Schedule at a glance

Tuesday, March 28, 2006
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm Registration
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm Executive Board Meeting (invitation only)
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Opening Reception
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration
7:00 am - 8:00 am Landscape Ecology Editorial Board Meeting
7:00 am - 12:00 pm Exhibitor Set-up
9:00 am - 10:10 am Opening Plenary Session – Dr. Hugh Possingham
"Some Challenges in Conservation Planning Theory and Tools"
10:10 am - 10:20 am Refreshment Break
10:20 am - 12:00 pm Oral sessions
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm General Membership Meeting
1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Oral Sessions
2:40 pm - 3:00 pm Refreshment Break
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Oral Sessions
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Poster Session, Visit Exhibits, Cash Bar
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm NASA-MSU Banquet
8:00 pm - 11:00 pm Student Social
Thursday, March 30, 2006
7:00 am - 1:00 pm Registration
8:00 am - 9:50 am Oral Sessions
9:40 am - 10:00 am Refreshment Break
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Oral Sessions
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch and Student Mentor Lunch
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Field Trips
- Torrey Pines State Reserve- Island of Rare Habitats Between City and Sea
- Cabrillo National Monument, Point Loma Ecological Conservation Area
- San Diego Natural History Museum, Balboa Park and local canyons (CANCELLED)
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Reception
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Conference Banquet
Friday, March 31, 2006
7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration
8:30 am - 9:40 am Plenary Session – Dr. Exequiel Excurra
"The Gulf of California: Pursuit of a Vision"
9:40 am - 10:00 am Refreshment Break
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Oral Sessions
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Oral Sessions
2:40 pm - 3:00 pm Refreshment Break
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Oral Sessions
Saturday, April 1, 2006
Post Conference Workshops- at San Diego State University
( transportation included)
8:30 am - 4:30 pm Introduction to FRAGSTATS (lunch included)
8:30 am - 12:00 pm GEOMOD Land-Use Change Model Workshop
1:30 pm - 5:30 pm Ecohydrological Modeling with RHESSys Workshop
1:30 pm - 5:30 pm LANDIS-II Landscape Disturbance and Forest Change Modeling Workshop
Post Conference Field Trips:
7:00 am - 11:00 am Local birding field trip (CANCELLED)
8:00 am - 6:00 pm Beach Sands to Desert Sands
9:00 am - 3:00 pm Chaparral- A Landscape Shaped By Fire and Drought (CANCELLED)