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2026 Schedule at-a-Glance

This schedule is subject to change. Please check back for updates.
Sunday, April 26
12:00pm - 6:30pm Exhibitor Set-up
6:30pm - 8:30pm Welcome Social
Monday, April 27
7:30 am - 7:00pm Exhibit Hours
8:30 am - 9:30am Welcome & Plenary Presentation
by Monica Turner: Pattern, Process, and Paradigm Shifts: Yellowstone and the Rise of Landscape Ecology
10:00 am - 5:00pm Concurrent Technical Sessions & Symposia
12:00 pm - 1:30pm Attendee Lunch & Student/ Mentor Lunch
5:30 pm - 7:00pm Poster Session Social
8:00 pm - 10:00pm Student Offsite Social
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm NASA-MSU Dinner (by invitation)
8:00 pm - 10:00pm Student Offsite Social
Tuesday, April 28
7:30am - 12:00pm & 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Exhibit Hours
8:30am - 9:30am Plenary Session II
By Christi Lambert: An Unconfined Prospect: Resilience through Landscape Ecology and Conservation
10:00am - 12:00pm Concurrent Technical Sessions & Symposia
1:30pm – 5:00pm Workshops & Scientific Excursions
  • Botanizing at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia
  • Birding at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia
  • Sandy Creek Nature Center
6:00pm - 7:00pm Networking Reception & We'll Pick Up the Tab Social
7:00pm - 8:30pm Awards Banquet
Wednesday, April 29
7:30am - 3:30 pm Exhibit Hours
8:30am - 9:30am Plenary Session III
By Jianguo Liu: Rethinking Landscape Ecology in a Metacoupled World
10:00am - 5:00pm Concurrrent Technical Sessions & Symposia
Thursday, April 30
7:00am - 4:00pm Phinizy Swamp Field Trip
8:00pm - 5:30pm Chattahoochee Hills Field Trip

Scientific Excursions

Workshops

Tuesday, April 28
1:30PM - 5:00PM
Thursday, April 30
Botanizing at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia​
Birding at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia​
Sandy Creek Nature Center​
7:00AM - 4:00PM
8:00AM - 5:30PM
Phinizy Swamp​
Chattahoochee Hills​

Head to our Scientific Excursions page to read more details.
Tuesday, April 28​
1:30PM - 5:00 PM
W-01: Mapping Ecosystem Services for Decision Making
W-02: MultiScaleR: Approachable and Generalizable Multiscale Ecological Modeling in R ​
W-03: AI-Powered Analysis of Animal Space Use, Movement, and Connectivity with SpatChat ​
W-04: Metacoupling and Telecoupling: Using Interdisciplinary Frameworks to Connect Landscapes Across Scales
W-05: Lidar for Forestry, Ecology, and Natural Resources in R: A primer​ ​
W-06: Popular Science Writing for Beginners - Conceptualizing, Writing, and Pitching for Popular Media

Head to our Workshops page to read the overviews

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