2nd Call for Abstracts
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 30, 2020***
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
15 December: Draft Program & Registration Opens
14 January – August 12: Contributed Sessions & Poster Presentations
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
Abstracts for oral presentations and posters must be submitted electronically using this on-line form by September 30, 2020 at 11:59pm. Please limit abstracts to 250 words. We strongly encourage all students to present Posters or Oral talks!
Note for software associated with Oral Presentations:
Visual support for oral presentations will only be allowed in PowerPoint format for PCs (Apple-based format will not be acceptable). PowerPoint presentations should be MS-Office 2013 or earlier version to ensure greatest compatibility with anticipated computer support. As always, give credit where credit is due by naming the image owner. If an image is copyrighted, then get permission from the image owner before using it.
SPECIAL SESSIONS
We encourage submission of full special sessions devoted to a single topic or theme. Special 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 roundtables 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 topic is a good fit for the conference or a proposed session style please contact abstract committee chair Katie Moriarty at katiemoriarty@ortws.org.
For additional questions on the meeting, or if you are interested in volunteering contact Vice President & Annual Meeting Chair Daphne Day (daphneday@ortws.org).