Greetings IEP Community Members,
The 2022 IEP Workshop is less than two weeks away and we have a lot of details to share with you. First, the workshop is going to be held as a virtual and free Zoom Webinar on March 22 through March 24. There is no registration required to attend the general workshop. You just show up and participate. How easy is that?
Mentor Luncheon - Registration Open!
Our desire is to keep the workshop format similar to our normal in-person workshop. So, we will be including a Mentor Lunch. This lunch is generally for our early career scientists and provides them a great opportunity to meet and talk with career scientists. This year we have seven career professionals that have volunteered to be mentors. The luncheon will be hosted as a Zoom Meeting during the lunchtime on Wednesday, March 23. Mentors will be in breakout rooms eating their lunch waiting to speak with mentees. Feel free to pop in and chat with them while you eat your lunch. This meant to be an informal and stress-free environment, so don't hesitate to participate. Registration for the Mentor Luncheon is required, so we know how many people to expect. Please fill out the Registration Form no later than March 18 and remember to check out the Mentor Bios!
Workshop Program and Links
The Annual Workshop page on the IEP website has been updated and includes the Workshop Program, the Talk Abstract Booklet, and workshop agenda with Zoom links. These links are also provided in the Workshop Program. The Poster Discussion Forum, which houses the IEP Workshop posters, will go live on the workshop page the week of March 14. Check out the posters prior to the workshop. This year we have not only traditional posters but have interactive StoryMap formats too. To be in line with our typical workshop format, we will have an evening Poster Session on Monday, March 22 and Tuesday, March 23 from 4:45 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. Presenting poster authors will be in assigned breakout rooms waiting to speak with you about their posters.
Openings Still Available in Lightning Talks Session
We still have a few openings for the Lightning Talks and Poetry Slam session. If you have research findings you’d like to share or if you are looking for an outlet to express your thoughts and feelings on the estuary and its amazing residents that call it ‘home’, consider participating. Reservations for presentations will be accepted up to March 15!
LIGHTNING TALKS are those that deliver a succinct and vibrant message within 4 minutes using a few important graphics. Lightning Talks should have no more than five PowerPoint slides or other figures (if used) and should focus on boiling down findings to their core concepts. This session is designed to be a safe space for early career scientists and others to practice their presentation skills – but all are welcome to participate!
POETRY SLAM is an “open mike’ format for presentations of a more creative type. With the virtual format, the possibilities are endless. It can be an individual or group presentation. It can be a live performance or a pre-recorded video of you and others (inside or outside) reciting, singing, strumming, or drumming your thoughts. We leave the specifics up to you. Be creative and share your voice! Your slam should not be more than 3-4 minutes long. Let us know if you’d like to reserve a slot, but depending on time and availability, we’ll take last minute volunteers until it is time to end the session. Show up and SLAM!
Email Steve Culberson to communicate your intent to participate if you have not already. We anticipate this to be a lively, dynamic, and informative session, delivering distilled and important information in effective, impactful, and digestible short presentations.
We look forward to seeing you March 22-24!
Questions can be directed to iep@wildlife.ca.gov