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Megafauna Depletion and Holocene Ecological Networks

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Collins Conference Room

Sunday, March 16, 2025
6:30 pm Welcome Dinner
 
Monday, March 17, 2025
8:15 am Shuttle Departs Hotel
 
8:30 am Breakfast at SFI
 
9:00 am Introduction: Courtney and Kyle
 
9:15 am Lightning talks (10 minutes max!)
 
10:30 am Coffee break
 
11:00 am Lightning Talks (10 minutes max!)
 
12:00 pm Lunch
 
1:00 pm Theme discussion: Food web perspectives - possibilities and challenges
 
3:00 pm Coffee break
 
3:30 pm Breakout groups:  Big animals, biotic and abiotic interactions
 
in the Holocene
 
4:30 pm Day 1 Synthesis
 
5:00 pm Shuttle pick up at SFI, return to Hotel
 
6:30 pm Group Dinner
 
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
8:15 am Shuttle Departs Hotel
 
8:30 am Breakfast at SFI
 
9:00 am Theme discussion: Elephants and ivory trading
 
10:30 am Coffee Break
 
11:00 am Theme discussion: Holocene extinctions and depletion - knowns and unknowns
 
12: 00 pm Lunch
 
1:00 pm Breakout groups: Asian and African ecosystems and paleodata
 
3:00 pm Coffee break
 
3:30 pm Theme discussion: Ecosystems and paleodata
 
5:00 pm Return to hotel, dinner on own
 
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
8:15 am Shuttle Departs Hotel
 
8:30 am Breakfast at SFI
 
9:00 am Theme discussion: Toward a synthesis: Holocene trends and regularities?
 
10:30 am Coffee Break
 
11:00 am Theme discussion: Wrap-up, next steps?
 
12:00 pm Lunch
 
1:00 pm Shuttle pick up at SFI, return to Hotel