Past Events

October 2012

Elinor and Vincent Ostrom Memorial
Monday, October 15, 2012 (All day)

September 2012 - October 2012

EcoSummit 2012
Sunday, September 30, 2012 - 8:00am - Friday, October 5, 2012 - 5:00pm

EcoSummit 2012 will bring together the world's most respected minds in ecological science to discuss restoring the planet's ecosystems. This the first conference linking the Ecological Society of America (ESA), the International Association for Ecology (INTECOL) and the Society for Ecological Restoration International (SER).

September 2012

2012 Human Dimensions Conference
Monday, September 24, 2012 - 8:00am - Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 5:00pm

The 2012 conference theme is Pathways to Success Conference & Training: Integrating Human Dimensions into Fish and Wildlife Management.

August 2012

Communicating Science
Saturday, August 4, 2012 (All day) - Wednesday, August 8, 2012 (All day)

Join us in the beautiful setting of the American Southwest for a three-day symposium on the joys and challenges of communicating our understanding of the universe and science in general--whether in the classroom, in a museum or nature center, to general and specific audiences, through books and magazines, on the web, via festivals and fairs, on radio and television, or through the social media.  Preceding the symposium will be a two-day workshop:  In the Footsteps of Galileo, a national workshop of educators in grades 3-12 and in informal settings.
2012 Behavior Change for a Sustainable World Conference
Friday, August 3, 2012 - 1:00pm - Sunday, August 5, 2012 - 2:00pm

Plan to be part of this seminal gathering on how basic principles of behavior change can help in the fight to preserve our environment. As world-famous climatologist Lonnie Thompson noted in his paper in The Behavior Analyst, there is currently no engineering fix for climate change. For now, the only thing we can do is change human behavior.

April 2012

U.S. Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology
Sunday, April 8, 2012 (All day) - Thursday, April 12, 2012 (All day)

Theme: Informing Decisions in a Changing World

March 2012

Planet Under Pressure
Monday, March 26, 2012 - 8:00am - Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 5:00pm

The global scientific community must deliver to society the knowledge necessary to assess the risks humanity is facing from global change. It must provide knowledge of how society can effectively mitigate dangerous changes and cope with changes we cannot manage.

February 2012

American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting
Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 8:00am - Monday, February 20, 2012 - 5:00pm

The Annual Meeting is one of the most widely recognized global science events, with hundreds of networking opportunities and broad global media coverage. An exceptional array of speakers will gather at the 2012 AAAS Annual Meeting from 16-20 February in Vancouver, B.C.

The 2012 Annual Meeting isn’t about talking heads. We already know that today’s challenges are complex and interconnected. Find the solutions here.

January 2012

PAGES Focus 4 Biodiversity Theme Workshop
Monday, January 9, 2012 (All day) - Wednesday, January 11, 2012 (All day)

Conservation of biological diversity and the provision of ecosystem services are now widely recognised as important goals in landscape planning. However, the landscape planning process is complex and requires an understanding of the dynamics of biodiversity and ecosystem service provision with respect to environmental change.

November 2011

National Academies Keck Futures Initiative Conference on Ecosystems Services
Thursday, November 10, 2011 (All day) - Sunday, November 13, 2011 (All day)

Feeding the estimated 9-10 billion people who will inhabit the earth by 2050 is a complex global challenge. Though most agree that achieving sustainable food supply and distribution systems while preserving the environment is a laudable goal influenced by a variety of environmental, societal, technological and political factors, efforts to address these issues in an integrated way are not widespread.