Events Overview

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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
(All events held on 2nd floor of Lory Student Center, except where noted)
2:00-3.:00pm Keynote Speaker - Chris Field- North Ballroom Dr. Chris Field
3:00-4:00pm Recption- outside North Ballroom

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Dr. Chris Field - Director of the Department of Global Ecology at the Carnegie Insitution of Washington

"Climate Change, Climate Change Assessments, and Climate Policy"

Abstract: Over the last 20 years, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has conducted a series of assessments on the science and impacts of climate change, and on strategies for managing it. The reports of the IPCC have played a central role in communicating the scientific consensus on climate change to governments and the public. Still, much of the public has an incomplete or incorrect view of the status of the science and of the messages in the IPCC assessments. Insight into the goals and processes of the IPCC, as well as of other entities that have conducted assessments of the scientific literature, can help both scientists and non-scientists appreciate the nature of the scientific knowledge on climate change, including the uncertainties and their implications. As the evidence on the nature and consequences of climate change becomes clearer and clearer, the need for accurate information on physical, biological, social, economic, and cultural effects becomes greater and greater. IPCC can contribute some, but not all of the necessary knowledge.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009
(All events held on 2nd floor of Lory Student Center, except where noted)

All Day:

Registration: outside the North Ballroom
Photo Contest: Vote for your favorite research photos! - North Ballroom

Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:30 am North Ballroom

AM Oral Presentations
8:15-9:15 am Session 2: Spatial Heterogeneity - Room 224-226
9:30-10:30 am Session 3: Soil Processes and Nutrient Cycling - Room 220-222
9:30-10:30 am Session 4: Aquatic Ecology - Room 224-226
10:45-11:45 am Session 5: Human Environment Interactions - Room 220-222
10:45-11:45 am Session 6: Climate and the Biosphere - Room 224-226

 

Lunchtime Panel Discussion and Wildlife Presentation:
10:45-11:45am

Black-footed Ferret:  From Box to Burrow

Lory Student Center Plaza
Paul E. Marinari
Fish and Wildlife Biologist
11:45am-1:10pm

PANEL LUNCH DISCUSSION- Longs Peak Dining Room

"Growing Fuel: Issues, Questions & Outlook"
Panelists: Ken Reardon, Anthony Marchese and Keith Paustian
(Free pizza lunch for addentants)

 

PM Oral Presentation:
1:15-2:30pm Session 7: Invasion Ecology - Room 220-222
1:15-2:30pm Session 8: Disease Ecology - Room 224-226

 

Poster Session:
2:30pm-4:00pm Poster Presentations- North Ballroom
Presenters will be available to show their posters and answer questions.

 

Social Events:
4:10-7:00pm Catered Reception, Awards and Live Music- University Club
5:00-5:30pm Awards & Entertainment - Cherokee Park Room
Awards will be presented at 5:00, followed by music from“High Voltage”. Cash bar for patrons with ID