Monarch Biology and Conservation Meeting: Minnesota 2012

Agenda

(This agenda is tentative, and may be modified based on submitted talks):

• Thursday morning: Presentations—Successful monarch conservation efforts
• Thursday afternoon: Field trips and workshops (options)
• Thursday evening: Poster session and evening social
• Friday morning: Presentations—New findings in monarch biology
• Friday afternoon: Field trips and workshops (options)
• Friday evening: Banquet and keynote speaker, Dr. Lincoln Brower (additional fee)
• Saturday morning: Presentations—Monarch monitoring programs and population trends

Opportunities for Presentations

We encourage you to consider sharing your knowledge about monarch biology, conservation, or monitoring by presenting a 20 minute talk, or a poster during our Thursday evening poster session. We have a limited number of slots for talks. Talks and posters should address: 1) monarch monitoring programs and population trends; 2) new findings in monarch biology; or 3) successful monarch conservation efforts. If you would like to give a presentation, you’ll need a title and 100-word abstract when you register for the meeting.

Keynote Address: “A 58-Year Journey with the Monarch”

Lincoln Pierson Brower (B.A. 1953, Princeton University, Ph.D. 1957, Yale University) is Distinguished Service Professor of Zoology, Emeritus at the University of Florida. In 1997, he was appointed Research Professor of Biology at Sweet Briar College, and lives with his wife and three German Shepherds in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains in Nelson County, Virginia. His research interests include the overwintering and migration biology of the monarch butterfly, chemical defense, ecological chemistry, mimicry, scientific film making, and the conservation of endangered biological phenomena and ecosystems. He is recipient of the Wilbur Cross Medal from Yale University, the Medal for Zoology from the Linnean Society of London, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Animal Behavior Society, and the Henry Bates Award for the Biology and Conservation of Tropical Butterflies. In June, 2007, he received the Royal Entomological Society of London Marsh Award for “Lifetime contributions to Insect Conservation” and “Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Entomology”, and in November 2008, he was especially honored to receive the Mexican Federal Government’s award: Reconocimiento a la Conservacion de la Naturaleza. Professor Brower has authored and coauthored more than 200 scientific papers, eight films, edited two books, and is currently writing his magnum opus on the monarch butterfly for Harvard University Press. He has served as Presidents of the Society for the Study of Evolution, the International Society of Chemical Ecology and the Lepidopterists’ Society. He is currently collaborating with various groups to protect and restore overwintering forests of the monarch butterfly in Mexico. His conservation interests in the USA include modern agriculture’s severe impact on biodiversity in general. To facilitate his research and conservation efforts, Professor Brower in February 2003 formed a Geographic Information Systems team involving colleagues at The University of Mexico, NASA, Lynchburg College and Sweet Briar College in Virginia.