2017 ESA Annual Meeting (August 6 -- 11): Special Sessions

2017 ESA Annual Meeting (August 6 -- 11)

Special Sessions

Monday, August 7, 2017

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10:15 AM-11:30 AM

SS 1 - Creating Effective Data Management Plans for Ecological Research

SS 2 - Functional Diversity of Microbiomes: Integrating Human Biology and Ecology Towards New Avenues of Analysis

SS 3 - Improv Your Science: Building Skills for Effective Communication

SS 4 - Overview and Status of the 2nd State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR-2), an Interagency Sustained National Climate Assessment Report

SS 5 - Putting Policy into Practice: Achieving Sustainable Groundwater Management for People and Nature

SS 6 - Sense of Place-Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Tribal Stewardship in the Pacific Northwest

SS 7 - Standing on the Shoulders of Clients: Evolving Cyberinfrastructure in the Ecological Sciences

SS 8 - Student Orientation: Tips and Tricks for Getting the Most out of the Meeting

SS 9 - The Critical Importance of Field Education in a Changing World

SS 10 - What Should We Measure? Remote Sensing for Monitoring Biodiversity with Essential Biodiversity Variables

8:00 PM-10:00 PM

SS 11 - Large Infrequent Disturbances: Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead

SS 12 - Our Living Environment: Causes and Strategies for Alleviating Impacts of Environmental Change on Minority Communities

SS 13 - Saving Historical Records: Challenges for Ecology and Its Historians in the 21st Century

SS 14 - Strategic Directions for ESA’s Support of K-12 Ecological Education

Tuesday, August 8, 2017

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8:00 PM-10:00 PM

SS 15 - Creativity in Ecology: Where Do Good Ideas Come From?

SS 16 - Enhancing Diversity in Ecology: Planning for Strategic Coordination Among ESA Sections

SS 17 - Implementing ESA’s 4DEE Framework to Transform Your Undergraduate Ecology Course

SS 18 - Local Ecology-Policy Connections in the Pacific Northwest and Beyond

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

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8:00 PM-10:00 PM

SS 19 - How Can Current and Future Satellite Missions Advance Biodiversity Science? a Discussion of Current Tools and Future Ideas.

SS 20 - Integrating Ecology into Faith Community Education: How Ecologists Can Engage a New Initiative to Shape Ecological Literacy and Environmental Justice

SS 22 - Translational Ecology: Building Capacity, Cultivating Community