Special Sessions

Monday, August 10, 2015

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11:30 AM-1:15 PM


SS 1 - How to Get the Most Out of ESA’s 2015 Annual Meeting: An Orientation for Student and First Time Attendees

SS 2 - Ecology on the Runway: An Eco-Fashion Show and Other Non-Traditional Public Engagement Approaches (CANCELLED)

SS 3 - Creating Effective Data Management Plans for Ecological Research

SS 4 - Carbon Cycle Science at the Frontier of Global Change: A Coordinated Effort Among Federal Agencies

8:00 PM-10:00 PM


SS 6 - Ecology’s Concepts: How Are They Used and Valued?

SS 7 - Integrating Ecological Wisdom with Ecology: A New Strategy for Socio-Ecosystem Planning and Management

SS 9 - A Way Forward with the Open Science Network in Ethnobiology: Natural and Cultural Systems Embedded in Core Concepts and Competencies (CANCELLED)

SS 10 - New Frontiers: Bridging the Gaps Between Continental and Global-Scale Research Networks, A Special AGU-ESA Event and Evening Social

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

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11:30 AM-1:15 PM


SS 11 - Sense of Place-Importance of Integrating American Indian Traditional Ecological Knowledge in to Federal Research, Land Management and Policies: 100 Years of Working with Tribes

SS 13 - DOE’s Next Generation Ecosystem Experiments: A Coupled Model-Experiment in Arctic and Tropical Ecosystems

8:00 PM-10:00 PM


SS 14 - Aligning Ecology with Cultural Landscape Studies and Community History to Improve Urban Ecosystems

SS 15 - Building Global Ecological Understanding

SS 16 - An Evening of Art and Music

SS 17 - Expanding Diversity in the Next Generation of Ecology: What Works to Recruit, Matriculate, and Retain Disadvantaged Youth in Undergraduate Degrees in Ecological Degree Programs?

SS 18 - Earth Stewardship: Linking Ecology and Ethics in Theory and Practice

SS 19 - Developing a Set of Fundamental Concepts in Ecology

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

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8:00 PM-10:00 PM


SS 20 - Innovative Strategies for Teaching in the Plant Sciences (CANCELLED)

SS 21 - Ecosystem Science in Mongolia: Past Research and Future Prospects Under a Regime of Increasing Environmental Impacts

SS 22 - Welcome to the BLM – One of the West’s Last Ecological Frontiers

SS 23 - ESA Faith Community Outreach/Speakers Bureau Strategic Planning Session

SS 24 - A Game Show for Ecological Science: The Shark Tank of Societal Relevance

SS 25 - Concerns and Challenges in Personal and Professional Development for Early Career Ecologists

SS 26 - Using Science-Policy Integration to Improve Ecosystem Science and Inform Decision-Making: Lessons from U.S. LTERs

Thursday, August 13, 2015

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11:30 AM-1:15 PM


SS 27 - Upgrading and Expanding the ESA Certification Program to Meet Ecology Workforce Needs in the 21st Century

SS 28 - Sharing and Managing Data to More Effectively Conduct Ecological Research

SS 29 - Landscape-Scale Scenarios and Projections for Ecosystem Models in a Changing Climate: Research Needs and Capabilities for the National Climate Assessment