She won't waste her emotions on somebody else, and in case the situation will require, she will always choose you. Marrying a Filipina almost equals happy life. She knows the language The absolute majority of Filipinas are educated and speak English, as it is the second official language of the Philippines.

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It means that you won't have much trouble in communication, and language barrier won't be an obstacle. Single Filipino girls can even pay extra attention to the language issue as they know that many men want to buy a bride Philippines. On the contrary, you will have something in common, and that would be good as for the beginning. You can be sure that your potential bride will understand your jokes and expressions, so there won't be any awkward situations. She treats you well, and that is not because of your money It is not common for the singles from the Philippines to be aimed at wealth.

No, of course, they care about prosperity and want their family to have all the good things, but they don't judge a person by how much money he or she has got.

The complete guide for finding a Filipino mail order brides

Luckily, greed is not about Filipina mail-order bridesso if you appreciate such attitude, you are on the right way. In fact, the idea that all women are evil and don't want anything except for the wealth was probably spread by someone in a bad mood. The truth is different, and it is beautiful: Single Filipino dating can ensure you in this thought.

She takes the relationship seriously Yes, Filipinas are usually raised in the old traditionsso the majority of girls is very much family-oriented. It doesn't mean that they are old-fashioned; on the contrary, every Asian girl is likely to be very progressive and curious about the new things.

But the values their relatives taught them are traditional so that girls won't go for a regular flirt. All in all, if you see a Filipino singles on the dating site, don't bother her with the usual stuff that is not going to last long. They value the family most, and if a relationship starts, they will take it seriously and try to put in the most that they can. She is a good homekeeper As a consequence of the traditional values, Filipina brides are really good housewives.

They simply have no other options being raised by moms who watch them to do the housework and be able to perform it later in their own families. If you marry a Filipino mail order bride, be sure that you will have things going fine in your house, including cooking.

Gender roles are strong in their mind, and if you share this position, you will fit together perfectly. She is careful with finances Nobody wants a bride who will multiply their expenses.


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The unified data validation library

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The unified validation API aims to provide a comprehensive toolkit to validate data from any format against user defined rules, and transform them to other types.

Basically, assuming you have this:

import play.api.libs.json._
import jto.validation._

case class Person(name: String, age: Int, lovesChocolate: Boolean)

val json = Json.parse("""{
  "name": "Julien",
  "age": 28,
  "lovesChocolate": true

implicit val personRule = {
  import jto.validation.playjson.Rules._
  Rule.gen[JsValue, Person]

It can do this:

scala> personRule.validate(json)
res0: jto.validation.VA[Person] = Valid(Person(Julien,28,true))

It's also a unification of play's Form Validation API, and its Json validation API.

Being based on the same concepts as play's Json validation API, it should feel very similar to any developer already working with it. The unified validation API is, rather than a totally new design, a simple generalization of those concepts.

The unified validation API is designed around a core defined in package jto.validation, and "extensions". Each extension provides primitives to validate and serialize data from / to a particular format (Json, form encoded request body, etc.). See the extensions documentation for more information.

To learn more about data validation, please consult Validation and transformation with Rule, for data serialization read Serialization with Write. If you just want to figure all this out by yourself, please see the Cookbook.

Using the validation api in your project

Add the following dependencies your build.sbt as needed:

resolvers += Resolver.sonatypeRepo("releases")

val validationVersion = "2.1.0"

libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
  "io.github.jto" %% "validation-core"      % validationVersion,
  "io.github.jto" %% "validation-playjson"  % validationVersion,
  "io.github.jto" %% "validation-jsonast"   % validationVersion,
  "io.github.jto" %% "validation-form"      % validationVersion,
  "io.github.jto" %% "validation-delimited" % validationVersion,
  "io.github.jto" %% "validation-xml"       % validationVersion
  // "io.github.jto" %%% "validation-jsjson"    % validationVersion

Play dependencies

Validation Play
2.1.x 2.6.x
2.0.x 2.5.x
1.1.x 2.4.x
1.0.2 2.3.x

Documentation is here