Registration opens for the Ecological Society of America’s 2012 Annual Meeting in Portland, Ore.

Posted by on April 16, 2012

Exploring Life on Earth: Preserving, Utilizing and Sustaining our Ecosystems

 

Registration is now open for the Ecological Society of America’s (ESA) 97th Annual Meeting on August 5-10, 2012, in Portland, Oregon. The meeting is expected to draw more than 4,300 scientists, policy makers, educators and concerned citizens to share emerging research.

Jane Lubchenco, an Oregon State marine ecologist and head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, will open the six day meeting with a keynote address on Sunday, August 5th, at 5:00 p.m. A co-founder of the Aldo Leopold Leadership Program, the Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea (COMPASS), and Climate Central, Lubchenco has long been a champion of public participation in science, and of scientists’ participation in public discourse.

“Guru of old growth” Jerry F. Franklin, professor of Forest Resources at the University of Washington, and ethno-botanist Nancy Turner of the University of Victoria will also present plenary lectures.

Preliminary meeting information is available at https://ecologicalsocietyofamerica.org/portland/. Look for symposia and oral presentation titles to be posted in May.

Please note that all abstracts are embargoed until 12:00 a.m. EDT on the day of their presentation. Interested press should contact Liza Lester at gro.asenull@retsell or 202-833-8773 #211 to register.

Field Trip Highlights (open to all meeting registrants, with added fee):

  • After a Fire, After the Breach: Changes in the White Salmon Watershed (Mt. Adams and the Columbia River Gorge) (Sat, Aug. 4th) $80
  • Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Eco-Cultural Histories, and American Indian Integrated Resource Management: A Tour of the Mt. Hood Region (Sat, Aug. 4th) $95
  • Mount St. Helens: Lessons from 31 Years of Post-Eruption Ecological Research (Sun, Aug. 5th) $85
  • Hungry for More Field Trip: An Ecological Lens for Understanding Diversity, Urban Agriculture and Local Sustainability (Sun, Aug. 5th) $60
  • Bicycle Tour of Portland’s Natural Area Restoration Sites (Sun, Aug. 5th) $50

 

Newsroom Operation
Members of the press (see policy below) are exempt from registration fees and may attend all meeting sessions. A staffed press room, including computers, a printer, telephones and an interview area, will be available. The newsroom will be open:

  • Sunday, August 5: 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  • Monday, August 6 – Thursday, August 9: 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
  • Friday, August 10: 7:30 a.m.-Noon

ESA Policy on Press Credentials
We will waive registration for reporters with a recognized press card and for press officers. Registration is also waived for current members of the National Association of Science Writers, the Canadian Science Writers Association, the International Science Writers Association and the Society of Environmental Journalists.

We do not waive registration for editors of peer-reviewed journals, ad sales representatives, publishers, program officers or marketing professionals.

Institutional Press Officers
Press officers may request copies of all abstracts related to their institution. ESA will distribute any relevant press releases in the Annual Meeting press room. Please contact Liza Lester at gro.asenull@retsell or 202-833-8773 x211 for more information.

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