Technical Program
Day 1 - Micro/meso-scale I: Soil, biogeochemical cycles
and biological communities
and biological communities
Morning: (1 hr presentations with extended Q & A)
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
Continental Breakfast in the LBC Ballroom |
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM |
Welcome to the Conference: Douglas Jerolmack (U. Pennsylvania) and Liam Reinhardt (Exeter U., UK) representing the MYRES Organizing Committee. |
9:15 AM - 10:45 AM |
Production and migration of soil: organic-inorganic feedbacks: Kristof Van Oost (K.U. Leuven, Belgium) |
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM |
Break |
11:15 AM - 12:45 PM |
Biological diversity and functioning of ecosystems: Brad Cardinale (U.C. Santa Barbara) |
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM |
Lunch |
Afternoon: (Opening 10 minute presentation followed by group discussion/ EarthScape Expo demo/ break-out sessions)
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM |
What are the timescales of interactions? Moderated by Gordan Grant (US Forest Service): Opening 10 minute presentation followed by discussion. |
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM |
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3:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
Break-out sessions |
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
Reporting from sessions |
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM |
Posters |
Day 2 - Micro/meso-scale II: Landforms and biology
Morning: (1 hr presentations with extended Q & A)
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
Continental Breakfast in the LBC Ballroom |
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM |
Hillslope evolution: Josh Roering (U. of Oregon) |
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Break |
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Vegetation-channel interactions: Michal Tal (Inst. Phys. Globe, Paris France) |
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Lunch |
Afternoon: (Opening 10 minute presentation followed by group discussion/ EarthScape Expo demo/ break-out sessions)
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
What are the timescales of interactions?: Moderated by William E. Dietrich (U.C. Berkeley): Opening 10 minute presentation followed by discussion. |
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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3:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
Break-out sessions |
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
Reporting from sessions |
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM |
Posters |
Day 3 - Macro-scale: Continental to global phenomena
Morning: (1 hr presentations with extended Q & A)
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
Continental Breakfast in the LBC Ballroom |
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM |
Global biogeochemistry and climate: David Fike (Washington U.) |
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Break |
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Particle Pathways, Carbon Cycles, and Sequestration within Fluvial Dispersal Systems: Rolf Aalto (U. of Exeter) |
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Lunch |
Afternoon: (Opening 10 minute presentation followed by group discussion/ EarthScape Expo demo/ break-out sessions)
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
What are the timescales of interactions?: Moderated by Robert Twilley (Louisiana State U.) |
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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3:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
Break-out sessions |
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
Reporting from sessions |
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM |
Posters |
Evening Program back at the hotel: (International House)
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM |
Past and future social impacts of Hurricane Katrina on the city of New Orleans: Rich Campanella (Tulane U.) |
Day 4 - Anthro-scale: Environment/human feedbacks
Morning: (1 hr presentations with extended Q & A)
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
Continental Breakfast in the LBC Ballroom |
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM |
Sea-level change and human civilization: Ben Horton (U. Pennsylvania) |
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Break |
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Humans as modifiers of the landscape: Veerle Vanacker (U. Louvain, Belgium) |
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Lunch |
Afternoon: (Opening 10 minute presentation followed by group discussion/ EarthScape Expo demo/ break-out sessions)
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Nutrient overload: perturbation of geochemical cycles: Stevan R. Earl (CAP LTER, Phoenix) |
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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3:30 PM - 4:30 PM |
What are the timescales of interactions?: Moderated by Torbjörn Törnqvist (Tulane U.): Opening 10 minute presentation followed by discussion |
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
Wrap-up and closing remarks |
Days 5 and 6 - Field Trip Saturday May 24th (8:30 AM - 6:30 PM) Sunday May 25th (8:30 AM - 2:00 PM)