Since 1910, the quadrennial International Congress of Entomology—last hosted in 2016 in Orlando, Florida (shown here)—has provided a forum for advancing the frontiers of entomological research and a stage for facilitating collaboration, resolving differences, and promoting camaraderie in a scientific community that has become large, diverse, and broadly dispersed. On the eve of the XXVI ICE in Helsinki, learn about the origins of the global conference that brings the world’s entomology community together. (Photo by Entomological Society of America)