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Hard copies of this will be provided to you in your registration package:

1. Final Program with maps (PDF 8Mb), or Final Program without maps (PDF 106Kb), and 

2. Abstract Proceedings (PDF 204Kb)

 

The program below gives a good overview about the meeting - However, since it is slightly outdated, you should have a look at the PDF of the Final Program above!!!

 

Please note that italics indicate optional events that require
either a separate registration or are just suggestions by the organizers!

Friday, October 7 2005 - (Center for Tomorrow)

1:00pm-1:40pm:         Field Trip Introductory Lecture (open to the public)
Center for Tomorrow  Keith Tinkler, Brock University, Ontario.

1:00pm-7:00pm:         Field Trip: "Niagara River, Falls, and Gauge"
Center for Tomorrow This event is optional and requires a special registration
                                a few seats are still available - send an email to Sue Roussie

7:00pm-9:00pm:          Icebreaker Reception and Welcome:
Center for Tomorrow  Onsite Registration, poster setup (Session 2), meeting old and new friends, ...

Arrive before 3:00pm? Dept. of Geography Colloquium Series presents:
3:00pm-4:15pm:         "Integrated Water, Carbon & Nutrient Cycling in the 'burbs"
Fillmore 170              Lawrence Band, Chair, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
                                (open to the public) 

Arrive before 7:00pm? The Marriott Hotel Bar in walking distance from the
                                 UB Center for Tomorrow and the conference hotel has it's
                                 happy hour with chicken wings and pizza from 6:00-7:00 pm  ...

And after 9:00pm?      The Marriott Hotel Bar is again a nice place in walking distance ...

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Saturday, October 8 2005
(Fillmore 170 [also known as Albert P. Sy Lecture Hall])

8:00am-8:30am:           Continental Breakfast & Onsite Registration, poster setup (Session 1)
Blake Academic Success Center (across the hall from Fillmore 170)

8:30am-10:00am:          Session 1A: The Role of Geomorphology in Ecosystems
Fillmore 170                 Stephen Hamilton, University of Michigan
                                  Grant McTainsh, Centre for Riverine Landscapes
                                  Marten Geertsema, British Columbia Forest Service

10:00am-10:30am:        Coffee Break & Onsite Registration, poster setup cont. (Session 1)
Blake Academic Success Center (across the hall from Fillmore 170)

10:30am-12:00pm:        Session 1B: The Role of Geomorphology in Ecosystems
Fillmore 170                 Oliver Chadwick, University of California Santa Barbara
                                  Keynote 1: Angela Gurnell, King's College London
                                  Moderated Discussion 1

12:00pm-1:30pm:         Lunch Break (Poster Session 1) & Onsite Registration
Blake Academic Success Center (across the hall from Fillmore 170)

12:15pm-1:15am:         Binghamton Steering Committee
Wilkeson 144               (a few steps from Fillmore 170 located in Department of Geography)

1:30pm-3:00pm:          Session 2A: The Role of Ecology in Geomorphic Systems
Fillmore 170                Emily Stanley, University of Wisconsin
                                 David Post, Yale University
                                 Melissa Parsons, Centre for Water for the Environment

3:00pm-3:30pm:          Coffee Break (Poster Session 1 remains on display)
Blake Academic Success Center (across the hall from Fillmore 170)

3:30pm-5:00pm:         Session 2B: The Role of Ecology in Geomorphic Systems
Fillmore 170               Kevin Rogers, University of the Witwatersrand
                                Keynote 2: Stuart Fisher, Arizona State University
                                Moderated Discussion 2

5:00pm-5:15m:          Poster removal (Poster Session 1)
Blake Academic Success Center (across the hall from Fillmore 170)

Saturday, October 8 2005
(Center for Tomorrow)

5:45pm-6:00pm:        Poster setup cont. (Session 2)
Center for Tomorrow

6:00pm-7:30pm:          Poster Session 2 with Wine and Cheese Reception
Center for Tomorrow

7:30pm-10:00pm:        Symposium Dinner
Center for Tomorrow

And after 10:00pm?     The Marriott Hotel Bar is again a nice place in walking distance ...

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Sunday, October 9 2005
(Center for Tomorrow)

8:00am-8:30am:            Continental Breakfast (Poster Session 2 remains on display)
Center for Tomorrow

8:30am-10:00am:           Session 3A: Integrated Management of Geomorphic Ecosystems
Center for Tomorrow     Hans-Rudolf Bork, Ecology Centre, University of Kiel
                                   Jerry C. Ritchie, U.S. Department of Agriculture
                                   Nancy Jackson, New Jersey Institute of Technology
                                   Moderated Discussion 3A

10:00am-10:30am:         Coffee Break (Poster Session 2 remains on display)
Center for Tomorrow

10:30am-12:00pm          Session 3B: Ecology-Geomorphology Interactions
Center for Tomorrow    Diane McKnight, INSTAAR, University of Colorado
                                   Ian Rutherfurd, University of Melbourne
                                   Mel Neave, University of Sydney
                                   Moderated Discussion 3B 

12:00pm-12:15pm         Closing Remarks & Poster Removal (Session 2)
Center for Tomorrow

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                                   Transport to Niagara Falls (based on demand):

12:15pm                        Bus leaving from the Center for Tomorrow
Marriott                       This will be arranged by demand and may require a small fee
                                    to pay for this additional expense.

7:00pm                          Bus returns to the conference hotel
                                    (across the street from the Center for Tomorrow)

 

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