PICN Conference 2026
The Rhode Island Plant Insect Community Network (RIPICN) will be hosting a one-day conference on March 7, 2026 (10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.) at the Quonset ‘O’ Club in North Kingstown, RI. This is a RI Natural History Survey Science Conference. The conference aims to highlight Rhode Island’s biodiversity, with a particular focus on insects, native plants, and organisms connected to the plant-insect network. We welcome work being done in RI and out-of-state research that is relevant to RI.
Our Call for Abstracts is officially live, and we will be accepting proposals for talks and posters until 5:00 p.m., January 12th. The abstract submission form can be found here.
Conference registration will open mid-January.
State of the Network
To raise the profile of Members’ collective efforts and to educate decision makers, the Network issues an annual State of the Pollinators report.
Field Trips & Outings
Network members are invited to attend various events each year. Some field trips are Network-facing, bringing together the creativity and resources of members to address a particular research question. Other outings are public-facing, bringing Network members together to exchange knowledge about the plant-insect network with the public.
To learn about upcoming events, please refer to the Network’s social media accounts.
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David Gregg
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