When: August 5-10, 2012
Theme: Life on Earth: Preserving, Utilizing, and Sustaining our Ecosystems
Talk abstracts due: Feb 23, 2012
Late-breaking poster abstracts due: May 10, 2012
Portland is now known as one of the most progressive and “greenest” cities in the United States and is widely recognized for their land-use planning. Against a backdrop of urban and cultural development they have in many ways become a model for utilization, sustainability, and preservation of the ecosystems in which they live.

