How ecological societies can best support their discipline and their members in an increasingly complex and changing global environment (Special Session)

LAURA YAHDJIAN

Montreal

Congreso; 2022 ESA & CSEE Joint Meeting.; 2022

Ecological Society of America

Session Description: Ecological societies are communities of professionals includingscientists, educators, technicians, and policy makers related to the discipline of Ecology. Themain activities of ecological societies worldwide are organizing scientist meetings, publishingjournals and/or bulletins, and connecting scientists, educators and decision-makers.Ecological societies face, however, common challenges in our increasingly complex andchanging global environment. This workshop will provide an opportunity for leaders ofecological societies to develop new strategies to make our societies stronger and moremeaningful for member engagement. We will also discuss what encourages members tobecome and stay part of the society. The rest half of the workshop will feature presentationsby leaders of national/international ecological societies and ecological journal editors aroundthe following topics: 1. Providing and communicating the value of membership to oursocieties’ members; 2. Leadership in diversity and inclusion, ensuring ecology is welcomingto a diverse range of people; 3. Education programs in times of COVID; 4. How the continuechange in the landscape of scientist/scholarly publishing will affect our scientist societies (aspublishers, authors, and readers); 5. How the science – policy interface works in our variednational and international settings.The second half of the workshop will be devoted to questions and comments with dialogueand audience participation encouraged throughout. Workshop participants will beencouraged to consider their goals for engaging, defining target audiences, and developingeffective messages to support their network of ecologists who are interested in sciencecommunication and development.