Tuesday
Welcome Reception, 6:00 – 8:00pm
Join us to kick-off the Annual Meeting and make connections with friends, colleagues and fellow participants. Featuring our annual taco bar and more. We’ll have the fabulous annual wildlife photo slideshow highlighting photos taken by our members (‘remote wildlife captures’ theme this year!), a cornhole tournament with prizes, and fun games as always to help new attendees get to know the Western Section of TWS.
- The annual Taco buffet will be served, along with a no-host bar.
- Wear a Wildlife T-Shirt! Amaze your colleagues – wear your favorite wildlife tee and participate in our annual TShirt parade.
- Submit your photos “remote wildlife captures theme’ for our annual wildlife slideshow, and enter to win one of several $100 REI Gift Cards! Link to instructions
- Cornhole! Sign up for a spot in our Cornhole Tournament – back by popular demand! Prizes to the top teams. Sign up coming soon.
- Students: Stop by the Student Affairs table and play the fun games – get to know the Western Section of TWS!
Student Quiz Bowl Finals, 8:00pm to 9:00pm
Watch the top two student teams battle it out for champion status at the annual Student Quiz Bowl, led by Rhys Evans
Open Mic Night, 9:00pm to 11:00pm new!
Bring your stories from the field, poetry, live music and more, led by Katie Smith
Wednesday
Members Awards Ceremony Reception & Raffle, 7:00pm to 9:00pm
- Hors d’ouevres will be served, along with a no-host bar
- On-time attendees get a raffle ticket upon entry for a few grand door prizes
Enjoy a casual, relaxing evening reconnecting with your colleagues and friends while making new connections over heavy snacks at the annual meeting Members Awards Ceremony & Raffle Reception. We are trying something new this year, and will be holding our awards ceremony in a more casual format that we hope will be more appealing to our new members as well as to our old-timers. To encourage attendance with this new format, we’ll be giving out raffle tickets for a few grand door prizes to those who arrive on time! Help us celebrate the best of our profession at our annual Awards Ceremony. The raffle drawings will take place immediately after the awards presentations.
After Hours Wildlife Trivia, 9:00pm to 11:00pm
Join us for some fun (and fierce!) competition. With prizes! (teams of 4, ok to self organize that night!)
Thursday
Poster Session and Reception, 6:00-8:00pm
- Hors d’ouevres will be served, along with a no-host bar
An in-person poster session and reception will be held on Thursday evening. Authors will be available at their poster display to answer your questions about their research. Hors d’oeuvres will be provided to all meeting registrants along with a no-host bar. Posters will be available for viewing starting Wednesday morning through Thursday end of day. For more information on poster presenter guidelines, click here.