The Center for Forest Sustainability and USDA Forest Service are very pleased to issue a Call for Abstracts for our 3rd Emerging Issues Along Urban-Rural Interfaces conference. The conference will be held April 11-14, 2010 at the Sheraton Atlanta. Information about the aims and scope of the conference, keynote speakers, abstract submission, registration, accommodations, sponsors, etc. is available on our conference website: http://emergingissues.interfacesouth.org/. The deadline for submission of abstracts is February 28, 2010.
We also are pleased to announce that a limited number of the presented papers will be published in a peer-reviewed issue of Urban Ecosystems. In addition, following past precedent, we will publish a Proceedings volume. Our explicit aim is to encourage interdisciplinary science and perspectives; our keynote speakers have been asked to discuss challenges and opportunities with respect to conducting interdisciplinary research on URI issues. Our keynote speakers (all confirmed) are: Dr. Marina Alberti, University of Washington Dr. Ted Gragson, University of Georgia/Coweta LTER Dr. Steward Pickett, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Study/Baltimore LTER Dr. Rich Pouyat, USDA Forest Service Dr. Charles Redman, Arizona State University/Phoenix LTER We hope you will join us in Atlanta next spring and invite your abstract(s). Please forward this message to others you may know who might have an interest in attending. We encourage contributions and participation by undergraduate and graduate students, as they are rising scientists who (hopefully) will benefit from early exposure to interdisciplinary perspectives. In addition to the welcome reception, there will be a dedicated reception for the poster session; this permits us to highlight the contributions made by the poster presenters. Sincerely, Dave Laband Conference Coordinator David N. Laband Forest Policy Center School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences 602 Duncan Drive Auburn University Auburn, AL 36849-5418 334-844-1074 (voice) 334-844-1084 fax
