Tuesday,
November 9 |
1:00 -
6:00pm |
Registration |
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"Build
Your Biodiversity Library" Table and Exhibits |
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1:30 -
2:00pm |
Welcome / Conference Objectives |
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Andrew McElwaine,
PBP Board and PA Enviromental Council |
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2:00 -
3:00pm |
Keynote Address:
Beyond Biodiversity |
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Randy Cooley, President, Westsylvania
Heritage Corporation |
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3:00 -
3:30pm |
Refreshment Break
(exhibits open) |
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3:30 -
5:00pm |
Panel
Discussion: The Business of Biodiversity in Pennsylvania |
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Moderator: Jacqui Bonomo, Western Pennsylvania
Conservancy |
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Panelists:
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Calvin Ernst, Ernst Conservation Seeds, Meadville, PA |
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David Hackenberg, Hackenberg Apiaries, Lewisburg, PA |
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Eric Martin, Wilderness Voyageurs, Ohiopyle, PA |
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Ben Moyer, Outdoor Writer, Farmington, PA |
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Blaine Puller, Kane Hardwood - A Collins Company, Kane, PA |
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5:00 -
6:30pm |
Reception
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Exhibits and "Build
Your Biodiversity Library" Table Open |
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6:30 -
9:00pm |
Dinner |
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Speaker: Jack Hubley |
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9:00 -
11:00pm |
Networking
Opportunity in Exhibits Area |
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Exhibits and "Build
Your Biodiversity Library" Table Open |
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Wednesday,
November 10 |
7:30 -
8:30am |
Continental Breakfast
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7:30 -
11:45am |
Registration |
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7:30
- 3:00am |
Exhibits and "Build
Your Biodiversity Library" Table Open |
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8:30 -
9:15am |
Overview of the Pennsylvania Biodiversity
Conservation Plan |
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John Rawlins, PBP and Carnegie Museum
of Natural History |
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9:15 -
9:45am |
We
Asked - You Answered: Public Opinion on Pennsylvania's Biodiversity
Plan |
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Jim Drager, CEO, The Drager Group |
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9:45 -
10:15am |
Refreshment Break
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Exhibits and "Build
Your Biodiversity Library" Table Open |
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10:15 -
11:45am |
Concurrent Sessions I |
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1.
Expert Knowledge About Biodiversity |
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Facilitator:
Charles Bier, Western Pennsylvania Conservatory |
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2.
Sharing Biodiversity Information |
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Facilitator:
Ken Klemow, Wilkes University |
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3.
Biodiversity Education and Public Support |
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Facilitator:
Ed Schroth, Duquesne University |
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11:45 -
1:00pm |
Lunch |
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1:00 -
2:30pm |
Concurrent
Sessions II |
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4.
Managing For Biodiversity |
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Facilitator:
Scott Klinger, Pennsylvania Game Commission |
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5.
Government and Policy Issues |
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Facilitator:
Paul Lyskava, Pennsylvania Forest Products Association |
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6.
Funding Biodiversity Conservation |
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Facilitator:
Jacqui Bonomo, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy |
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2:30 -
3:00pm |
Refreshment
Break |
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Exhibits
and "Build Your Biodiversity Library" Table close at end
of break |
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3:00 -
4:00pm |
Summary Reports from Breakout Session |
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Moderator: Sue
Thompson, Pennsylvania Biodiversity Partnership |
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4:00 -
4:15pm |
Closing Remarks |
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Randy Cooley, Westylvania
Heritage Corperation,
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