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General Schedule of Events

Monday, 27 July

8 am to 6 pm – AOU Checklist Committee – Richards Hall 304, Gary Schnell Conference Room

10 am to 5 pm – Workshop: Light Level Geolocation with open source tools (day 1) – Seavy et al. – Bizzel Library, Collaborative Learning Classroom

6 pm to 9 pm – COS Council (with light dinner) – OU Memorial Union, Governors Room

6 pm to 9 pm – AOU Council (with light dinner) – OU Memorial Union, Regents Room

Tuesday, 28 July

Noon to 8 pm – Registration desk open at Couch Hall

8 am to 5 pm – Workshop: Taking R to the next level: Programming, manipulation, and graphing in R – Boone and Fournier – Price Hall 3040

8 am to noon – Workshop:  Introduction to R – Mason et al. – Price Hall 2040.

8 am to noon – Workshop: Weather radar ornithology 101 – Buler et al. – Radar Innovations Lab (classroom)

8:30 am to 11 am – AOU/COS joint council meeting – OU Memorial Union, Regents Room

8 am to 5 pm – Workshop: Light Level Geolocation with open source tools (day 2) – Seavy et al. – Bizzel Library, Collaborative Learning Classroom

noon to 3 pm – AOU Council (with lunch) – OU Memorial Union, Regents Room

noon to 3 pm – COS Council (with lunch) – OU Memorial Union, Governors Room

4 pm to 5:30 pm – AOU Fellows meeting – Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, Robert S. Kerr Auditorium.

5:30 pm to 7 pm – AOU Fellows Dinner – Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, W.R. Howell Pleistocene Plaza

7 pm to 9 pm – Opening reception – Sam Noble Museum of Natural History.

Wednesday, 29 July

6 am to 7 am – Morning Bird Walk (Carpool from Couch Hall)

8 am to 9 pm – Registration desk open at OU Memorial Union.

8:30 am to 8:45 am – Opening remarks – OU Memorial Union, Molly Shi Boren Ballroom.

8:45 am to 9:45 am – Plenary Presentation by Ellen Ketterson – OU Memorial Union, Molly Shi Boren Ballroom.

9:45 am to 10:15 am – AOU Business Meeting – OU Memorial Union, Molly Shi Boren Ballroom.

10:30 am to Noon – Concurrent Sessions and Symposia– OU Memorial Union, Molly Shi Boren Ballroom, Regents Room, Associates Room, and Scholars Room.

12 noon to 1:30 pm Lunch

12:30 pm to 1:30 pm Lunch workshop: Editor’s workshop: Focusing on peer-reviews – Hauber and Stouffer – OU Memorial Union, Scholars Room.

1:30 pm to 5:00 pm – Concurrent Sessions and Symposia– OU Memorial Union, Molly Shi Boren Ballroom, Regents Room, Associates Room, and Scholars Room.

5 pm to 6 pm – COS Young Professionals Award Reception (invitation only) – OU Memorial Union, Molly Shi Boren Ballroom

6 pm to 9 pm – Poster Session – OU Memorial Union, Molly Shi Boren Ballroom and Beaird Lounge.

Thursday, 30 July

6 am to 7 am – Morning Bird Walk (Carpool from Couch Hall).

6 am to 7 am – All out Ostrich Uproar 5K (Meeting location TBA).

8:30 am to 8:45 am – Opening remarks and Introduction of the 2015 COS Young Professional Awardees – OU Memorial Union, Molly Shi Boren Ballroom.

8:45 am to 9:15 am – COS Young Professional Award presentation by Elizabeth Gow – OU Memorial Union, Molly Shi Boren Ballroom.

9:15 am to 9:45 am – COS Young Professional Award presentation by Jared Wolfe – OU Memorial Union, Molly Shi Boren Ballroom.

9:45 am to 10:15 am – COS Business Meeting – OU Memorial Union, Molly Shi Boren Ballroom.

10:30 am to Noon – Concurrent Sessions and Symposia– OU Memorial Union, Molly Shi Boren Ballroom, Regents Room, Associates Room, and Scholars Room.

Noon to 1:30 pm Lunch

12:30 pm to 1:30 pm Lunch Workshop: Raising your chicks as an ornithologist – Sullivan – OU Memorial Union, Scholars Room.

1:30 pm to 5:00 pm – Concurrent Sessions and Symposia– OU Memorial Union, Molly Shi Boren Ballroom, Regents Room, Associates Room, and Scholars Room.

4:00 pm to 5:00 pm – AOU Early Professional Symposium – OU Memorial Union, Molly Shi Boren Ballroom.

5:00 pm to 6+ pm – AOU Early Professionals Reception – OU Memorial Union, Molly Shi Boren Ballroom.

~6 pm to 10 pm – Oklahoma City trip – Bricktown, Riverwalk, Purple Martin Roost, etc. (Arrange for ride sharing or contact a local organizer)

7 pm to 10 pm – Quiz Bowl – OU Memorial Union, Molly Shi Boren Ballroom.

Friday, 31 July

6 am to 7 am – Morning Bird Walk (Carpool from Couch Hall).

8:30 am to 8:45 am – Opening remarks – OU Memorial Union, Molly Shi Boren Ballroom.

8:45 am to 9:45 am – Plenary Presentation by Elizabeth Derryberry – OU Memorial Union, Molly Shi Boren Ballroom.

9:45 am to 10:15 am – AOU & COS Senior Award Presentations (4 AOU and 3 COS award presentations) – OU Memorial Union, Molly Shi Boren Ballroom.

10:30 am to Noon – Concurrent Sessions and Symposia– OU Memorial Union, Molly Shi Boren Ballroom, Regents Room, Associates Room, and Scholars Room.

Noon to 1:30 pm – Lunch

Noon to 1:30 pm – Editorial Board Lunch for The Auk: Ornithological Advances – OU Memorial Union, Schrage Traditions Room

Noon to 1:30 pm – Editorial Board Lunch for The Condor: Ornithological Applications – OU Memorial Union, Presidents Room

1:30 pm to 5:00 pm – Concurrent Sessions and Symposia– OU Memorial Union, Molly Shi Boren Ballroom, Regents Room, Associates Room, and Scholars Room.

3 pm to 4 pm – Auk and Condor Managing Editors Meeting – OU Memorial Union, Presidents Room

4:30pm to 6pm – WORKSHOP: Careers in ornithology – Mason/Colón/Butler – OU Memorial Union, Heritage Room.

5 pm to 6 pm – Joint Publications Advisory Committee Meeting – OU Memorial Union, Presidents Room

6 pm to 7 pm – COPO Team Meeting – OU Memorial Union, Presidents Room

7 pm to 8:30 pm – Keynote Lecture by David Quammen – Reynolds Performing Arts Center.

9 pm to Midnight – Bird Jam – OU Memorial Union, Molly Shi Boren Ballroom.

Saturday, 1 August

6 am to 7 am – Morning Bird Walk (Carpool from Couch Hall).

8:30 am to 8:45 am – Opening remarks – OU Memorial Union, Meacham Auditorium.

8:45 am to 9:45 am – Plenary Presentation by Frank Moore – OU Memorial Union, Meacham Auditorium.

9:45 am to 10:15 am – AOU/COS Special Announcements (Memorial announcements, AO.org announcements, future meetings, etc.) – OU Memorial Union, Meacham Auditorium.

10:30 am to Noon – Concurrent Sessions and Symposia– OU Memorial Union, Meacham Auditorium, Regents Room, Associates Room, and Scholars Room.

Noon to 1:30 pm – Lunch

1:30 pm to 3 pm – Concurrent Sessions and Symposia– OU Memorial Union, Meacham Auditorium, Regents Room, Associates Room, and Scholars Room.

3:30 pm – 5:30 pm – The Messenger (a documentary about songbirds and the scientists working to conserve them; to be followed by a 30 minute discussion) – OU Memorial Union, Meacham Auditorium.

6 pm to 7 pm – Banquet Reception – National Weather Center Atrium

7 pm to 9 pm – Banquet with AOU and COS Best Student Presentation Awards -National Weather Center Atrium

Sunday, 2 August

Field Trips – Meet in Couch Hall Parking Lot.

  • Wichita Mountains – 5 am to 5 pm
  • Great Salt Plains – 5:30 am to 6 pm
  • Tall Grass Prairie Preserve – 3 am to 5 pm
  • Oklahoma City Lakes – 6:30 am – noon – CANCELLED