2021 Wildlife Webinar Series:
The Nature of Change
Oregon Chapter of the Wildlife Society
January – August 2021 || Zoom
We invite abstracts for our new Wildlife Webinar series. The webinar series will be recurring virtual sessions held from January 2021-August 2021 to provide a platform to present new research to your colleagues during the pandemic. They will provide a consistent on-going environment for wildlifers across the state to learn and engage with each other. Talks and curated sessions will be selected from the submissions and organized by the ORTWS board with a program release date in December. Each session will be 2 hours long with 3-4 presentations followed by a Q&A session and virtual discussion. Each presentation will be approximately 10 minutes long. We look forward to seeing what ORTWS members submit in the upcoming months!
We welcome presentations, special session proposals, and ideas for other facets of the program. All topics in wildlife, vertebrate biology, habitat management, conservation, and application of research findings to conservation and management practices are welcome. Some topics that are especially applicable to this year’s theme include:
- Diversity and inclusion in the wildlife profession
- Climate Change & Marginalized communities
- Climate Change & Emergent Zoonotic Diseases
***Abstract Deadline: September 31, 2020***
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
15 December: Draft Program & Registration Opens
14 January – August 12: Contributed Sessions & Poster Presentations
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
Abstracts for oral presentations and virtual posters must be submitted electronically using this on-line form by September 31, 2020. Please limit abstracts to 250 words. We strongly encourage students to apply!
SUBMITTING PROPOSALS FOR FULL WEBINAR SESSIONS
We encourage submission of full sessions devoted to a single topic or theme. Sessions for the 2021 Wildlife Webinar Series should be able to encompass a 30-40 minute time slot, which can be formatted in a variety of different presentation styles; ORTWS encourages unique and different presentation styles, including, but not limited to:
Moderated Panel Discussion – Three to four individual speaker presentations around a similar topic, developed with a moderator introducing and concluding the various speakers. Question and answer at the conclusion is encouraged to be built into the session time.
Collaborative Discussion – Attendees are actively encouraged to participate in the discussion, led by a moderator and possible speakers. May be in the form of roundtable topics.
Point-Counterpoint Panel – Moderated discussion focused on various sides of a topic, which may or may not include presentations.
Conversation Starter – Moderator is prepared to facilitate an open discussion along a particular topic. They begin with a 5 minute intro of the topic or sides of the topic, then opens to the audience for interactive discussion.
If you have questions about whether your talk or proposed session is a good fit for the conference, please contact the abstract committee chair, Katie Moriarty (katiemoriarty@ortws.org).
For additional questions on our 2021 Member Activities, or if you are interested in volunteering, contact ORTWS Vice President, Daphne Day (daphneday@ortws.org).