Conference Schedule

Monday, April 24

9:00-9:30 a.m. – Welcome

Thomas Dean, Director, Iowa Project on Place Studies

Mark Ackelson, President, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation

Liz Christensen, Deputy Director, Iowa Department of Natural Resources

 Special Participatory Performance--Drum Circle with the Yahoo Drummers: The Iowa City Drum Circle

9:30-11:00 a.m. – Plenary Panel, “Setting Forth the Issues”

 Stephanie Mills, Author

Roger Gipple, Founder and Director, The Agrestal Fund of the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation

Thomas Dean

11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. – Reflection time and lunch (on your own)

1:00-2:30 p.m. – Discussion Session I, “What Is Wildness?”

        Discussion Leader:  Bob Sessions, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Kirkwood Community College

2:30-3:00 p.m. – Break

3:00-4:30 p.m. – Discussion Session II, “How Have We Moved Away from the Wild, and What Harm Has That Caused?”

             Discussion Leader:  Mark Edwards, Iowa Department of Natural Resources

4:30-7:30  p.m. – Reflection time and dinner (on your own) 

7:30-9:00 p.m. – Keynote Address

        "Sadness, Hope:  Writing through the Crisis of Our Times"

        Bill McKibben, Author

Tuesday, April 25

8:30-8:45 a.m. – Welcome

        Special Performance:  Joe Plum, Bardic Poet

8:45-10:15 a.m. – Discussion Session III, “Where Does the Wild Still Exist Now?”

        Discussion Leader:  Nancy Grudens-Schuck, Associate Professor of Agricultural Education and Studies, Iowa State University

10:15-10:30 a.m. – Break

10:30 a.m.-12:00 noon – Discussion Session IV, “How Can We ‘Rewild’”?

        Discussion Leader:  Lonnie Gamble, Sustainable Living Coalition, Fairfield

12:00 noon-1:30 p.m. – Reflection time and lunch (on your own)

1:30 -3:00 p.m. – Wild Iowa Essay Project Readings

3:00-3:30 p.m. – Break

3:30-5:00 p.m. – Discussion Session V, “What Would a ‘Wilder Iowa’ Look Like?”

        Discussion Leader:  Karie Wiltshire, Ioway Project for Connectivity Coordinator, INHF's Agrestal Fund

5:00-7:30 p.m. – Reflection time and dinner (on your own)

7:00-7:30 p.m. -- Special Musical Performance, Dave Moore

7:30-9:00 p.m. -- Keynote Address

                                "What Would Aldo Do?"

                                Stephanie Mills, Author