Annual Meeting 2016 Schedule at a Glance
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Friday, August 19
| Time | Event | Room | |
| 8:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | AFS Officers Meeting (Invitation Only) | Presidential Suite |
| 1:00 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Management Committee Meeting | Fremont |
Saturday, August 20
| Time | Event | Room | |
| 7:30 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. | AFS Governing Board Meeting | Chouteau A/B |
| 8:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | Continuing Education – Electrofishing I: Power-Based Standardization in Electrofishing | Gillham Hall |
| 8:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | Continuing Education – NEW! Imaging Technologies in Fisheries: Side Scan Sonar in Management and Research | Chicago B |
| 8:00 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Continuing Education – Age and Growth Analysis with R | Chicago A |
| 8:00 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Continuing Education – Bayesian I: Intro to Bayesian Inference Using Gibbs Sampling (BUGS) for Fish Biologists | Chicago C |
| 8:00 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Continuing Education – Beginning and Intermediate GIS for Fisheries Scientists | University of Central Missouri (shuttle) |
| 10:00 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. | American Institute of Research Fisheries Biologists | Benton B |
| 12:00 p.m. | 6:00 p.m. | Registration and Information | The Terrace |
| 1:00 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Continuing Education – Electrofishing II: Electrofishing Equipment Operations and Troubleshooting | Gillham Hall |
| 5:00 p.m. | 6:00 p.m. | AFS Governing Board Reception (Invitation Only) | Chouteau A/B |
Sunday, August 21
| Time | Event | Room | |
| 8:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | Continuing Education – Human Dimensions and Conflict Resolution in Fisheries | Chicago B |
| 8:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | Continuing Education – Leadership at All Levels in AFS (FREE) | New York B |
| 8:00 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Continuing Education – Bayesian II: Intermediate Bayesian Inference Using Gibbs Sampling (BUGS) for Fish Biologists | Chicago C |
| 8:00 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Continuing Education – Bioenergetics | Chicago A |
| 9:00 a.m. | 2:00 p.m. | American Institute of Research Fisheries Biologists | Benton B |
| 10:00 a.m. | 6:00 p.m. | Speaker Check-in and AV Loading | Van Horn A |
| 10:00 a.m. | 6:30 p.m. | Registration and Information | The Terrace |
| 12:00 p.m. | 2:30 p.m. | Journal Editors Luncheon (Invitation Only) | Fremont |
| 1:00 p.m. | 2:30 p.m. | Fisheries Administration Section Meeting | Chouteau A/B |
| 1:00 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Continuing Education NEW! – Fisheries Information Network System (FINS) Application and Analysis Tools | Chicago B |
| 1:00 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Continuing Education – Scientific Publishing & Communications (FREE) | New York B |
| 2:00 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Fish Culture Section Meeting | Van Horn B |
| 2:00 p.m. | 6:00 p.m. | Tradeshow Exhibit Move-in | Exhibit Hall A |
| 2:30 p.m. | 3:30 p.m. | Fisheries Administration and Fisheries Management Sections Joint Meeting | Chouteau A/B |
| 3:30 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Fisheries Management Section Meeting | Chouteau A/B |
| 3:30 p.m. | 6:00 p.m. | Mississippi Interstate Cooperative Resource Association (MICRA) Meeting | Van Horn C |
| 4:00 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Imperiled Aquatic Species Section Meeting | Empire B |
| 4:00 p.m. | 6:00 p.m. | Estuaries and Marine Sections Joint Meeting | Benton A |
| 4:00 p.m. | 6:00 p.m. | Poster Set-up | Exhibit Hall A |
| 5:00 p.m. | 7:00 p.m. | Education Section Meeting | Empire A |
| 6:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. | Welcome Networking Event and Aquarium (7 – 9 p.m.) | Crown Center Square and Sea Life Aquarium |
Monday, August 22
| Time | Event | Room | |
| 7:00 a.m. | 8:00 a.m. | Break | Exhibit Hall B |
| 7:00 a.m. | 9:00 a.m. | Break | Exhibit Hall Foyer |
| 7:00 a.m. | 6:00 p.m. | Registration and Information | The Terrace |
| 7:00 a.m. | 6:00 p.m. | Speaker Check-in and AV Loading | Van Horn A |
| 7:00 a.m. | 8:00 a.m. | Plenary Speakers Breakfast (Invitation Only) | Fremont |
| 7:30 a.m. | 9:00 a.m. | Tradeshow Exhibit Move-in / Poster Set-up | Exhibit Hall A |
| 8:00 a.m. | 9:20 a.m. | Plenary (Dr. Hal Schramm) and the Carl R. Sullivan Fishery Conservation Award Presentation | Exhibit Hall B |
| 9:00 a.m. | 11:00 a.m. | Break | Exhibit Hall A |
| 9:00 a.m. | 8:30 p.m. | Tradeshow Open and Cyber Café | Exhibit Hall A |
| 9:40 a.m. | 11:40 a.m. | Genetics (Contributed Papers) | Chicago C |
| 9:40 a.m. | 2:20 p.m. | Fisheries Management from the Great Lakes to the Gulf: Sea Grant’s Role in Research, Outreach and Building Partnerships along the Mississippi River (Symposium) | Van Horn B |
| 9:40 a.m. | 3:00 p.m. | Sturgeon and Paddlefish (Contributed Papers) | Chicago B |
| 9:40 a.m. | 4:00 p.m. | Management Strategy Evaluation, Decision Analysis, and Ensemble Modeling: Tools for Addressing Assessment and Management Uncertainty (Symposium) | Van Horn C |
| 9:40 a.m. | 4:40 p.m. | Pop-Up Satellite Tagging – Challenges and Solutions (Symposium) | Empire B |
| 9:40 a.m. | 4:40 p.m. | Documented and Documenting the Effects of Climate Change on Inland Fish and Fisheries (Symposium) | Empire C |
| 9:40 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Best Student Paper and Poster (Symposium) | Chouteau A |
| 9:40 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Ecological Flow Science and Policy: Protecting Stream Systems Today; Preparing for Tomorrow (Symposium) | New York A |
| 9:40 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Effects of Diploid Grass Carp and State Grass Carp Stocking Policies on Aquatic Ecosystems (Symposium) | New York B |
| 9:40 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Angling for Dinosaurs: Status and Future Study of the Ecology, Conservation and Management of Ancient Fishes (Symposium) | Chicago A |
| 9:40 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Fish Research and Conservation in the “Scapes”: Needs, Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities (Symposium) | Empire A |
| 9:40 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Reservoir Fisheries Habitat Restoration: Innovative Techniques to Restore Habitat in our Nation’s Impoundments (Symposium) | Atlanta |
| 9:40 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Cooperative Fisheries Research in Marine and Freshwater Systems: From Policy to Practice (Symposium) | Chouteau B |
| 12:00 p.m. | 1:00 p.m. | Socioeconomics Section Meeting | Boardroom |
| 12:30 p.m. | 2:30 p.m. | Plenary Speakers & Award Recipients Luncheon (Invitation Only) | Exhibit Hall B |
| 1:00 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Global Importance and Threats to Floodplain Fisheries: Potential Mitigation Measures to Reconnect Floodplains, Including Synergistic Benefits of Working with other Water Resource Sectors (Symposium) | Chicago C |
| 2:00 p.m. | 4:00 p.m. | Break | Exhibit Hall A |
| 2:20 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Translating Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Science into Fishery Management Decisions (Symposium) | Van Horn B |
| 3:00 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Fisheries Information and Technology Section Meeting | Benton B |
| 3:00 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Missouri Chapter of AFS EXCOM Meeting | TBD |
| 3:20 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Sampling Strategies (Contributed Papers) | Chicago B |
| 3:30 p.m. | 5:30 p.m. | Journal Editorial Board Meeting | Fremont |
| 4:00 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Water Quality Section Meeting | Benton A |
| 4:00 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Hutton Oversight Committee Meeting | Boardroom |
| 5:00 p.m. | 6:00 p.m. | Electronic Services Advisory Board Meeting | Benton B |
| 5:30 p.m. | 6:30 p.m. | Genetics Section Meeting | Chouteau A |
| 5:30 p.m. | 7:00 p.m. | Michigan State Fisheries & Wildlife Alumni and Friends Social | Empire A |
| 5:30 p.m. | 7:30 p.m. | Introduced Fishes Section Meeting | Van Horn C |
| 6:00 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | Tradeshow and Poster Networking Event | Exhibit Hall A |
Tuesday, August 23
| Time | Event | Room | |
| 7:00 a.m. | 8:00 a.m. | Break | Exhibit Hall B |
| 7:00 a.m. | 9:00 a.m. | Break | Exhibit Hall Foyer |
| 7:00 a.m. | 6:00 p.m. | Registration and Information | The Terrace |
| 7:00 a.m. | 6:00 p.m. | Speaker Check-in and AV Loading | Van Horn A |
| 8:00 a.m. | 9:20 a.m. | Plenary (Danielle Brigida) and Meritorious Service, Excellence in Fisheries Education, 2016 Fellows, and Emmeline Moore Prize Presentations | Exhibit Hall B |
| 9:00 a.m. | 11:00 a.m. | Break | Exhibit Hall A |
| 9:00 a.m. | 6:00 p.m. | Tradeshow Open and Cyber Café | Exhibit Hall B |
| 9:30 a.m. | 11:30 a.m. | AFS-Future of the Nation’s Fisheries – Recommendations for Next President | Benton A |
| 9:30 a.m. | 12:30 p.m. | Missouri Department of Conservation Walleye Planning Team Meeting | Boardroom |
| 9:30 a.m. | 4:00 p.m. | Wild Jobs Café | Exhibit Hall B |
| 9:30 AM | 5:00 PM | Mississippi Interstate Cooperative Resource Association (MICRA) Meeting | Benton B |
| 9:40 a.m. | 11:40 a.m. | Stephen Weithman: His Life Honored Through the Student Award (Symposium) | Chicago B |
| 9:40 a.m. | 1:00 p.m. | Actions to Increase the Engagement of Underrepresented Minorities in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (Symposium) | New York A |
| 9:40 a.m. | 1:40 p.m. | Cooperative Fisheries Research in Marine and Freshwater Systems: From Policy to Practice (Symposium) | Chouteau B |
| 9:40 a.m. | 2:20 p.m. | Reservoir Fisheries Habitat Restoration: Innovative Techniques to Restore Habitat in our Nation’s Impoundments (Symposium) | Atlanta |
| 9:40 a.m. | 4:00 p.m. | Hatchery Fish Biologist… A Career for the Future (Symposium) | Van Horn B |
| 9:40 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Fisheries Science in 140 Characters: The Role of Social Media in Our Science (Symposium) | Chouteau A |
| 9:40 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Interactions Between Hydrology and Nonnative Aquatic Species (Symposium) | Empire C |
| 9:40 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Freshwater Fisheries Management (Contributed Papers) | Chicago A |
| 9:40 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Movement and Aquatic Organism Passage (Contributed Papers) | Chicago C |
| 9:40 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Managing Centrarchid Fisheries in Rivers and Streams (Symposium) | New York B |
| 9:40 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. | An Examination into Influencing the Future of Angling Participation to Sustain Conservation Support (Symposium) | Empire A |
| 9:40 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Release and Discard Mortality Estimation: Lessons from Freshwater and Saltwater Environments (Symposium) | Empire B |
| 12:00 p.m. | 2:00 p.m. | Best Student Paper and Poster Judges Luncheon (Invitation Only) | Van Horn C |
| 12:00 p.m. | 2:00 p.m. | Equal Opportunities Section Meeting and Luncheon (Invitation Only) | Gillham Hall |
| 12:00 p.m. | 2:00 p.m. | World Council of Fisheries Societies Luncheon (Invitation Only) | Fremont |
| 1:00 p.m. | 4:40 p.m. | Blue Catfish: Lessons from a Large Riverine Opportunistic Catfish (Symposium) | Chicago B |
| 1:40 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Inland Drivers of Coastal Hypoxia (Symposium) | Chouteau B |
| 2:00 p.m. | 4:00 p.m. | Break | Exhibit Hall A |
| 2:30 p.m. | 3:30 p.m. | AFS Book Editorial Advisory Board Meeting | Boardroom |
| 3:00 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Biologically-Based Design and Evaluation Initiative for Hydropower | Benton A |
| 3:20 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | General Fisheries (Contributed Papers) | New York A |
| 4:00 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Student Speed Mentoring | Exhibit Hall B |
| 4:00 p.m. | 6:00 p.m. | Fisheries Editorial Reception (Invitation Only) | Presidential Suite |
| 5:00 p.m. | 6:30 p.m. | International Fisheries Section Meeting | Chouteau B |
| 5:00 p.m. | 7:00 p.m. | VEMCO Acoustic Telemetry Demonstration and Social | Atlanta A |
| 5:30 p.m. | 6:30 p.m. | Fish Habitat Section Meeting | Johnny’s Tavern |
| 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | Student Networking Event – Cowboy and Cowgirl Up (Students Only) | PBR Big Sky – KC Power & Light District |
Wednesday, August 24
| Time | Event | Room | |
| 6:15 a.m. | 7:30 a.m. | Spawning Run and Carcass Crawl | Berkley Riverfront Park and Heritage Trail |
| 7:00 a.m. | 8:00 a.m. | Break | Exhibit Hall B |
| 7:00 a.m. | 9:00 a.m. | Break | Exhibit Hall Foyer |
| 7:00 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Registration and Information | The Terrace |
| 7:00 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Speaker Check-in and AV Loading | Van Horn A |
| 8:00 a.m. | 9:20 a.m. | Plenary (Dr. Zeb Hogan) and William E Ricker Resource Conservation Award, President’s Fishery Conservation Awards (Member and Non-Member), and Award of Excellence Presentations | Exhibit Hall B |
| 9:00 a.m. | 11:00 a.m. | Break | Exhibit Hall A |
| 9:00 a.m. | 2:00 p.m. | Tradeshow Open and Cyber Café | Exhibit Hall A |
| 9:30 a.m. | 11:30 a.m. | AFS-Future Direction for Resource Policy Efforts | Benton A |
| 9:40 a.m. | 11:40 a.m. | Fish and Cooling Water Intakes (Contributed Papers) | Van Horn B |
| 9:40 a.m. | 11:40 a.m. | Release and Discard Mortality Estimation: Lessons from Freshwater and Saltwater Environments (Symposium) | Empire B |
| 9:40 a.m. | 2:00 p.m. | Movement and Aquatic Organism Passage (Contributed Papers) | Chicago C |
| 9:40 a.m. | 3:00 p.m. | Coupled Interactions between Natural and Human Systems – On the Interplay between Aquatic Ecosystem Health, Human Behavior and Decision-Making, and Aquatic Invasive Species (Symposium) | Atlanta |
| 9:40 a.m. | 3:00 p.m. | Managing Riverscapes: Conservation Tools to Assess and Improve Stream Fisheries (Symposium) | Chouteau A |
| 9:40 a.m. | 3:00 p.m. | Salmonids (Contributed Papers) | Empire C |
| 9:40 a.m. | 3:00 p.m. | Freshwater Fisheries Management (Contributed Papers) | Chicago A |
| 9:40 a.m. | 3:00 p.m. | Managing Centrarchid Fisheries in Rivers and Streams (Symposium) | New York B |
| 9:40 a.m. | 3:00 p.m. | An Examination into Influencing the Future of Angling Participation to Sustain Conservation Support (Symposium) | Empire A |
| 9:40 a.m. | 3:00 p.m. | Effects of Drought on Aquatic Resources, Fisheries Management, and Mitigation Strategies (Symposium) | Chicago B |
| 9:40 a.m. | 3:00 p.m. | Preparing Fisheries Professionals with Depth and Breadth (T-Shaped Professionals) (Symposium) | New York A |
| 9:40 a.m. | 3:00 p.m. | Ecology and Life History (Contributed Papers) | Chouteau B |
| 10:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | AFS Chapter Presidents Meeting | Benton B |
| 11:40 a.m. | 1:00 p.m. | LOTEK Luncheon – New Technology and Product Overview (Invitation Only) | Van Horn C |
| 12:00 p.m. | 2:00 p.m. | AFS Past-Presidents Luncheon (Invitation Only) | Fremont |
| 1:00 p.m. | 3:00 p.m. | General Fisheries (Contributed Papers) | Empire B |
| 1:00 p.m. | 4:00 p.m. | Student Subsection Meeting | Benton A |
| 2:00 p.m. | 4:00 p.m. | Break | Exhibit Hall Foyer |
| 2:00 p.m. | 3:30 p.m. | Tradeshow and Poster Takedown | Exhibit Hall A |
| 3:30 p.m. | 5:30 p.m. | AFS Business Meeting | Exhibit Hall B |
| 6:00 p.m. | 10:00 p.m. | The Grand Networking Event | Union Station |
Thursday, August 25
| Time | Event | Room | |
| 7:00 a.m. | 11:00 a.m. | Break | Exhibit Hall Foyer |
| 7:30 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | Registration and Information | The Terrace |
| 7:30 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | Speaker Check-in and AV Loading | Van Horn A |
| 7:00 a.m. | 8:30 a.m. | Incoming AFS Governing Board Breakfast (Invitation Only) | Fremont |
| 8:00 a.m. | 11:00 a.m. | River Restoration (Contributed Papers) | Van Horn B |
| 8:00 a.m. | 11:40 a.m. | Carp Ecology and Management (Contributed Papers) | Chouteau B |
| 8:00 a.m. | 11:40 a.m. | Managing Centrarchid Fisheries in Rivers and Streams (Symposium) | New York B |
| 8:00 a.m. | 1:40 p.m. | Fish Conservation (Contributed Papers) | Atlanta |
| 8:00 a.m. | 2:00 p.m. | Modeling and Statistics (Contributed Papers) | New York A |
| 8:00 a.m. | 4:20 p.m. | Protecting Fish at Cooling Water Intakes: New Rules and Science-based Solutions (Symposium) | Chouteau A |
| 8:00 a.m. | 4:20 p.m. | Applications of Methods and Techniques and Collaborations in Managing and Conserving Large River Basin Fishery Resources and Environment (Symposium) | Empire B |
| 8:00 a.m. | 4:20 p.m. | Salmonids (Contributed Papers) | Empire C |
| 8:00 a.m. | 4:40 p.m. | Theory and Application of Behavioral Guidance Technologies to Deter Invasive and Native Fish (Symposium) | Chicago C |
| 8:00 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Understanding Pallid Sturgeon Population Dynamics and Stressors in the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers (Symposium) | Chicago A |
| 8:00 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Effects of Drought on Aquatic Resources, Fisheries Management, and Mitigation Strategies (Symposium) | Chicago B |
| 8:00 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. | An Examination into Influencing the Future of Angling Participation to Sustain Conservation Support (Symposium) | Empire A |
| 12:00 p.m. | 2:00 p.m. | Kansas City – Tampa Hand-off Luncheon (Invitation Only) | TBD |
| 1:00 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Fish Culture (Contributed Papers) | Van Horn B |
| 1:00 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Marine Fisheries Management (Contributed Papers) | New York B |
| 1:00 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Ecology and Life History (Contributed Papers) | Chouteau B |
| 2:00 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | What Data are Needed to Ensure Freshwater Mollusk Conservation into the Future? (Symposium) | Atlanta |
| 3:20 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Preparing Fisheries Professionals with Depth and Breadth (T-Shaped Professionals) (Symposium) | New York A |