REGIONAL
Call
for Abstracts and Registration
A
traveling workshop in
October 6-13, 2006
Within forest ecosystems, forest canopies –
defined as the upper layer of forests, including leaves and branches – play a
central role in regulating exchanges of carbon, water, and energy between the
lands surface and atmosphere. Approaches
and tools for measuring and translating information from canopy processes to
the level of landscapes and regions lack consensus, coordination, and
standardization, and hinder our understanding of how and why biogeographic
regions show different responses to environmental change. Advances in modeling and monitoring of forest
structure and function, including stable isotopes, remote sensing,
ecohydrological monitoring, and environmental sensor networks, provide powerful
new ways to link canopy processes to regional forest function. The goal of the meeting is to compare, contrast,
and synthesize approaches and research findings to assess regional forest
responses to environmental change, with a specific focus on emerging tools,
methods and standards the international forest canopy science research
community uses to measure, model, and translate forest ecosystem information
across scales from as small as leaves up to entire landscapes and biomes.
The meeting will be a traveling workshop with
scientific presentations in three field locations in the northeastern
Sponsors
International Union of
US-China Carbon Consortium
Organizing
Committee
Chris Beadle – CSIRO
Sharon Billings –
Jiquan Chen –
Kevin Griffin –
Julian Hadley –
Jim Lewis –
Scott Ollinger –
Nathan Phillips –
Mike Ryan -
Marie-Louise Smith,
Keynote Speakers:
Darius Culvenor, CSIRO (confirmed). Topic:
Advances in remote sensing for forest structure assessment
David
Patrick
Megonigal,
Smithsonian Institute (confirmed). Topic: Methane Cycling in Upland
Forests: New Findings and Implications for Forest-Climate Interactions
Maurizio Mencuccini, University of
Scott Ollinger, University of
Diane Pataki,
Jose Luiz
Stape,
University of
Venue Locations
New England Center
603-862-0545
Harvard Forest
(978) 724-3302
http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/index.html
Black Rock Forest
Phone: (845) 534-4517
Fax: (845) 534-6975
www.blackrockforest.org
Fieldtrip Locations
Route 302,
http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/durham/4155/bartlett.htm
Contact Information:
Ecology and Management of Northern Forests
USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station
Louis C Wyman Forest Sciences Laboratory
271 Mast Rd.
PO Box 640
Durham, NH 03824-0640
Tel: (603) 868-7632
(contact info above)
(contact info above)
Meeting Schedule
Friday, October
6
Evening
Reception
and Mixer, |
Saturday,
October 7
Morning and
Afternoon
Field Trip to Evening
Dinner |
Sunday, October
8
Morning
Contributed Oral session with Keynote
Addresses, Afternoon
Travel to Evening
BBQ Dinner at |
Monday, October
9
Morning
Contributed Oral Session with Keynote
Address, Gould AV Center, Afternoon
Contributed Poster Session, |
Tuesday, October
10
Morning
Afternoon
Contributed Oral Session with Keynote
Addresses, Gould AV Center, Evening
Canopy Processes
Business Meeting, Shaler Hall
Seminar Room, 20:00-21:00 |
Wednesday,
October 11
MorningTravel to Afternoon
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Thursday,
October 12
Morning
Contributed Oral Session with Keynote
Address, Afternoon
Contributed Poster Session, Evening
Keynote
Address: TBA, 19:30-20:30 |
Friday, October
13
Morning
Depart for NY Airports or |
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Contributed paper and poster sessions
We expect to have contributed paper and
poster sessions on:
- Processes underlying regional forest responses to environmental change
I: environmental change and carbon, water, and nutrient cycling.
- Processes underlying regional forest responses to environmental
change II: land use change, forest age/size mosaics, biodiversity and
biotic invasions.
- Geography of Regional Forest Responses to Environmental change:
unique attributes of environments, environmental change, and forest
structure and function in differing world regions.
- Phenological changes in forests and their mechanistic basis
- Tools to measure, differentiate, and integrate canopy processes
(e.g., remote sensing, isotopes, gas exchange, sap flow, ecohydrologic
monitoring, sensor networks, canopy access)
- Tools to assimilate, model and scale canopy processes data from
leaf to region
Travel Details
Arriving/departing
by Air
The conference will begin in
Arriving by
Automobile
Parking will be available at the
603-862-0545
Weather and Terrain Conditions:
Average high/low
temperatures are 13/2 0C during October at
Special Accomodations:
Teaching Duties: To facilitate participation by teaching faculty, we plan to podcast keynote addresses that can serve as ‘guest lectures’ at home institutions. Keynote speakers will be encouraged to pay special attention to pedagogy in their talks keeping in mind the remote student audience. Brief outlines of keynote addresses will be delivered beforehand so that teaching faculty can incorporate these talks into their syllabi.
Childcare: Participants with childcare needs should contact Nathan Phillips at Nathan@bu.edu. It may be possible to arrange for a traveling childcare provider to accompany the workshop.
Internet: Wired or wireless access in each room is provided at the
Meals: Vegetarian options will be provided, and should be checked on your registration form. Other dietary restrictions should be listed on the registration form under “special requests”.
Participant Fees
Fees include lodging (7 days, nights of Oct 6
– Oct 12), all meals and breaks, bus transportation to field trips and between
conference venues, and transfers between airports (Boston Logan) and the
We have designed 3 lodging options to
accommodate different needs and budgets: Low, Medium, and High. Lodging options are complicated because of
the three different venues and the small size of the venues. In particular, on-site accommodations are
dorm style and limited to multiple-occupancy at Harvard and
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Single at Holiday Inn Express (www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hd/ftmny) |
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1Fees if payment is received
by June 30, 2006.
Participation
Fees are approximate and may be reduced if we are successful in securing
additional funding to support the meeting.
A payment form is available at:
http://people.bu.edu/nathan/paymentform.htm
No other fee
options are available, and partial refunds will not be given if participants
choose not to attend the entire conference.
Registration
Register
for the meeting by filling in and submitting form (available
at http://people.bu.edu/nathan/iufro_info.htm). Meeting attendance is limited to 85
participants, and will be given on a first-come-first-served basis. The registration deadline has been extended
to July 31, 2006. A $100 deposit that will be applied to your
participant fees is required to reserve a place at the conference. Payment is due no later than July 31, 2006. Participants who complete payment by June 30, 2006 will
receive a $100
discount.
Cancellation policy: A
participant may transfer reservations to another participant at any time with
no penalty. Cancellations received by June 30, 2006 will
receive their payment, less $100 processing costs. Cancellations between June 30, 2006 and July 31, 2006 will
receive their payment, less $300.
Cancellations after August 1, 2006 will receive no refund.
Abstracts
Abstracts
are due by July 15, 2006.
Abstracts should contain a 1) short statement of the research problem
and its background and relevance, 2) the research objective, 3) a brief description
of methods, 4) significant results, and 5) a conclusion. Abstracts should be submitted in plain text
and should be no longer than 400 words.
Please select one of the following categories for your submission:
- Processes underlying regional forest responses to environmental
change I: environmental change and carbon, water, and nutrient cycling. (Processes I)
- Processes underlying regional forest responses to environmental
change II: canopy processes and use change, forest age/size mosaics, biodiversity
and biotic invasions. (Processes II)
- Geography of Regional Forest Responses to Environmental change:
unique attributes of environments, environmental change, and forest
structure and function in differing world regions. (Regional Geography)
- Phenological changes in forests, their mechanistic basis, and
impact on forest function (Phenology)
- Tools to measure,
differentiate, and integrate canopy processes (e.g., remote sensing,
isotopes, gas exchange, sap flow, ecohydrologic monitoring, sensor networks,
canopy access) (Tools I)
- Tools to
assimilate, model and scale canopy processes data from leaf to region (Tools II)
Submit
an abstract:
Email
a word, pdf, or text file to Nathan@bu.edu
with “IUFRO2006 Abstract” in the subject line.
Guidelines
for Contributed Presentations:
Oral
Presentations
– The time available for oral presentations is limited. Oral presentations will be scheduled every 15
minutes, and the schedule will be strictly followed. Plan on having a 12 minute presentation and
leaving 3 minutes for a few questions.
We will have slide and overhead projectors, and a computer
projector. If you plan to use the
computer projector, please save your PowerPoint presentation as a .ppt file and
bring the .ppt file on USB device or CD-ROM.
PowerPoint files in these formats are the only ones we will
support. Because potential
incompatibility problems may cause program delays, you will not be allowed to
plug in your computer to the projector.
Poster
Presentations
– We encourage poster presentations.
Poster presentations will be organized similar to the meeting in
Oregon/Washington, with short presentations and discussion in front of small
groups. Several presentations will occur
simultaneously, and presentations will be repeated several times to allow all
interested participants to see the poster.
Each presenter will have 20 minutes for a 5-10 minute overview and 10-15
minutes of discussion. This format
really worked well, and encouraged much discussion and interaction.
Guidelines
for Contributed Presentations:
We encourage submission of manuscripts at the
meeting. The deadline for manuscript submission will be November 30, 2006. As we expect to receive more manuscripts than
we can publish, priority for publication will be based on date of manuscript
submission.
Application
for assistance for participants from developing countries, or students with
financial hardship:
Limited
funds may
be available to support a few participants from developing countries, or
students with financial hardship. If you
wish to apply for assistance:
1.
Check the appropriate box on the registration form.
2.
Submit an application for assistance containing 1) your CV or resume, 2) a
brief statement of the benefits to you and your organization for you attending
the meeting, 3) a letter supporting your application from a professional
colleague or superior, whether you request assistance with Participant fees,
travel costs, or both. Deadline for
applications is July 15, 2006.
Applications
must be sent to:
Nathan G. Phillips
nathan@bu.edu
1.617-353-2841 (phone)
8399 (fax)