Conservation Symposium Series: Schedule
Schedule on Friday, September 9, 2011
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| 8:00 to 9:00 am |
Registration and Continental Breakfast - Main Lobby
View special displays and exhibits. Sign up for lunch time tours at the Registration table. Breakfast courtesy of Panera Bread.
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| 9:00 to 9:15 am |
Welcome - Murch Auditorium
Dr. Evalyn Gates, Executive Director |
| 9:15 to 10:00 am |
Keynote Address - Murch Auditorium
"Inside the Museums, Infinity Goes Up on Trial" (B. Dylan): Nature Preservation and Environmental Ethics in a Time of Climate Change
Dr. Peter White, Director, North Carolina Botanical Garden
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Morning Session
Each presentation runs 20 minutes, with 10 minutes afterward for Q&A.
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| 10:15 to 10:45 am |
From Burning Rivers to Flooding Rivers: River Restoration, Climate Change, and Sustainable Water Management
Dr. Jeff Opperman, Senior Advisor for Sustainable Hydropower, Global Freshwater Program, The Nature Conservancy
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| 10:45 to 11:15 am |
Climate Change Transitions in Northeast Ohio: Plausible Scenarios for Big Energy Savings
David Beach, Director, GreenCityBlueLake Institute of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History |
| 11:15 to 11:45 am |
Managing Great Lakes Forests for Climate Change Mitigation
Dr. Peter Curtis, Chair, Department of Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University
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| 11:45 to 1:15 pm |
Lunch
Preordered box lunches available for pick up in the Main Lobby; seating on Murch Auditorium apron. Food is also available for purchase in The Blue Planet Café and other locations around University Circle (see Admissions Desk for directions).
Explore the Museum galleries. Tour the PNC SmartHome and Perkins Wildlife Area and Woods Garden. Network with friends and colleagues.
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| 1:15 to 1:30 pm |
Award Presentation
2011 Conservation Teacher of the Year Award
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| 1:30 to 2:30 pm |
Keynote Address - Murch Auditorium
Aldo Leopold, Phenology and Climate Change
Dr. Stanley Temple, Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin's Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology
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Afternoon Session
Each presentation runs 20 minutes, with 10 minutes afterward for Q&A.
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2:30 to 3:00 pm
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Examining Species Vulnerability to Climate Change in Pennsylvania
Dr. Mary Ann Furedi, Ecologist, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
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| 3:00 to 3:30 pm |
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Trees and Birds of the Eastern United States
Dr. Louis Iverson, Landscape Ecologist, US Forest Service
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| 3:30 to 4:00 pm |
Phenology, Biological Calendars and Citizen Science: How Tracking the Sequence of Biological Events Helps Makes Sense of the Natural World
Denise Ellsworth, County Extension Educator, The Ohio State University
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| 4:00 pm |
Symposium Adjourns |
Symposium Registration 
Online registration is available
Fee: $15 per person before September 2
For more information, call (216) 231-1177 or 1-800-317-9155, ext. 3505
The Conservation Symposium Series is made possible by the generous support of Cleveland Metroparks Zoo; Cleveland Zoological Society; Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation District; Environmental Services, Inc.; Geauga Park District; The Holden Arboretum; Lake Metroparks; Metroparks, Serving Summit County; The Nature Conservancy; Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District; Northeast Ohio Sierra Club; Ohio Division of Wildlife; The Trout Club of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History; The Trust for Public Land; and Western Reserve Land Conservancy.