Invited speaker in conferences:

Martel, V. Choix de la plante et ennemis naturels chez le ver du cotonnier, Spodoptera littoralis. Seminar at Université de Rennes I, France, February 2010.

Martel, V. Host plant choice in Spodoptera littoralis. Seminar presented at Assiut University, Egypt, December 2008.

Martel, V. Males’ reproductive strategies in insect parasitoids. Symposium of the Insect Ecology, Ethology and Evolution group in Alnarp, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden, 10-11 May 2007.

Martel, V. & Boivin, G. Diversity in males’ reproductive strategies. Graduate Students Symposium of the Entomological Society of Canada and the Société d’Entomologie du Québec, Montréal (Canada), 18-22 Nov. 2006.

Martel, V. & Boivin, G. Stratégies de reproduction chez les mâles Trichogramma. Seminar at the Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie des Insectes, Tours (France), 16 Dec. 2005.

Martel, V. & Boivin, G. Stratégies de reproduction chez les mâles Trichogramma turkestanica.  Seminar at the Institut National de Recherche Agronomique, Sophia-Antipolis (France), 27 Oct. 2005.

Martel, V. & Boivin, G. Stratégies de reproduction des insectes parasitoïdes des œufs.  Symposium on Plant Protection of the Annual Meeting of the Association Canadienne Francophone pour l’Avancement des Sciences, Montréal (Canada), 11 May 2004.

Martel, V. & Boivin, G. Stratégies de reproduction des parasitoïdes des œufs Trichogramma. Seminar at the Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium), Apr. 2004.

Talks:

Martel, V., Dufour, C., Louâpre, P. & van Baaren, J. Can male parasitoids optimize their patch time allocation? Entomophagous, Sophia-Antipolis (France). 20-23 June 2011.

Martel, V., Louâpre, P. & van Baaren, J. Mécanismes motivationnels chez les parasitoïdes mâles et femelles : du pareil au même? Conférence Internationale Francophone en Entomologie (CIFE), Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), 5-10 July 2010.

Martel, V., Louâpre, P. & van Baaren, J. Parasitoïde mâle cherche femelle pour accouplement. Les Entomphagistes,Juan-les-Pins (France), 5-7 May 2010.

Martel, V. & Boivin, G. Partial local mating in a parasitic wasp. Ecology and Behavior meeting Tours (France), 12-16 April 2010.

Martel, V. Non-lethal impacts of a natural enemy in a caterpillar. Réunion annuelle de la International Society of Chemical Ecology, Neuchâtel (Switzerland), 23-27 August 2009.

Martel, V. Stage-depending host plant choice in Spodoptera littoralis. Pheromone days, Höor (Sweden), 9-10 December 2008.

Martel, V. Host selection in the female Spodoptera littoralis. Meeting of the Insect Chemical Ecology, Ethology and Evolution (IC-E³) Research Group, Häckerberga (Sweden), 14-15 April 2008.

Martel, V., Wajnberg, E. & Boivin, G. Patch time allocation in male insect parasitoids. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, Toronto, 17-20 May 2007.

Martel, V., Wajnberg, E. & Boivin, G. Partir ou rester? Temps de résidence dans l’agrégat chez des insectes parasitoïdes mâles. Annual Meeting of the Société Québécoise d’Étude Biologique du Comportement, Montréal (Canada), 10-12 Nov. 2006.

Martel, V., Wajnberg, E. & Boivin, G. Do male parasitoids optimize their patch time allocation? International Conference on Behavioural Ecology of Insect Parasitoids, Sophia-Antipolis (France), 25-28 Sept. 2006.

Martel, V. & Boivin, G. Reproductive success in Trichogramma: does size really matter? IXe European Workshop on Insect Parasitoids, Cardiff (UK), 5-9 Sept. 2005.

Martel, V. & Boivin, G. High insemination capacity in Trichogramma evanescens: do “sexy” males can explain it? Joint Meeting of the International Organization for Biological Control and the Biocontrol Network, Magog (Canada), 8-11 May 2005.

Damiens, D., Martel, V. & Boivin, G. Sex allocation and males’ insemination capacity in parasitoids. Joint Meeting of the International Organization for Biological Control and the Biocontrol Network, Magog (Canada), 8-11 May 2005.

Martel, V., Damiens, D. & Boivin, G. Choix du partenaire sexuel chez les Trichogrammes: les mâles seraient-ils moins volages qu’on le pense? Annual Meeting of the Société d’Entomologie du Québec, Montréal (Canada), 4-5 Nov. 2004.

Martel, V. & Boivin, G. Males dispersal and off-patch mating potential in Trichogramma evanescens (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). Joint Meeting of the Entomological Society of Canada and the Acadian Entomological Society, Charlottetown (Canada), 15-18 Oct. 2004.

Martel, V. & Boivin, G. Dispersion pré-copulatoire chez les parasitoïdes des œufs du genre Trichogramma (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). Annual Meeting of the Société d’Entomologie du Québec, Québec (Canada), 13-14 Nov. 2003.

Martel, V. & Boivin, G. Local mate competiton and interspecific competition in Trichogramma minutum and Trichogramma pintoi (Hymenoptera : Trichogrammatidae). Joint Meeting of the Entomological Society of Canada and the Entomological Society of British Columbia, Kelowna (Canada), 2-5 Nov. 2003.

Martel, V. & Boivin, G. "Local mate competition" chez Trichogramma minutum et Trichogramma pintoi (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). Conférence Internationale Francophone en Entomologie, Montréal (Canada), 14-18 July 2002.

Martel, V., Lamoureux, S. & Cabana, T. Myélogenèse dans les renflements spinaux de l’opossum Monodelphis domestica. Symposium of the Biological Sciences Department from Université de Montréal (Canada), Jan. 2001.

Posters in conferences:

Martel, V., Schlyter, F., Ignell, R.. & Anderson, P.. Pas seulement assoiffés de sang: des moustiques se nourrissant sur une chenille. Annual meeting of the Société Française de l’Étude du Comportement Animal (SFECA), Tours (France), 17-19 May 2011.

Martel, V., Anderson, P., Hansson, Bill S. & Schlyter, F. Modulation of olfactory peripheral sensitivity by physiological state in Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Annual meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology, Penn State (USA), 17-22 August 2008.

Martel, V., Damiens, D. & Boivin, G. Strategic ejaculation in a parasitic wasp. Annual meeting of the Swedish Oikos Society, Lund (Sweden), 4-6 Feb. 2008.

Martel, V. & Boivin, G. Distribution of mating opportunities in insect parasitoids. Inaugural meeting of the Canadian Society of Ecology and Evolution, Montréal (Canada), 3-4 April 2006.

Martel, V. & Boivin, G. Lutte biologique : et les mâles alors? Conférence sur la Recherche et l’Innovation Québécoises sur l’Agriculture et l’Agroalimentaire, Québec (Canada), 8-9 March 2005.

Martel, V. & Boivin, G. Répartition des accouplements et dispersion chez les mâles Trichogramma evanescens (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). Annual Meeting of the Société Québécoise de l’Étude Biologique du Comportement, Sherbrooke (Canada), 12-15 Nov. 2004.

Martel, V. & Boivin, G. Pre-mating dispersion in the egg parasitoid Trichogramma (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). Joint meeting of the Entomological Society of Canada and the Entomological Society of Manitoba, Winnipeg (Canada), 6-9 Oct. 2002.