Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge hosted the 2012 Royal Entomological Conference, ENTO'12 in July 2012.

Organisation and Theme
The theme of the meeting was Insects in a Human Dominated World. Within the conference two sessions focused on the 50th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson's, The Silent Spring and a memorial lecture in honour of Mike Majerus and some optional visits to local places of entomological interest. The theme of the meeting appealed to a broad range of entomologists from the molecular to ecological and all in between.

Specialist topics included:

• Biodiversity & Conservation
• Invasive species
• Interactions of land use and climate change
• Genomics
• General Entomology
• Aquatic insects
• Biological Control
• Insects and human health
• Chemical Ecology
• Social Insects
• Pest Control
• Coleoptera
• Agriculture & Forest Entomology