2020 ARCHIVES: Schedule

Please note that this year’s Virtual Conference consists of much more than the “synchronous” events listed below! Conference registrants will also have access to over 300 iPosters (see link to detailed lists of presentations below) and the Virtual Venue site where socializing, Plenary Q & A, and links to the synchronous events zoom rooms can be found. Registrants will be invited to join the iPosterSessions and Zoho platforms to gain access to these aspects of the conference.

How Will Registrants Participate in the Virtual Conference?

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Pre-Conference Events
Times are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)

Thursday, April 30 1:00pm - 2:00pm	How to Make the Most of the Virtual Conference {Click here to view the recorded webinar video} This professional development workshop organized by graduate students will discuss strategies for making this virtual remote conference work for you, both for communicating science and for networking.
Tuesday, May 5 12:00pm - 1:00pm	Kickoff Event {Click here to view the recorded webinar video} This Zoom session will kick-off the virtual remote conference. We will give you a brief tour of the virtual venue, test the format we'll be using for the plenaries, and answer your questions!

Monday, May 11, 2020

9:00am - 10:00am	Student-Mentor Virtual Networking Event We will be matching up professionals with small groups of students in virtual breakout rooms. Sign up when you register, spaces are limited!
11:00am - 12:30pm	Plenary Session #1: Indigenous Lessons for Landscape Ecologists Moderator: John Croutch, University of Toronto Jon Johnson,  Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, University of Toronto Deb McGregor, Associate Professor & Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
12:45pm - 1:45pm	Student-Mentor Virtual Networking Event We will be matching up professionals with small groups of students in virtual breakout rooms. Sign up when you register, spaces are limited!
2:00pm - 5:30pm	Symposia S-02 - 20 Years of BES and the Future of Urban LTERs S-09 - Landscape Ecology Research in Neotropical Landscapes: Lessons Learned, Challenges, and Perspectives S-15 - Building Resilient Ecological Systems in Dynamic Urban and Peri-urban Landscapes S-06 - Measuring and Monitoring Urban Sprawl: How Can it Improve Planning Scenarios and Policy Making? S-12 - Science-policy Gaps and Their Impact on Landscape-scale Management
5:45pm	Equity, Inclusion and Diversity Committee Town Hall Meeting Join in to review and give feedback on the draft statement the committee has put together. Click here to view the draft statement.

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

11:00am - 12:30pm	Plenary Session #2: Cross Border Landscape Conservation ​Glenn Benoy, National Manager of Habitat and Arctic Science, Fisheries and Oceans Canada Jessica Levine, Senior Conservation Advisor, Nature United
12:45pm - 1:15pm	​Online Mixer
2:00pm - 5:30pm	Symposia S-10 - Weaving Stakeholder Narratives into Quantitative Models of Environmental Change S-05 - Road Ecology in Times of Global Infrastructure Tsunami: Recent Advances and Rising Challenges S-13 - Addressing Scientific & Methodological Challenges in Connectivity Conservation Planning S-19 - Taking the Macroscale View to Understand Invasion Dynamics Across North America S-22 - Genomic Approaches for Investigating Spatial Processes in Aquatic Systems (2:00pm - 3:00pm)

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

10:00am - 10:50am	Symposia S-07 - Entropy for Landscape Ecology: Models, Computation, and Applications
11:00am - 12:30pm	Plenary Session #3: What Does it Mean to Become IALE-North America? Moderator: Marie-Josee Fortin, University of Toronto Nancy McIntyre, Professor & Associate Department Chair, Landscape & Community Ecology, Texas Tech University, USA Michael Moss, Professor and Associate Dean of Environmental Studies, University of Guelph, Canada Yessica Rico Mancebo del Castillo, Investigadora Catedra, CONACYT, Mexico
12:45pm - 1:45pm	Live Awards Presentation and Reno Preview
2:00pm - 5:30pm	Symposia S-01 - Integrated Approaches for Transdisciplinary Landscape Modelling (Option 2) S-14 - Green Infrastructure in the Urban Landscape: Spatial Patterns and Ecological Processes S-18 - Novel Digital Technologies, Big Data and Geovisualization Approaches for Understanding Landscapes S-21 - Landscape Genetics as a Tool for Managing Human-Impacted Landscapes

Thursday, May 14, 2020

9:00am - 1:00pm	Workshop Introduction to Landscape Ecology with R
1:30pm - 5:30pm	Workshops Introduction to Google Earth Engine for Landscape Ecology ​Introduction to SyncroSim and ST-Sim Optimizing Landscape Resistance Surfaces Using ResistanceGA