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2008 ANNUAL MEETING, 13-17 JULY, CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, USA -- INFORMATION ON SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

The Local Organizing Committee is pleased to announce that the following plenary sessions, symposia, workshops, discussion groups, and short courses will be presented at the 2008 annual meeting in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.

Plenary Speakers

Chuck Cook, Project Director, Sustainable Fisheries Group
Winona LaDuke, writer and environmental leader
Jeff McNeely, Chief Scientist, World Conservation Union

Symposia

Fencing for conservation: restriction of evolutionary potential or a riposte to threatening processes? Organized by Graham Kerley, Michael Somers, and Matt Hayward.

Economic growth and biodiversity: the elemental arguments. Organized by Jon Rosales and Corey Peet.

Advances in freshwater conservation planning. Organized by Nathaniel Hitt.

Assessing ecosystem service values for marine and coastal ecosystems: melding the natural and social sciences. Organized by Mary Ruckelshaus, Anne Guerry, and Mark Plummer.

Beneath the surface -- the freshwater mollusks of the southeastern United States. Organized by Ryan Evans.

Biofuels and biodiversity: an assessment of potential effects on species and ecosystems. Organized by Chris Webster, Curt Meine, and David James Flaspohler.

Connecting ecological and socioeconomic monitoring to management for marine protected areas in California's Channel Islands. Organized by Satie Airame.

Conserving the world's great lakes: lessons and opportunities in an era of increasing water scarcity. Organized by J. David Allan and Peter McIntyre.

Integrated land-sea conservation planning: concepts and case studies. Organized by Bob Pressey, Patrick Crist, Ken Vance-Borland, and Sarah Carr.

Landcare and conservation biology: improving the value of working landscapes and ecosystem services. Organized by Glen Stevens, Carola Haas, David Lowe, Dennis Garrity, and David Robertson.

Landscape change on the Cumberland Plateau: drivers, consequences, and policy solutions for a key biodiversity hotspot. Organized by Charles Brockett and Jonathan Evans.

More people working for more fish -- a national white water to blue water plan to conserve fish habitat. Organized by Susan-Marie Stedman and Kay McGraw.

Parks, people, and posterity: reconsidering the ethical dimensions of international conservation. Organized by Ben Minteer and Thad Miller.

The politicization of endangered species science. Organized by Francesca Grifo.

Wildlife conservation in China. Organized by Yue-Hua Sun.

Workshops

The road to recovery: science to secure freshwater mollusk biodiversity. Organized by Rachel Claire Muir.

Conserving biological diversity by improving public and corporate policies -- issues and strategies. Organized by John Fitzgerald.

Tools and methods for integrated land-sea planning. Organized by Sarah Carr, Daniel Dorfman, Ken Vance-Borland, and Patrick Crist.

Participating in a conference: some advice for newcomers. Organized by Malcolm Hunter and Aram Calhoun

Taking on climate change in conservation: climate camp (the abridged version). Organized by Lara Hansen, Jennifer Hoffman, Chris Zganjar, and Lee Hannah.

The involvement of the private sector in marine protected area planning, management, and conservation. Case studies from the Caribbean and Indo-Pacific. Organized by Rick MacPherson.

Protected areas and biodiversity conservation II: engaging surrounding communities. Organized by Jane Packard, Priscilla Weeks, and Mikki Sager.

Improving lab / field exercises in conservation biology classes. Organized by Stephen Trombulak, Michael Marchetti, and Peter Hodum.

Integrative conservation problem solving workshop: methods to bridge the natural and social sciences. Organized by Susan Clark, David Cherney, Kathryn Semmens, Kimberly Byrd, Richard Wallace, and Seth Wilson.

Capacity-building for SCB's local chapters, part II: empowering environmental problem-solving. Organized by Fiona Nagle.

Discussion Groups

Religious values and conservation biology -- defining the role of the SCB working group on religion and conservation biology. Organized by Tom Baugh and David Johns.

Conservation internships: building collaborations between conservation organizations, universities, and societies to facilitate student learning, promote diversity, and advance conservation. Organized by Renee Mullen, Tosha Comendant, and Sean Watts.

Short Courses

The role of the social sciences in conservation planning (10-13 July). Organized by Tara Teel.
Targeting behavior: designing conservation behavior change programs (11-13 July). Organized by Shannon Earle.

Technical support for needs assessment and curriculum design and implementation in conservation biology (12-13 July). Organized by Eleanor Sterling, Nora Bynum, and Alison Ormsby.

Making your data more valuable: the importance of metadata from a conservation management perspective (13 July). Organized by Vivian Hutchison.

Field Trips

Birding at the Honors Golf Course (18 July)

Chattanooga environmental sustainability tour (18 July)

Red wolf howling safari at the Chattanooga Nature Center (18 July)

Tour of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Raccoon Mountain pumped storage facility. Tour also will include a visit to the Chickamauga Dam and Green Power Switch (18 July)

Whitewater rafting on the Ocoee River and educational program on restoration of the Copper Hill mine ruins (18 July)

Overnight trip to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (18-19 July)

Overnight stay at Pot Point Field Station in the Tennessee River Gorge (18-19 July)

Birding at Standifer Gap Marsh (19 July)

Learn about the efforts of several local land trusts and visit one of them: North Chickamauga Creek Gorge State Natural Area (19 July)

Tennessee River Gorge boat biolecture (19 July)

Timber harvesting and biodiversity of the Cumberland Plateau physiographic province in Tennessee (date to be announced)

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