Workshop Updates

Reminder - Abstract Submissions Due November 15!

The Annual IEP Workshop will be held March 4-6, 2025 at the California Natural Resources Headquarters building in Sacramento. The workshop will be a free, hybrid event available for both in-person and remote attendees. Workshop registration will open in early February 2025.

Abstract Submissions

We are now accepting abstract submissions. Participants wishing to present must submit an abstract (300 words or less) summarizing their contribution. We welcome submissions from all IEP member agencies, affiliates, and other stakeholders at all career levels, and preliminary work is welcome!

• Abstract Submission Form (Deadline - November 15 at midnight.)

Participants are limited to one abstract as presenting author but may be a contributing author on any number of others.

Abstracts will be selected based on:

• Relevance. Priority will be given to abstracts aligning with the IEP Science Strategy or that were derived from IEP workplan elements.
• Originality. Priority will be given to abstracts that have not been presented elsewhere, and to speakers who did not present at the 2024 IEP workshop.
• Collaboration. Priority will be given to abstracts that include collaborative work between two or more agencies or groups.
• Career stage. Preference will be given to presentations given by early career scientists, students, and scientific aides.
• Scientific merit. Preference will be given to abstracts including novel ideas and studies with results that will be ready by the time of the workshop.

Visit the Annual IEP Workshop web page for more information on the annual workshop and past workshop events.

Questions?

Contact workshop organizers Christine Joab (iep@wildlife.ca.gov) or Rosemary Hartman (Rosemary.Hartman@water.ca.gov).

Open Call for Abstract Submissions!

The Annual IEP Workshop will be held March 4-6, 2025 at the California Natural Resources Headquarters building at 715 P Street in Sacramento.

The workshop will be a free, hybrid event with up to 300 in-person attendees per day and presentations livestreamed on Zoom for virtual guests. Workshop registration opens early February 2025.

Abstract Submissions

We are now accepting abstract submissions. Participants wishing to present must submit an abstract (300 words or less) summarizing their contribution. We welcome submissions from all IEP member agencies, affiliates, and other stakeholders at all career levels, and preliminary work is welcome! Participants are limited to one abstract as presenting author but may be a contributing author on any number of others.

• Abstract Submission Form (Deadline for abstract submissions is November 15 at midnight.)

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Please share this announcement with colleagues and others who may be interested.

More information on the annual workshop and past workshop events can be found on the Annual IEP Workshop web page.

Questions?

Contact workshop organizers Christine Joab (iep@wildlife.ca.gov) or Rosemary Hartman (Rosemary.Hartman@water.ca.gov).

Invitation for IEP Workshop Planning Participants

• Are you interested in helping draft the 2025 IEP Workshop program?
• Do you have an idea for a specific workshop session and session speakers?
• Want to organize the poster session?
• Want to bring more art into the world of science?

The 2025 IEP Workshop Planning kick-off meeting will be held (virtually) September 24, 2024, from 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

The Workshop Organizing Chair (Rosemary Hartman, DWR) and new co-Chair (Adam Nanninga, USFWS) will discuss the planning process and expectations, roles and responsibilities, timelines and then we’ll dive right into the brainstorming process.

To make the workshop a success, we need session moderators and chairs to help organize the poster session, the mentor luncheon, the early career awards, volunteers, and art exhibits.

Are you interested in participating, but cannot make the kick-off meeting? Don’t worry, you can still participate!
Send an email to iep@wildlife.ca.gov and cc Rosemary.Hartman@water.ca.gov and Adam_Nanninga@fws.gov and we’ll add you to the work group.

Mark your Calendar!
Microsoft Teams – IEP Workshop Kick-off Planning Meeting
9/24/2024 from 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Join the meeting now(opens in new tab)
Meeting ID: 231 202 008 861 Passcode: 9EAVbk 
Phone: +1 916-535-0984,,228549938#
Phone conference ID: 228 549 938#

Who can participate in the planning work group?

• IEP member agencies, IEP partner organizations (including students from partnering academic institutions), and IEP stakeholders.
• Early career staff are encouraged to participate with the approval of their supervisor.

What is the time investment for participating on the planning work group?

• This is an active work group with planning deadlines. Be prepared to actively participate in developing the program.
• Attend about 5 to 7, ~1-hour meetings between September and January to develop agenda. (Calendar will be developed at kick-off meeting).
• Come prepared with your ideas and your can-do spirit!
• We always need an army of volunteers at the workshop! Consider being a session moderator or chair a task.

Background materials:

• Principles of Organization for the Annual Workshop (pdf)(opens in new tab)
• IEP Workshop Planning Work Group Roles and Responsibilities (pdf)(opens in new tab)

Feel free to share this invitation with others.

This invitation will be cross posted for wide distribution.

Kind regards,
IEP Program Support

Greetings IEP Community Members,

We are happy to announce that the recordings from the 2024 IEP Annual Workshop are now available online. You can find the recordings on the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's YouTube Channel under the IEP playlist. This includes the recording of the IEP Data Management Training from April 18.

Please share this announcement with others.

Kind regards,
IEP Program Support

Greetings IEP Workshop attendees,

Thanks to all who were able to join us for the 2024 IEP Workshop! We hope you enjoyed the event.

Workshop Feedback & Planning for 2025

We would like to get feedback from those who attended (either remotely or in-person) the workshop to help us gather information that will be used when planning next year's workshop. Please take a few moments to complete the online form. If you’d like to participate in the planning of the 2025 IEP Workshop, send an email to iep@wildlife.ca.gov. Planning will begin in the fall of 2024.

• 2024 IEP Workshop Feedback Form

Early Career Award Winners

Announcement from Ted Flynn (DWR) Early Career Award Organizing Chair

It is with great pleasure that I announce the winners for this year’s awards for Best Presentation by an Early Career Scientist. All posters and talks were judged by a volunteer panel of senior researchers and scientists in the IEP community. While the judges noted this year’s exceptional across-the-board excellence, the following presentations were found to be most outstanding.

This year’s winners for Best Poster are:

• First Place: Taryn Mitoma, UC Davis “2023 pilot experimental gillnet survey to inform an enhanced large fish study design”
• Second Place (tie): Kat Cone, USGS “This or SPATT? Designing a cyanotoxin monitoring program in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (PDF)”
• Second Place (tie): Brian Alper, UC Davis “Developing batch tagging techniques for cultured Delta Smelt (PDF)”

And the winners for Best Presentation are:

• First Place: Jackelyn Lang, UC Davis “An assessment of 6PPD-quinone acute and sublethal toxicity on San Francisco Bay Delta species of conservation concern”
• Second Place: Louise Cominassi, UC Davis “Sublethal exposures to the insecticides bifenthrin and fipronil impact the stress response and behavior of juvenile Chinook salmon”
• Third Place: Nicholas Hudson, UC Davis “Quantifying the stress response of an endangered fish species to support population supplementation”

Congratulations to the winners, all the early career presenters, and every IEP attendee for making our workshop such a welcoming environment for IEP scientists of all stripes to hone their skills.

POSTER FORUM AND WORKSHOP RECORDINGS

Don’t forget to visit the online Poster Forum, where you can view available posters. Recordings from the April 18 Data Training Course and the 3-day IEP Workshop will be available soon and shared on the CDFW YouTube site under the IEP Playlist.

See you next year!
IEP Workshop Planning Committee
Note: This announcement is being shared to multiple IEP listserv groups. Sorry for cross postings.