Our meeting is organized by an incredible team of volunteers, and we’d love to have you join our team. Make new friends and help TWS-WS at the same time!
Session Chairs: We are seeking individuals who are interested in volunteering to serve as the chairperson for the in-person technical oral sessions for the 2025 meeting and beyond. We especially encourage early career professionals to consider signing up for this role who might benefit from the exposure and experience. We have veteran session chairs available to mentor anyone who would like assistance. The session chair will coordinate with presenters ahead of time and help find additional papers as needed to fill any gaps in their session. In person at the conference they will moderate and manage the technical session, making sure speakers stay on schedule, and lead a Q&A session if time permits. If you are interested in a session chair role either in 2025 or in the years to come, please email Jeff Alvarez at presidentelect@tws-west.org to be added to our list.
Judges for Student Posters or Oral Presentations: Well-rounded communication skills are critical for wildlife biologists in report writing, preparing manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals, or for oral presentation. The TWS-WS student award competition provides an opportunity for seasoned wildlifers to judge, encourage, and offer constructive criticism to future members of our profession. If you are interested in judging the student presentations and/or posters at the annual meeting, please contact Eveline Larrucea at evelarrucea@gmail.com. It doesn’t take much of your time, and once the papers have been sorted into sessions and time slots you may sign up directly in a Google Spreadsheet for the talks/posters you’d like to judge, and it’s fun! Papers will be judged using electronic forms, and judges may participate either in-person or virtually.
Student Volunteers: A limited number of student volunteers may work in person at the meeting up to 8 hours for a full or partial reimbursement of their student registration fee and shared hotel room cost. Link to more information We will work with student volunteers to set up a volunteer schedule that allows them to participate in the top events they are interested in attending during the meeting so that volunteers have an incredible conference experience. Please contact projectmanager@tws-west.org for more information about volunteering. No special skills are necessary to volunteer!
Planning Committee: Our meeting is organized by an incredible team of volunteers, and we’d love to have you join us. Make new friends and help TWS-WS at the same time! Email projectmanager@tws-west.org if you’d like more information on our planning committee team. We meet once a month over Zoom from September to January. There are both large and small roles available and we are always looking for new helpers on our team.