Virginia Master Naturalist Statewide Conference and Volunteer Training 2021
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Overview
The Virginia Master Naturalist 2021 Statewide Conference and Volunteer Training is going virtual! This year’s event will be held October 1-3, 2021. As with our in-person conferences, this event aims to provide high-quality continuing education for VMN volunteers and to promote networking amongst volunteers and program partners.
The Virginia Master Naturalist 2021 Statewide Conference and Volunteer Training is going virtual! This year’s event will be held October 1-3, 2021. As with our in-person conferences, this event aims to provide high-quality continuing education for VMN volunteers and to promote networking amongst volunteers and program partners.
Registration
Registration is now open. Registration will be $65 per person and one ticket covers the entire conference!
Once you register, you don't need to do anything else right now. The 2021 VMN Virtual Conference will be available on Whova September 24, 2021. We will send you an email at that time with instructions on how to access conference content.
The registration fee will include the live event, pre-recorded sessions that link to the live event and on-demand sessions that can be watched at any time. The live sessions will be recorded and put on the app after the event. All recorded content will be available to registrants for six months after the conference!!
Please note that you do not need to pre-register for specific sessions. You will be able to attend whichever sessions you want in Whova during the live conference and you will also be able to watch recorded content through March 31, 2022 as you are able. Live sessions will be recorded so that attendees can watch them later.
Registration will remain open until September 30, 2021.
Registration is now open. Registration will be $65 per person and one ticket covers the entire conference!
Once you register, you don't need to do anything else right now. The 2021 VMN Virtual Conference will be available on Whova September 24, 2021. We will send you an email at that time with instructions on how to access conference content.
The registration fee will include the live event, pre-recorded sessions that link to the live event and on-demand sessions that can be watched at any time. The live sessions will be recorded and put on the app after the event. All recorded content will be available to registrants for six months after the conference!!
Please note that you do not need to pre-register for specific sessions. You will be able to attend whichever sessions you want in Whova during the live conference and you will also be able to watch recorded content through March 31, 2022 as you are able. Live sessions will be recorded so that attendees can watch them later.
Registration will remain open until September 30, 2021.
Conference Platform
As this year's VMN Conference is virtual, we have engaged a user-friendly online conference platform to help everyone connect and view sessions easily. The platform is called Whova and you can access it via a computer, a tablet, or a smartphone. There is a downloadable app for tablets and smartphones that can be found in the App Store or Google Play.
The Whova app and access are FREE! You do not need to download the app now. We will send you an email with instructions on how to access conference content. The 2021 VMN Virtual Conference will be available in Whova on September 25, 2021.
As this year's VMN Conference is virtual, we have engaged a user-friendly online conference platform to help everyone connect and view sessions easily. The platform is called Whova and you can access it via a computer, a tablet, or a smartphone. There is a downloadable app for tablets and smartphones that can be found in the App Store or Google Play.
The Whova app and access are FREE! You do not need to download the app now. We will send you an email with instructions on how to access conference content. The 2021 VMN Virtual Conference will be available in Whova on September 25, 2021.
Conference Schedule - At-a-glance
*See the "Conference Schedule - Details" section below for session descriptions
Friday, October 1
6:00-7:00pm, Opening Session: Let's Connect
7:00-8:00pm, Opening Keynote
Saturday, October 2
8:00am-12:00pm, Discovering Nature at your Favorite Local Spot
1:00-4:30pm, Concurrent Online Presentations
4:45-6:00pm, Closing Plenary
Sunday, October 3
8:00am-12:00pm, VMN Day of Service
On Demand Sessions
These sessions can be watched any time through the Whova platform and for six months after the conference.
*See the "Conference Schedule - Details" section below for session descriptions
Friday, October 1
6:00-7:00pm, Opening Session: Let's Connect
7:00-8:00pm, Opening Keynote
Saturday, October 2
8:00am-12:00pm, Discovering Nature at your Favorite Local Spot
1:00-4:30pm, Concurrent Online Presentations
4:45-6:00pm, Closing Plenary
Sunday, October 3
8:00am-12:00pm, VMN Day of Service
On Demand Sessions
These sessions can be watched any time through the Whova platform and for six months after the conference.
Conference Schedule - Full Details
* The schedule listed below comes directly from Whova and will be update here automatically as we update Whova.
* To see the entire session description, click on "See More".
* To see a speaker bio, click on the speaker's name.
* There are four types of online sessions:
* The schedule listed below comes directly from Whova and will be update here automatically as we update Whova.
* To see the entire session description, click on "See More".
* To see a speaker bio, click on the speaker's name.
* There are four types of online sessions:
- Plenary (live)
- Concurrent (live)
- Concurrent Q&A with accompanying pre-recorded content (Q&A is live but participants will need to have watched pre-recorded content ahead of the live session)
- On-demand, pre-recorded sessions that can be watched at any time. (Note: Whova requires that every session have a date/time; so even though these sessions are listed at 5pm on Sunday, you can watch them any time)
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