Monday, August 4, 2008

7:00 AM-8:00 AM ESA SEEDS Breakfast 7:00 AM-9:00 AM ESA Ecology Editorial Board Mtg 8:00 AM-10:00 AM PL 2 - Opening Scientific Session - Ecological science and tomorrow's world Lord Robert May 10:15 AM-11:30 AM SS 1 - Data Sharing in Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology: Issues, Obstacles, and Paths Forward SS 2 - Are We Managing Holistic Ecosystems or Parts of Ecosystems? SS 3 - Student Ecological Research on K-12 School Grounds SS 4 - Opportunities for Funding in Environmental Biology and related areas at NSF SS 5 - Student Diversity : Trail Blazers in Transforming the Culture of Ecology SS 6 - Sense of Place 11:30 AM-1:15 PM WK 20 - Introduction to TIEE (Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology): A Peer-Reviewed Electronic Publication Designed to Help Ecology Faculty Teach Better WK 21 - Book Publishing 102 for Ecologists WK 22 - The Art of Mentoring: How to get out of your niche WK 23 - Exploring the Places We Live: Citizen Scientists WK 24 - How to Use Your Science to Protect the Environment and Why You Should ESA Awards Committee Business Mtg ESA Joint Editorial Board Luncheon ESA Rapid Response Luncheon ESA Researchers at Undergraduate Institutions Business Mtg ESA Student Orientation Wisconsin Ecologists Brown Bag Lunch 11:30 AM-6:30 PM Opening of ESA Exhibits with Refreshments 11:45 AM-12:45 PM Presider/AV Training 1:30 PM-5:00 PM SYMP 1 - Why Is Ecology Hard To Learn: K-16 Through Graduate Students SYMP 2 - The Theory of Ecology SYMP 3 - Ecology and Economics: A New Literacy for Sharing Approaches to Achieve Synergy. OOS 1 - Investigating Your Own Teaching: Ecology Faculty as Research Practitioners OOS 2 - Soil, Water and Plants: Linking Physical Processes in Water-Controlled Ecosystems OOS 3 - Insect Disturbance Ecology: A Forest's Perspective OOS 4 - The Landscape-scale Ecology of Pollinators and Pollination: Mechanisms, Patterns and Processes 5:00 PM-5:45 PM ESA Award Recipients' Reception (by invitation only) 5:00 PM-6:30 PM Musicians Central 5:30 PM-9:30 PM FT 10 - Lake Michigan Cruise: A Look Beneath the Waves 6:30 PM-8:00 PM Christian Ecologist Social ESA Aquatic Section Mixer ESA Student Mixer ESA Theoretical Ecology Section Mixer and Business Mtg ESA Vegetation Section and IAVS-NA Mtg and Mixer Issues in Ecology Advisory Board Mtg Utah State University Ecology Center 8:00 PM-10:00 PM SS 7 - Studying Chicago Wilderness: An Urban Conservation Model as a Regional Interdisciplinary Laboratory SS 8 - Pedagogical Frameworks for Teaching Inquiry in Middle and High School Classrooms: Lessons from GK12 SS 9 - Creating Environmental Stewardship Through Discovery: an All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory of US National Parks SS 10 - International Polar Year: Research and Educational Opportunities in Antarctica for Minorities (IPY-ROAM) SS 11 - Wild Rice Roundtable Discussion SS 12 - Research Grants for Ecologists at Undergraduate Institutions: A Conversation with Funding Agencies WK 25 - Careers in Ecology: Advice from Professionals in the Field Music and Ecology Student Ecofilm Festival