Sessions

The foundation of the Summit are 30+ one and a half to two hour long sessions focused on the most important topics, as identified by you the participants.

A certain number of session topics will be pre-established to have our time in person be as productive as possible. At least half of the session spaces will be reserved for spontaneous topics presented at the outset of the meeting

Learn more about the unconference format under the ‘About’ tab.

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Pre-established sessions to be convened at the Summit:

Agave Summit

  • No Bats, no Bacanora (Valeria Cañedo Montaño) 

  • Fermentation: Quality, Traditional Knowledge, Cultural Heritage (Michael Hurley, Chris Sauer, Cesar Ojeda, Maritza Alvarez)

  • Growing Quality Agave: Problems, programs and possible solutions (Michael Hurley and Randy Young)

N-Gen Summit

  • Food Biocultural Diversity in the Sonoran Desert (Erin Riordan and Charlie de la Rosa) 

  • UNEC (Union for Northwest Mexico Field Stations) (Sula Vanderplank) 

  • N-Gen Autodiagnostico / Social Network analysis (Víctor Ricárdez-García)

  • Understanding the Impacts of Severe Droughts (Ben Wilder and Peter Breslin)

  • Gulf of California Health Status (Lorayne Meltzer and Ben Wilder)

  • Bat caves conservation strategies in the Sonoran Desert (Luis Omar Calva Pérez, Denisse Díaz Damas, Ana Cristina Contreras Zayas, Luis Alfonso de la Fuente)

  • Fire in the Sonoran Desert (Jim Malusa)

  • Artistic and Musical Gatherings as Interdisciplinary Research Frameworks (Gabriela Ocadiz Velazquez)

  • Audience Detection for a Public Communication of Science (Martha Patricia Alcaraz Flores, Isadora Clark Ordóñez)

We are no longer accepting pre-established session proposals. There are a number of session spaces reserved, which will be filled with your ideas at the outset of the Summit.