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SWS 2008
Conference Schedule at a Glance
(Updated 26 May 2008)
ASWM
indicates sessions organized
by the
Association of State Wetland Managers
SER
indicates sessions organized by the
Society for Ecological Restoration
AIBS
indicates workshops organized by the
American Institute of Biological Sciences
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Time |
Location |
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Sunday, 25 May |
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SWS Executive Board Meeting |
08:0010:00 |
Hoover |
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SWS Old Board Meeting |
10:0021:00 |
Hoover |
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Monday, 26 May |
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SWS Professional Certification Program
Board Meeting |
09:0017:00 |
Hoover |
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Registration/Check-in |
16:0020:00 |
Atrium |
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Minority Student Program Orientation |
17:3018:30 |
McKinley |
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Memorial Day Barbeque Reception with Live
Music (SWS musicians welcome) |
18:0021:00 |
Wardman East
Lawn (Thurgood Marshall Ballroom Northeast, if rainy) |
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Tuesday, 27 May |
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Registration/Check-in |
07:3017:00 |
Atrium |
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Meeting Business Office |
08:0017:00 |
Lincoln 1 |
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Speaker Ready Room |
08:0017:00 |
Buchanan |
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Wetlanders Childrens
Program |
08:0017:30 |
Taft |
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Exhibitor move-in |
12:00-15:00 |
Exhibit Hall C |
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Opening Plenary Session |
08:0012:00 |
Ballroom
N/S/E/W |
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Pat Megonigal, SWS President,
Opening remarks |
08:0008:20 |
Ballroom
N/S/E/W |
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Grace Bottitta,
If we save the Bay (Chesapeake), Will that
Really be Enough? |
08:2009:00 |
Ballroom
N/S/E/W |
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John Acorn, Wetlands, The view
from the boardwalk |
09:0009:45 |
Ballroom
N/S/E/W |
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Break |
09:4510:15 |
Foyer |
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Francesca Grifo, Restoring Scientific
Integrity in a Political Climate |
10:1511:00 |
Ballroom
N/S/E/W |
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Carl Hiaasen, A conversation with
Carl Hiaasen |
11:0012:00 |
Ballroom
N/S/E/W |
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Book Signing with Carl Hiaasen |
11:3013:00 |
Foyer |
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Chapter Lunch Meetings |
12:3013:15 |
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Alaska |
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Johnson |
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Australasia |
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Lincoln 4 |
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Canada |
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Lincoln 3 |
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Central |
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Cleveland
1 |
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Europe |
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Harry's Pub |
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International |
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Taylor |
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Mid-Atlantic |
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Ballroom North |
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New England |
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Ballroom South |
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North Central |
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Hoover |
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Pacific Northwest |
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Ballroom West |
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Rocky Mountain |
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Cleveland 2 |
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South Atlantic |
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Ballroom East |
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South Central
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Jackson |
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Western |
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Jefferson |
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PCP Certification Renewal Panel and
Certification Standards Committee Lunch |
12:0013:30 |
TBD |
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Journal Editors Lunch |
12:0013:30 |
Lincoln 1 |
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Symposium: Global Change and the Function
and Distribution of Wetlands |
13:3017:30 |
Ballroom North |
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Symposium: USEPAs National Wetland
Condition Assessment |
13:3017:00 |
Ballroom East |
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Symposium: Wetlands as
Sentinels of Climate Change: Effects on Goods
and Services |
13:3017:30 |
Ballroom West |
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Symposium: Perceptions,
Problems & Plans for Wetland Reclamation in the
Canadian Oil Sands |
13:3017:30 |
Lincoln 2 |
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SER
Panel Discussion: Global Climate Change
and the Future of Wetland Restoration New
Perspectives from
SER |
13:3017:00 |
Ballroom South |
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Contributed Sessions |
13:3017:30 |
Various |
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PCP Application Mentoring and
Question/Answer Session |
16:3017:30 |
Taylor |
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Exhibits and Silent
Auction Open |
15:0020:00 |
Exhibit Hall C |
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Afternoon Break |
15:0015:30 |
Exhibit Hall C |
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SWS International Fellow Presentation,
P.N. Johnson |
16:0016:30 |
Lincoln 4 |
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PCP Mixer |
17:3019:00 |
Foyer |
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SWS Chapter Treasurers
Meeting |
17:3018:30 |
Lincoln 1 |
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SWS Sections Meetings |
17:3018:30 |
Lincoln 3 |
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Student Mixer |
19:3021:00 |
Johnson |
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Reception and Poster
Session; Exhibits and Silent Auction Open |
18:0020:00 |
Exhibit Hall C |
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Wednesday, 28 May |
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SWS Past Presidents Breakfast |
07:0008:30 |
Johnson |
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PCP Past Presidents Breakfast |
07:0008:30 |
Tyler |
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Registration/Check-in |
08:0012:00 |
Atrium |
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Meeting Business Office |
08:0017:00 |
Lincoln 1 |
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Speaker Ready Room |
08:0017:00 |
Buchanan |
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Exhibits and Silent Auction
Open |
09:0013:00 |
Exhibit Hall C |
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Wetlanders Childrens Program |
08:0012:00 |
Taft |
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Contributed Sessions |
08:0012:00 |
Various |
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Symposium: Disassembly of Coastal
Ecosystems in the Face of Global Change |
08:0012:00 |
Lincoln 2 |
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Symposium:
Wetlands in Agricultural Landscapes |
08:0012:00 |
Wilson B |
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Panel Discussion: Revisiting the 1995 NAS
Wetlands Characterization Report |
08:0012:00 |
Lincoln 3 |
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ASWM 1:
State Wetland Programs Status Report and
Roundtable Discussion |
08:0010:00 |
Lincoln 4 |
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Morning Break |
10:00-10:30 |
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ASWM 2:
Changes in Federal Wetland and Water Programs |
10:3012:00 |
Lincoln 4 |
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Field trips |
Depart 12:30 |
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Thursday, 29 May |
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Registration/Check-in |
08:0017:00 |
Atrium |
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Meeting Business Office |
08:0017:00 |
Lincoln 1 |
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Speaker Ready Room |
08:0017:00 |
Buchanan |
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Exhibits and Silent Auction Open |
09:0020:30 |
Exhibit Hall C |
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Wetlanders Childrens Program |
08:0017:00 |
Taft |
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Plenary Session -
Wetlands Policy in a Changing Environment
Convened by the
Association of State Wetland Managers |
08:0012:00 |
Ballroom N/S/E/W |
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Virginia Burkett,
Wetlands and Climate Change |
08:0008:40 |
Ballroom N/S/E/W |
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Lynn Scarlett,
Federal Lands/Water and Climate Change |
08:4009:20 |
Ballroom N/S/E/W |
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Mike Houck,
Wetlands in an Urban Environment |
09:2010:00 |
Ballroom N/S/E/W |
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Morning Break |
10:0010:30 |
Exhibit Hall C |
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Rob Costanza,
Valuing Wetlands: New Directions or Trends for
Valuing Wetlands |
10:3011:15 |
Ballroom N/S/E/W |
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Stephen Samuels, Clean Water Act
Jurisdiction and the Courts |
11:1512:00 |
Ballroom N/S/E/W |
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SWS Awards Luncheon |
12:00-13:30 |
Salon 3 |
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Symposium: The USDA Conservation Effects
Assessment Project |
14:00-18:00 |
Ballroom
East |
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Symposium: Advancing
Floristic Quality Assessment in Wetland Plant
Assemblages |
14:00-18:00 |
Ballroom South |
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Contributed Sessions |
13:30-18:00 |
Various |
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ASWM 3:
Carabell/Rapanos and Clean Water Act
Jurisdiction |
13:30-15:00 |
Lincoln 3 and 4 |
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ASWM
4: Wetlands and Water Resources Mapping
in a GIS Environment
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13:30-15:00 |
Lincoln
2 |
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AIBS
Workshop: Congress
101: Talking to your member of Congress
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14:00-15:30 |
Ballroom North |
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Afternoon Break |
15:00-15:30 |
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AIBS
Workshop:
Techniques and tips for Communicating your
Science to the Media |
16:00-17:30 |
Ballroom North |
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ASWM
5: Streamlining
Wetland Permitting Programs |
15:30-17:00 |
Lincoln 3 and 4 |
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ASWM
6:
Improving Wetland Delineations |
15:30-17:30 |
Lincoln 2 |
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SWS
Awards Committee |
15:00-16:00 |
Lincoln 1 |
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SWS Business Meeting |
17:30-19:30 |
Lincoln 3 and 4 |
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Reception and Poster Session; Exhibits
Open; Silent Auction Finale |
18:3020:30 |
Exhibit Hall C |
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Friday, 30 May |
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Registration/Check-in |
08:0012:00 |
Atrium |
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Meeting Business Office |
08:0015:00 |
Lincoln 1 |
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Speaker Ready Room |
08:0015:00 |
Buchanan |
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Exhibits Open |
08:0013:00 |
Exhibit Hall C |
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Wetlanders Childrens Program |
08:0015:00 |
Taft |
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Panel Discussion: Coastal Habitat
Restoration and Climate Change |
08:00-10:00 |
Ballroom South |
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ASWM 7: Strengthening the States Role in
Implementing Section 404 of the Clean Water Act |
08:00-10:00 |
Lincoln 3 and 4 |
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Morning Break |
10:00-10:30 |
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ASWM 8:
Improving State Programmatic General Permits |
10:30-12:30 |
Lincoln 3 and 4 |
Workshop: Translating Wetland Science:
Preparation of Non-Technical Reports for General
Audiences |
10:30-15:00 |
Ballroom South |
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Symposium: The Role of Ecosystem
Restoration in Mitigating Climate Change |
08:00-12:00 |
Ballroom North |
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Symposium: The USDA Conservation Effects
Assessment Project |
08:00-12:00 |
Lincoln 2 |
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Panel Discussion: Forum on Ethics: The
Role of Ethics and the Professional Wetland
Scientist |
08:00-12:00 |
Ballroom West |
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Contributed Sessions |
08:0014:30 |
TBD |
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Symposium:
Integrated Wetland, Stream & Floodplain
Restoration A Focus on Water
Resources |
08:00-13:00 |
Ballroom
East |
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Lunch on your own |
12:00-13:00 |
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Minority Student Program Luncheon |