Dear Marmam folks, Here are a bunch of important updates on the AESS 2011 conference in Burlington, VT on June 23-26. Please note especially the extended deadline for abstract submission and the call for abstracts for open panel sessions and symposia. Thanks, and apologies for cross-postings. Cheers, Rich -- Richard L. Wallace Program Chair Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences and Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Ursinus College rwallace@ursinus.edu<mailto:rwallace@ursinus.edu> * * * * * * * * Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences 2011 Conference "Confronting Complexity" June 23-26, 2011, Burlington, Vermont Hosted by the University of Vermont Please Note These Exciting Updates: * The AESS 2011 call for abstracts deadline has been extended until March 22 * Registration is Now Open! * Pre-conference workshops and field trips have been announced * Preliminary program information is now on the conference website * Open symposia and panel sessions are seeking participants (titles and contact info are provided at the end of this e-mail. Full descriptions are available here<https://aess.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=939971&module_id=90340>) * AESS student presentation awards competition announced * AESS 2011 to feature the Vermont premier of the documentary film "Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time<http://www.aldoleopold.org/greenfire>" [cid:image001.jpg@01CBD749.41B73020] For all conference information, including registration, abstract submission, and program information, please visit the AESS 2011 Conference Website<http://www.aess.info/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=939971&module_id=81727>. If you have any questions, please contact AESS Program Chair Rich Wallace at rwallace@ursinus.edu<mailto:rwallace@ursinus.edu> or AESS 2011 Site Host Stephanie Kaza at skaza@uvm.edu<mailto:skaza@uvm.edu> To learn more about AESS or to become an AESS member, click here!<http://www.aess.info/> AESS 2011 Sessions Seeking Participants The titles of all open sessions are listed below. To submit an abstract for one of these sessions, follow the normal abstract submission process located here<https://aess.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=939971&module_id=90325> on the conference website. Please be sure to specify the session title in your abstract! Full descriptions of the sessions are available here<https://aess.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=939971&module_id=90340>. If you have questions on any of the sessions, please contact the session coordinator listed below. There are both open panel sessions and open symposia. The definitions and differences are as follows: Definition of a panel session: Panel sessions include shorter oral presentations than symposia - a maximum of 10 minutes - and are primarily designed to promote thought and discussion rather than to convey (for example) research results. The emphasis is on the discussion at least as much as it is on the individual oral presentations. Definition of a symposium: A symposium is a collection of oral presentations focused on conveying theory, research results, or other scholarly content. The focus of this type of session is on the content of the presentations. Presentation length limit is 15 minutes. Panels Seeking Participants Visit the Panel Session Directory Here<http://www.aess.info/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=939971&module_id=91449> 1. Grass, Wire, Paper, Plastic: The Environmental Impact of the Recycled Crafts Industry (Panel). Coordinator: Deborah Naybor, danaybor@buffalo.edu<mailto:danaybor@buffalo.edu> 2. Exploring How Mass Media Confront Complexity When Covering Climate Change (Panel). Coordinator: Maxwell Boykoff, boykoff@colorado.edu<mailto:boykoff@colorado.edu> 3. Career Advising in ESS: Demystifying Green Job Counseling (Panel). Coordinator: Mark O'Gorman, mark.ogorman@maryvillecollege.edu<mailto:mark.ogorman@maryvillecollege.edu> 4. Overcoming the Challenges of Multi-X Collaborations (Panel). Coordinator: Jeff Frolik, jfrolik@uvm.edu<mailto:jfrolik@uvm.edu> 5. Artists and Environmental Scientists: Opportunities for Skill-Sharing and Collaborations (Panel). Coordinator: Jennifer Joy Pawlitschek, jjoy@jenniferjoyonline.com<mailto:jjoy@jenniferjoyonline.com> 6. Social Responses to New Renewable Energy Technologies and Infrastructure (Panel). Coordinator: Stewart Fast, sfast082@uottawa.ca<mailto:sfast082@uottawa.ca> 7. Urban Environmental Pedagogies: Bringing Theory to Practice (Panel). Coordinator: Patrick Hurley, phurley@ursinus.edu<mailto:phurley@ursinus.edu> Symposia Seeking Participants Visit the Symposia Directory Here<http://www.aess.info/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=939971&module_id=91748> 1. Municipal Solid Waste Policy: Mandatory Retail Take-Back for Universal and Household Hazardous Waste (Symposium). Coordinator: Patti Toews, ptoews@iwma.com<mailto:ptoews@iwma.com> 2. Coming Clean: Environmental Information Disclosure in the United States (Symposium). Coordinator: Michael Kraft, kraftm@uwgb.edu<mailto:kraftm@uwgb.edu> 3. 'Complexifying' the Vision: Increasing Hospitality toward Different Ways of Knowing in the ESS Classroom (Symposium). Coordinator: Nancy Rich, nrich@antioch.edu<mailto:nrich@antioch.edu> 4. A Role for Privilege in Complexity Theory: The Contributions of William Freudenburg (Symposium). Coordinator: Debra Davidson, debra.davidson@ualberta.ca<mailto:debra.davidson@ualberta.ca> 5. A Place for History in an Environmental Studies Program (Symposium). Coordinator: Eric Mogren, mogren@niu.edu<mailto:mogren@niu.edu>