Agenda for the
All Scientist's Meeting 2000
Long-Term Ecological Research: Unifying Principles and Global Applications
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Day
1 (Tuesday, August 1, 2000)
TRAVEL DAY - Arrivals and check-in; set up posters.
Evening:
- 6:00-8:00 Dinner (on your own at local restaurants)
- 8:00-10:00 LTER Mixer (cash bar)
Day 2 (Wednesday, August 2, 2000)
Morning:
8:00-8:30 Welcome and Introduction – Bob Parmenter and Bob Waide.
8:30-9:15 Plenary
- Dr. Scott Collins and Dr. Terry Yates, Division of Environmental Biology, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA "History and Future of LTER: The NSF Perspective."
9:15-10:00 Plenary
- Dr. William Heal, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, United Kingdom "LTER: Challenges for the 21st Century."
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:45 Plenary
- Dr. James Gosz, Chair, LTER Network, University of New Mexico. "LTER: Knowledge for the 21st Century."
11:45-1:15 Lunch,
with graduate student discussions
Afternoon:
1:15-2:15 Focused Plenary
- Dr. Bruce Hayden, University of Virginia, VCR LTER. "Global Change in the 21st Century: Climate, Ecosystems and People."
2:30-4:30 Concurrent workshops
4:30-6:00 Free time and committee meetings
Evening:
6:00-7:00 Dinner
7:30-8:30 Evening Keynote Address
- Dr. Rosina Bierbaum, Associate Director for Environment Office of Science and Technology Policy, Washington, DC. "Integrated and Interdisciplinary Science Needs: A National Perspective."
8:30—10:00 Reception
for international attendees and poster session (cash bar)
Day 3 (Thursday, August 3, 2000)
Morning:
8:00-9:00 Focused Plenary
- Dr. Diana Wall, NREL, Colorado State University "Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: The Need for Long Term Ecological Research."
9:00-11:45 Concurrent workshops
11:45-1:15 Lunch, with graduate student discussions
Afternoon:
1:15-2:15 Focused Plenary
- Dr. Indy Burke, SGS LTER, Colorado State University "Spatial and Temporal Scaling in LTER."
2:30-4:30 Concurrent workshops
4:30-6:00 Free time
and ad hoc meetings
Evening:
6:00-7:00 Dinner
7:00-8:00 New LTER video presentations
8:00-9:00 LTER Town Meeting
9:00-10:00 Science posters and refreshments
Day 4 (Friday, August 4, 2000)
Morning:
8:00-9:00 Focused Plenary
- Dr. Charles Redman, CAP LTER, Arizona State University "Human Ecology and the LTER Approach: Potential Cooperation with Social, Behavioral, and Economic Scientists."
9:00-11:45 Concurrent workshops
11:45-1:15 Lunch,
with graduate student discussions
Afternoon:
1:15-4:15 Concurrent workshops
4:15-6:00 Coordinating Committee meeting (if warranted)
4:15-6:00 Free time
Evening:
6:00-7:00 Dinner
7:30-9:30 Science posters and refreshments
7:30-9:30 East Asia-Pacific
Regional Decomposition Experiment – organizational meeting
Day 5 (Saturday, August 5, 2000)
Morning:
8:00-12:00 Business meeting – International LTER Chairs
Ad-Hoc meetings
ASM ends - departures