Long Term Ecological Research Network All Scientists Meeting
YMCA of the Rockies, Estes Park, Colorado  September 13-16, 2009
"Integrating Science and Society in an Ever-Changing World" 

Friday - September 11
Participants in International LTER Ecosystem Services meeting arrive

Saturday - September 12
Information Managers, Education Representatives, Executive Board and Grad Students travel day

0730 - 0830    Breakfast  - Aspen Dining Room (For International Participants)
0830 - 1700    International LTER meeting on Ecosystem Services – day 1 - Longs Peak Granite Pass room
1500 -1800     Pre-registration  - YMCA Administration Building
                        Badge and ASM Program Material pickup - No on-site/late registrations
1700 - 1900 -  Information Manager social and dinner - IM Cabin
1700 -1900  -  Dinner - Aspen Dining Room
1900 - Mixer -  Convention Center Assembly Hall

Sunday – September 13
* General Travel Day* 

0700 - 0830 Breakfast - Aspen dining Room
0830 - 1700  Information Managers Meeting- Longs Peak Boulder Field
0830 - 1700  LTER Education Representatives Meeting- Longs Peak Chasm Lake
0830 - 1700  Graduate Student Symposium- Longs Peak Diamond East and West room
0830 - 1700  International LTER meeting on Ecosystem Services– day 2 - Longs Peak Granite Pass room
1130 - 1300 Lunch (staggered depending on meeting group)
1300 - 1700 Executive Board (invitation only) - Longs Peak Keyhole
1300 - 1800 - ASM Registration pre- and on-site registration - YMCA Administration Building
1600 - 1800 - Poster set up - Convention Center Assembly Hall
                       LTER Site Description, ILTER, MSP, ULTRA-Ex, and NEON Poster set up
1730 - 1900 - Dinner -Aspen Dining Room

1900  - Welcome Plenary - Ruesch Auditorium
              “The pre-history of LTER”, David Coleman
              "Reflections on a decade with LTER" – Henry Gholz, National Science Foundation
2030 - 2230 Evening mixer - Posters - Convention Center Assembly Hall
                       Presentation of LTER Site Description, ILTER ULTRA-Ex, MSP, and NEON Posters.

Monday September 14
0700 - Breakfast - Aspen Dining Room
0700 - 1700 Registration and Registration material pickup- YMCA Administration Building
0700 - 1000 Science Poster (All Posters) Set up - Convention Center Assembly Hall
0830 - Morning Plenaries: Ruesch Auditorium
0830 - Welcome/logistics and meeting overview - Robert Waide
0845 - “Thirty years of long-term ecological research” - Phil Robertson
0925  - "Taking Stock of Where We Are: NSF Update" - Jim Collins, NSF
1015 - Coffee break - Convention Center Assembly Hall
1045 - “Integrating science, society, and education” - William Clark
1145 - Group Picture in Auditorium
1200 - Lunch - Aspen Dining Room
1330 - Afternoon Working Group Session 1
1530 - Break - Convention Center Assembly Hall
1600 - Afternoon Working Group Session 2
1800 - 1930 - Dinner - Aspen Dining Room
1930 – AIBS  - Science Policy: How to Inform, Influence, and Communicate with Policymakers – Ruesch Auditorium
1930 - 2200 - Evening Science Poster Session (ALL POSTERS) and Mixer - Convention Center Assembly Hall.
                          Presentation of ODD Numbered Posters

Tuesday September 15
0700 - Breakfast - Aspen Dining Room
0830 - Morning Plenary - Ruesch Auditorium
             Continental-scale network level research” - Dave Schimel - NEON
0930 - Break - Convention Center Assembly Hall
1000 - Morning Working Group Sessions 3
1200 - Lunch - Aspen Dinning Room
1330 - Afternoon plenary - - Ruesch Auditorium
            “Successful integration of ecological and social sciences within the LTER” - Laura Ogden
1430 - Break - Convention Center Assembly Hall
1500 - Afternoon Working Group Session 4
1800 - 1930 - Dinner - Aspen Dining Room
1930 - 2200 - Evening Poster session and Mixer - Convention Center Assembly Hall
                          Presentation of EVEN numbered Posters

Wednesday September 16
0700 - Breakfast - Aspen dining Room
0830 - Morning plenary- Ruesch Auditorium
             “Science and education” - Carol Brewer 
0930 - Break
1000 - Morning Working Group Session 5
1200 - Lunch - Aspen Dinning Room
1330 - Afternoon Working Group Session 6
1530 - Break - Convention Center Assembly Hall
1600 - Afternoon Working Group Session 7
1800 - 1930 - Dinner - Aspen Dining Room
1930 - 2230 - Entertainment - Loretta Thompson and The Heritage Band - Long House 

Thursday September 17
0700 - 0800 - Breakfast - Aspen Dining Room
0830 -1700 -  Canceled-Niwot Ridge LTER Field Trip  - Organizer: Mark Williams.
Sign up on the Workgroup link  to register.

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