The Association of Ecosystem Research Centers (AERC) and the Long Term Ecological Research Network have arranged for the AIBS Public Policy Office (PPO) to conduct policy training workshops for their member scientists at their forthcoming meetings this September.
The AERC will meet in Washington, DC, 24–25 September 2009. In addition to the policy training workshop for AERC members, the PPO is once again helping AERC host a science briefing for policymakers. The briefing, a focused subset of the AERC annual science meeting, provides policymakers in Washington with timely ecosystem science related to a current policy discussion. For more information about AERC, please visit www.ecosystemresearch.org.
Also in September, the PPO will conduct a half-day policy training workshop at the Long Term Ecological Research Network All Scientists Meeting (LTER ASM). The LTER ASM will be held at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park, Colorado, 13–17 September 2009. For more information about the LTER ASM, please see www.lternet.edu/asm/2006.
The AIBS PPO offers a variety of policy and media training programs, from short, one-hour presentations to half-day and full-day programs. For additional information about AIBS policy and media training programs, please visit www.aibs.org/public-policy/policy_training.html or contact AIBS Director of Public Policy Robert Gropp at 202-628-1500.
