MEDIA ADVISORY: Save the Date for ESA’s 2024 Annual Meeting in Long Beach, California
April 3, 2024
For Immediate Release
Contact: Mayda Nathan, gro.asenull@adyam
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The Ecological Society of America is convening August 4–9 for its 2024 Annual Meeting in Long Beach, California. The conference will feature a distinguished roster of speakers, invited talks and thousands of scientific posters and contributed sessions. Meeting plenaries and symposia reflect the meeting theme of “Supporting Ecologists Throughout Their Careers.” This year’s ESA Annual Meeting emphasizes the need for continuous investment in all people who advance the science and practice of ecology. |
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WHEN: |
August 4–9, 2024 |
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WHO: |
Thousands of ecological scientists, educators and practitioners will gather from around the world to share new research findings and discuss solutions to today’s ecological and environmental challenges. Dr. Jackie Grant, executive director, Grand Staircase Escalante Partners, is the Opening Plenary keynote speaker. She champions scientific research and conservation efforts in the 1.87 million acre National Monument. Dr. Grant applies over two decades of ecological and policy expertise to preserve the biologically important desert landscapes of southwestern Utah and northern Arizona. Dr. Rodolfo Dirzo is the Scientific Plenary keynote speaker. His research centers on the evolutionary ecology of species interactions in a changing world, and he exemplifies a longstanding dedication to environmental education. He is currently Bing Professor in Environmental Science, in the Departments of Biology Earth System Science, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment and Associate Dean for Integrative Initiatives in Environmental Justice at Stanford University. Additional plenary and keynote speakers, as well as more detailed program information, will be announced in the coming weeks. ESA invites press and institutional public information officers to attend for free (see credential policy below). To apply, please contact ESA Public Affairs Manager Mayda Nathan at gro.asenull@adyam. |
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In Person: Long Beach Convention Center, 300 E Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90802 Virtual: A limited number of sessions will be streamed live for viewing and virtual press attendees will have full access to the program To learn more about this year’s meeting, please visit the ESA 2024 Annual Meeting website. |
ESA Policy on Press Credentials
The ESA Press Office provides complimentary press registration to public information officers and institutional press officers, professional journalists representing media organizations, freelance journalists, photographers, videographers, bloggers, podcasters, authors, filmmakers, institutional science communicators and student journalists, for the express purpose of gathering news and information to produce media coverage of ESA meetings.
Public information officers and institutional press officers who cannot attend, but would like to promote presenters from their institutions, are welcome to prearrange distribution of press releases and other author materials on the meeting website. Press officers may request copies of all abstracts related to their institution.
Representatives of publishing houses, the business side of news media, political action committees or similar, and for-profit corporations, will not be accredited as press and will not be eligible for complimentary press registration. Editors of journals or other publications who do not report for or edit their outlet’s news section will also not be accredited as press and are not eligible for complimentary press registration.
Press registrants receive, at no charge, access to all scientific sessions. Some events, including but not limited to invitation-only events and communications workshops, are not open to press attendees.
Scientists who will be presenting at the meeting and who are also reporting from the meeting for a recognized media outlet may also be issued press credentials at the discretion of the ESA Press Office. Anyone who presents at the meeting must also register for the meeting and pay the appropriate fee as a presenter. These registrants should first register as press and indicate that they are also a presenter on their press registration form. These registrants should not register as a presenter until after being contacted by a member of the ESA Press Office who will provide additional information for registering as a presenter.
Press room access is issued at the discretion of the ESA Press Office and is non-transferable. All registrants must provide credentials regardless of whether they have received press registration for past ESA meetings. For registration, more information, or help finding scientists in our meeting program, please contact Mayda Nathan at gro.asenull@adyam.
Press Room
Pre-registered press will have access to a press room where they can enjoy refreshments, internet access, a printer, telephones and an interview area. Journalists may also register on site in the press room.
Additional information and links to individual sessions will be available soon. Check back at https://www.esa.org/longbeach2024/ for updates.
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The Ecological Society of America, founded in 1915, is the world’s largest community of professional ecologists and a trusted source of ecological knowledge, committed to advancing the understanding of life on Earth. The 8,000 member Society publishes six journals and a membership bulletin and broadly shares ecological information through policy, media outreach, and education initiatives. The Society’s Annual Meeting attracts 4,000 attendees and features the most recent advances in ecological science. Visit the ESA website at https://www.esa.org.
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