Special Sessions

Saturday, November 14, 2015

8:00 AM-5:30 PM

10:00 AM-2:00 PM

10:00 AM-4:00 PM

Sunday, November 15, 2015

8:30 AM-4:30 PM

9:00 AM-4:30 PM

10:00 AM-4:00 PM

12:15 PM-1:15 PM


Lunch and Learn: Exploring Careers in Extension – Advice for Students and Early Professionals
Rachel Elkins, Casey Hoy, Jonathan Larson, Douglas Walsh and Rebecca Schmidt-Jeffris

Lunch and Learn: Fitting the ‘Narrative’: How Media Hype can Hijack Your Research Findings
G. Philip Hughes, G. Christopher Cutler, Scott Stewart, David Zaruk and Joshua Gilder

1:00 PM-3:00 PM

1:30 PM-5:30 PM

3:30 PM-5:30 PM

6:00 PM-7:10 PM

Monday, November 16, 2015

8:00 AM-11:00 AM

9:30 AM-10:00 AM


Refreshment Break
Cindy Myers

9:30 AM-12:00 PM

10:15 AM-11:30 AM

11:00 AM-1:30 PM

12:15 PM-1:15 PM


Lunch and Learn: Managing Job Transitions as an Early Professional
Mitchell Stamm, Robert Koch, Zach Rystrom, Tamra Lincoln, Andrine A. Shufran, Theresa M. Cira and Ana Velez

12:30 PM-2:00 PM

12:45 PM-1:45 PM

1:00 PM-4:15 PM

1:30 PM-3:30 PM

2:00 PM-4:00 PM


Joint Session: Teaching and Extension
Aaron Daigh and Emily Fuger

5:30 PM-6:30 PM


Student Competition Social Hour with Poster Presenters
Alvin M. Simmons, Catherine Loudon and Jesus F. Esquivel

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

6:30 AM-7:30 AM


5K Fun Run/Walk
Rosina Romano

7:55 AM-12:00 PM


Joint Symposium: Bugs and Dirt: Four Letter Words That Go Together
Randall Southard, Daniel Hirmas, Ed Lewis and Rufus Isaacs

8:00 AM-11:35 AM

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

9:25 AM-12:00 PM

9:30 AM-10:00 AM


Refreshment Break
Cindy Myers

9:55 AM-12:15 PM

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

12:00 PM-1:15 PM

12:15 PM-1:15 PM

1:00 PM-3:05 PM

1:00 PM-4:00 PM

1:15 PM-5:00 PM

1:30 PM-3:00 PM

1:30 PM-4:30 PM


Student Debates
Rebecca Schmidt-Jeffris, Kyndall Dye and Alix Whitener

2:00 PM-5:00 PM

5:30 PM-6:30 PM


Social Hour with Poster Presenters
Sue Blodgett and Melody A. Keena

6:45 PM-8:30 PM

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

8:15 AM-9:45 AM


Workshop: Marketing for Scientists
Rayda Krell and Richard Levine

8:20 AM-11:00 AM

9:00 AM-10:30 AM

9:30 AM-10:00 AM


Refreshment Break
Cindy Myers

11:00 AM-2:30 PM

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

12:15 PM-1:15 PM


Lunch and Learn: Meet the ESA Editors
E. Alan Cameron, Eric Natwick, William Reisen, Marlin Rice, Kevin Steffey, John T. Trumble, Phyllis Weintraub, James Woolley, Kelley Tilmon and Lisa Junker

Social Hour with Poster Presenters
Sue Blodgett and Melody A. Keena

5:30 PM-7:30 PM