International Congress on Ecosystem Health: Managing for Ecosystem Health

Co-organized by the University of California (Davis campus
and Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources) and
the International Society for Ecosystem Health

Attention Congress Speakers: Important Update for Presenters
includes a "thank you" to presenters and
information about manuscript publication!

Attendance Information
	Schedule of Events
	The Congress at a Glance
	Useful Information
	Registration
	Travel
	Accommodations
	Related Conferences
	Information for Presenters
	How to Reach Us

Laurie Garrett, author of The Coming Plague, will be the Banquet Reception speaker Tuesday, August 17.

Technical Session TS-26 "Ecology of Infectious Diseases" will be presented online in a live Webcast on Wednesday, 1:15–3:15, via NASA Quest. The cyber-audience will have opportunites to ask questions of the experts.
Compton J. Tucker, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, will be the session chair.

Program		Planning Structures
	Overview		Coordinating Committee
	Plenary Sessions		Congress Secretariat
	Discussion Forums		International Organizing Committee
	Technical Sessions		Local Program Development Committee
	Special Events
	Poster Sessions	Congress Support
	Scientific Tours/Field Trips		Major Donors
	Young Professionals Forum		Contributors
	Satellite Meetings		Supporters
	Exhibits		Co-sponsors

The objective of the Congress is to encourage integrative thinking towards managing for ecosystem health. The program will bring together internationally recognized scholars from a wide variety of disciplines, as well as representatives from government agencies, nonprofit organizations, corporations and ecosystem-related professions. There will be analytical discussion sessions on issues concerning ecosystem health, with Congress recommendations being developed.

The three themes for the Congress are:

• The Science and Technology of Assessing Ecosystem Health

• Political, Cultural and Economic Issues Influencing Ecosystem Health

• Case Studies and Approaches to Ecosystem Management

The program should appeal to those within a broad range of scholarly and management-oriented interests, including scientists in the biological, physical, and social sciences and those in the professional realms of environmental protection, ecosystem management, human and veterinary medicine, and agriculture.

Features of the Congress include the following:

Technical Sessions

Integration of contemporary research from multiple disciplines and compelling case studies to form technical sessions that each span the range from research to management of ecosystem health.
Examples of technical session topics are:

• Coastal and marine ecosystems

• The agricultural/ecosystem interface

• Human health and ecosystem health

• Transportation corridors and ecosystem health

• Ecosystem effects from invasive species

• Global change and ecosystem health
Opportunities for active participation by Congress registrants:

• Analytical discussion sessions on issues concerning ecosystem health

• Satellite meetings hosted by professional societies and agencies

• Structured or guided poster sessions

• Field trips to highlight case studies of ecosystem management (e.g., Lake Tahoe)

To be included on the mailing list to receive Congress notices, please send your name, address, and E-mail address to Claudette Oriol: cgoriol@ucdavis.edu.

If E-mail is not available to you, mail the same information to:

Congress Secretariat
International Congress on Ecosystem Health
Genetic Resources Conservation Program
University of California
One Shields Avenue
Davis CA 95616 USA

The International Society for Ecosystem Health | UC Davis | UC DANR
Genetic Resources Conservation Program | School of Veterinary Medicine