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AM2003 Media Registration Form
 

The Ecological Society of America
88th Annual Meeting

held jointly with
the International Society for Ecological Monitoring – North American Chapter
Uplands to Lowlands: Coastal Processes in at Time of Global Change


August 3-8, 2003 - Savannah, Georgia  

Please read all of the information below carefully BEFORE completing this Meeting Registration Form.

If you will attend as a member of the Media (with press credentials) please complete this alternate version of this Meeting Registration Form available in electronic format on the ESA website.

 

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Adult Guest Registration Section
To request Adult Guest Registration, please indicate the name of any adult guest (e.g., spouse, domestic partner, significant other, family Member, or other person age 17 or older) accompanying you at the ESA/ISEM Annual Meeting. You MUST register adult guests who will participate in a Scientific Field Trip and/or Ticketed Event and pay the $25.00 Guest Fee for each. Registered adult guests are entitled to LIMITED access to meeting programs and amenities as described in the Preliminary Program, but are NOT eligible to attend the full scientific program. Each adult guest who plans to attend the full scientific program MUST complete a separate Meeting Registration Form to register independently.
 Guest Name
 Assess Each Guest Fee
$25.00 US Dollars 
$25.00 US Dollars 
 
Programs & Activities Section

PLEASE NOTE: Each Scientific Field Trip participant (or the parent or guardian of each participant under 18 years of age) MUST sign an Accident Waiver and Release of Liability Form prior to trip departure. A pdf version of the form may be downloaded and printed from the ESA website (see at www.esa.org/savannah/ ) or a hardcopy may be requested from Onsite Meeting Registration staff or trip leaders.

We strongly urge you to read the Important Notes on enrollment, cancellation, and logistics that accompany the detailed descriptions of Scientific Field Trips in the Preliminary Program. The deadline for registering for these activities is Monday, July 7, 2003. Should your plans change, ESA will allow you to cancel if you do so in accordance with our Cancellation Policy. ESA RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CANCEL ANY TRIP FOR WHICH THE MINIMUM REGISTRATION IS NOT REACHED. Updates on filled or cancelled activities will be posted on the Annual Meeting page of the ESA website under Annual Meeting Alerts. (See www.esa.org/savannah/)

Except where otherwise noted, trips depart from and return to the Savannah International Trade & Convention Center (SITCC).

Field Trips
Code
Description
PRE-MEETING OVERNIGHT TRIPS

Fee Per Person

FT-1
Sapelo Island/University of Georgia Marine Institute
Departs on Friday, August 1 at 8:30 AM; Returns on Sunday, August 3 at 5 PM
Fee includes transportation, lodging, meals, snacks, and boat tour.
FT-2
Coweeta LTER/UGA Institute of Ecology
Trip departs from UGA in Athens. Participants must arrive at in Athens by 10 PM on Friday, August 1 (Overnight accommodations included in fee)
Departs on Saturday, August 1 at 7 AM from UGA; Returns on Sunday, August 3 by 5 PM to the SITCC.
Fee includes two nights lodging, two lunches, soft drinks and water, handouts, and transportation from the University of Georgia (UGA) to Savannah. Breakfast and dinner on Saturday, breakfast on Sunday, and transportation to UGA on Friday, August 1 are at your own expense.
FT-3
Jones Ecological Center - The Fire Forest: The Longleaf Pine Ecosystem
Departs on Saturday, August 2 at 8 AM; Returns on Sunday, August 3 at 7 PM
Fee includes transportation, overnight lodging, meals, and handout materials.
FT-4
Overnight Trip to Stephen C. Foster State Park in the Okefenokee Swamp
Departs on Saturday, August 2 at 7 AM; Returns on Sunday, August 3 at 6 PM
Fee includes transportation, lodging, two lunches, and admission to the State Park. Breakfast and dinner and optional  boat rental for water trips are at your own expense.

FT-5
SATURDAY EVENING TRIP
Low Country Tour with Dutch-Treat Dinner at Crab Shack

Departs Saturday, August 2 at 5:30 PM; Returns at 9 PM with stops at several official lodging locations.
Fee includes transportation with en-route interpretive narrative and stops in the Low Country marshes and Tybee Light House. Dinner is at your own expense.
 
FT-6

SUNDAY ONE-DAY TRIPS
Day Trip to Stephen C. Foster State Park in the Okefenokee Swamp
 
Departs on Sunday, August 3 at 7 AM; Returns at 7 PM
Fee includes transportation, lunch, beverages, and park admission.

FT-7
Science and Management on the Altamaha River
Departs on Sunday, August 3 at 7 AM; Returns at 5 PM
Fee includes transportation, three-hour boat trip, and water. Lunch is at your own expense.
FT-8
Ossabaw Island  
Departs on Sunday, August 3 at 8 AM; Return at 5 PM
Fee includes transportation, lunch, and beverages.
FT-9
Fort McAllister State Park  
Departs on Sunday, August 3 at 8 AM; Returns at 5 PM
Fee includes transportation, park admission, lunch, and beverages.
FT-10
Magnolia Springs and Aquarium
Departs on Sunday, August 3 at 8 AM; Return at 5 PM
Fee includes transportation, lunch, beverages, and admissions. Recommended for families. Optional boat rental is at your own expense.
FT-11
Fort Stewart
Departs on Sunday, August 3 at 8 AM; Returns at 5 PM
Fee includes transportation, lunch, and beverages.
FT-12
Skidaway Institute and Skidaway State Park
Departs on Sunday, August 3 at 8 AM; Returns at 5 PM
Fee includes transportation, park admission and interpretive program, lunch, and beverages. Recommended for families.
 
FT-13
MID-WEEK DAY TRIP
Wormsloe Plantation and Skidaway Aquarium
Departs on Wednesday, August 6 at 8 AM; Returns at 5 PM
Fee includes transportation, admission fees, lunch, and beverages.

 

Workshops

PLEASE NOTE: We strongly urge you to read the Important Notes on enrollment, cancellation, and logistics that accompany the detailed descriptions of Workshops in the Preliminary Program. The deadline for registering for these activities is Monday, July 7, 2003. Should your plans change, ESA will allow you to cancel if you do so in accordance with our Cancellation Policy. ESA RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CANCEL ANY WORKSHOP FOR WHICH THE MINIMUM REGISTRATION IS NOT REACHED. Updates on filled or cancelled activities will be posted on the Annual Meeting page of the ESA website under Annual Meeting Alerts. (See www.esa.org/savannah/)

Code
Description
SUNDAY OFF SITE WORKSHOPS (Times reflect scheduled shuttle departure and return rather than workshop start and end times.)

Fee Per Person

WK-1
Vegetation Analysis for Defining and Revising the National Vegetation Classification
All participants must be approved in advance.
Sunday, August 3, 8 AM to 5 PM, Savannah State University, Computer Lab
Fee includes transportation to and from offsite workshop location, use of computer lab, box lunch, and beverages.
WK-2
AQUATOX Ecosystem Model
Sunday, August 3, 8 AM to 5 PM, Savannah College of Art and Design, Library Computer Lab #1 
Fee includes transportation to and from offsite workshop location, use of computer lab, instruction and materials, morning continental breakfast, box lunch, and afternoon refreshments.
WK-3
Introduction to TIEE (Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology)
Sunday, August 3, 8 AM to 12:30 PM, Savannah College of Art and Design, Library Computer Lab #2
Fee includes shuttle transportation use of computer lab, TIEE CD-ROM, and continental breakfast.
WK-4
TIEE (Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology) Authors Workshop
Sunday, August 3, 12 NOON to 5 PM, Savannah College of Art and Design Computer, Library Computer Lab #2
Fee includes transportation to and from offsite workshop location, use of computer lab, TIEE CD-ROM, and afternoon refreshments.

WK-5
SUNDAY WORKSHOPS (Onsite at SITCC)
Innovative Teaching and Active Learning in Ecology

Sunday, August 3, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, SITCC, First Floor, Meeting Rooms 101 and 102
Fee includes continental breakfast, lunch, snack breaks, and workshop handouts.
 WK-6

Exploring the Role of Ecologists and Scientific Research in the Current International Coffee Crisis
Sunday, August 3, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, SITCC, First Floor, Meeting Rooms 103 and 104
Fee includes continental breakfast, lunch, and snack breaks.

WK-7
Ecological Risk Assessment: How to Decide if Something is Wrong and What to Do About It 
Sunday, August 3, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, SITCC, Second Floor, Meeting Room 205 Fee includes continental breakfast, lunch, and snack breaks.
WK-8
Inquiry-Guided Learning for Ecosystem Management Education
Sunday, August 3, 12:30 PM to 4:45 PM, SITCC, Second Floor, Meeting Room 204
Fee includes afternoon snack break and resource materials.
WK-9
Leveraging the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Data Archive for Carbon Modelers
Sunday, August 3, 12:30 PM to 4:45 PM, SITCC, First Floor, Meeting Room 106
Fee includes afternoon snack break and internet presentations.
WK-10
Moving Science Beyond the Ivory Tower: Communicating to Support Improved Conservation Policies and Practices
Sunday, August 3, 12:30 PM to 4:45 PM, SITCC, Second Floor, Meeting Room 200
Fee includes afternoon snack breaks and handout materials.
WK-11
Developing a Successful Undergraduate Research Program: How Do We Know if We Are Doing it Right?
Sunday, August 3, 12:30 PM to 4:45 PM, SITCC, Second Floor, Meeting Rooms 201 and 202
Fee includes afternoon snack break.
WK-12
So You Want to Use Stable Isotopes to Study Animal Migration?
Sunday, August 3, 12:30 PM to 4:45 PM, SITCC, Second Floor, Meeting Room 203
Fee includes afternoon snack break.
 WK-13
Integrating Models, Software, and Stakeholders
Sunday, August 3, 12:30 PM to 4:45 PM, SITCC, First Floor, Meeting Room 105
Fee includes afternoon snack break.
 WK-14
Not Sufficient Funds? Sources and Sinks in the NSF Ecology Budget
Sunday, August 3, 3:30 PM to 4:45 PM, SITCC, First Floor, Oglethorpe Auditorium
Fee includes sodas and a cookie.
 WK-15
WEEKDAY LUNCHTIME WORKSHOPS (Onsite at SITCC)
ESA Education Section Charter: A Vision for the Future
Monday, August 4, 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM, SITCC, Second Floor, Meeting Room 205
Fee includes one Grab-and-Go Lunch ticket.
 WK-16
Introduction to SEEDS
Tuesday, August 5, 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM, SITCC, Second Floor, Meeting Room 205
Fee includes one Grab-and-Go Lunch ticket.
 WK-17
Integrating Scientific Research and Ecology Education Symposium
Wednesday, August 6, 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM, SITCC, Second Floor, Meeting Room 205
Fee includes one Grab-and-Go Lunch ticket.
 WK-18
Non-Traditional Sources of Funding for Ecologists: Opportunities at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Wednesday, August 6, 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM, SITCC, Second Floor, Meeting Room 204
Fee includes one Grab-and-Go Lunch ticket.
 WK-19
With or Without NEON, What Next?
Wednesday, August 6, 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM, SITCC, Second Floor, Meeting Room 203
Fee includes one Grab-and-Go Lunch ticket.
   
Ticketed Events

PLEASE NOTE: We strongly urge you to read the Important Notes on enrollment, cancellation, and logistics that accompany the detailed descriptions of Ticketed Events in the Preliminary Program. The deadline for registering for these is Monday, July 7, 2003. Should your plans change, ESA will allow you to cancel if you do so in accordance with our Cancellation Policy. ESA RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CANCEL ANY EVENT FOR WHICH THE MINIMUM REGISTRATION IS NOT REACHED. Updates on filled or cancelled activities will be posted on the Annual Meeting page of the ESA website under Annual Meeting Alerts. (See www.esa.org/savannah/)

Code
Description
TICKETED SOCIAL EVENTS
Fee Per Person
TK-1
All Society Welcome Mixer
(Registration fee includes one ticket; guest tickets also available)

Sunday, August 3, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM, SITCC, First Floor, Exhibit Halls A and B Meeting 
Tickets for guests are available at additional cost. ( $15 US Dollars per adult, $6 US Dollars per child ages 6-12, No charge for children under 6)
Additional Adult Fee

Child Fee
TK-2
Federal Ecologists’ Reception
Monday, August 4, 6:30 PM to 8 PM, Hyatt Regency Savannah, Lobby Level, Atrium
TK-3
Student Mixer 
Tuesday, August 5, 7 PM to 8:30 PM, Downtown Savannah, Reynolds Square
TK-4
Education Mosaic Mixer (formerly the Diversity in Ecology Mixer)
Wednesday, August 6, 6:30 PM to 8 PM, Hyatt Regency Savannah, Lobby Level, Chatham Room
TK-5
Diversity in Ecology Luncheon - Communicating Ecology to Diverse Audiences
Thursday, August 7, 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM, SITCC, Second Floor, Chatham Ballroom A
 TK-6

ESA Social: Low Country Boil and Southern Jazz (Open to both ESA and ISEM members)
Thursday, August 7, 11:30 PM to 9:30 PM, Historic Savannah Orleans Square and Orleans Hall ($27 US Dollars per adult, $13 US Dollars per child ages 6-12,  No charge for children under 6)

Adult Fee

Child Fee
TK-7
Annual Meeting Summary Breakfast
Friday, August 8, 7 AM to 8:30 AM, SITCC, Second Floor, Chatham Ballroom A

Code
Description
SPECIAL TICKET EVENTS

Fee Per Person

ST-1 Wisconsin Ecologists' Lunch
Monday, August 4, 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM, SITCC, First Floor, Jasper Board Room Fee includes one beer and a selection of salads and desserts.
ST-2
Christian Ecologists’ Mixer
Monday, August 4, 6:30 PM to 8 PM, Hyatt Regency Savannah, Fourth Floor, Suite 415 and Patio

 

ST-3
Grad Student and Post Doc Bagels and Coffee Roundtables with Governing Board   (Exclusively for Graduate Students and Post Doctoral Candidates)
Tuesday, August 5, 7 AM to 8 AM, SITCC, Second Floor, Chatham Ballroom A
Bagels and cream cheese, coffee, and tea will be served.
No charge, but pre-registration is requested
ST-4
Sunrise Fun Run/Fun Walk   
Wednesday, August 6, 5:30 AM to 7 AM, Starts and finishes at the SITCC - Rain or Shine (Meeting shuttle service from official lodging locations to SITCC will start at 5 AM.)
Fee includes numbered bib, water, prizes, and event souvenir.
Pre-registration is encouraged – All participants must sign an Accident Waive, and Release of Liability Form
ST-5
University of Georgia Ecology Mixer
Wednesday, August 6, 6:30 PM to 8 PM, Hyatt Regency Savannah, Lobby Level, Waterfront North
Fee includes hors d’oeuvres and Cash Bar.

EV-A

TICKETED EVENING SESSIONS
Public Policy over Pretzels and Beer  
Monday, August 4, 8 PM to 10 PM, Hyatt Regency Savannah, River Street Level, Harborside Center East.
Fee includes a bottle of micro-brew or imported beer and plenty of pretzels.
EV-B

Professional Certification and the Workplace  
Monday, August 4, 8 PM to 10 PM, Hyatt Regency Savannah, River Street Level, Harborside Center West.
Fee includes a bottle of micro-brew or imported beer, glass of wine, or soft drink, and hors d'oevres. Cash bar for additional beverages.



GG-A
GRAB-AND-GO LUNCHES
(Tickets are specific to each day.  Prices reflect advance-sale discount.)
Grab-and-Go Lunch

Monday, August 4, 11:30 AM to 1 PM, SITCC, Georgia International Gallery
Includes choice of grilled lemon tarragon chicken with mixed greens and tomato, tuna salad with lettuce and tomato, or orzo pasta salad with feta cheese, black olives, spinach, and pinenuts half wrap sandwich, plus chips, whole fresh fruit, and soft drink.
 


GG-B
Grab-and-Go Lunch  
Tuesday, August 5, 11:30 AM to 1 PM, SITCC, Georgia International Gallery.
Includes choice of grilled chicken caesar salad, bay shrimp salad with salad greens, or marinated Asian vegetable half wrap sandwich, plus chips, whole fresh fruit, and soft drink.
GG-C
Grab-and-Go Lunch  
Wednesday, August 6, 11:30 AM to 1 PM, SITCC, Georgia International Gallery.
Includes choice of turkey with lettuce, tomato, and sprouts, mixed grilled vegetables, or chicken salad with lettuce and tomato half wrap sandwich, plus chips, whole fresh fruit, and soft drink.
GG-D
Grab-and-Go Lunch  
Thursday, August 7, 11:30 AM to 1 PM, SITCC, Georgia International Gallery.
Includes choice of grilled chicken with tabbouleh and tomato herb sauce, curried vegetable rye salad, or roast salmon with lettuce and tomato half wrap sandwich, plus chips, whole fresh fruit and soft drink.
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