THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS 5th International Partners in Flight Conference and Conservation Workshop Advancing Bird Conservation Across the Americas August 25 – August 28, 2013 Snowbird, Utah Conference Program Preliminary schedule as of 4/15/2013 - subject to change. Field trips, ancillary meeting and other activities will be added to the program as they are developed. Please check back for updates. Committees, working groups, universities, organizations, agencies, and others interested in holding a meeting or social function in association with the conference: click here to download the meeting request form. Sunday, August 25 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Registration 1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Southeast Partners in Flight Working Group 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Welcome Reception and Entertainment Monday, August 26 7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Conference Registration Desk Open 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast 8:00 a.m. Convene 8:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Welcome Remarks and Logistics 8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Plenary Session - The Partners in Flight Full Life-cycle Approach: New Directions for Bird Conservation Terry Rich, Partners in Flight National Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 8:45 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Plenary Session - The Scientific Underpinnings of the Full Life-cycle Approach to Conserving Migratory Birds Dr. Peter Marra, Conservation Scientists, Smithsonian Institution 9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Plenary Session - Using Conservation Business Plans to Drive Bird Conservation 9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Logistics and Process for Geographic Focal Area Breakout Sessions 10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Break 10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Move to Geographic Focal Area Breakout Sessions 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Conservation Business Planning by Geographic Focal Area 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch on own 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Geographic Focal Area Breakout Sessions 3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Geographic Focal Area Breakout Sessions 3:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Geographic Focal Area Breakout Sessions 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Poster Session & Social Tuesday, August 27 7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Conference Registration Desk Open 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast 8:00 a.m. Convene 8:15 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Plenary Session - Full Life-cycle Conservation; A Latin American Perspective 8:45 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Plenary Session - The Conservation of Birds in a Coupled Human-Natural World Dr. Gary Machlis, Science Advisor to the Director of the National Park Service 9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Move to Geographic Focal Area Breakout Sessions 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Geographic Focal Area Breakout Sessions 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Break 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Geographic Focal Area Breakout Sessions 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch on own 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Special Topic Sessions 3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Break 3:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Special Topic Sessions Continued 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Poster Session & Social Wednesday, August 28 7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Conference Registration Desk Open 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast 8:00 a.m. Convene 8:15 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Plenary Session - Can conservation save birds? Dr. George Fenwick, President, American Bird Conservancy 8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Move to Geographic Focal Area Breakout Sessions 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Geographic Focal Area Breakout Sessions 10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Break 10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Geographic Focal Area Breakout Sessions 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch on own 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Geographic Focal Area Breakout Sessions 3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Break 3:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Geographic Focal Area Breakout Sessions 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Banquet, Awards & Entertainment Thursday, August 29 - Field Trips 7:30 a.m. Deseret Ranch 7:30 a.m. Bear River Bottoms & TNC Wetlands Preserve 7:30 a.m. Bear River MBR: "Behind-the-Gates" 8:30 a.m. ISSR and Gillmor Sanctuary 8:30 a.m. Antelope Island: Causeway & Garr Ranch 8:30 a.m. Provo River Restoration & Heber Fields 9:30 a.m. Tracy Aviary 9:30 a.m. Hiking the Wasatch

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