Dear Invitee:

We would like to invite you to a workshop on Phenology and Environmental Change: Challenges and Opportunities. The workshop abstract and program are given below. Additional information on the workshop can be found at http://csce.unl.edu/phenology in the events tab. The workshop will begin on Thursday, June 16 at 8:30 A.M. (registration at 7:30) and end at noon on Friday, June 17, 2005.

The intended audience for the workshop is scientists who are interested in phenology, climate change, spatial data mining, and trying to tie all of them together to create an understanding of how ecosystems change with time. The workshop should provide an excellent learning opportunity, as well as a venue for the exchange of ideas among a highly interdisciplinary group of scientists. You may register at https://busfin-s.unl.edu/conferences/pec/reg.cfm . The registration fees are $35.00 for members of the University of Nebraska and $75.00 for attendees from other institutions. The registration fee includes refreshments at breaks, a luncheon, and program materials.

The workshop will be held at the Cornhusker Hotel (http://www.thecornhusker.com/index.sp) in Lincoln, NE. Please make your room reservation (800-793-7474) with the hotel so you will receive the discounted workshop room rate of $89 (1 to 4 persons/night). Please tell the hotel you are attending the Phenology University of Nebraska Workshop. Please make your reservations early because there are a limited number of rooms available at this rate. The Cornhusker Hotel is in downtown Lincoln and has an excellent shuttle service to and from the airport, as well as easy access to the amenities of Lincoln.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Stephen

P. Stephen Baenziger

Eugene W. Price Professor

330 Keim Hall

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Lincoln, NE 68583-0915

Tel. No (402)-472-1538

e-mail: pbaenziger1@unl.edu