Thursday, February 22

Function

6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Registration

- Welcome reception

Friday, February 23

7:30 - 8:30 a.m.

Registration

- Continental breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Plenary session

- Opening remarks

- Greetings

9:00 a.m.

Keynote address

- Is there still a future for prairie conservation?

10:00 a.m.

Refreshment break

10:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

- Prairie habitats and land uses

- Prairie populations and their management

- Sustaining human futures on the prairies

12 - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch

Guest speaker

1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Concurrent sessions # 1

Prairie habitat and land-use issues

This session highlights some of the critical issues from loss of habitat to land ownership and management and the impact on prairie conservation.

2:30 p.m.

Refreshment break

3:00 - 4:30 p.m.

Concurrent sessions continued

4:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Poster presentations (authors present)

Saturday, February 24

7:30 - 8:30 a.m.

Registration

- Continental breakfast

8:30 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

9:30 a.m.

Plenary session "Global pressures on the prairies"

-The impacts of climate change

- The role of biotechnology

- The role of the World Trade Organization

10:00 a.m.

Refreshment break

10:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

Plenary session continued

- The social value of the prairies

- Water in the prairies

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Lunch

Guest speaker

1:00 - 2:30 p.m.

Concurrent sessions # 2

Prairie population issues

This session focuses on the trends in prairie flora and fauna and what causes their change.

2:30 p.m.

Refreshment break

3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Concurrent sessions continued

6:00 - 10:00 p.m.

Conference banquet

6:00 - 6:45 p.m. - Cash bar

6:45 p.m. - Dinner

8:00 p.m. - Guest speaker

Entertainment

Sunday, February 25

8:30 a.m.

Continental breakfast

9:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Concurrent sessions # 3

Sharing common ground

This session moves from concept to practice, highlighting examples of what works and what doesn't in prairie conservation.

10:30 - 11:00 a.m.

Refreshment break

11:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Closing plenary session

What have we learned?

Where do we go from here?