
Dr. James H. Speer is a Professor of Geography and Geology at Indiana State University. He received his bachelors and master’s degree from the University of Arizona in Geosciences and his PhD from the University of Tennessee in Geography. He is a biogeographer who uses tree-rings to reconstruct environmental variables such as climate change, fire history, and insect outbreaks. He has collected tree-ring samples from around the world and many of the United States. Through his years of studying environmental history, he has realized that humans are operating outside of the natural range of variability for most natural systems, which has motivated him to give back to society by being a champion for sustainability at Indiana State University and in the Wabash Valley. He has written multiple books including a textbook on dendrochronology call the Fundamentals of Tree-Ring Research. More recently, he has published popular action-adventure novels that teach science through an adventure story in Exposé on Climate Change and Exposé on Sustainability.
Sessions in which Jim Speer participates
- General Session (Dendroclimatology, PT1) Coeur des Sciences, Sherbrooke Building, UQAM - Classroom (SH-3420)
- 9:20 - 10:35 | 1 hour 15 minutes
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- General Session (Dendroclimatology, PT2) Coeur des Sciences, Sherbrooke Building, UQAM - Classroom (SH-3420)
- 11:00 - 12:15 | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Talk
- Symposium 8 (PT 2). Dendrochronological progress in tropical Americas Coeur des Sciences, Sherbrooke Building, UQAM - Amphitheatre (SH-2800)
- 11:00 - 12:15 | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Dendrochronological archives in the tropics of the Americas have been under-studied for a long time....
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- A North Tropical Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature Reconstruction from the Dominican Republic Using Pinus occidentalis Coeur des Sciences, Sherbrooke Building, UQAM - Amphitheatre (SH-2800)
- Speaker Jim Speer (Indiana State University) |
- 11:45 - 11:52 | 7 minutes Part of: Symposium 8 (PT 2). Dendrochronological progress in tropical Americas
- The Caribbean, like much of the tropics, is underrepresented by tree-ring chronologies making global climate reconstructions a challenge because...
- Talk
Sessions in which Jim Speer attends
- Workshop. Blue Intensity for Dendrochronology Coeur des Sciences, Sherbrooke Building, UQAM - Classroom (SH-3140)
- 8:30 - 12:30 | 4 hours
- Blue Intensity (BI) is a cost-effective analytical method for m...
- Workshop
- Welcome Coeur des Sciences, Sherbrooke Building, UQAM - Amphitheatre (SH-2800)
- 8:25 - 8:45 | 20 minutes
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- Exact Dating of the First Europeans in the Americas (Keynote presentation) Coeur des Sciences, Sherbrooke Building, UQAM - Amphitheatre (SH-2800)
- 8:45 - 9:15 | 30 minutes
- Dendrochronology is considered one the most precise of all the scientific dating techniques. However, it requires ...
- Keynote
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- Symposium 7 (PT 1). Historical Timbers and Wooden Artifacts as Archives: New Glimpses On Trees, Ecology, and People Coeur des Sciences, Sherbrooke Building, UQAM - Amphitheatre (SH-2800)
- 9:20 - 10:35 | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Information garnered from historical timbers and wooden artifacts (e.g. houses, barns, ships) can greatly enhance our u...
- Talk
- General Session (Dendrogeosystems) Coeur des Sciences, Sherbrooke Building, UQAM - Salle polyvalente (SH-4800)
- 11:00 - 12:15 | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Talk
- Poster Session Coeur des Sciences, Sherbrooke Building, UQAM - Salle polyvalente (SH-4800)
- 12:30 - 14:30 | 2 hours
- Posters
- General Session (Dendroecology, PT2) (rescheduled) Coeur des Sciences, Sherbrooke Building, UQAM - Salle polyvalente (SH-4800)
- 15:15 - 17:15 | 2 hours
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- TRS-Awards ceremony & FREE Pre-Dining cocktail Coeur des Sciences, Sherbrooke Building, UQAM - Agora Hydro-Québec (CO-R500)
- 18:30 - 21:00 | 2 hours 30 minutes
- This is a mandatory (!) .... and FREE (!!) cocktail & award ceremony (!!!)(in replacement of the Banquet formula)->-&...

- Welcome Coeur des Sciences, Sherbrooke Building, UQAM - Amphitheatre (SH-2800)
- 8:25 - 8:45 | 20 minutes
- Talk
- A tipping point for tropical tree longevity (Keynote presentation) Coeur des Sciences, Sherbrooke Building, UQAM - Amphitheatre (SH-2800)
- 8:45 - 9:15 | 30 minutes
- How old are tropical trees? This fundamental question has long driven the curiosity of laymen and scientists. But only recently, a great number ...
- Keynote
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- Symposium 8 (PT 1). Dendrochronological progress in tropical Americas Coeur des Sciences, Sherbrooke Building, UQAM - Amphitheatre (SH-2800)
- 9:20 - 10:50 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Dendrochronological archives in the tropics of the Americas have been under-studied for a long time....
- Talk
- Coffee Break
- 10:35 - 11:00 | 25 minutes
- Welcome Coeur des Sciences, Sherbrooke Building, UQAM - Amphitheatre (SH-2800)
- 13:25 - 13:30 | 5 minutes
- Talk
- Short fire intervals and long tree ring chronologies in the eastern Canadian taiga (Keynote presentation) Coeur des Sciences, Sherbrooke Building, UQAM - Amphitheatre (SH-2800)
- 13:25 - 14:00 | 35 minutes
- A gap of millennial tree-ring data suitable for dendroclimatology has long been evident in the North American bo...
- Keynote
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- Symposium 6. Advancing (Ameri)Dendro Allyship Coeur des Sciences, Sherbrooke Building, UQAM - Salle polyvalente (SH-4800)
- 15:50 - 17:20 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Allies have emerged as key enablers of diversity and inclusivity initiatives in the workplace, in professional associat...
- Talk
- Farewell Coeur des Sciences, Sherbrooke Building, UQAM - Salle polyvalente (SH-4800)
- 17:20 - 17:30 | 10 minutes
- Talk
- The other Montréal. From the River to the Mountain; a first discovery of the city
- Available Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket Coeur des Sciences, Sherbrooke Building, UQAM - Salle polyvalente (SH-4800)
- 17:40 - 19:30 | 1 hour 50 minutes
- (by bus, max 92 people)