3rd Annual Meeting
May 28-30, 2003
University of Maryland
Hosted by the Biological Resources Engineering Department
Baltimore, Maryland
Designing Green Partnerships of Nature and Humanity
The Biological Resources Engineering Department at the University of Maryland College Park invites you to attend and participate in the American Ecological Engineering Society's 3rd annual meeting to be held May 28-30, 2003. The purpose is to provide a venue and forum for meaningful discussion dedicated to theory, principles, practices, and academic foundations of ecological engineering. The purpose of the 3rd annual meet is to provide a venue and forum for meaningful discussion dedicated to theory, principles, practices, and academic foundations of ecological engineering.
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Image courtesy of the University of Maryland
Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, May 28, 2003
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm: AEES Business Meeting
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Social - Informal / Open mike-nite hosted by our own Andy Baldwin / Posters displayed / BRE Labs open for tours
Thursday, May 29, 2003
8:00 am - 9:00 am: Registration/Coffee, Bagels, Donuts
9:00 am - 10:00 am: Welcome from UMd -- Dean of College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Welcome from AEES -- William Mitsch, President
Introduction of Speakers -- David R.Tilley
Plenary Speaker -- Dr. B.C. "Bill" Wolverton, Ecological Engineering Pioneer, Wolverton Environmental Services, Inc. and retired NASA scientist.
10:00 am: Break
10:15 am - 12:00 pm: Technical Presentations
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm: Lunch - Baltimore Room, Stamp Student Union
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm: Ecological Engineering and Industrial Ecology: Invited panelists from ISIE, AEES
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm: Break
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm: Technical Presentations
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm: Committee Meetings
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm: Posters/Rest/Drinks
6:30 pm: Bar-B-Q Dinner in the Biological Resources Engineering Courtyard
Friday, May 30, 2003
8:00 am - 8:45 am: Coffee, Bagels, Donuts
8:45 am - 9:45 am: Plenary Speaker: Representative of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
9:45 am - 10:45 am: Panel Discussion: "Visions of Ecological Engineering." Panelists: Nick Clesceri, National Science Foundation; Diana Jerkins, USDA National Research Initiative; Lee Mulkey, USEPA National Risk Management Research Lab; one more to be determined.
10:45 am - 11:15 am: Break
11:15 am - 12:30 pm: Technical Presentations
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm: Committee Meetings/Report
Conclusion and Wrap-up (new AEES President, Mark T. Brown)
1:30 pm: Adjourn
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