{"id":486,"date":"2025-07-09T20:59:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T20:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/?page_id=486"},"modified":"2026-05-15T18:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:26:11","slug":"this-years-theme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/about\/this-years-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"This Year&#8217;s Theme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-xx-large-font-size\">Ecology in an Era of Uncertainty<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"826\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/july_underlined.jpg\" alt=\"A vector graphic of a 2026 calendar open to July with the dates from the twenty sixth to the thirty first circled.\" class=\"wp-image-836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/july_underlined.jpg 826w, https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/july_underlined-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/july_underlined-150x147.jpg 150w, https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/july_underlined-768x753.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Join us the last week of July in Salt Lake City for the ESA Annual Meeting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:0\">Ecological research is well acquainted with uncertainty, whether it is uncertainty in measurements, mechanisms, predictions, careers, or funding.\u00a0 However, new challenges arising from digital intelligence (AI), post-pandemic career development and engagement introduce new uncertainties and opportunities that affect our professional activities and funding sources. For this year\u2019s meeting, we gather to both continue scientific discourse on innovative ecological research, as well as to develop strategies to best manage these challenges using our collective knowledge and experiences.\u00a0 By sharing multidisciplinary and creative solutions, our community will continue to be resilient and meet tomorrow\u2019s challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Co-Chairs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrea Swei (San Francisco State University) and Dan Stover (US Dept of Energy, Office of Science)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/about\/committee\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"488\">See the full list<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ecological research is well acquainted with uncertainty, whether it is uncertainty in measurements, mechanisms, predictions, careers, or funding.\u00a0 However, new challenges arising from digital intelligence (AI), sociopolitical change, post-pandemic career development and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28,"parent":298,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-486","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2016,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/486\/revisions\/2016"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}