Get ready for our 22nd Texas Master Naturalist Program Annual Meeting, an event to gather, learn and celebrate another year of the Texas Master Naturalist Program. We’re preparing this year’s meeting as a HYBRID Event – both online and in-person at our Marriott contract hotel in Irving, Texas. The event will be held the weekend of Thursday October 21st through Sunday the 24th, 2021 with plenty of activities for all to enjoy! Join us for a long weekend of greenspace adventures in the natural hideaways of our largest urban area in Texas.
Agenda
This year’s agenda may look a little different, but we still have over 100+ concurrent technical sessions lined up with a huge variety of topics – from laws & ethics to paleontology, from dendrology to bird conservation issues and from youth programming to water quality community science. There are some really excellent speakers too! Note that our agenda has shifted up by half a day from our historic conference schedule. Join us early for some in-person pre-conference field sessions Thursday October 21st and a welcome social that evening. Officially, we’ll kick off the 2021 Annual Meeting Friday October 22nd in the morning, have technical sessions and keynotes through the whole day Friday and Saturday October 23rd, and run through Sunday October 24th morning closing with our contest awards and 2022 recertification pin announcement.
Our full Annual Meeting Agenda is presented on the links below in both a MATRIX format and a LONG FULL SESSIONS format. Check out our 100+ sessions offered by over 100 speakers. As always, registration will open the first week of August and will include pre-registering for the sessions of your choice. Many field & technical sessions will have capacity restrictions based on conference room space or trail space for those attending in-person. All session registrations are first-come, first-serve.
Annual Meeting Agenda – Matrix Format
Annual Meeting – Long Full Sessions Format
*note – these are best viewed on a computer and are not formatted for printing.
Registration
Our plan is to open registration the first week of August. With this year’s hybrid event we will have TWO registration options – In-Person Registration and Virtual Registration. Registration will be first-come, first-serve. More details about each of these can be found below:
In-Person Registration*
We can’t wait to see you again! Join us in-person this year for our re-engagement with our in-person conference experience. In-person registrants will be able to attend field sessions (no transportation provided, caravan or carpool-at-will this year) exploring some key nearby natural areas where TMNs work. All technical sessions are available for in-person registrants to attend. In-person full conference registration will also include all meals Thursday evening through Sunday breakfast with ample breaks and snacks throughout (Thursday dinner, Friday breakfast, lunch and dinner; Saturday breakfast, lunch and dinner; & Sunday breakfast). Registrants will also receive a registration swag bag catered to onsite learning. All registrations also include full access to the Virtual Attendee Hub conference website & app, recordings of all technical sessions for up to 6 months post-event and Annual Meeting contests, app games and session chat. Lodging is not included in the registration prices. *will be limited to 400 total participants on site each day.
Early Registration – Closes August 31st
- Early – Full Event Registration – $325.00
- Early – Two Day (Friday and Saturday only) – $300.00
Standard Registration – Open September 1st – October 1st
- Standard – Full Event Registration – $350.00
- Standard – Two Day (Friday and Saturday only) – $325.00
Virtual Registration
Making our event accessible & interactive to everyone is key with our virtual registrants! Virtual registrants will have access to all technical sessions. There may be minor exceptions for some technical sessions where the speaker has hands on or outdoor engagement activities, however efforts will be made to provide at home engagement tools for virtual attendees where possible. Additionally, the first 200 virtual registrants will receive a mailed registration swag box filled with goodies to stay engaged during the conference. All registrations also include full access to the Virtual Attendee Hub conference website & app, recordings of all technical sessions for up to 6 months post-event and Annual Meeting contests, app games and session chat. Lodging is not included in the registration prices.
Virtual Registration – Closes October 1st
- Full Virtual Event Registration – $100.00
Late Registration – Open October 1st – October 24th
- Late Virtual Registration – $125.00
Bookmark our page!
Our 2021 Annual Meeting Website will house all information regarding this year’s event – https://txmn.tamu.edu/2021-annual-meeting/
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COVID Contingency
As a result of the uncertainty surrounding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Texas Master Naturalist Program will continue monitoring federal and state health and safety guidelines. We are committed to creating a valuable and engaging educational and networking experience, while also keeping the safety of our membership and speakers at the center of our event planning. Any decision that may change the final format of the Annual Meeting will be shared immediately and travel/registration considerations will be made alongside these updates.
The Texas Master Naturalist Program maintains its responsibility to protect the health and wellbeing of its members, conference attendees and the general population while still serving its mission to provide education, outreach, and service dedicated to the beneficial management of natural resources and natural areas.
Mary Pearl Meuth
Texas Master Naturalist Program Assistant State Coordinator
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
E-mail: mpmeuth@tamu.edu
Cell: (727) 366-1144
495 Horticulture Dr, 2138 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-2138
Texas Master Naturalist – http://txmn.org
To develop a corps of well-informed volunteers to provide education, outreach, and service dedicated to the beneficial management of natural resources and natural areas within their communities.