Agenda (Tentative)

17th Wildland Shrub Symposium - Humans in Changing Landscapes

at the Las Cruces Convention Center

May 22-24, 2012

	Tuesday, May 22, 2012	Wednesday, May 23, 2012	Thursday, May 24, 2012
7:30 AM	Registration Desk Open
8:00 AM	Welcome from Shrub Research Consortium Leadership	Technical tours to either Tularosa Basin (White Sands National Monument and White Sands Missile Range) or Jornada Basin (Chihuahuan Desert Range Research Center and the Jornada Experimental Range). Bus transportation and lunch provided. All tours will end at the Jornada Experimental Range headquarters for the conference BBQ. Busses will provide transportation after dinner back to Las Cruces Convention Center and the host hotel (Hotel Encanto).
8:30 AM	Opening Plenary Session I - Mary Lucero, moderator - Keynote Speakers Stephanie Bestelmeyer, Mark Brunson, and David Eldridge
9:00 AM			Plenary Session III - Keynote Speakers - John W. Hawley and Kris Havstad
10:00 AM	Break and Opening of Trade Show		Break and Trade Show
10:15 AM	Technical Oral and Poster Sessions and Trade Show		Technical Oral and Poster Sessions and Trade Show
Noon	Lunch on own		Lunch on own
1:30 PM	Plenary Session II - Keynote Speakers - Bill McDonald and Dawn Browning		Plenary Session IV - Keynote Speakers - Andres Cibils and Adrian Unc
2:30 PM	Break		Break
2:45 PM	Technical Oral and Poster Sessions and Trade Show		Technical Oral and Poster Sessions and Trade Show
4:30 PM	Mid Symposium Plenary Session - Keynote Speaker Curtis Monger		Concluding Symposium Plenary Session Keynote Speaker - Brandon Bestelmeyer
5:00 PM	Adjourn	Shrub Symposium social hour and BBQ dinner at the Jornada Experimental Range Headquarters	Adjourn
7:00 PM	Shrub Research Consortium Business Meeting