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Meeting Schedule (Talks & Sessions)

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Meeting Schedule (Talks & Sessions)

  • Monday, August 7, 2023
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM PDT
    Emerging Ecological Issues Committee Meeting
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM PDT
    SEEDS Student/Mentor Breakfast (By Invitation Only)
  • 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM PDT
    Scientific Plenary and Awards Session
  • 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    FT 8 - CANCELLED -Photography for Science Communication
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
    Informal Networking -- Early Career Scientists and ESA EICs
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
    New Phytologist Foundation Keynote
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
    SS 1 - Catalyzing Nature-positive, Low-emission and Resilient Cities by Engaging International, National and Local Actors
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
    SS 2 - Data Dialogues: Facilitating FAIR and Open Access to Global Biodiversity Evidence
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
    SS 3 - Fellowships and Awards as First Step Towards a Career in Science Policy: A Panel with Q&A
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
    SS 4 - Headwaters of the Columbia - Smelqmix Protected Area - Threats and Opportunities
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
    SS 5 - CANCELLED - How Ecologists Can Safely and Effectively Advocate for Science Policy
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
    SS 6 - Understanding Journal Publishing
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
    SS 7 - Who's Interested in Ecopsychology and Ecotherapy?
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
    SS 8 - Workplace Culture Change for a More Inclusive Ecology
  • 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    Session Presider and A/V Training - Session II
  • 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM PDT
    SS 10 - Wild Hope: Positive Storytelling and Community-Driven Conservation
  • 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM PDT
    Agroecology Section Business
  • 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM PDT
    ESA Past Presidents' Luncheon (By Invitation Only)
  • 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM PDT
    Southwest Chapter Mentorship Luncheon
  • 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM PDT
    SS 9 - Maximizing Your 2023 Annual Meeting Experience
  • 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM PDT
    WK 1 - Accessing Research Funding from Federal Agencies (An Early Career Networking Session)
  • 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM PDT
    WK 2 - Building a Cooperative Conservation Collaborative: Diverse People Uniting for Diversity
  • 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM PDT
    WK 3 - Can You Predict the Future? Introducing the NEON Ecological Forecasting Challenge
  • 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM PDT
    WK 4 - Internationalize Your Courses with Research-based Online Modules in Tropical Ecology
  • 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM PDT
    WK 5 - Making Together Better: Guiding Effective Group Work for All Students
  • 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM PDT
    WK 6 - Making Your Case: A Career Planning and Advancement Workshop
  • 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM PDT
    WK 7 - We Snooze, You Lose! Integrating Humor and Authenticity into Scientific Talks
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PDT
    Can You Be a Scientist and a Climate Activist?
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PDT
    Environmental Justice Section Business Meeting
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PDT
    Getting Into Grad School
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PDT
    Paleoecology Section Business Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    CV Reviews
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PDT
    Navigating the Tenure Track
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PDT
    Thriving in Grad School
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    COS 1 - Agriculture 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    COS 2 - Aquatic-Terrestrial Linkages 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    COS 3 - Behavior: Foraging And Diet 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    COS 4 - Biodiversity: Effects Of Global Change 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    COS 5 - Biogeochemistry: Experimental Climate Change Effects On Biogeo Processes

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    COS 6 - Biogeochemistry: New Paradigms In Biogeochem Cycling 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    COS 7 - Climate Change: Communities 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    COS 8 - Climate Change: Plants 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    COS 9 - Communities: Disturbance And Recovery 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    INS 1 - Navigating Challenges and Opportunities in Fence Ecology and Management

    Organizer: Christine E. Wilkinson – University of California, Berkeley

    Co-Organizer: Christine Paige – Ravenworks Ecology

    Co-Organizer: Wenjing Xu – University of Michigan

    Co-Organizer: Andrew F. Jakes – Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

    Co-Organizer: Paul F. Jones – Alberta Conservation Association

    Co-Organizer: Alex McInturff – University of Washington

    Inspire Session

    Hybrid Session

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    INS 2 - Rangelands in the Age of Megadroughts: Ecology, Livestock, and Landscapes

    Organizer: Mike C. Duniway – US Geological Survey

    Co-Organizer: Edward J. Raynor, Ph.D – Department of Animal Sciences, Colorado State University

    Co-Organizer: Cynthia S. Brown – Colorado State University

    Inspire Session

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    OOS 2 - Natural Climate Solutions from Concepts to Practice – Bridging the Gap Between Science and Action

    Organizer: Lilli Kaarakka, PhD – California Polytechnic State University

    Co-Organizer: Laura E. Dee, PhD, Early-career Ecologist – University of Colorado-Boulder

    Co-Organizer: Kaitlin Kimmel, PhD – Mad Agriculture

    Co-Organizer: Seeta Sistla, PhD – California Polytechnic State University

    Co-Organizer: Rachel L. Lamb, PhD – Maryland Department of the Environment

    Co-Organizer: Nicole Rogers, PhD – University of Maine

    Co-Organizer: Charlotte Decock, PhD – California Polytechnic State University

    Co-Organizer: Courtney Giebink – Oak Ridge Associated Universities

    Organized Oral Session

    Career Track

    Public-Private Sector

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    OOS 3 - The Consequences and Mechanisms of Zoogeochemistry

    Organizer: Devyn Orr, PhD – USDA ARS

    Co-Organizer: Kristy Ferraro – Yale School of the Environment

    Co-Organizer: Elizabeth S. Forbes – Yale School of the Environment

    Organized Oral Session

    Career Track

    Hybrid Session

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    OOS 4 - Toward Sustainable and Just Cities: Developing and Applying a Mechanistic Understanding of Urban Ecosystems

    Organizer: Daniel L. Forrest, B.S. – University of British Columbia

    Co-Organizer: Aaron Aguirre – University of British Columbia

    Co-Organizer: Kai M. A. Chan – IRES, University of British Columbia

    Organized Oral Session

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    OOS 5 - Using Traits to Understand the Natural History and Ecology of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi

    Organizer: Jacob R. Hopkins – The Ohio State University

    Co-Organizer: Alison E. Bennett – The Ohio State University

    Organized Oral Session

    Hybrid Session

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    SS 11 - Addressing Challenges of Ethics for Private Sector Ecologists
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    SS 12 - Student Perspectives on the Relationship Between Ecology Curriculum and Retention of Minoritized Students in Ecology Majors
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    SS 13 - US National Nature Assessment Town Hall
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    COS 10 - Communities: Spatial Patterns And Environmental Gradients 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    COS 11 - Conservation Management 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    COS 12 - Eco-Evolutionary Processes 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    COS 13 - Education: Community-Based Learning

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    COS 14 - Food Webs 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    COS 15 - Forests: Boreal And Subalpine

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    COS 16 - Grasslands/Steppe 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    COS 17 - Interdisciplinary Collaborations for Conservation

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    COS 18 - Invasion: Species Interactions 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    COS 19 - Pollination 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    COS 20 - Population Dynamics: Modeling 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    COS 21 - Restoration Ecology 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    COS 22 - Socio-Ecological Coupling 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    COS 23 - Urban Ecosystems 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    SYMP 1 - Combining Ecology and Evolutionary Knowledge for Conservation

    Organizer: Meixi Lin – Carnegie Institution for Science

    Co-organizer: Lauren Gillespie – Stanford University

    Co-organizer: Moisés Expósito-Alonso – Carnegie Institution for Science

    Symposium

    Public-Private Sector

  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM PDT
    Finding (and Thriving as) a Postdoc
  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM PDT
    Navigating the Hidden Curriculum
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
    Speed Networking with ESA EICs
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    WK 8 - Diverse Leadership in Ecology: Expanding Your Influence and Generating a Leadership-Network
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    INS 3 - Approaches to Engaged Scholarship in Ecology and Adjacent Fields

    Organizer: Meghan Zulian – Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California Davis

    Co-Organizer: Katherine Hannibal – University of California, Los Angeles

    Co-Organizer: Kathryn Beheshti – University of California, Santa Barbara

    Inspire Session

    Hybrid Session

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    OOS 6 - Aeolian Processes in a Changing Climate: Erosion, Dust, and Ecology

    Organizer: Michael R. Fischella – University of California, Los Angeles

    Co-Organizer: Brandon Edwards – New Mexico State University

    Co-Organizer: Mike C. Duniway – US Geological Survey

    Co-Organizer: Greg Okin – UCLA

    Organized Oral Session

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    OOS 7 - How Climate Change Affect the Relationship Between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions of Forests

    Organizer: Guiyao Zhou – German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research

    Co-Organizer: Zhenhong Hu – Northwest A&F University

    Organized Oral Session

    Career Track

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    OOS 8 - Making a Career of Your Ecology Degree

    Organizer: Tom Langen – Clarkson University

    Organized Oral Session

    Career Track

    Hybrid Session

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    OOS 9 - Microbial Macroecology: How Ubiquitous Soil Microbes Form a Pattern?

    Organizer: Xiaofeng Xu – San Diego State University

    Co-Organizer: Robert Sinsabaugh – University of New Mexico

    Co-Organizer: Nannan Wang – Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Organized Oral Session

    Career Track

    Hybrid Session

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    SS 14 - Ecology Across Career Sectors
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    SS 15 - We’re Running out of Time… Teaching Ethics Should Not Be Optional
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    COS 24 - Agriculture 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    COS 25 - Aquatic-Terrestrial Linkages 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    COS 26 - Behavior: Foraging And Diet 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    COS 27 - Biodiversity: Effects Of Global Change 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    COS 28 - Biogeochemistry: Linking Community Structure And Ecosystem Function 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    COS 29 - Biogeochemistry: New Paradigms In Biogeochem Cycling 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    COS 30 - Climate Change: Communities 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    COS 31 - Climate Change: Plants 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    COS 32 - Communities: Disturbance And Recovery 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    COS 33 - Communities: Spatial Patterns And Environmental Gradients 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    COS 34 - Conservation Management 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    COS 35 - Eco-Evolutionary Processes 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    COS 36 - Ecological Planning, Design, and Implementation

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    COS 37 - Food Webs 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    COS 38 - Forests: Tropical 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    COS 39 - Grasslands/Steppe 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    COS 40 - Interdisciplinary Tools to Advance Ecology 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    COS 41 - Invasion: Species Interactions 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    COS 42 - Pollination 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    COS 43 - Population Dynamics: Modeling 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    COS 44 - Restoration Ecology 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    COS 45 - Socio-Ecological Coupling 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    COS 46 - Urban Ecosystems 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    OOS 10 - The Future of Ecological Monitoring Is Collaboration with Artificial Intelligence

    Organizer: Ben G. Weinstein, PhD – University of Florida

    Co-Organizer: Sara Beery – MIT

    Co-Organizer: Dan Morris – Google

    Organized Oral Session

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    OOS 11 - Towards a Better Understanding of Urban Forests: Innovative and Emerging Methods for Monitoring Urban Tree Health and Quantifying Ecosystem Services in Cities

    Organizer: Hannah M. Prather – Reed College

    Co-Organizer: Jason Maxfield – Reed College

    Co-Organizer: Aaron Ramirez – Department of Biology & Department of Environmental Studies, Reed College

    Organized Oral Session

    Public-Private Sector

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    SYMP 2 - Ecological Drought: What Is the Role of Atmospheric Drying?

    Organizer: Alexandra Wright – California State University, Los Angeles

    Symposium

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    SYMP 3 - Managing Urban Ecosystems Through Planning & Design

    Organizer: Kat Superfisky – City of Los Angeles

    Symposium

    Career Track

    Public-Private Sector

  • 4:00 PM PDT
    Understanding Scientific Publishing
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Deep Dive: Research Careers
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PDT
    ESA Awards and Fellows Reception (By Invitation Only)
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM PDT
    Informal Networking -- Academics and Researchers
  • 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
    Aquatic Section Mixer
  • 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
    BIPOC Students, Faculty, and Professionals Mixer
  • 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
    Early Career Ecologists Mixer and Business Meeting
  • 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
    Ecosystems Editorial Board Dinner
  • 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
    ESA Theoretical Ecology Section Mixer
  • 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
    Kellogg Biological Station Mixer
  • 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
    Researchers at Undergraduate Institution Mixer
  • 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
    Soil Ecology and Agroecology Sections Joint Mixer
  • 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
    Women of Color and Non Binary People of Color in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Social
  • 6:45 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
    ESA Publishing Social and Appreciation Reception