Conference Schedule

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 Wednesday, 9/17Thursday, 9/18Friday, 9/19Saturday, 9/20
7:00 a.m. Morning WalksMorning Walks 
8:00 a.m. BreakfastBreakfastBreakfast
9:00 a.m. 

Welcome: Liz Thompson

Invocation: Steve Blackmer

Keynote: Bob Leverett

Keynote: Tom Spies

Closing Remarks from Organizers

Depart for Field Trips

10:00 a.m. Plenary: A Wildlands Vision and Progress with David Foster & Jon LeibowitzKeynote: Lynda MapesField Trips
11:00 a.m. Plenary: An Indigenous Perspective on Old Growth with Leslie JonasPlenary: New Insights on Forest Dynamics from a Network of Eastern Old-Growth Forests with Dave Orwig
Noon LunchLunch
1:00 p.m.Arrival and check-in, and pre-conference workshopsPlenary: The Literature, Poetics, and Music of Old Growth with John ElderPlenary: Rewilding and Old Growth Forest with Tom Butler
2:00 p.m.SessionsSessions
3:00 p.m.SessionsSessions
4:00 p.m.Plenary: Human Relationships with Old Growth with Marianne Patinelli-DubaySessions 
5:00 p.m.

Reception in the Barn

Posters and Art Show

Reception in the Barn

Posters and Art Show

 
6:00 p.m.DinnerDinnerDinner 
7:00 p.m.Social Hour on West LawnKeynote: Jerry FranklinKeynote Panel: Jerry Franklin, Tom Spies, Lynda Mapes 
8:00 p.m. Bonfire, Social HourBonfire, Social Hour