Landscape ecology investigates the causes and consequences of environmental heterogeneity across numerous scales. Rapid shifts in recent decades in pattern and process of many biological and human systems across the globe necessitate the analysis of their sustainability from a landscape ecological perspective. The 26th Annual Symposium will focus on landscape ecological approaches to addressing numerous facets of sustainability in both human and non-human-dominated systems. Linking urban and non-urban landscape processes and their changes over time, and improving understanding of connections between aquatic and terrestrial systems, will both enhance our knowledge of how landscapes function and generate new insights into how biological and human systems may achieve short- and long-term sustainability.
The meeting will include full-day and half-day workshops on Sunday; plenary lectures, symposia, and contributed oral presentations and posters, Monday through Wednesday; half-day field trips on Tuesday, and full-day field trips on Thursday.
Plenary Speakers
- David Hulse, Philip H. Knight Professor in Landscape Architecture. University of Oregon
- Larry Robinson, Assistant Secrettary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Robert Costanza, Professor and Director of the Institute for Sustainable Solutions, Portland State University
Meeting Venue
The 2011 US-IALE Symposium will be held Sunday, April 3 through Thursday, April 7 at the Hilton Portland & Executive Tower in downtown Portland, Oregon. The Hilton Portland & Executive Tower hotel in Portland, the largest hotel in the state, consists of two separate buildings. The Main Building, which is where the US-IALE Symposium will be held, was remodeled in 2006. The Hilton Portland & Executive Tower is Green Seal Certified and works to decrease its impact on the environment and improve sustainability. Green Seal is a non-profit organization that promotes the management, purchase and use of environmentally responsible products and services.
Deadline for abstracts: December 1, 2010
Contact Information
Conference Local Hosts
Anita Morzillo (localhost [dot] usiale2011 [at] oregonstate [dot] edu)
Rob Scheller (localhost [dot] usiale2011 [at] oregonstate [dot] edu)
Program Chair
Rebecca Kennedy (programchair [dot] usiale2011 [at] oregonstate [dot] edu)
Conference Coordinator
Cindy Delaney (cindy [at] delaneymeetingevent [dot] com)
US Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology
US-IALE fosters landscape ecology in the United States, providing a link among practitioners in landscape ecology in the US and the international community, and promoting interdisciplinary research and communication among scientists, planners, and other professionals concerned with landscape ecology.
Landscape ecology investigates the causes and consequences of environmental heterogeneity across numerous scales. Rapid shifts in recent decades in pattern and process of many biological and human systems across the globe necessitate the analysis of their sustainability from a landscape ecological perspective. The 26th Annual Symposium will focus on landscape ecological approaches to addressing numerous facets of sustainability in both human and non-human-dominated systems. Linking urban and non-urban landscape processes and their changes over time, and improving understanding of connections between aquatic and terrestrial systems, will both enhance our knowledge of how landscapes function and generate new insights into how biological and human systems may achieve short- and long-term sustainability.
The meeting will include full-day and half-day workshops on Sunday; plenary lectures, symposia, and contributed oral presentations and posters, Monday through Wednesday; half-day field trips on Tuesday, and full-day field trips on Thursday.
Plenary Speakers
David Hulse
Philip H. Knight Professor in Landscape Architecture
University of Oregon
Larry Robinson
Assistant Secrettary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Robert Costanza
Professor and Director of the Institute for Sustainable Solutions
Portland State University
Meeting Venue
The 2011 US-IALE Symposium will be held Sunday, April 3 through Thursday, April 7 at the Hilton Portland & Executive Tower in downtown Portland, Oregon. The Hilton Portland & Executive Tower hotel in Portland, the largest hotel in the state, consists of two separate buildings. The Main Building, which is where the US-IALE Symposium will be held, was remodeled in 2006. The Hilton Portland & Executive Tower is Green Seal Certified and works to decrease its impact on the environment and improve sustainability. Green Seal is a non-profit organization that promotes the management, purchase and use of environmentally responsible products and services.
Deadline for abstracts: December 1, 2010
To find a link to the symposium website for instructions and online submission, visit: http://www.usiale/org/portland2011/
Symposium Contact Information
Conference Local Hosts
Anita Morzillo (localhost [dot] usiale2011 [at] oregonstate [dot] edu)
Rob Scheller (localhost [dot] usiale2011 [at] oregonstate [dot] edu)
Program Chair
Rebecca Kennedy (programchair [dot] usiale2011 [at] oregonstate [dot] edu (programchair [dot] usiale2011 [at] oregonstate [dot] edu))
Conference Coordinator
Cindy Delaney (cindy [at] delaneymeetingevent [dot] com (cindy [at] delaneymeetingevent [dot] com))
US Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology
US-IALE fosters landscape ecology in the United States, providing a link among practitioners in landscape ecology in the US and the international community, and promoting interdisciplinary research and communication among scientists, planners, and other professionals concerned with landscape ecology