Workshop Details & Program
Location, Dates, and Times
The workshop will be held on July 19-21, 2023 at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA. The workshop is designed to be in-person, with the capacity to support some virtual participation. The time zone will be Mountain Daylight Time (UTC-6 hrs).
Start: Wednesday, July 19 at 8:00 AM
End: Friday, July 21 at 12:00 PM
This is a working meeting and participants are expected to be present for the full workshop.
Expectations and Compensation
We ask that everyone wears a mask while indoors during workshop activities.
Compensation is available as a stipend to offset costs associated with participating in the full activities associated with the workshop.
International participants can qualify for the stipend. They must be in the U.S. under a Visa Waiver Program (WT/WB status, such as ESTA) or with a B1/B2 visa. They must be spending 9 days or less on campus and have not accepted such payments from 5 other educational or research institutions in the USA in the previous 6-month period. The stipend will be provided as a bank wire transfer after the workshop.
Participants are expected to:
- Participate in pre-workshop activities,
- Be present at workshop events listed in the agenda
- Continue to engage collaboratively in writing products/manuscripts after the workshop ends
- Abide by the code of conduct
Since this will be a diverse group of people who will not necessarily know each other and their disciplines very well, we use team science approaches to help our team be as productive as possible in the short time we have together.
Pre-Workshop Activities
- Read The Freshwater Imperative. Most libraries can get the book by interlibrary loan if they do not have it. The book is also available on Amazon.
- Examine and reflect on results from the Grand Challenges Survey (details to be provided in advance; estimated 8 hrs).
Draft Workshop Program
Wednesday, July 19
Morning Session
– Goals and Setting Expectations
– Code of Conduct discussion
– Team Science: Divergent and convergent thinking processes
– Team Science: Best practices
– Grand Challenges results presentation, group discussion
Lunch
Afternoon Session
Concurrent breakout groups
– Emerging research directions and tools in freshwater science
– Contributions of aquatic ecology to ecological and other sciences
– Critical societal issues related to freshwater science
– Report backs and full group discussion
Group Dinner
Thursday, July 20
Morning Session
– Concurrent breakout groups continue
– Discussion, idea generation
– Manuscript outlining
Lunch
Afternoon Session
– Concurrent breakout groups continue
– Report backs and full group disussion
– Reflection exercise
Group Dinner
Friday, July 21
Morning Session
– Morning Session – Planning and next steps
– Workshop evaluation and conclusion
Post-Workshop Activities
Working groups formed during the workshop will continue to work together to complete manuscripts and other products. Working group structure and leads will be determined during the workshop, and work plans with timelines will be developed.