BNZ LTER Symposium, 2021

Organized by Jill Johnstone and Company

October 21 and 22, 2021 (Virtually via Zoom)

830 am until 1230 pm AK time each day

Agenda PDF

Meeting Objectives:
  1. Develop plans for the next phase of BNZ activities and upcoming proposal.
  2. Consider and refine our strategies for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
  3. Advance our thinking and actions related to core data and data archiving and use.
  4. Enhance integration of BNZ science activities with education, arts and humanities, and Alaska Native communities.

Thursday October 21, 2021


8:30 am:Meeting introduction and objectives (Michelle Mack and Jill Johnstone)

8:40 am: BNZ & EDI: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (Merritt Turetsky)

9:30 am: Overview of main proposal framework and discussion (Michelle Mack)

10:00 am: Break

10:15 am: Overview and discussion of proposal science themes

  • 10:20 am: Fire (Xanthe Walker)
  • 10:40 am: Permafrost (Jay Jones)
  • 11:00 am: Trophic interactions (Jill Johnstone)
  • 11:20 am: Phenology (Christa Mulder)
  • 11:40 am: Modelling (Helene Genet)
  • 12:00 am: Social Science (Todd Brinkman)
  • 12:20 am: Closing reflections on EDI (Mario Muscarella)

Friday October 22, 2021


8:30 am:Session on Core Data

9:10 am:Session on framework for Integration; overviews of planned integrative activities and discussion of how we can link them with science themes

  • 9:15 am: Alaska Native Advisory Council (Todd Brinkman)
  • 9:30 am: Artist collaborations - ITOC future planning (Mary Beth Leigh)
  • 9:50 am: Artist + Scientist breakout groups to discuss the future of ITOC (Mary Beth Leigh)
  • 10:05 am: Report back
10:15 am: Break

10:30 am: Education planning and discussion (Katie Spellman and Christa Mulder)

11:00 am: Concluding discussion on EDI and broader BNZ context (Merritt Turetsky)

11:30 am: Wrap up and review of next steps (Michelle Mack)

12:00 pm: The end! Back to real life.
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