Alaska Invasive Species Partnership

Alaska Invasive Species Workshop

About the Workshop
The Alaska Invasive Species Partnership and the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service organizes an invasive species workshop held annually in the late fall.  The workshop rotates between locations in Anchorage, Fairbanks and various rural communities. 

The workshop is a forum for discussing invasive species management activities within the state, offers expert presentations about emerging invasive species science and management issues, highlights outreach efforts, and offers training for new and experienced invasive species managers alike.  The workshop typically draws 100 to 150 participants.

The 2025 Invasive Species Workshop theme is invasive species at a crossroads: Challenges, choices, changes.

Location and Agenda

Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Dates: October 28-30, 2025

The 2025 agenda is here. And the Abstracts are here.

Call for Speakers

Theme: Invasive species at a crossroads: Challenges, choices, changes.
Title submission deadline August 22, 2025: Submit the title of your talk on this web form. If you can’t access this form contact Gino Graziano.

Oral and Poster Abstracts submission deadline to be announced:
The Alaska Invasive Species Partnership is requesting oral presentation and poster abstracts for the 2025 Annual Invasive Species Workshop in Anchorage, Alaska, October 28th – 30th . Web form for abstract submission to be announced.  If you cannot use the web form, submit the abstract to Gino Graziano, UAF Cooperative Extension Service at gagraziano@alaska.edu.  If you have questions contact Gino by email or phone at 907-786-6315.

Member rapid updates are held on Tuesday and Wednesday. Rapid updates are 2-5 minutes in length and are meant to share interesting information and stories. Form to sign up for rapid updates to be announced.

Oral presentation and poster abstract guidelines:
Please submit presentation abstracts by September 25, 2025, and poster abstracts by October 15, 2025. Write your abstract in a Word document and then copy and paste title, authors, and the abstract body into the submission form.  Follow these guidelines to prepare your abstract:

  • No more than 300 words
  • List primary author first followed by the other authors. Last name first.
  • List affiliation of authors in the same order as the authors are listed.
  • Spell check and proofread carefully (we will not be editing the abstracts).

Student/Teacher Scholarships

Student/Teacher scholarships for workshop attendance are available annually. If you would like to apply for a scholarship fill out this form. If you can’t access the form or need more information contact Gino by email: gagraziano@alaska.edu or call 907-786-6315.

Registration, Accommodations, and Travel

Registration: Register today! Registration to attend in-person is $160. To attend online registration is $60.
Location: Clarion Suites, Anchorage, Alaska
Accommodations: To get the room block rate ($119/night) tell them you are with the Alaska Invasive Species Workshop or use this link to the room block.


Continuing Education Units: The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation will awards up to 9 continuing education units for the renewal of certification to apply pesticides in Alaska. Units are awarded for attendance each day and worth the following: Tuesday 3 CEU, Wednesday 4 CEU, Thursday 2 CEU. To receive units you need to be present each day and sign in and out with the electronic form we will provide. If you are only able to attend certain days you receive the amount of CEU available for the day you attended.

Call for Nominations

Have you ever wanted to serve on the AKISP Board of Directors or know someone that would make an excellent board member? Do you know someone deserving of an AKISP award this year? Now is your chance to submit board and/or award nominations! The workshop will include elections of new AKISP Board of Directors as well as recognizing members for their outstanding contributions to invasive species planning and management.

Board and awardee nominations can be submitted using this form.

The annual board election and award announcements will take place during the October 28-30, 2025 workshop.

Past workshop proceedings


7th Annual Meeting (Anchorage 2006)
8th Annual Meeting (Fairbanks 2007)
11th Annual Meeting (Fairbanks 2010)
12th Annual Meeting (Anchorage 2011)
13th Annual Meeting (Kodiak 2012)
14th Annual Meeting (Fairbanks 2013) 
15th Annual Meeting (Anchorage 2014)
16th Annual Meeting (Juneau 2015)
17th Annual Meeting (Fairbanks 2016)
18th Annual Meeting (Anchorage 2017)
19th Annual Meeting (Homer, 2018)
20th Annual Meeting (Fairbanks 2019)
21st Annual Meeting (Virtual 2020)
22nd Annual Meeting (Virtual 2021)
23rd Annual Meeting (Anchorage 2022)
24th Annual Meeting (Sitka 2023)
25th Annual Meeting (Fairbanks 2024)

Support the Workshop

Supporting the workshop helps keep the cost of registration down, and helps bring great speakers to Alaska. Supporters will be recognized at the workshop with their logo on printed materials, and appreciation from the workshop organizers. For more information, or to lend financial support contact Gino Graziano at: gagraziano@alaska.edu or 907-786-6315.

Introducing the 2025 Biggest Invasive Species Geek!

A tradition of the Workshop is the Biggest Invasive Species Geek Challenge. The winner keeps the trophy for a year and hosts the next challenge. The 2025 AKISP Biggest Invasive Species Geek was Masumi Palhof from Kodiak Soil and Water Conservation District! Masumi was presented with the award from last year’s Biggest Invasive Species Geek, Tim Stallard. Credit: Laura Weingartner/UAF.