Please join us for 1.5 days of environmental conservation programming, promoting communication between conservation professionals and UMass Amherst graduate students.
Please join us for 1.5 days of environmental conservation programming, promoting communication between conservation professionals and UMass Amherst graduate students.
Hello ECoGSS affiliated gradate students!
ECoGSS 2019 will be featuring three new workshops as part of our program this year, run by conservation professionals, UMass faculty, and (potentially) you! Please look at our google form below to see the workshop themes and sign up to moderate your workshop of choice. This is a great opportunity to organize and moderate a workshop with local stakeholders!
Google form link: https://goo.gl/forms/IUulNYeFxwpaGk6r1
Calling all ECo-affiliated Graduate Students!
Whether you hail from ECo, MS3, OEB, or anywhere else, we want you to be involved in the 2019 ECo Graduate Student Symposium (ECOGSS). We have been hard at work this summer organizing for the event. Now we need your help! Are you ready to share with the rest of the department the research that you’ve been hard at work on? Do you have an environmental conservation topic that you are passionate about discussing with your peers? ECOGSS is perfect place for you to do this. The symposium will be held in the new Design Building on Thursday, January 24th and Friday, January 25th, 2019. There will be five different ways for you to actively participate in the symposium: traditional talks, lightning talks, a poster session, discussion panels, and workshops.
1) Traditional talks will be allotted a 15-minute time slot, preferably 12 minutes for your talk followed by three minutes for questions. This is a great opportunity to develop and present a talk that you may give at larger conference later in the year.
2) Lightning talks will be allotted 5-minutes, with a question and answer period at the end of a group of talks. Lightning talks will help you communicate your research efficiently and effectively. Now’s your chance to hone that elevator pitch!
3) Posters will be on display during the symposium and there will be an interactive poster session for discussing your work. This is a great opportunity to get feedback on your study design and sampling plan, discuss analyses, share the work being done in your lab, or show off those hot off the press ggplot graphics. More details on posters attached!
4) Discussion panels are a unique opportunity to collaborate with other graduate students and generate interest and ideas on topics that transcend the department. Panels will consist of 3-4 people, last approximately 45 minutes, and can be on a topic of your choosing. Some example topics include: science communication, climate change, or animal tracking. You may submit as a group or as an individual interested in participating. Get brainstorming!
5) Workshops provide an opportunity for students to identify and acquire useful knowledge and skills that are applicable across different disciplines. We will work with students, professors, and community partners to select topics for and plan these workshops. Feel free to submit any ideas you may have!
Abstract and panel topic submissions are due FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30th. To allow opportunities for all interested graduate students, you may apply to present in two of the above formats, exception being you cannot apply to present two kinds of talks (1 & 2). Students in Research Concepts (ECO 601) will be presenting talks in December, and are encouraged to present posters or wait until next year’s symposium to give talks. We look forward to seeing your submissions!
Form for submitting talk abstracts:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJ0xnT8X4IUX_pEGunNDnvzec95UxP3fSDIfr4IEHdpy0xCQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
Form for submitting poster abstracts:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf3i6QCnQ0xuT_RH_I-ZEqoqiTYNIF_ev0XiTvvKlT3SM2O5w/viewform?usp=sf_link
Form for submitting panel ideas:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzr2aZqr7IZ5RT_qeNLSZtdECQwCS6OMeOJixaEzhsQo2Z3A/viewform?usp=sf_link
Please contact us with any questions: ecogss@umass.edu
It’s time to vote for the ECoGSS 2019 Keynote Speaker! Please use the form below to view the nominated speakers and cast your vote.
Please make sure you vote for your candidate by 5 PM, THURSDAY, SEP 27.
Thank you,
ECoGSS Planning Committee
The 2019 ECoGSS Organizing Committee has started planning the 2019 meeting. Current plans are for the meeting to take place in late January 2019.
We are currently accepting nominations for Keynote Speakers for the 2019 meeting. If you would like to nominate someone, please send us an email at ecogss@umass.edu. In your email please include the nominee’s NAME, CONTACT, STATE, WEBSITE/DESCRIPTION OF THEIR WORK. Make sure to check they meet the requirements below! Nominations will close August 15th, 2018.
To qualify, Keynote Nominations must meet the following requirements:
Keep your eye on emails from us for further updates!
2019 ECoGSS Planning Committee