| 4:00 pm | Conference Registration Opens |
| 5:30 pm |
Preliminary remarks (via live video feed) David Lamb - University of Queensland Large-scale tropical forest restoration – necessary policies and important research questions |
| 6:30 pm |
Introductory remarks Sir Peter Crane - Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Dean of the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies |
| 6:45 pm |
Keynote address Jan McAlpine - United Nations Forum on Forests Reshaping the landscape for forests and people |
| 7:45 pm | Opening reception, photography contest exhibit and voting, poster display |
| 8:30 am | Breakfast, registration |
| 9:00 am | Opening remarks |
| 9:15 am |
Keynote address Robin Chazdon - University of Connecticut Making tropical forest succession successful |
| 10:15 am |
Panel 1: Forest regeneration in human-modified landscapes Moderator: Alder Keleman - Cullman Fellow, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies 10:20-10:50 - Zoraida Calle - Centro para la Investigación en Sistemas Sostenibles de Producción Agropecuaria A strategy for scaling-up intensive silvopastoral systems in Colombia 10:50-11:20 - Aerin Jacob - Department of Biology, McGill University Long-term patterns in restoring forest diversity and structure after burning, farming, and logging in Kibale National Park, Uganda 11:20-11:50 - Laura Snook - Bioversity International Subsistence agriculture can foster forest restoration in the tropics: Commercially valuable multispecies stands result from slash and burn in Quintana Roo, Mexico 11:50-12:10 - Panel Discussion |
| 12:10 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00 pm |
Panel 2: Private sector engagement in forest restoration Moderator: Jeff Stoike - Cullman Fellow, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies 1:05-1:35 - Chris Meyer - Founder, Planting Empowerment Private sector investment model in mixed native species agroforestryplantations with indigenous communities and small landowners 1:35-2:05 - Ricardo Lujan - Brinkman y Asociados Reforestadores de Centro America Restoration Initiatives in the lowland tropics of Central America 2:05-2:25 - Panel Discussion |
| 2:25 pm | Coffee Break |
| 2:40 pm |
Panel 3: Economic viability of landscape-scale initiatives Moderator: Chadwick Dearing Oliver - Pinchot Professor of Forestry & Environmental Studies and Director of Yale’s Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry 2:45-3:15 - Matheus Couto - Forest and Agriculture Management and Certification Institute/IMAFLORA Certified Cocoa as a strategy for ecosystem restoration in the Amazon Forest of São Felix do Xingu, Pará, Brazil 3:15-3:45 - J.P.B. Lilleso - Forest & Landscape Denmark/University of Copenhagen The role of old maps and nursery entrepreneurs in restoration of forests in Eastern and Southern Africa 3:45-4:05 - Panel discussion |
| 4:05 pm | Poster session and coffee break |
| 4:30 pm |
Workshop session A 4:35-5:15 - Workshop A-1: Research methods for collecting ethnobotanical forest-related knowledge Ina Vandebroek, New York Botanical Garden Kroon Hall - Burke Auditorium 4:35-5:15 - Workshop A-2: Community-based forest monitoring: A case study of Agave harvest in tropical dry forests of Guerrero, Mexico Meredith Martin, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Kroon Hall - Room G01 |
| 5:15 pm | Workshop transition |
| 5:25 pm |
Workshop session B 5:25-6:10 - Workshop B-1: Intellectual property rights and ethics in ethnobotanical research Ina Vandebroek,New York Botanical Garden Kroon Hall - Burke Auditorium 5:25-6:10 - Workshop B-2: Community-based monitoring of mahogany regeneration and applications of hand-held DNA timber-tracking Scott Landis, GreenWood Kroon Hall - Room G01 |
| 6:10 pm | Workshop summary remarks |
| 6:30 pm | Reception, poster display, photo contest winner announcement |
| 8:30 am | Breakfast, registration |
| 9:00 am |
Panel 4: Scaling up - Applying lessons learned Moderator: Tim Rollinson, Director General of the U.K. Forestry Commission, Chair of the Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration 9:05-9:35 – Pedro Brancalion, Departamento de Ciências Florestais, Esalq, Universidade de São Paulo The Atlantic Forest Restoration Pact - A major effort by Brazilian society to restore and transform its most threatened biome
9:35-10:05 Eduardo Malta Campos Filho - Instituto Socioambiental Opportunities & challenges of policies for tropical forest restoration 10:35-11:05 - Cora van Oosten, Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration Restoring landscapes, governing space 11:05-11:30 - Panel discussion |
| 11:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:40 am |
Emerging resources Gillian (Paul) Bloomfield, Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative Introduction to ELTI Tropical Reforestation Information Clearinghouse/Database |
| 11:55 pm |
Working lunch and joint panel discussion Moderator: Tim Rollinson, Director General of the U.K. Forestry Commission, Chair of the Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration The road ahead: Scaling-up restoration successes to the landscape level |
| 1:15 pm | Concluding remarks |
