Call for Proposals Symposia, Organized Oral Sessions, and Organized Poster Sessions Deadline for Submission: September 13, 2012
Only proposals that are complete and submitted by 5:00 PM EST will be considered. 98th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America Minneapolis, Minnesota August 4-9, 2013 http://www.esa.org/minneapolis We invite proposals for Symposia, Organized Oral Sessions, and Organized Poster Sessions for ESA's 98th Annual Meeting to be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The theme for the 2013 meeting is "Sustainable Pathways: Learning From the Past and Shaping the Future." In anticipation of the 100th Annual Meeting in 2015, the 98th Annual Ecological Society of America Meeting will look to the past as guidance in understanding and predicting future trends in ecosystem dynamics and services. With the backdrop of the beautiful city of Minneapolis, this meeting will capture the long influence of the ESA on ecology and will set the stage for events leading to the centennial meeting. Long-term data, from fossil and pollen records, environmental proxies and observations that date in some cases from the early 1900s, provide the historical context and an important baseline for future trajectories; however, the future of Planet Earth is far from certain or predictable based on its past. Global drivers are changing in slope, magnitude, and direction, novel organisms are being introduced or developed, no-analog communities are forming, and humans continue to modify and interact with their environment. Historic legacies provide the template for these complex interactions. Developing and maintaining sustainable trajectories in the midst of these certain, yet highly unpredictable, changes that affect and interact with ecological systems is a critical challenge for ecologists, and provide the theme of the 98th Annual Meeting. Session proposals related to the meeting's theme are highly encouraged, but any timely and coherent subject of broad interest will be considered. We also welcome proposals that explore interdisciplinary connections with areas of social and natural science outside of ecology or that relate to ecological education at any level. All proposals will be peer reviewed. Historical topics are now included as an exemption to the one presentation rule in recognition of the ESA's Centennial in 2015. Symposia are the scientific centerpiece of the meeting. They are limited to half-day sessions (3.5 hours) of 6 speakers each. Time devoted to synthesis, summary, and discussion is strongly encouraged. This meeting will include 24 symposia. Note that the guidelines for speaker count and timing have changed since last year. For additional information, please visit: http://esa.org/minneapolis/symposia.php Organized Oral Sessions are organized around a specific topic with most of the speakers invited by the organizer. Compared to Symposia, there is less emphasis on breadth of appeal and overall synthesis and they may be comprised largely of related case studies. Organized oral sessions are limited to half-day sessions (3.5 hours). There is no set number of accepted Organized Oral Session proposals for the meeting. For additional information, please visit: http://esa.org/minneapolis/organizedorals.php Organized Poster Sessions are sets of posters (in multiples of 5) organized around a specific topic. All of the presenters are invited by the organizer. Organized poster sessions will be scheduled at the same time as regular poster sessions. All posters in each organized poster session will be placed as a group in a designated area of the exhibit hall. For additional information and to begin the submission process, please visit: http://esa.org/minneapolis/organizedposters.php If you have any questions, please contact the Program Chair, Debra Peters, at [email protected], or the Program Coordinator, Jennifer Riem, at [email protected].
