The meeting program is now available online:
Meeting at a glance – subject to change.
November 4
0900 – 1700: Executive Council Meeting
1200 – 2000: Registration
1800 – 2100: Welcome Reception
November 5
0830 – 0930: Plenary Session
0930 – 1700: Concurrent Paper Sessions
1700: Conservation Committee mtg, IOC mtg
1830 – 2030: Poster Social
November 6
0830 – 0930: Plenary Session
0930 – 1700: Concurrent Paper Sessions
1730 – ????: Diner Cruise
November 7
0830 – 1700: Concurrent Paper Sessions
1700-1800: Business meeting
1800 – 1900: Silent Auction
1900 – 2100: Banquet
November 8
Field trips
There will be several sessions of oral presentations and posters. Poster session will be comprised of two types of posters: those reporting completed works/studies and those reporting on proposed or in progress studies. We are taking this approach to give students a greater opportunity to receive input on their work before going into the field or before the work is completed. All posters will be on display for at least two days.
We are also planning on having the following symposium sessions:
1. Citizen Science: how volunteer effort can improve waterbird population monitoring and conservation, led by Nellie Tsipoura
2. Status and Ecology of Snowy Egrets and Great Egrets, co-led by John Brzorad and Alan Maccarone
3. Waterbirds as Indicators of Environmental Health led by David Evers
4. Waterbirds and Coastal Wind Turbines led by Christina Kisiel
5. At Sea Research and Conservation of NW Atlantic Marine Birds led by Melanie Steinkamp
6. The Endangered Semipalmated Sandpiper? Assessing Dramatic Declines in a Once Common Migrant Shorebird co-led by Cheri Trevor-Gratto and David Mizrahi
7. Status and Recent Research on Wood Storks in the Americas co-led by Billy Brooks, Rena Borkhataria, and Jo-Szu (Ross) Tsai.
8. Cormorants: Biology, Ecology, and Conflicts of Cormorants with Humans co-led by Chris Somers and Tommy King
9. Ecology and Conservation of Great Lakes and Inland Nesting Common Terns in North America co-led by Jennifer Arnold, Stephen Oswald, and Patricia Szczys
To all lead authors of abstracts for the Waterbird Society conference at Cape May:
Oral Presenters
Please take note of your presentation date and
time. Please note that all presentations should be limited to 20
minutes total. This is composed of a maximum 15 minute presentation,
followed by 5 minutes of questions. It is extremely important that we
maintain this schedule, so that attendees can move amongst the sessions
and breaks and meals can be served on time.
All oral presenters are asked to bring their
power point presentations for loading onto the appropriate computer the
day prior to your presentation. Please make sure your power point file
title uses the following format: “Day_Time_LastName” (i.e.
Sat-0910_Green).
We have set up a preview room for those of you
who wish to run through your presentation. This room will be open from
1300 to 2100 on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. There will also be
someone available at these times to accept and load your presentation.
Posters
The poster session will be held on Thursday,
November 5, in the 1st floor Grand Ballroom. Poster display boards will
be set up by 11:00 on Thursday. Volunteers from the local committee
will be available from 11:00 to 14:00 to provide supplies, assist,
etc. The poster display boards are 4’ X 8’ foamcore pegboards on a
wooden frame. There will be 2 posters per side, per board. Posters must
be no larger than 46X46 inches. Posters may be attached to the display
boards with push pins, staples, tape, etc. Please note that each poster
location will be identified by your poster number.
All authors should be at their posters and
prepared to discuss their work from 18:30 to 20:30 on Thursday evening.
Posters may remain on display until Saturday morning. All posters must
be removed no later than 12:00 Saturday.
Please send any questions about the meeting program to Chip Weseloh, Chair of the Scientific Program.