Transatlantic Land Use Conference Overview and Draft Schedule

PROGRAMMING AREAS

The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
The Pennsylvania State University
7 Armsby Building, University Park PA 16802-5602
814/863-4656(phone); 814/863-0586(fax)
Please send questions and comments to:
nercrd@psu.edu




Conference on the Science and Education of Land Use: A transatlantic, multidisciplinary and comparative approach September 24-26, 2007 The Westin Washington, DC City Center 1400 M Street NW

Program Overview [subject to change]

Monday, September 24, 2007

7:30-8:30 am	Breakfast
8:30-10:00am	Official Welcome, Introductions (Ballroom A)
	Dr. Ian Maw, Vice-President (NASULGC) and ICA Representative
	Dr. Gale Buchanan, Under Secretary REE, USDA
	Dr. Hayo Haanstra, Ministry of Agriculture, The Netherlands
	Dr. Frank Boteler, USDA/CSREES
	Plenary Session I: Comparative Overview
10:00-10:30am	Break
10:30-noon	Plenary Session II (3 comparative papers, US/Europe)
12:00-1:30pm	Lunch; Speaker: Dr. Wilfrid Legg, Head of Policies and Environment
	Division, OECD Agriculture Directorate 1
1:30-3:00pm	Concurrent papers, Session 1
3:00-3:30pm	Break
3:30-5:00pm	Concurrent papers, Session 2
Dinner on your own (maps, restaurant lists provided)

Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007
7:30-8:30am	Breakfast
8:30-10:00am	Plenary Session III
10:00-10:30am	Break
10:30am-noon	Concurrent papers, Session 3
12:00-1:30pm	Lunch; Speaker tbd
1:30-3:00pm	Concurrent papers, Session 4
3:00-3:30pm	Break
3:30-5:00pm	Concurrent papers, Session 5
Dinner on your own (maps, restaurant lists provided)

Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007
7:30-8:30am	Breakfast
8:30-10:00am	Concurrent papers, Session 6
10:00-10:30am	Break
10:30-noon	Plenary Wrap-up and Next Steps (conference formal program ends)
Study Tour Begins

Primary Conference Organizers: The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, Pennsylvania State University, USA and LEI, Wageningen University and Research Center, The Netherlands http://nercrd.psu.edu/taluc

Transatlantic Land Use Conference Schedule: Draft
September 24-26, 2007, Washington, DC


Monday	Ballroom: 120-150 w/or w/o East Rm	Breakout 1: 40	Breakout 2: 60	Breakout 3: 25	Breakout 4: 40
**Sum/Total****	Banquet Set-up	Theatre-style set-up
	Breakfast 1
8:30-10:00 am	Welcome, Introductions, Plenary Session I Official Welcome, one overview paper of the issues
	Break 1
11:30-12:00 pm 3 papers	Plenary Session II 3 comparative papers (US/Europe)

	Lunch [Speaker1]
1:30-3:00 pm 15 papers/18	Session I-1 3-4 papers	Session II-1 3 papers	Session III-1 3 papers	Session IV-1 3 papers	Session V-1 3 papers
	Break 1
3:30-5:00pm 27 papers/33	Session I-2 3 papers	Session II-2 3 papers	Session III-2 3 papers	Session IV-2 3 papers	SessionV-2 3 papers

	Dinner on your own (maps, restaurant lists provided
Tuesday
	Breakfast 2
8:00-10:00am 30 papers/36	Plenary Session III 3 comparative papers (US/Europe)
	Break 2
10:30-noon 42 papers/51	Session I-3 3 papers	Session II-3 3 papers	Session III-3 3 papers	Session IV-3 3 papers	Session V-3 3 papers
	Lunch [Speaker 2] Award Ceremony for student paper competition
1:30-3:00pm 54 papers/66	Session I-4 3 papers	Session II-4 3 papers	Session III-4 3 papers	Session IV-4 3 papers	Session V-4 3 papers
	Break 3
3:30-5:00pm 70 papers/86	Session I-5 4 papers	Session II-5 4 papers	Session III-5 4 papers	Session IV-5 4 papers	Session V-5 4 papers

	Dinner on your own (maps, restaurant lists provided)
Wednesday
	Breakfast 3
8:30-10:00am 82 papers/101	Session I-6 3 papers	Session II-6 3 papers	Session III-6 3 papers	Session IV-6 3 papers	Session V-6 3 papers
	Break 4
10:30-noon	Conference ends: Plenary Wrap-up and Next Steps
	Tour Begins
** The numbers in the first column (below hours) indicate the cumulative minimum and maximum number of papers presented, depending on how many concurrent sessions run and depending on the number of papers per session.
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