Events Overview 2013

Tuesday, February 19, 2013
(All events held on 2nd floor of Lory Student Center)
4:00-5:00 pm Keynote Address – Cherokee Park Ballroom

"Invasion impacts: What's the evidence, and why the controversy?"
– Dr. Daniel Simberloff, Gore Hunger Professor of Environmental Science, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
5:00-6:00 pm Reception – University Club

Wednesday, February 20, 2013
(All events held on 2nd floor of Lory Student Center)
All Day: Registration – Outside the North Ballroom
Photo contest: Vote for your favorite research photos! – North Ballroom
7:30 am Continental breakfast – North Ballroom

AM Oral Presentations:
8:00-9:00 am Session 1: Disturbance and Restoration Ecology – Room 224-226
Session 2: Ecological Modeling – Room 220-222
Session 3: Fish and Wildlife Ecology – Virginia Dale Room
9:15-10:30 am Session 4: Global Change and Conservation Biology – Room 224-226
Session 5: Evolutionary Biology – Room 220-222
Session 6: Social-Ecological Systems and Ecological Economics – Virginia Dale Room
10:45-11:45 am Session 7: Invasive Species – Room 224-226
Session 8: Landscape Ecology and Geography – Room 220-222
Session 9: Terrestrial Ecosystems – Virginia Dale Room

Lunch:
12:00-12:45 pm Lunchtime Documentary Showing and Q & A – Cherokee Park Ballroom

"Through Our Eyes: A Maasai Photographic Journey"
– presented by Lindsay Simpson, co-director
12:45-1:10 pm Rocky Mountain ESA Chapter Presentation with Jill Baron – Cherokee Park Ballroom

PM Oral Presentations:
1:15-2:15 pm Session 10: Ecosystem Science and Microbial Ecology – Room 224-226
Session 11: Landscape Ecology and Geography II – Room 220-222
Session 12: Forest and Rangeland Management – Virginia Dale Room

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

Social Events:
4:00-7:00 pm Catered Reception and Live Music by Blue Grama, a local bluegrass band – University Club, Cherokee Park Room
Cash bar for patrons with ID
5:30 pm Awards Ceremony – University Club, Cherokee Park Room