Final Program Listing


Monday, August 3, 2009
1:30 PM-5:00 PM
SYMP 1 - How Can Soil Microbial Ecology Contribute to the Sustainability of Agricultural Systems?
SYMP 2 - Evolutionary Ecology of Plant Defense Against Insects: Novel Approaches to Classic Questions
SYMP 3 - Building Sustainable and Resilient Communities, Locally and Globally

Tuesday, August 4, 2009
8:00 AM-11:30 AM
SYMP 4 - "Declaring Interdependence": Concerned Ecological Thinkers of the Past
SYMP 5 - Global Sustainability in the Face of Uncertainty: How to More Effectively Translate Ecological Knowledge to Policy Makers, Managers, and the Public
SYMP 6 - Mutualistic Networks
1:30 PM-5:00 PM
SYMP 7 - Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics: Should Ecologists Care?
SYMP 8 - Human Macroecology: Understanding Human-Environment Interactions Across Scales
SYMP 9 - From Genes to Watersheds: Developing a Post-Contemporary Agriculture (1888-2058)

Wednesday, August 5, 2009
8:00 AM-11:30 AM
SYMP 10 - The Rainforest Within: Biodiversity of the Human Body and its Relationship to Health and Disease
SYMP 11 - The Interplay of Ecology and Evolution at 'Micro' and 'Macro' Scales: Empirically-Motivated Theory
SYMP 12 - Managed Relocation (aka Assisted Migration): An Interdisciplinary Evaluation of a Newly Proposed Conservation Strategy
1:30 PM-5:00 PM
SYMP 13 - What Should Ecology Education Look Like in the Year 2020?
SYMP 14 - Phenology, the Interdisciplinary Canary: Linkages between Ecology and Sustainable Decision Making in a Dynamic Environment
SYMP 15 - Sustainable Urban Design: What Do Ecologists Have to Offer?

Thursday, August 6, 2009
8:00 AM-11:30 AM
SYMP 16 - The Ecology of Place: Charting a Course for Understanding the Planet
SYMP 17 - How Does Having a Vector Matter? Perspectives on Vector Biology and Disease Ecology for Prediction and Control of Emerging Infections
SYMP 18 - Paleoecosystem Ecology: Reconstructing Material and Energy Flows of the Past
1:30 PM-5:00 PM
SYMP 19 - Integrating Ecology and Poverty Alleviation
SYMP 20 - Models and Microbes as Tools for Understanding Diversity
SYMP 21 - The Environmental Effects of Geoengineering

Friday, August 7, 2009
8:00 AM-11:30 AM
SYMP 22 - Agroecology for a Sustainable Future: Cross-Disciplinary Research at Multiple Scales
SYMP 23 - Ecological Knowledge and Campus Sustainability Initiatives
SYMP 24 - Resilient Adaptation to Global Changes