2026 Timetables

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CFT = Center for Teaching in DuPont Library

DAY 1: WEDNESDAY, 20th May

Time (start)Social LodgeTorian RoomCFTMcGriff Alumi HouseConvocation Hall
10:00  
Board meeting (10:00–12:00)
    
10:30      
11:00      
11:30      
12:00   
Registration (12:00–16:00)
   
12:30      
13:00 
Text Analysis for Ethnobiologists in R: Applying the Tidyverse to Qualitative Data (13:00–17:00)
 
Fungi Fare (13:00–15:00)
  
13:30    
14:00    
14:30    
15:00     
15:30
Seeing Seeds workshop (15:30–17:30)
    
16:00     
16:30     
17:00      
17:30      
Registration (17:30–20:00)
18:00     
Opening Reception, Communities and Ethnobiology Grant Award Ceremony
(18:00–21:00)
18:30     
19:00     
19:30     
20:00      
20:30      
21:00       

 

DAY 2: THURSDAY, 21st May

Time (start)Spencer 172Woods 113Woods 121McGriff Alum Hs
7:45Breakfast (7:45–8:45; McClurg Dining Hall) 
8:00
Registration (8:00–16:30)
8:20
8:40   
9:00
I. Ethics and Collaboration in Ethnobiology
(9:00–10:40)
II. Water bodies in Sacred groves of India (9:00–10:20)
III. Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnobotany
(9:00–10:40)
9:20
9:40
10:00
10:20 
10:40Coffee Break (Harris Commons, 10:40–11:00)
11:00
IV. Plenary: Honoring Longperson:
The Journey to Acknowledge the Inherent Rights of Nature
(Social Lodge, 11:00–12:00)
11:30
11:40
12:00
Lunch (McClurg Dining Hall, 12:15–13:30)
12:20
12:40
13:00
13:20
13:40
V. Community-based Conservation
(13:40–16:00)
VI. Archaeology and Ethnobiology
(13:40–16:20)
VII. Ecocultural Relationality and Creative Collaboration (13:40–16:00)
14:00
14:20
14:40
15:00Coffee Break (Harris Commons, 15:00–15:20)
15:20
Community-based Conservation
Archaeology and Ethnobiology
Ecocultural Relationality and Creative Collaboration
15:40
16:00  
16:20    
16:40   
Archaeology Walk (16:30–18:00)
17:00   
17:20   
17:40   
18:00    
18:30–19:45Dinner (McClurg Dining Hall, 18:30–19:45)
20:30   
Owl Prowl
(20:30–22:30)
21:00   
21:20   
22:00   

 

DAY 3: FRIDAY, 22nd May

Time (start)Spencer 164Spencer 172Woods 113Woods 121McGriff Alum Hs
7:45Breakfast (7:45–8:45; McClurg Dining Hall) 
8:00
Registration
(8:00–14:00)
8:20
8:40    
9:00 
VIII. Mapping and Modeling of Biocultural Landscapes
(9:00–10:20)
IX. Ethnobiology of Sacred Waterscapes (9:00–11:40)
X. Food Systems and Agrobiodiversity (9:00–12:00)
9:20 
9:40 
10:00 
10:20Coffee Break (Harris Commons, 10:20–10:40)
10:40 
XI. Cultural Landscapes and Biocultural Heritage
(10:40–12:20)
Ethnobiology of Sacred Waterscapes
Food Systems and Agrobiodiversity
11:00 
11:20 
11:40  
12:00   
12:20 
Lunch (McClurg Dining Hall, 12:30–13:45)
12:40XII. Roundtable: From Conference Paper to Publication
(12:40–13:40)
13:00
13:20
13:40 
14:00  
XIII. Many Voices, One Health
(14:00-15:00)
 XIV. Poster Session
(Harris Commons, 14:00-15:50)
14:20   
14:40   
15:00    
15:20
Coffee Break (Harris Commons, 15:40–16:00)
15:40 
16:00Membership meeting, Awards Ceremony, DEB talk
(Naylor Auditorium in Gailor Hall,16:00-17:30)
16:20
16:40
17:00
17:30   
      
18:30:00–22:00
Banquet
(Convocation Hall, 18:30–22:00)

 

DAY 4: SATURDAY, 23rd May

Time (start)All field trips meet in front of McGriff Alumi House
7:30–8:30Breakfast (7:30–8:30; McClurg Dining Hall)
9:00
 
Russell Cave National Monument and Red Wolf Conservation (9:00–17:00)
9:30 
10:00 
10:30 
11:00 
11:30 
12:00 
12:30 
13:00
Lost Cove Farm (13:00–16:00)
13:30
14:00
14:30
15:00
15:30
16:00 
16:30 
17:00