North American Diatom Symposium

NADS 2011 Meeting: Program

Oral Presentations
Oral presentations will be 20 minutes in length including questions. Please bring your talk on disk or memory stick preferably saved as a .ppt file.

Poster Presentations
Posters should be 36” (92cm) wide by 48” (122cm) long.  Space is limited for posters so keeping to portrait orientation will help us fit in as many as possible.

Special Sessions/Workshops
Please send ideas or suggestions for special sessions to Dennis or Diane. Volunteers for session moderators are also requested.

Detailed Scientific Program (more detail to come so keep checking back!)

Wednesday, September 14
3:00-5:30 PM Arrival and Registration: Shuttles from airport to FLBS
5:30-10:00 PM Evening Social:sandwiches, beer, wine
   
Thursday, September 15
7:15-8:15 Breakfast and Registration
8:30-9:00 Opening Remarks and Welcome
9:00-10:00 Plenary Talk: Dr. Richard Crawford
10:00-10:20 Coffee Break
10:20-12:00 Diatom Life Cycles/Taxonomy and Systematics
12:15-1:15 Lunch
1:30-3:30 Diatoms in River and Wetland Environments
3:30-3:50 Coffee Break
3:50-5:30 Taxonomy and Systematics
5:30-6:30 Dinner
7:00-7:30 Poster Session
7:30-8:30 Local Expert Speaker: Rick Graetz, Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem
8:30-10:00 Poster Session, Evening Social
   
Friday, September 16
7:15-8:15 Breakfast
8:30-9:30 Plenary Talk: Dr. Paul Hamilton
9:30-9:50 Research Resources
9:50-10:10 Coffee Break
10:10-12:10 Floristic Surveys
12:15-1:15 Lunch
1:30-3:30 Methodological Investigations and Novel Applications
3:30-3:50 Coffee Break
3:50-5:30 Paleolimnology
5:30-6:30 Banquet
7:00-10:00 NADS Auction
   
Saturday, September 17
7:15-8:15 Breakfast
8:30-9:30 Plenary Talk: Dr. Bonnie Ellis
9:30-9:50 Local History
9:50-10:10 Coffee Break
10:10-12:10 Diatom-based metrics in monitoring and paleolimnology
12:15-1:15 Lunch
1:30-2:30 Taxonomy: Additions and Revisions
3:00-5:00 Scum Run
5:30-6:30 Dinner
7:00-7:30 N. American Diatom Website discussion
7:30-10:00 Open Discussion, Business Meeting, Evening Socializing
   
Sunday, September 18
7:15-8:15 Breakfast
8:30 Field Trip Departure
11:00 Departure from FLBS

Download the Detailed Scientific Program including the talks scheduled here.