Innovative Applied Sciences for
Protected Areas’ System Design & Management
Tuesday September 26 - Thursday September 28
at the Georgian Bay Hotel & Conference Centre, Collingwood
Register & Book Accommodations for the 2017 Annual General Meeting (AGM)
of the Centre for Applied Sciences in Ontario Protected Areas (CASIOPA)
For 20 years, CASIOPA has organized meetings for professionals and students from private, government, NGO, and academic sectors to learn about the application of science to protected areas management. We’re making our 20th anniversary something special as the AGM will reflect on the past lessons, examine the state of science in the present, and consider where the next generation of innovators will take us in the future. Participants contribute to roundtable discussions and may present their work conference style. You will have a choice of field trips to spectacular protected areas, and participate in networking opportunities. The AGM will launch at noon start on day 1, provide terrific plenaries and concurrent contributed sessions, the field trips, and then conclude mid-afternoon on day 3 with a clear vision for future research and management.
Full AGM agenda to be updated late August once the presentations are scheduled after talk submission deadline (see below). Two of our plenary speakers are Nik Lopoukhine (leader of Parks Canada, IUCN, WCPA) and Pamela Wright (UNBC expert in ecosystem science + tourism & recreation management)
The major conference session themes for the 2017 AGM are:
Protected areas systems design | Climate change | Ecological processes
Management effectiveness | Visitor use management
Registration/Fees: You register and pay the fee online via the University of Waterloo:
· Copy/paste the link below into your browser or hilite url & choose ‘open link in new tab’ if using Chrome:
https://university-of-waterloo.myshopify.com/collections/university-hosted-events-seminars-and-workshops/products/casiopa-agm-registration
· This leads to site with a pull down menu with 4 registration options; select one & it will change the costs: 3 day/1 day professional ($150/$100); 3 day/1day student ($120/$80) - all meals, breaks, & field trips from lunch Tuesday through lunch Thursday are included in costs.
Accommodation: The Georgian Bay Hotel is the main conference accommodation venue. Rooms are the responsibility of participants & available on a first come, first served basis – book early. To book, call 1-705-445-9422 ext 801 (Chris Levoy) or ext 818 (Julie Apostolis); this is for the U Waterloo-CASIOPA group booking.
How to submit presentations (talks): This is detailed separately (CASIOPA website - casiopa.mediamouse.ca)
Follow us/contact us: @CASIOPA_ON | ca.linkedin.com/in/casiopa | stephen.murphy [at] uwaterloo.ca