ACES AND ECOSYSTEM MARKETS CONFERENCE 2012 - A COMMUNITY ON ECOSYSTEM SERVICES LINKING SCIENCE, PRACTICE AND DECISION MAKING. ACES AND ECOSYSTEM MARKETS 2012 IS AN INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION OF THREE DYNAMIC COMMUNITIES - A COMMUNITY ON ECOSYSTEM SERVICES (ACES), THE ECOSYSTEM MARKETS CONFERENCE, AND THE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES PARTNERSHIP (ESP). THE CONFERENCE, HOSTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, WILL PROVIDE AN OPEN FORUM TO SHARE EXPERIENCES AND STATE-OF-THE-ART METHODS, TOOLS, AND PROCESSES FOR ASSESSING AND INCORPORATING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES INTO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DECISIONS. THE FOCUS OF THE CONFERENCE WILL BE TO LINK SCIENCE, PRACTICE, INSTITUTIONS AND RESOURCE SUSTAINABLE DECISION MAKING BY BRINGING TOGETHER ECOSYSTEM SERVICES COMMUNITIES FROM AROUND THE UNITED STATES AND THE GLOBE. ACES AND ECOSYSTEM MARKETS 2012 WILL BRING TOGETHER LEADERS IN GOVERNMENT, NGOS, ACADEMIA, TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO ADVANCE THE USE OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES SCIENCE AND PRACTICE IN CONSERVATION, RESTORATION, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, AND DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS. TO FACILITATE DISCUSSION, A VARIETY OF PRESENTATION METHODS INCLUDING, ORGANIZED SESSIONS, WORLD CAF DISCUSSIONS, TOWN HALL MEETINGS, ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS, AND HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE CONFERENCE STRUCTURE. TOPICS AND THEMES FROM PREVIOUS ACES, ECOSYSTEM MARKETS, AND ESP EVENTS WILL BE INTEGRATED TO PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE EVENT ON THE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES. IN COMBINING THE EFFORTS OF THESE THREE GROUPS, WE PLAN TO REACH AN AUDIENCE OF 600-700 OR MORE PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE GLOBE. HISTORICALLY, THESE GROUPS TOTAL ATTENDANCE HAS REACHED MORE THAN 800 PEOPLE COMBINED, AND HAS FEATURED ATTENDEES FROM EVERY US STATE AND MORE THAN 40 COUNTRIES.