A symposium to recognize and honor the contributions of Mike Conroy was held on Friday, September 12, 2025 in the Odum School of Ecology Auditorium on the University of Georgia campus. The Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources hosted a reception prior to the event. Five invited speakers presented Mike's work under different themes. They demonstrated the interplay among these themes throughout the career of an individual who made broad and impactful contributions to wildlife science and management.
The symposium is presented in five parts, below.
L-R: Krishna Pacifici, Jim Nichols, Duane Diefenbach, Richard Chandler, Andrea Goijman (on screen), Clint Moore
Welcome and Introduction (Clint Moore)
Mike, the Resource Biologist (Duane Diefenbach)
Mike, the Quantitative Ecologist (Krishna Pacifici)
Mike, the Teacher & Mentor (Richard Chandler)
Mike, the International Scholar (Andrea Goijman)
Capstone Presentation: Mike, the Influencer (Jim Nichols)
Closing Comments (Clint Moore)