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SCHEDULE

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SWS 2010 Schedule-at-a-Glance

CC=Convention Center, LA=Little America Hotel

Sunday, June 27TimeLocation
SWS Executive Board Meeting8:00A - 10:00AArizona (LA)
SWS PCP Board Meeting8:30A - 6:30PSun Valley (LA)
SWS Old Board Meeting10:00A - 6:30PArizona (LA)
Registration2:00P - 5:30PArizona Foyer (LA)
SWS Undergraduate Mentoring Program Orientation5:00P - 6:00PTucson (LA)
Opening Reception6:00P - 9:00PTracy Aviary
Monday, June 28 Time Location
Past Presidents Breakfast6:45A - 7:45A259 (CC)
Registration7:00A - 5:00PExhibit Hall 3 Foyer (CC)
Speaker Ready Room8:00A - 5:00P257 A (CC)
Opening & Plenary Session - Nikolay Aladin8:00A - 9:00A255 A/B/C (CC)
Symposium 1 Integrating Wetland Processes and Wildlife Populations to Evaluate Climate Change9:00A - 12:30P155 A (CC)
Symposium 2 Does Nutrient Pollution Jeopardize Tidal Wetland Viability?9:00A - 12:30P155 B (CC)
Session 1 Wetland Biogeochemistry I9:00A - 12:30P155 C (CC)
Session 2 Wetland Function and Habitat Assessment9:00A - 12:30P155 D (CC)
Session 3 Wetland Inventory, Remote Sensing & Mapping Methods9:00A - 12:30P155 E (CC)
Coffee Break10:20A - 11:00A155 Foyer (CC)
Publications Committee Lunch12:30P - 2:00P260 (CC)
Lunch - Cash and Carry Lunches will be available at CC12:30P - 2:00PCC
Awards Committee Lunch12:30P - 2:00P257 B (CC)
Chapter Treasurer’s Lunch12:30P - 2:00P259 (CC)
Australasia Chapter Meeting - Purchase lunch and attend12:30P - 2:00P155 A (CC)
Canada Chapter Meeting - Purchase lunch and attend12:30P - 2:00P155 B (CC)
Central Chapter Meeting - Purchase lunch and attend12:30P - 2:00P155 C (CC)
Europe Chapter Meeting - Purchase lunch and attend12:30P - 2:00P155 D (CC)
Alaska Chapter Meeting - Purchase lunch and attend12:30P - 2:00P155 E (CC)
Mid Atlantic Chapter Meeting12:30P - 2:00P355 A (CC)
South Atlantic Chapter Meeting12:30P - 2:00P355 A (CC)
Peatlands Section Mtg12:30P - 2:00P355 A (CC)
Women in Wetlands Section Mtg12:30P - 2:00P355 A (CC)
Wildlife Section Mtg12:30P - 2:00P355 A (CC)
Session 4 Estuarine & Coastal Wetlands2:00P - 5:30P155 A (CC)
Symposium 3 Wetland Assessment: Key Considerations for Method Development and Implementation2:00P - 5:30P155 B (CC)
Symposium 4 Wetland Biogeochemistry in a Changing World2:00P - 5:30P155 C (CC)
Session 5 Climate Change2:00P - 3:30P155 D (CC)
Session 7 Internationally Important Wetlands2:00P - 3:30P155 E (CC)
Coffee Break3:30P - 4:00P155 Foyer (CC)
Children's Program3:30P - 3:30P355 B (CC)
Session 6 Wetlands Creation and Restoration I4:00P - 5:30P155 D (CC)
Round Table – Applying SWS Wetland Expertise into Global Decision-making: Building the SWS-Ramsar Convention Link4:00P - 5:30P155 E (CC)
P1 Poster Session 1 Reception/Raffle5:30P - 7:30PExhibit Hall 3 (CC)
Tuesday, June 29 Time Location
Women in Wetlands Breakfast6:30A - 7:30A260 A&B (CC)
Registration7:30A - 5:00PExhibit Hall 3 Foyer (CC)
Speaker Ready Room8:00A - 5:00P257 A (CC)
Plenary Session #2 – Terry Chapin8:00A - 9:00A255A/B/C (CC)
Session 8 Managing Wetlands for Fish and Wildlife Habitat9:00A - 3:00P155 A (CC)
Symposium 5 History of Wetland Ecology I9:00A - 12:00P155 B (CC)
Symposium 6 Not Just for Women (Women in Wetlands)9:00A - 12:30P155 C (CC)
Sypmposium 7 Hydric Soils Indicators, Standards and Applications9:00A - 12:30P155 D (CC)
Session 9 Wetlands Creation and Restoration II9:00A - 12:30P155 E (CC)
Coffee Break10:20A - 11:00AExhibit Hall 3 (CC)
Lunch - Cash and Carry Lunches will be available at CC12:30P - 2:00P(CC)
International Chapter Meeting - Purchase lunch and attend12:30P - 2:00P155 A (CC)
New England Chapter Meeting - Purchase lunch and attend12:30P - 2:00P155 B (CC)
N Central Chapter Meeting - Purchase lunch and attend12:30P - 2:00P155 C (CC)
Pacific NW Chapter Meeting - Purchase lunch and attend12:30P - 2:00P155 D (CC)
Rocky Mountain Chapter Meeting - Purchase lunch and attend12:30P - 2:00P155 E (CC)
South Central Chapter Meeting - Purchase lunch and attend12:30P - 2:00PExhibit Hall (CC)
Western Chapter Meeting - Purchase lunch and attend12:30P - 2:00PExhibit Hall (CC)
Symposium 8 History of Wetland Ecology II2:00P - 5:30P155 B (CC)
Session 10 Wetland Biogeochemistry II2:00P - 5:30P155 C (CC)
Session 11 Wetlands Creation and Restoration III2:00P - 5:30P155 E (CC)
Undergraduate Mentoring Program's Education Workshop3:30P - 5:00P155 D (CC)
Coffee Break3:30P - 4:00PExhibit Hall 3 (CC)
Professional Wetland Scientist Certification Information: Overview and Q&A (sponsored by SWSPCP)3:30P - 5:00P255 A (CC)
Session 12 Managing Invasive Wetland Species4:00P - 5:30P155 A (CC)
PWS Mixer5:30P - 7:00PTeton (LA)
Plenary Session #3 – Ross Coleman5:30P - 6:30P255A/B/C (CC)
Student/Professional Networking Mixer5:30P - 7:00PSnowbasin (LA)
Wednesday, June 30Time Location
Buses load 15 minutes before start time at the Salt Palace Convention Center
Field Trip: Provo River Restoration and Swaner Nature Preserve8:00A - 5:00PConvention Center
Field Trip: UDOT Mitigation Banks8:00A - 12:30PConvention Center
Field Trip: Wetland Plant ID8:00A - 12:00PConvention Center
Field Trip: Bear River Migratory Refuge8:00A - 12:00PConvention Center
Workshop: Hydric Soils8:00A - 4:00P355 A (CC)
Workshop: Community Connections8:00A - 12:00P355 B (CC)
Workshop: Restoration/Rehabilitation and Conservation Easements8:00A - 12:00P355 D (CC)
Field Trip: Kennecott South Shore of the Great Salt Lake8:30A - 12:30PConvention Center
Field Trip: Trip to Park City8:30A - 5:30PConvention Center
Field Trip: Big Cottonwood Canyon9:00A - 5:00PConvention Center
Field Trip: Antelope Island10:00A - 6:00PConvention Center
Field Trip: Jordan River Canoe Trip1:00P - 5:00PConvention Center
Thursday, July 1 Time Location
Registration7:30A - 4:00PExhibit Hall 3 Foyer (CC)
Speaker Ready Room8:00A - 4:00P257 A (CC)
Plenary Session #4 - Duncan Patten8:00A - 9:00A255A/B/C (CC)
Session 13 Wetlands Policy and Regulations9:00A - 3:00P155 A (CC)
Symposium 9 Wetland Inventory and Mapping and Its Application to Wetland Regulation and Protection in the Adirondack Park9:00A - 12:30P155 B (CC)
Symposium 10 Wetland Development and Restoration: Looking at History and Planning the Future I9:00A - 12:30P155 C (CC)
Session 14 Wetland Geomorphology and Hydrology9:00A - 12:30P155 D (CC)
Session 15 Great Salt Lake Ecology9:00A - 10:30A155 E (CC)
Coffee Break10:20A - 11:00AExhibit Hall 3 (CC)
Session 16 Wetlands of the Western US11:00A - 12:00P155 E (CC)
Awards Lunch12:30P - 2:00P355 (CC)
Symposium 11 Wetland Development and Restoration: Looking at History and Planning the Future II2:00P - 5:30P155 C (CC)
Symposium 12 Groundwater Dependent Wetlands: Biology, Eco-Hydrology and Environmental Water Requirements2:00P - 5:30P155 E (CC)
Coffee Break3:30P - 4:00PExhibit Hall 3 (CC)
Undergraduate Mentoring Program's Education Workshop I I3:30P - 5:00P155 D (CC)
Session 17 Wetland Conservation and Stewardship4:15P - 5:30P155 A (CC)
SWS Business Meeting5:00P - 6:00P255A/B/C (CC)
P2 Poster Session 2 Reception/ Silent Auction6:00P - 8:00PExhibit Hall 3 (CC)
US National Ramsar Committee6:00P - 8:00P260 (CC)
Friday, July 2 Time Location
Registration7:30A - 10:30AExhibit Hall 3 Foyer (CC)
Plenary Session #5 - Wendy Fisher & Arthur Morris8:00A - 9:00A255 A/B/C (CC)
Speaker Ready Room8:00A - 12:00P257 A (CC)
New BOD Meeting8:00A - 12:00P259 (CC)
Symposium 14 Wetlands: Greenhouse Gas Sources or Sinks?9:00A - 12:30P155 C (CC)
Symposium 13 Too Much Water and Too Little: Hydrological Modification & Wetland Responses Resulting from Climate Change9:00A - 12:00P155 B (CC)
Session 18 Urban and Agricultural Wetlands9:00A - 12:30P155 A (CC)
Coffee Break10:20A - 11:00AExhibit Hall 3 (CC)
Undergraduate Mentoring Program Luncheon12:30P - 2:00P355 A (CC)
Closing Remarks12:30P - 1:30P255 A/B/C (CC)