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David Tilman to speak at the Wisconsin Ecology Fall Symposium!

WISCONSIN ECOLOGY (Formerly the Madison Ecology Group) Inivtes you to our annual
FALL SYMPOSIUM
October 16 and 17
Plenary Speaker: Dr. David Tilman, University of Minnesota
Thursday, October 16, Schedule
- 7:00PM Birge Hall, Room 145
Dr. David Tilman, University of Minnesota
"Solving the Food vs Fuel vs Environment Dilemma."
Friday, October 17, Schedule
- 11:30AM Graduate Student Lunch with Dr. Tilman. RSVP required. Interested students should email the Wisconsin Ecology Project Assistant.
- 1:00-4:00PM Genetics-Biotechnology Auditorium, 425 Henry Mall
- 1:00PM Presentations by UW Madison faculty--(listed in the order in which they will speak)
James Kitchell, Center for Limnology and Department of Zoology
Janet Silbernagel, Department of Landscape Architecture
Steve Loheide, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Ankur Desai; Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Bobbi Peckarsky, Departments of Zoology and Entomology
Please see the Research Highlights page for an overview of their work. - 2:30PM Break and Graduate Student Poster Session
- 3:00PM Dr. David Tilman, University of Minnesota
"Competition, Speciation and Invasion: The Universal Competitive Tradeoff Hypothesis of Biodiversity."
Join us for a great afternoon of presentations and followed by a light reception after Dr. Tilman’s lecture.
All events are free and open to the public.