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2016 CESU Network National Meeting Session Descriptions

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Session A: CESU Directors Meeting
Tuesday 10:00 to 12:00 (EDT) | 160 Instructional West

Discussion of the following items:
• Welcome, roll call and introductions, review agenda
• Project tracking - dB requirements; rolling vs. periodic data call(s)
• Annual host institution support agreements
• Annual work plan and annual reporting template(s)
• Engaging minority serving institutions
• Engaging new/other entities -- tribal organizations; foundations; state and local agencies; international organizations; professional societies; consortia (WAFWA, FALCON, Regional Govt Councils)
• Student opportunities -- internships; fellowships; training/traineeships; tracking
• Expert/expertise databases -- internal vs. commercial solutions; realistic demand; hosting--local vs. national
• Role of BIA in engaging tribes, tribal orgs, and TCUs
• Round robin across CESUs

This session is for the CESU Directors and program coordinators. Virtual attendance is available via conference call.

Session B: CESU Council Meeting
Tuesday 10:00 to 12:00 (EDT) | 114 Instructional East

Discussion of the following items:
• Welcome, roll call and introductions, review agenda
• IDC Rate assessment – summary, discussion, determination
• Interagency support and host institution agreement status
• Project tracking, database, guidance, legacy vs. real-time
• Annual work plan and annual reporting template(s)
• CESU Network national program office – operations; projects;
• CESU Strategic Plan
• Partner engagement – project distribution; enhancing MSI involvement; expanding partner community; international;
• Student opportunities – internships/fellowships; tracking;
• Expert databases – internal vs. commercial solutions; realistic demand; hosting – local vs. national;
• Agency round robin

This session is for the CESU Council members only. Virtual attendance is available via conference call.

Sessions C, D, E, and F: CESU Council and Directors Work Sessions
Tuesday 1:00 to 3:00, 3:30 to 5:00 and Wednesday 8:00 to 10:00, 10:30 to 12:00 (EDT) | 114 Instructional East

Discussion of the following items:
• See link to agenda, above

These sessions are for the CESU Network Council and CESU Directors and staff, but they are open to all participants. Virtual attendance is available via conference call.

Plenary Session I: State of the Network, Keynote, and Awards
Wednesday 1:00 to 2:30 (EDT) | Auditorium

• State of the Network – Tom Fish, CESU Network National Coordinator
An overview of the current status of the CESU Network, including information on program partners, recent activities, and regional and national initiatives, with opportunities for audience involvement.
• Keynote – Chris Korleski, Director, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes National Program Office
An interactive presentation about the EPA Great Lakes National Program, joint Canada - U.S. Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, and implementation of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative strategic framework.
• CESU National Awards, CESU Network Council
Recognition of the 2016 CESU National Award recipients.

This session is open to all participants. Virtual attendance is available via conference call and webinar.

Plenary Session II: Meet the CESU Network Council
Wednesday 3:00 to 5:00 (EDT) | Auditorium

The CESU Network Council members, representing the 15 federal agencies, discuss participation in the CESU Network, agency research, technical assistance, and education priorities, and engage CESU partners in dialog.

This session is open to all participants. Virtual attendance is available via conference call and webinar.

Session G: CESU Showcase
Thursday 8:00 to 9:30 (EDT) | 114 Instructional East

Session organizer: Tom Fish, CESU Network
This CESU showcase will kick-start the last day of the national meeting and provide a great opportunity for everyone to share and learn more about each CESU’s ideas, goals, and achievements. Each CESU will give a brief presentation to highlights features, attributes, or accomplishments of their respective CESU – for example, what makes it special and unique, emerging natural/cultural resource challenges, exciting projects or groundbreaking research, new CESU partners, or plans for the future.

This session is open to all participants. Virtual attendance is available via conference call and webinar.

Session H: Coordinating Across Agencies, Programs, and Institutions
Thursday 10:00 to 12:00 (EDT) | 114 Instructional East

Session Organizer: Tom Fish
Anna-Marie York, Grants Management Specialist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
John Organ, Chief, Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program, U.S. Geological Survey
Bill Lellis, Deputy Associate Director, Ecosystems, U.S. Geological Survey
Tom Fish, National Coordinator, CESU Network

Many conservation issues are complex and require coordination across agencies, boundaries, institutions, and other entities and interests. While several large collaborative network programs exist, often sharing many of the same partners (e.g., federal agencies; tribal nations; state and local governments; academic institutions; nongovernmental organizations), regular coordination among these programs is often limited or presents challenges. This session will engage leaders from several large networked programs to address frequently asked questions related to how the various networks and their respective field units and partners interface with each other, and discuss avenues for improved communication, coordination, and integration to support diverse science needs and conservation priorities.

This session is open to all participants. Virtual attendance is available via conference call and webinar.

Session I: Coproduction of Knowledge and the CESUs
Thursday 1:00 to 3:00 (EDT) | 114 Instructional East

Session organizer: Sharon Ziegler-Chong, Hawaii-Pacific Islands CESU
Presenters/Panelists: TBD If interested in presenting contact ziegler@hawaii.edu

Much attention is being focused nationally on the “coproduction of knowledge”, which focuses on producing usable or “actionable” science products through collaboration between scientists and resource managers and policy makers. One of the CESU Network's strengths is its history of many long-term relationships fostered between researchers and resource managers and decision makers to steward the nation's natural and cultural resources. This session will highlight CESUs many examples of collaborative and iterative science and the lessons learned.

This session is open to all participants. Virtual attendance is available via conference call and webinar.

Session J: Landscape-Scale Partnerships
Thursday 3:00 to 5:00 (EDT) | 114 Instructional East

Session organizer: Tanya Shenk, Great Plains CESU
Remarks from: Roel Lopez, Texas A&M U.; Maureen McCarthy, U. Nevada, Reno; Dick Warner, National Great Rivers Research and Education Center & U. Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Patrick McGinnis, The Horinko Group; Tom Fish, CESU Network;

The CESU Network is tasked 'to conduct collaborative and interdisciplinary applied projects that address natural and cultural heritage resource issues at multiple scales and in an ecosystem context.' Many agencies and organizations support efforts to develop and implement regional, watershed, landscape or ecosystem conservation projects that address interactions between spatial patterns and ecological and cultural processes. This session will explore an effort to develop an Inter-Unit CESU Consortium focused on the Mississippi River Watershed that. We will present ideas developed during a scoping meeting for the proposed consortium and ask for audience participation to further explore how this effort could be implemented and address questions and concerns. We also encourage the audience to share examples of similar efforts – whether in concept, current development, or implemented.

This session is open to all participants. Virtual attendance is available via conference call and webinar.