2018 CONFERENCE: SchedulePlease note: this schedule is from the 2018 Conference which has passed.
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Sunday, September 9, 2018 | ||
12:00pm - 7:00pm | Conference Registration Desk Open | 1st Floor Concourse |
12:00pm - 6:00pm | Sponsor & Exhibitor Booth Set-Up | 1st Floor Concourse |
6:00pm - 7:00pm | Welcome Reception with Sponsors & Exhibitors | 1st Floor Concourse |
Evening | Dinner On Your Own | N/A |
Monday, September 10, 2018 | ||
8:00am - 9:00am | Breakfast Buffet | Campus Center Auditorium |
8:00am - 5:00pm | Conference Registration Desk Open | 1st Floor Concourse |
8:00am - 5:00pm | Exhibit Area Open | 1st Floor Concourse |
9:00am - 10:00am | Welcome & Opening Remarks Patricia Leavenworth, MassDOT Highway Division; Tom French, Division of Fisheries and Wildlife Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program; Ronald Amidon, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game |
Campus Center Auditorium |
10:00am - 11:30am | Concurrent Sessions
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11:30am - 1:30pm | Awards Luncheon & Keynote Address by Tom Wessels, Antioch University New England | Campus Center Auditorium |
1:30pm - 3:00pm | Concurrent Sessions
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3:00pm - 3:30pm | Coffee Break with Sponsors & Exhibitors | 1st Floor Concourse |
3:30pm - 5:00pm | Concurrent Sessions
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5:30pm - 5:45pm | Board Buses for Conference Dinner | Flint Lab Circle |
6:00pm - 7:00pm | Cocktail Reception & Apple Picking at Quonquont Farm | Offsite: Quonquont Farm, Whately MA |
7:00pm - 8:30pm | Conference Dinner at Quonquont Farm | Offsite: Quonquont Farm, Whately MA |
8:00pm - 8:45pm | Buses Return to UMass Hotel | N/A |
Tuesday, September 11, 2018 | ||
7:00am - 8:00am | Breakfast Buffet | Campus Center Auditorium |
7:00am - 12:00pm | Conference Registration Desk Open | 1st Floor Concourse |
7:00am - 12:00pm | Exhibit Area Open | 1st Floor Concourse |
8:00am - 9:30am | Concurrent Sessions
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8:00am - 9:30am | Poster Set-up | 1st Floor Concourse |
9:30am - 10:30am | Poster & Pastry Social (read poster abstracts) | 1st Floor Concourse |
10:30am - 12:00pm | Concurrent Sessions
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12:00pm - 12:30pm | Field Trip Preview | Campus Center Auditorium |
12:30pm | Grab & Go Lunch | 1st Floor Concourse |
12:30pm | Board Buses for Field Trip | Flint Lab Circle |
12:45pm - 5:00pm | Conference Field Trip (view itinerary) | Offsite |
Evening | Dinner On Your Own | N/A |
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 | ||
7:00am - 8:00am | Breakfast Buffet | Campus Center Auditorium |
7:30am - 10:30am | Exhibit Area & Posters Open (read poster abstracts) | 1st Floor Concourse |
7:00am - 12:00pm | Conference Registration Desk Open | 1st Floor Concourse |
8:00am - 10:00am | Concurrent Sessions
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10:00am - 10:30am | Coffee Break with Sponsors, Exhibitors & Posters (read poster abstracts) | 1st Floor Concourse |
10:30am - 12:00pm | Concurrent Sessions
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12:00pm - 1:00pm | Closing General Session & Working Lunch | Campus Center Auditorium |
1:00pm | Conference Adjourns |
Keynote Speaker: Tom Wessels
Tom Wessels is a terrestrial ecologist and professor emeritus at Antioch University New England where he founded the master’s degree program in Conservation Biology. With interests in forest, desert, arctic, and alpine ecosystems, plus geomorphology, evolutionary ecology, complex systems science, and the interface of landscape and culture, Tom considers himself a generalist. He has conducted workshops on ecology and sustainability throughout the country for over three decades. His is the author of numerous book with his latest being Granite, Fire, and Fog: The Natural and Cultural History of Acadia.