Call for Contributed Papers

This is the first call for oral and poster presentations for the Kansas Natural Resources Conference
January 29-30, 2009 at the Airport Hilton in Wichita, Kansas. We invite oral and poster presentations
by professionals and students on any natural resource-related topic of importance to Kansas and the
region. The plenary session of the conference will address the theme:

Renewable Energy – Renewable Resources

We especially encourage presentations related to the management and impact of renewable
energy development, however, any and all natural resource topics will be considered.

Abstracts are due December 1, 2008 and must be submitted electronically using this template.

Oral presentations may be one of two lengths: 12 minutes with an additional 3 minutes for questions,
or 25 minutes with an additional 5 minutes for questions. Oral presentations are limited to Microsoft
PowerPoint; no other formats will be accepted. Poster presentations should be no more than 4 by 4
feet. More details on specific poster formatting will follow at a later date.

Email abstract information as a Microsoft Word attachment to:
Christy Dipman at cdipman@ksu.edu.

Direct questions regarding this call for papers to
Charles Barden,
2021 Throckmorton-HFRR,
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506
785-532-1444 (office); 785-532-5780 (FAX); cbarden@ksu.edu