LTER ASM 2009 Program Committee

The LNO has puts together a program committee to oversee the organization of the 2009 All Scientists Meeting, which is once again scheduled for Estes Park, CO, in the fall of 2009. The team is co-chaired by Gus Shaver (Arctic LTER) and Bob Waide (LNO).

Team members include: John Vande Castle (synthesis, remote sensing and general logistics) as LNO liaison; Evelyn Gaiser (FCE, aquatic community ecology); Mark Williams (NWT, biogeochemistry, hydrology); Morgan Grove (BES, social science, geography); Chris Boone (CAP, social science, geography); Bob Carpenter (MCR, coral reef trophodynamics, productivity); Jeannine Cavender-Bares (CDR, ecophysiology); Adrian Burd (GCE, biological oceanography/modeling ); Pam Templer (HBR, ecosystem ecology and biogeochemistry) and Nick Oehm (FCE, education).

Also in the program committee are Ali Whitmer (SBC, Education committee co-chair); Kristen Vanderbilt (SEV); Corinna Gries (CAP, IM co-chair); Amber Hardison (VCR, biogeochemistry and graduate student committee co-chair); and Chelse Prather (LUQ, food webs/modeling and grad student committee co-chair).

The team will work together to plan and execute all aspects of the ASM.

The LTER 2009 Long Term Ecological Research Network All Scientists Meeting will be held in Estes Park, Colorado, September 14-16th. The theme of this year's meeting is "Integrating Science and Society in an Ever-Changing World".

The YMCA of the Rockies, which hosted the 1990, 1993, and 2006 meetings, will also be the venue for the 2009 meeting. The formal meeting program will occur from September 14-16th, with the 13th and 17th as travel days for most participants. The LTER Network Office and support staff will arrive on September 10. Ancillary meetings such as the LTER Information Managers meeting will occur on September 12 and 13th.