Climate Symposium

Eligibility

• You do NOT have to be a current BSA member to submit an abstract
• All abstracts must include a theme related to one of the two main topics ​described above.
• Presenters will be expected to be available for both days until the schedule has ​been finalized
• Presenters are expected to be available at the end of the day of their talk to ​answer questions and be part of the breakout rooms.

The Symposium will be organized into topics by day; when submitting an abstract please select which day will be the best fit for your presentation.

Day 1 - Responses of plants and plant populations to shifts in climate factors.
We will accept talks from speakers in fields such as epigenetic modifications, physiological adaptations, stress tolerance mechanisms, reproductive traits, and other topics broadly related to plant adaptations and factors such as temperature, precipitation, seasonality, altitude, drought, and atmospheric composition.

Day 2 - Conserving endemic species in the face of habitat loss and long-term shifts in climate.
We will accept talks from speakers in fields such as managed relocation of species (assisted dispersal or assisted migration), climate-driven range shifts, seed banking for biodiversity, community-based conservation efforts, traditional ecological knowledge, and policy.