SFS Annual Meeting | Society for Freshwater Science

AGENDA

TIME

SESSION

07:00 - 08:30

New Board of Directors Breakfast
[Horizons Rooftop]

08:00 - 17:00

Silent Auction pickup
[Liberty Ballroom Foyer]

Exhibits open
[Liberty Ballroom Foyer]

Presentation ready room
[Salon 9]

Registration
[Liberty Ballroom Foyer]

08:00 - 18:00

Childcare - Supervised
[Parlor A & B]

Nursing/family private space - Unsupervised
[Parlor C & D]

08:30 - 09:00

Welcome/Announcements; 2024 Fellows Awards
[Liberty Ballroom ABC]

09:00 - 10:00

Plenary Session IV: Panel presentation and discussion about JEDI Initiatives and SFS
[Liberty Ballroom ABC]

10:00 - 10:30

Coffee Break

10:00 - 12:30

Poster tear down by presenters
[Liberty Ballroom]

Emerge & Instars Closing Workshop
[Horizons Rooftop]

10:30 - 12:00

Freedom Ballroom E	Freedom Ballroom F	Freedom Ballroom H/G	Independence Ballroom A	Independence Ballroom B	Independence Ballroom C	Independence Ballroom D	Philadelphia Ballroom	Salon 10	Salon 3/4	Salon 5/6
C06 Large River Ecology	S04 Contaminant Ecology of Freshwaters Moderator: Austin Gray, Arial Shogren, Jess Brandt	C36 Water Resource Management	C08 Urban Ecology	C11 Community Ecology	S16 Trash Talk: Ecology of Anthropogenic Materials in Freshwaters & S26 Transport and Bioaccumulation of Microplastics in Freshwater Ecosystems Moderator: Lisa, Jon	C25 Food Webs	S22 Leveraging the Whole Ecosystem Approach to Studying Freshwater Ecosystems: Celebrating the Career of Bill McDowell Moderator: Sujay Kaushal	C17 Bioassessment	S18 Freshwater Mussels: Connectivity and Conservation Concerns Moderator: David Perkins	S09 Challenges and Opportunities in eDNA

10:30 - 18:00

Exhibit tear down
[Liberty Foyer]

12:00 - 13:30

Lunch on your own

13:30 - 15:00

Freedom Ballroom E	Freedom Ballroom F	Freedom Ballroom H/G	Independence Ballroom A	Independence Ballroom B	Independence Ballroom C	Independence Ballroom D	Philadelphia Ballroom	Salon 10	Salon 3/4	Salon 5/6
C06 Large River Ecology	S05 Contaminant and Trace Element Biogeochemical Cycling in Aquatic Ecosystems Moderator: Jacqueline Gerson	C36 Water Resource Management	C31 Organic Matter Processing	C11 Community Ecology	S16 Trash Talk: Ecology of Anthropogenic Materials in Freshwaters & S26 Transport and Bioaccumulation of Microplastics in Freshwater Ecosystems Moderator: Rae, Tim	C25 Food Webs	S22 Leveraging the Whole Ecosystem Approach to Studying Freshwater Ecosystems: Celebrating the Career of Bill McDowell Moderator: Adam Wymore	C17 Bioassessment	S18 Freshwater Mussels: Connectivity and Conservation Concerns	S10 Environmental DNA as a Tool for Understanding Connections Moderator: Erik Pilgrim

15:00 - 15:30

Coffee Break

15:30 - 17:00

Freedom Ballroom E	Freedom Ballroom F	Freedom Ballroom H/G	Independence Ballroom A	Independence Ballroom B	Independence Ballroom C	Independence Ballroom D	Philadelphia Ballroom	Salon 10	Salon 3/4	Salon 5/6
C06 Large River Ecology	S05 Contaminant and Trace Element Biogeochemical Cycling in Aquatic Ecosystems Moderator: Jacqueline Gerson	C36 Water Resource Management	S17 Quantifying Rare Invasive and Threatened/ Endangered Aquatic Species: Different Goals, but the Same Analysis Problem Moderator: Song Quian	C11 Community Ecology	S16 Trash Talk: Ecology of Anthropogenic Materials in Freshwaters & S26 Transport and Bioaccumulation of Microplastics in Freshwater Ecosystems Moderator: Rae, Tim	C25 Food Webs	S22 Leveraging the Whole Ecosystem Approach to Studying Freshwater Ecosystems: Celebrating the Career of Bill McDowell Moderator: Adam Wymore	C17 Bioassessment	S18 Freshwater Mussels: Connectivity and Conservation Concerns Moderator: Jill Fedarick	C12 Conservation Ecology

17:00 - 18:30

Conference closes; Dinner on your own