Conservation Colloquium Schedule

November 4th, 2005
12:00 - 5:00 pm

William Gates Hall, Magnuson / Jackson Room
Reception to Follow

Preliminary Program

I. Welcome to the Conservation Colloquium

II. Introduction by Law School Dean, W.H. Knight Jr.

III Featured Guest: Provost Phyllis Wise

IV. Contributed Presentations

12:30

Session 1

Eugene Hunn, Anthropology; Indigenous, local, traditional communities' management of subsistence resources

Ron Whitener, Law / Native American Law Center; Modern indigenous principles of conservation

Roger Rosenblatt, Medicine; Conserving vital forests and vibrant rural communities: Conflict, collaboration and symbiosis

Kathleen Wolf, Forest Resources; Human dimensions of urban forestry: exploring conservation psychology

John Marzluff, Forest Resources; Urban Sprawl and forest birds

Sean O'Donnell, Psychology; Linking climate, elevation and army ant community structure in tropical montane forest.

1:20
Session 2

Kristina Hill, Landscape Architecture; Urban design related to water systems and biodiversity

Andrew Light, Philosophy / Public Affairs; Should we fake nature?

Sarah Reichard, Forest Resources; Plant conservation at UW Botanic Gardens

Martha Groom, UW Bothell IAS / Biology; Conservation across landscapes: challenges and approaches

Terrie Klinger, Marine Affairs; Conservation inquiry and action at Friday Harbor Laboratories

Robert Halvorsen, Economics; Individual tradable quotas and conservation of fishery resources

2:10
Break
2:40
Session 3

Chuck Tresser, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences; Environmental Health: Bringing it Together, Bringing it Home

Joyce Cooper, Engineering; Engineering partnerships for sustainability research and education

Dan Peplow, Forest Resources; Community-directed assessment of risk from exposure to mercury from gold mining in Kwakoegron, Suriname

Steve Gilbert, Institute of Neurotoxicology & Neurological Disorders; Bioethics, health, and the precautionary principle

Nancy Rottle, Landscape Architecture; Open space infrastructure preservation and planning

Claire Horner-Devine, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences; Microbes matter: distribution and function of microbial communities

3:30
Session 4

Kevin Laverty, UW Bothell Business Program; University of Washington Environmental Management Program keystone projects

Jim Karr, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences / Biology; Sustaining living systems: It matters what we measure

Dick Olmstead, Biology / Herbarium; Botanical survey of San Juan Islands

Louis Wolcher, Law; Law’s task

Patrick Christie, Marine Affairs / International Studies; Southeast Asia coral reefs and coastal communities

Cindy Watts, Health Services; Economics, scale, and the Plimsoll Line: sustainability and health care

4:20
Program Synthesis: Looking Forward
4:30
Reception