{"id":2118,"date":"2024-02-19T02:56:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T02:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pitchtube.org\/academy\/?page_id=2118"},"modified":"2026-07-09T14:28:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T14:28:40","slug":"speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pitchtube.org\/academy\/speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2118\" class=\"elementor elementor-2118\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c19c27 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2c19c27\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-033083f\" data-id=\"033083f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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https:\/\/pitchtube.org\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pitchtube.org\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/pitchtube.org\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-1-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/pitchtube.org\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-1-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/pitchtube.org\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchtube.org\/researchers-lab-jiri\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jiri Hulcr<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\"><i>Bark Beetles, Ambrosia Beetles, Management, Research Principles<\/i><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-713fd7c\" data-id=\"713fd7c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a300cce elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"a300cce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/people\/sarah_smith?roleURL=sarah_smith?language_id=\" target=\"_blank\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/pitchtube.org\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2-1-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2124\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pitchtube.org\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2-1-300x300.png 300w, 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Smith-Cognato<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\"><i>Beetle Systematics and Morphology<\/i><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-775329e\" data-id=\"775329e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2570d0e elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"2570d0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Seunghyun-Lee-6\" target=\"_blank\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/pitchtube.org\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Seunghyun_Lee.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2361\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pitchtube.org\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Seunghyun_Lee.png 1080w, https:\/\/pitchtube.org\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Seunghyun_Lee-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pitchtube.org\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Seunghyun_Lee-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/pitchtube.org\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Seunghyun_Lee-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pitchtube.org\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Seunghyun_Lee-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/pitchtube.org\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Seunghyun_Lee-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/pitchtube.org\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Seunghyun_Lee-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Seunghyun-Lee-6\" target=\"_blank\">Seunghyun Lee<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\"><i>Cerambycidae and other wood borers<\/i><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6114bbc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6114bbc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cba1d0e\" data-id=\"cba1d0e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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https:\/\/pitchtube.org\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Miranda_Barnes-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/pitchtube.org\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Miranda_Barnes-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/pitchtube.org\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Miranda_Barnes-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/pitchtube.org\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Miranda_Barnes.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchtube.org\/researchers-lab-miranda\/\" target=\"_blank\">Miranda Barnes<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\"><i>Beetle-Fungus Symbioses<\/i><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7b010fa\" data-id=\"7b010fa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f73bdd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f73bdd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Several international and Korean speakers will present at the Invasive Woodborer Symposium on the first day of the event. Please visit the Agenda tab for more up-to-date speaker information.<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speakers Jiri Hulcr Bark Beetles, Ambrosia Beetles, Management, Research Principles Sarah M. Smith-Cognato Beetle Systematics and Morphology Seunghyun Lee Cerambycidae and other wood borers Miranda Barnes Beetle-Fungus Symbioses Several international and Korean speakers will present at the Invasive Woodborer Symposium on the first day of the event. 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