NADS support the newsletter, The Fly Times, arranges an informal conference at the annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America and biannual field meetings at various sites in North America. NADS has met at the Archibold field station in Florida, Southwest field station in Arizona, in Texas and Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad in Costa Rica. The next field meeting will be in Georgia. NADS also provide recognition to distinguish colleagues with its C. P. Alexander Award . The award was made in 1994 to Willis W. Wirth and in 1997 to John Richard Vockeroth.
Nominations are always welcome.
The Dipterists' Forum is coordinates the activities of dipterists throughout the British Isles. The Malloch Society provides work on the Diptera of Scotland and is named for Scotland's finest dipterist. The society promotes research, publishing the results in Malloch Society Research Reports, and, contributing to the conservation of Diptera. Numerous field meeting are held in the summer, with an annual indoor meeting in the late fall. A Dipterist of the Year award is presented at the annual meeting.