2008 Conference - National Association of IPCs

A Joint Conference of the Natural Areas Association (NAA) and the National Association of Exotic Pest Plant Councils (NAEPPC)

Hosted by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC)

Plenary Session - War Memorial Auditorium - Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Welcome by Kim Herman, Natural Areas Association, President, and Brian Bowen, Conference Chair
Mayor Karl Dean, City of Nashville, Welcome to Music City, USA: How We're Making it Green!
Jim Fyke, Commissioner of Department of Environment and Conservation, Conserving Tennessee's Natural Heritage
Ed Clebsch, University of Tennessee, The Natural History of Tennessee
Tony Pernas, National Association of Exotic Pest Plant Council, President
Richard N. Mack, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. Predicting Biological Invasions Under Global Climatic Change: Complexity2
Daniel Simberloff, Nancy Gore Hunger Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Tennessee. Biofuel Feedstocks: Are Invasion Biologists Just Chicken Littles
Larry J. Schweiger, President and CEO, National Wildlife Federation. Confronting The Climate Crisis: Why We Need To Reinvent Natural Resources Conservation To Save The Places We Care About