Environmental Conservation Graduate Student Symposium 2020
Friday, February 28, 2020 – Design Building UMass Amherst campus, Amherst, MA
Attendees are asked to adhere to the ECoGSS 2020 Code of Conduct
9:00 – 9:20 am Registration and Coffee
9:20 – 9:30 am Opening Remarks, Dr. Curt Griffin, Chair, Environmental Conservation
9:30 – 10:10 am Dr. Kathleen Bell, School of Economics, University of Maine — invited keynote speaker
10:20 – 11:45 am Traditional talks (Session 1)
- Aaron Grade, Jordanna Barley, Felipe Quezada, Alec Baker, Ben Padilla
11:45 am – 1:00 pm Lunch and Poster Session
- Individual posters: Jacqueline Dias, Mariela Garcia Arredondo, Samuel Mayne, John Swenson, Jamie Adkins Stoll, Laura Hancock
- Lab posters: representing the group research led by Allison Roy, Michelle Staudinger, Kristina Stinson, Chris Sutherland, Marco Keiluweit, the Family Forest Research Center
1:00 – 2:15 pm Networking with Conservation Professionals
2:30 – 3:00 pm Lightning Talks (Session 2)
- Amanda Suzzi, Megan Brockelbank, Meg Harrington, Alexia Perides
3:05 – 4:05 pm Traditional Talks (Session 3)
- Andrew Villeneuve, Bryan Legare, Jennifer Ryan
4:15 – 4:50 pm Lightning Talks (Session 4)
- Nadia Fernandez, Gates Dupont, Ryan Suttle
5:00 – 5:15 pm Closing Remarks and Prizes
5:30 – 7:00 pm Gathering at the UClub, UMass Amherst Campus