<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><br>Please forward to anyone who may be interested. <br><br>Cheers,<br>Peter<br><div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><hr></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#000099" size="6"><b>Pollination & Land Rehabilitation Workshop</b></font></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><b><br>September 29 & 30th </b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><b>Columbus, OH</b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font color="#000099" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Red Roof Inn - Buckeye Meeting Room</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font color="#000099" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><i>(1/2 block from the Columbus Convention Centre)</i></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font color="#000099" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">111 East Nationwide Blvd </span>
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</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><br></font></div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><br></font><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><span style="line-height: 17px;"></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><font size="3">The Canadian Pollination Initiative (NSERC-CANPOLIN) is organizing a 2-day workshop on Pollination and Land Rehabiliation. </font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font size="3">The workshop will bring together pollination biologists, restoration ecologists, and others interested in land rehabilitation, and will provide a valuable opportunity to assess the current state of knowledge and identify research priorities and collaborative projects. The workshop will take place immediately prior to the <a href="http://www.ecosummit2012.org/" target="_blank">2012 EcoSummit </a>on September 29 and 30, 2012 in Columbus, Ohio. </font> </span></font></div><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; "><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><b><u><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><font size="4"><b><u><font color="#000099" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Workshop Agenda</font></u></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><b><u><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><b><u><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Day 1 (Sat,Sept 29) 9:00 am - 5:00 pm</font></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">(<b><i>a) Assessment of the current state of knowledge</i></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Presentations by workshop participants on recent projects and developments in the field</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><b><i><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">(b) Determination of Research Priorities </font></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Group discussion to identify key knowledge gaps </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><b><u><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Day 2 (Sun, Sept 30) 9:00 am - 4:00 pm</font></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">(<b><i>c) Breakout Groups </i></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Based on outcome of (B) above, the workshop will divide into 3-4 breakout groups to identify potential parallel and collaborative projects in key areas and potential sources of funding.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><b><i><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">(d) Breakout Groups report and final wrap-up discussion</font></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; "><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; "><span style="color: rgb(78, 33, 78); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><font color="#660000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><b>Space is limited! To reserve a place in the workshop, please email </b></font><font color="#000099" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">sbates@uoguelph.ca</font><font color="#660000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">.</font></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><u><br></u></b></font></p></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; "></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; "></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; "></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; "></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; "><u></u></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; "><span></span><hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; "><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; "><span><div><div><div><font face="garamond, new york, times, serif"><font color="#000099" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Sarah Bates, PhD<br>Network Manager, NSERC-CANPOLIN<br>School of Environmental Sciences - Bovey<br>University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1<br>tel: (519)824-4120 X58022 fax: (519)837-0442</font><br></font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/canpolin" target="_blank">www.uoguelph.ca/canpolin</a></font><br></div></div></div><span></span><br></span><br><div style="font-size: 12pt; "><div style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>