Program-at-a-Glance

Symposium --Meeting the Demand for Food, Feed, Fiber, and Biofuels: Impacts and Production Practices
8:20 AM - 11:45 AM
Cosponsored by - C03 Crop Ecology, Management & Quality - S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition - S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation - A10 Bioenergy and Agroindustrial Systems (Provisional)

Symposium --The Role of Carbon and Energy Budgets in Organic Systems
1:05 PM - 4:45 PM
Cosponsored by - S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation

Insect Management (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Organic Farming (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Soil Carbon (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Managing Spatial Variability/Div. A08 Business Meeting
8:10 AM - 12:30 PM

Crop Management (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

A09 Professional Practitioners

Symposium --The Changing Face of Fertilizer BMPs
8:25 AM - 11:45 AM
Cosponsored by - S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition

Symposium --Nitrogen Management in Cotton Production/Div. A09 Business Meeting
8:10 AM - 12:15 PM
Cosponsored by - S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition

From Oilfields to Cornfields, and a Lot More Tour
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM

A10 Bioenergy and Agroindustrial Systems (Provisional)

Symposium --Sustainability of Bioenergy Feedstock Production Systems/Div. A10 Business Meeting
10:25 AM - 4:10 PM
Cosponsored by - A04 Extension Education - A08 Integrated Agricultural Systems

Agronomic Factors in Biomass Production Systems/Reception (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Assessment and Development of Plant Resources for Bioenergy Feedstock/Reception (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Extension, Outreach, and Technology Transfer of Bioenergy Related Information/Reception (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

A11 Biometry (Provisional)

Symposium --New Statistical Techniques for the Analysis of Agricultural Experiments/Div. A11 (Provisional) Business Meeting
12:55 PM - 6:30 PM

C01 Crop Breeding & Genetics

Symposium --Training the Next Generation of Plant Breeders
8:25 AM - 11:40 AM
Cosponsored by - A01 Resident Education

Cereal Breeding
12:55 PM - 3:45 PM

Cereals: Barley , Rye, and Rice Breeding (includes Graduate Student Competition) (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Wheat Breeding (includes Graduate Student Competition) (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Maize Breeding
8:55 AM - 11:40 AM

Symposium --Breeding for Resistance to Abiotic Stress
12:55 PM - 3:05 PM

Maize, Grain Sorghum, and Sugarcane Breeding (includes Graduate Student Competition) (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 AM

Genetic Improvement of Soybean, Common Bean, and Peanut for Quality and Disease Resistance (includes Graduate Student Competition) (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Germplasm and Breeding for Tolerance to Abiotic Stress (includes Graduate Student Competition) (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Genetic Improvement of Sugarcane, Sorghum, and Industrial Crops/Div. C01/Div. C07 Business Meeting
8:10 AM - 10:25 AM

Genetic Improvement of Cotton and Peanut
1:05 PM - 3:40 PM

Cotton and Industrial Crops (includes Graduate Student Competition) (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Forage Germplasm and Breeding (includes Graduate Student Competition) (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Genetic Improvement of Soybean, Common Bean, and Legumes
8:05 AM - 11:25 AM

C02 Crop Physiology and Metabolism

Agro-Ecophysiology (includes Div. C02/C04 Graduate Student Competition)
8:55 AM - 11:45 AM

Physiological Response to the Field Environment (Posters)
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Genetic and Environmental Effects on Physiology (includes Div. C02/C04 Graduate Student Competition) (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Symposium --Drought Resistance and Water-Use Efficiency: Experiments and Models
8:40 AM - 11:45 AM

Martin and Ruth Massengale Lectureship/Div. C02 Business Meeting
1:00 PM - 3:35 PM

Physiological Genotype Screening (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Stress Physiology
8:40 AM - 11:30 AM

Abiotic and Biotic Stress Tolerance (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Genetic and Production Environment Effects on Physiology
8:25 AM - 11:30 AM

C03 Crop Ecology, Management & Quality

Management of Grassy Crops: Corn, Wheat, Sorghum, and Switchgrass
8:25 AM - 11:15 AM

Management of Soybean, Canola, Lentil, Cotton, and Sugar Beet
12:55 PM - 2:15 PM

Graduate Student Poster Competition--Crop Ecology, Management, and Quality (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Symposium--Accelerated Yields: Meeting Increasing Demands/Div. C03 Business Meeting
7:55 AM - 1:00 PM
Cosponsored by - A04 Extension Education - A09 Professional Practitioners

Alternative Crops and Miscellaneous (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Soybean and Corn Management (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Wheat and Cotton Management (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Symposium--Advanced Statistical Procedures for Production Agronomists
7:55 AM - 12:45 PM
Cosponsored by - A04 Extension Education - A08 Integrated Agricultural Systems - A09 Professional Practitioners - A11 Biometry (Provisional)

C04 Seed Physiology, Production & Technology

Seed Production, Germination and Utilization/Div. C04 Business Meeting
8:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Seed Production, Education and Physiology (Posters)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

C05 Turfgrass Science

Turfgrass Tour
7:30 AM - 5:30 PM

Extension Symposium--Using New Technologies to Improve Extension Education
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Graduate Student Oral Competition: Physiology and Diseases
7:55 AM - 11:05 AM

Graduate Student Poster Competition: I. Ecology and Management (Posters)
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Graduate Student Oral Competition: Soils and Water
12:55 PM - 3:35 PM

Graduate Student Poster Competition: II. Diseases, Genetics, Physiology and Technology (Posters)
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Management and Research Techniques
7:40 AM - 11:45 AM

Graduate Student Oral Competition: Ecology and Management
7:55 AM - 11:05 AM

Graduate Student Oral Competition: Breeding and Genetics
12:55 PM - 3:20 PM

Turf Ecology (Posters)
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Turf and Weed Management (Posters)
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

NTEP Listening Session
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM

Standardized Turfgrass Evaluation Protocols
4:45 PM - 5:45 PM

Symposium --The Future of Water
8:25 AM - 11:25 AM

Physiology/Diseases/ Breeding/Genetics (Posters)
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Div. C05 Business Meeting/Golf Course Superintendents Association of America Reception for Div. C05 Members
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Genetics and Physiology
7:40 AM - 11:40 AM

C06 Forage and Grazinglands

Symposium--Assessing the Multi-Functionality of Grasslands: Future Research Priorities to Address Global Change
8:25 AM - 11:45 AM

Forages for a New World (includes Robert F Barnes Graduate Student Competition)
1:25 PM - 2:45 PM

Forage-Ruminant Interface (includes Robert F Barnes Graduate Student Competition)
2:55 PM - 4:15 PM

Forage Grass Performance (Posters)
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Nutritional Value of Forages (Posters)
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Symposium--Challenges to Transforming Forage Germplasm into Bioenergy Crops
7:55 AM - 11:40 AM
Cosponsored by - A10 Bioenergy and Agroindustrial Systems (Provisional) - C08 Plant Genetic Resources

Innovations for Forage Grasses/Div. C06 Business Meeting
1:10 PM - 4:35 PM

Leguminous Forages for a Nitrogen-Starved World
8:25 AM - 9:45 AM

Forage Ecology and Environmental Science (Posters)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Forage Legumes (Posters)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Forage Microbiology (Posters)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Forage Systems (Posters)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Forage-Ruminant Interface
1:10 PM - 3:15 PM

C07 Genomics, Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology

Symposium--Medical Agriculture
8:55 AM - 11:45 AM

Mining the Germplasm for Diversity and Crop Improvement
2:25 PM - 3:30 PM
Cosponsored by - C08 Plant Genetic Resources

Genomic, Marker and Mapping Resources (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Genetic Mechanisms for Enhancing Yield and Quality
9:25 AM - 10:45 AM

Genetics of Nutrition and Quality (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Symposium--Functional Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics for Crop Improvement/Div. C07/Div. C01 Business Meeting
8:10 AM - 11:30 AM

Responses to Stress
1:25 PM - 2:30 PM
Cosponsored by - C02 Crop Physiology and Metabolism

Genetics of Abiotic and Biotic Resistance (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

C08 Plant Genetic Resources

Symposium--Non-Traditional Uses for Plant Genetic Resources
8:25 AM - 11:50 AM

Genetic Diversity and Conservation of Crop Germplasm/Div. C08 Business Meeting
8:10 AM - 11:30 AM

Abiotic and Biotic Characterization of Crop Germplasm (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Assessing Genetic Diversity by Molecular and Morphological Evaluation (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Collection and Utilization of Crop Germplasm for Quality and Other Traits (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Symposium--Implications of Global Climate Change to Plant Genetic Diversity
12:55 PM - 4:15 PM

Calvin Sperling Biodiversity Memorial Lectureship
4:30 PM - 5:15 PM

Other Daily Events

CANCELED: Short Course 510: Brittle Deformation of Crustal Rocks: Insights from Experimentation and Microstructural Studies
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Short Course 533: More! Rocks in Your Head: Earth Science Professional Development for Teachers Grades 3-8 (K-12 welcome)
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

CANCELED: Short Course 510: Brittle Deformation of Crustal Rocks: Insights from Experimentation and Microstructural Studies
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

GSA Geology & Public Policy Committee
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Short Course 512: Sequence Stratigraphy for Graduate Students
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Short Course 535: AAPG Short Course: Intro to Petroleum Geology for Students
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

GSA Audit Committee Lunch and Meeting
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Short Course 534: Discovering Plate Boundaries for Middle and High School Teachers
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Executive Committee Meeting
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Council Breakfast
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM

GSA Council Meeting - Day 1
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

CANCELED: Short Course 514: Hands-on Tools for Earth Science Inquiry: The Learning with Data Workshop
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

CANCELED: Short Course 536: Epigenic and Hypogenic Karst: Recognizing Each and Their Implications in Research and Management (cosponsored by National Cave and Karst Research Institute)
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Short Course 513: Education Research I: Conducting Qualitative Geoscience Education Research
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Short Course 516: Using Authentic Earth and Planetary Science Data for Inquiry in Courses for Future Science Teachers (cosponsored by NASA)
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

CANCELED: Short Course 502: Geopressure and Pore Pressure Prediction Fundamentals
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

CANCELED: Short Course 503: How to QC and Interpret What Your Petrophysicist Gives You
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

CANCELED: Short Course 504: Seismic Amplitude Interpretation
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

CANCELED: Short Course 517: Multi- and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing for Geologic Applications
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

CANCELED: Short Course 528: Introduction to the Petroleum Geology of Deepwater Settings
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

GeoScienceWorld (GSW) Advisory Council Meeting
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Council Meeting
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Short Course 501: Estimating Rates of Groundwater Recharge
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Short Course 505: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Using ArcGis for Geological and Environmental Science Applications
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Short Course 506: Seal Analysis Workshop Day 1 (cosponsored by Gulf Coast Association of Geological Sciences)
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Short Course 512: Sequence Stratigraphy for Graduate Students
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Short Course 518: Starting out in Undergraduate Research and Education: A Professional Development Workshop for Young Faculty
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Short Course 519: Teaching Petrology and Structural Geology in the 21st Century
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Short Course 537: Paleontological Society Centennial Short Course: From Evolution to Geobiology: Research Questions Driving Paleontology at the Start of a New Century Organized by Patricia H. Kelley and Richard K. Bambach
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Short Course 538: AAPG Short Course Intro to Petroleum Geology for Faculty Day 1
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Council Meeting
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Executive Committee Meeting (Day 1)
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

GSA Foundation Board of Trustees Meeting
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Short Course 515: Teaching Darwin
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

American Geological Institute (AGI) Workforce Committee
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

GSA Limnogeology Division Core Workshop: �Lake Cores: Climate Change and Tectonics (cosponsored by GSA Limnogeology Division and ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company)
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Geoscience Information Network Workshop on System Requirements (cosponsored by U.S. Geological Survey and Arizona Geological Survey)
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)/Division of Professional Affairs (DPA) Council & Executive Committee Meeting
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

CANCELED: Short Course 520: Beyond the Content: Teaching Scientific and Citizenship Literacies in the Geosciences
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Short Course 510: Brittle Deformation of Crustal Rocks: Insights from Experimentation and Microstructural Studies
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Short Course 521: Making the Case for Tenure: A Workshop for Early Career Faculty (cosponsored by GSA Geoscience Education Division and National Association for Geoscience Teachers)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Short Course 522: The Use of GPS, LiDAR, and InSAR Data to Learn about Plate Tectonics, Crustal Deformation, Isostasy, and Ice Flow: A Short Course for Faculty at Two- and Four-Year Institutions
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Short Course 523: Writing and Evaluating Geoscience Concept Inventory Questions (cosponsored by the National Science Foundation)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Executive Committee, Council and Section Representatives Meeting
9:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Council Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Short Course 507A: Ethics for Geoscientists (with lunch)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Short Course 507B: Ethics for Geoscientists (without lunch)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

GSA Division Chairs Meeting
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Evolution in the Classroom Teacher Forum
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM

CANCELED: Short Course 526: Visualization in Geoscience Education: the Power of Immersive Environments (cosponsored by Experiential Learning in Environmental and Natural Sciences, GSA Geoscience Education Division and Higher Education Academy Subject Cent
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

CANCELED: Short Course 527: Your First Steps in the Profession and the Future (cosponsored by the American Institute of Professional Geologists and the Northeast Section of the American Institute of Professional Geologists)
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Short Course 524: An Introduction to Improving Your Teaching by Conducting Science Education Research in Your Classroom (cosponsored by NASA)
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Short Course 525: Education Research II: Conducting Quantitative Geoscience Education Research
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Executive Committee and Council Meeting
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM

GSA Editor Summit
2:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Student Presentation Coordinator Training Session, 2008 Joint Annual Meeting (Day 1)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Technical Session Chair Orientation, 2008 Joint Annual Meeting (Day 1)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

GSA Geoscience Educators' Social Reception (cosponsored by National Association of Geoscience Teachers and GSA Geoscience Education Division)
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Seds & Suds
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM

GeoScience Information Society (GSIS) Executive Board Meeting
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Paleontological Society Centennial Reception and Dinner **Ticketed Event**
6:30 PM - 11:00 PM

GSA Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Keck Geology Consortium Representatives Meeting
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM

GSA Presidential Address and Awards Reception
9:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Presidents' Student Breakfast (cosponsored by ExxonMobil)
6:30 AM - 8:30 AM

GSA History of Geology Division Executive Committee Meeting
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM

GSA Leadership Training for Committees, Divisions and Sections
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM

American Geological Institute (AGI) Executive Committee Meeting
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies (GCAGS) Board Meeting
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Short Course 506: Seal Analysis Workshop Day 2 (cosponsored by Gulf Coast Association of Geological Sciences)
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

CANCELED: Short Course 528: Introduction to the Petroleum Geology of Deepwater Settings
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Short Course 505: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Using ArcGis for Geological and Environmental Science Applications
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Short Course 529: Teaching Field Methods in Geology Using Rugged Tablet Computers, GPS, and Digital Data
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Short Course 538: AAPG Short Course Intro to Petroleum Geology for Faculty Day 2
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

CANCELED: Short Course 508: The WRB (World Reference Base for Soil Resources)--An International Soil Classification System
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

GSA Foundation's Pardee Coterie **By Invitation Only**
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Executive Committee Meeting (Day 2)
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

GeoScience Information Society (GSIS) Business Meeting (cosponsored by Gemological Institute of America)
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM

GSA Publications Committee Meeting
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Guest/Destination Tour: 101. Motorcoach Orientation Tour: Downtown Houston and Gateway to the Museum District
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

GSA Hydrogeology Division Management Board Meeting I
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) and GSA Geoscience Education Division Awards Luncheon **Ticketed Event**
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

GCSSEPM Board Meeting
11:30 AM - 3:00 PM

GSA Geology and Health Division Business Meeting
11:35 AM - 1:15 PM

Paleontological Society Hosting Association of North American Paleontological Societies, Committee (ANAPS)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Women in Geology Mentor Reception (sponsored by Subaru of America, Inc.)
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

GSA Bulletin and Geosphere Associate Editor Meeting
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

GSA Geology Editorial Board Meeting
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

American Geological Institute (AGI) Foundation Meeting
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Communicating with Congress (cosponsored by GSA Geology & Society Division and GSA Geology & Public Policy Committee)
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

Student Presentation Coordinator Training Session, 2008 Joint Annual Meeting (Day 2)
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

Technical Session Chair Orientation, 2008 Joint Annual Meeting (Day 2)
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

GSA Engineering Geology Division Annual Board Meeting
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Short Course 530: Teaching Introductory Geoscience Using Lecture Tutorials (cosponsored by GSA Geoscience Education Division)
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Cushman Foundation Board of Directors Meeting
1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

American Geological Institute (AGI) Government Affairs Advisory Committee Meeting
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM

CANCELED: GSA Lithosphere Editorial Board Meeting
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

GeoScience Information Society (GSIS) Collection Development Forum
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Guest Seminar #1 - Welcome to Houston by Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

GSA Education Committee Meeting
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Geoscience Division Fall Meeting and Reception (cosponsored by Council on Undergraduate Research)
3:00 PM - 5:30 PM

GCAGS/GCSSEPM Opening Session and Awards Presentation
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Micropaleontology Project Board of Directors
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

American Geological Institute (AGI) Past Presidents Reception and Dinner
4:30 PM - 7:00 PM

U.S. Chapter of the International Association of Hydrogeologists - Annual Meeting
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Albion College Geology Alumni Reception
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

GSA Bookstore Author Book Signing
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division Board Meeting
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

GSA and SSSA-ASA-CSSA Bookstore Author Book Signing
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Paleontological Society: Centennial Pardee Symposium Speakers' Reception
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

St. Lawrence University Geology Private Alumni Reception
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Affiliation of Christian Geologists Reception and Discussion
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Association for Women Geologists (AWG) Breakfast and Awards Presentation **Ticketed Event**
6:30 AM - 8:30 AM

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Delegates Breakfast
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

GSA Archaeological Geology Division Management Board Meeting
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM

GSA Campus Representatives Appreciation Breakfast (by Invitation only)
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM

GSA JTPC Round Table Breakfast
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Presidents Breakfast
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM

National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Past President's Breakfast
7:15 AM - 9:00 AM

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division Management Board Meeting
8:00 AM - 10:30 AM

American Geological Institute (AGI) Member Society Council Meeting
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Society Presidents' Guest Breakfast **For Registered Guests Only**
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Guest Seminar #2 - Permaculture by Cas Vanwoerden
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Guest/Destination Tour: 102. Up, Down, and All Around-Downtown Walking Tour
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM

GSA Engineering Geology Division Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lecture
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

GSA Geology and Society Division Management Board Meeting
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Guest/Destination Tour: 103. Chinatown Dim Sum Lunch & Chinese Supermarket Tour
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Geology in Government Mentor Program (sponsored by GSA Foundation)
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Earth Science Literacy Initiative Townhall (sponsored by the National Science Foundation)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

All Convention Luncheon **Ticketed Event** (sponsored by American Shoreline; speaker hosted by the U.S. National Committee for IYPE)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

GeoScienceWorld (GSW) Users Meeting: Tricks & Tips for Researchers & Students
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

GSA History of Geology Division Luncheon and Business Meeting **Ticketed Event**
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Associate Editors Lunch
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

American Quaternary Association Council Meeting
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

GSA Engineering Geology Division Annual Luncheon & Awards Ceremony **Ticketed Event**
12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division Business Meeting
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Mid-Career Faculty: Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

Student Presentation Coordinator Training Session, 2008 Joint Annual Meeting (Day 3)
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

Technical Session Chair Orientation, 2008 Joint Annual Meeting (Day 3)
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

American Geological Institute (AGI) Earth Science Week Planning Meeting
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

GSA International Division Management Board Meeting
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature Annual Meeting
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Food for Thought: Educating the Public About Food, Water and Biofuels (cosponsored by the Council for Biotechnology Information)
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM

GSA Geoscience Education Division Board Meeting
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Getting into Geoscience Policy: Careers and Avocations (cosponsored by GSA Geology & Society Division and GSA Geology & Public Policy Committee)
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

GSA Student Research Grant Award Ceremony (sponsored by the GSA Foundation)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

GSA Geoscience Education Division Business Meeting
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Paleontological Society 2008 Awards Reception
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

GSA Hydrogeology Division Henry Darcy Distinguished Lecturer (cosponsored by GSA Hydrogeology Division and National Ground Water Association)
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

2008 George P. Woollard Award Technical Lecture - Dr. Gene Humphreys - Delamination, Drips, and other forms of small-scale convection: What's going on down there?
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM

GSA Academic and Applied Geoscience Relations Committee
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Amherst College Geology Alumni Reception
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Yale University Private Alumni Reception
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

GSA Coal Geology Division Business Meeting and Awards Reception
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

GSA Geophysics Division Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

CANCELED: Baylor Geology Department Private Alumni Reception
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Colorado State University, Department of Geosciences Private Alumni Reception
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

GSA Archaeological Geology Division Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Louisiana State University (LSU) Geology Alumni & Friends Reception
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

University of Illinois Crop Sciences/Geology Reception
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

University of Oklahoma, ConocoPhillips School of Geology and Geophysics Private Alumni Reception
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

University of Utah/Utah State University Alumni Event (cosponsored by University of Utah, Dept. of Geology and Utah State University, Dept. of Geology)
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Colgate University Geology Alumni/James McLelland Reception (cosponsored by Colgate University)
5:45 PM - 7:45 PM

GSA Joint Sedimentary Geology and Limnogeology Divisions Business Meeting and Award Reception
5:45 PM - 8:00 PM

GSA Geology and Society Division Distinguished Lecture, Reception and Business Meeting
5:45 PM - 8:45 PM

Subaru Outdoor Life Keynote Alexander Klimchouk: In a Search for the Deepest Cave on Earth: The Blend of Exploration, Adventure and Science
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Friends of PRI Reception
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Sigma Gamma Epsilon Members Reception
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

University of Houston Geosciences Private Alumni Reception
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

University of Michigan Private Alumni Event
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Geological Sciences Alumni
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

University of Tennessee, Knoxville Alumni Reception
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Western Michigan University, Department of Geosciences Private Alumni Reception
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Duke University Nicholas School Private Alumni Reception
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

College of William and Mary-Department of Geology Private Alumni Reception
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Stanford Earth Sciences Private Alumni Reception
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

University of Kentucky Geological Alumni Private Reception
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

BYU Geological Sciences Private Alumni Reception
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

CANCELED: Johns Hopkins University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Alumni Reception
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Centenary College of Louisiana
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

University of Idaho/Washington State University Joint Reception
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

University of Wisconsin Private Alumni Reception
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Bowling Green State University Group Alumni Reception
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Bucknell University
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Colby College - Geology Alumni
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Dhaka University (Bangladesh) Geology Group Alumni Reception
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Franklin & Marshall College
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Hamilton College Group Alumni Reunion
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Hartwick College Group Alumni Reception
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

James Madison University & Ireland Field Camp Alumni Group Reception
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Keck Geology Consortium
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Mackay School of Earth Sciences & Engineering Group Alumni
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Miami University
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Middlebury College
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Missouri University of Science and Technology Group Alumni Reception
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Montana, The University of
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Northern Illinois University Group Alumni Reception
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Oberlin College Group Alumni Reception
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Ohio Wesleyan University
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Oklahoma State University
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Penn State University - Reception for the Alumni of the Department of Geosciences and the Department of Crop & Soil Sciences (cosponsored by Penn State Geosciences and Penn State Crop & Soil Sciences)
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Purdue Univ -Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (EAS) Alumni & Friends Reception
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Rice University Department of Earth Science Group Alumni Reception
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

San Diego State University Group Alumni Reception
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Smith College Group Alumni Reception
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Dept. of Geology Alumni Reception
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Texas A&M University Department of Geology and Geophysics Private Alumni Reception
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

The College of Wooster Group Alumni Reception
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Trinity University
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Tufts University
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

U.S. Geological Survey Group Alumni Reception
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

University at Buffalo (SUNY) Department of Geology Alumni Event
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

University of Arkansas Geosciences Alumni Reception
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

University of Cincinnati Alumni Reception (cosponsored by University of Cincinnati Dept. of Geology)
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

University of Connecticut
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

University of Iowa
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

University of Maine Group Alumni Event
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

University of Missouri Group Alumni Reception
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

University of Nebraska Alumni Group Reception
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Group Alumni Reception
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

University of Southern California (USC) Department of Earth Sciences Alumni Reception
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

University of Washington
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

University of Wyoming - Geology & Geophysics Department
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Vanderbilt University
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Williams College
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies (GCAGS) President's Reception
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Rio Grande Universities Private Alumni Reception (cosponsored by University of New Mexico, New Mexico Tech, New Mexico State and University of Texas El Paso)
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Syracuse University Private Alumni Reception
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

University of Alabama Private Alumni Reception (cosponsored by The University of Alabama, Geological Sciences)
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences Alumni Reception
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

University of Minnesota - Alumni Reception (all campuses)
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

University of Nevada Las Vegas-Geoscience Department Alumni Reception (cosponsored by UNLV Geoscience Dept.)
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM

The University of Kansas Department of Geology Alumni Reception
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Northwestern University/University of Chicago Private Alumni Reception
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM

The Ohio State Univ. - School of Earth Sciences Private Alumni Reception
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

University of Massachusetts Private Alumni Reception
8:00 PM - 11:00 PM

GSA Annual Program Committee (APC) Breakfast
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

National Academy of Sciences, Sections 15 and 16, Breakfast Meeting
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM

GSA Associated Societies Breakfast Meeting
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Association of American State Geologists (AASG) Mid Year Meeting
7:00 AM - 12:00 PM

CANCELED: Guest/Destination Tour: 104. Religious Diversity in Multi-Cultural Houston-Hindu & Buddhist Temples, Islamic Mosque
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

American Geological Institute (AGI) Environment Geoscience Advisory Committee
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

GeoScience Information Society (GSIS) E-Resources Forum
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Guest Seminar #3 - The Power of Reading People by Alice Weiser
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) U.S. National Committee
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)/Division of Professional Affairs (DPA) Lunch **Ticketed Event**
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

GSA Division Secretary, Treasurer, Editor, & Webmaster Reception
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Generational Perspectives of Women Scientists Committee **Ticketed Event** (cosponsored by SSSA-ASA-CSSA Women in Agronomy, Crops, Soils, and Environmental Sciences Luncheon and GSA Minorities and Women in the Geosciences Committee)
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Geology in Industry Mentor Program (cosponsored by Chevron, Foundation Coal and ExxonMobile)
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Gulf Coast Society of Society for Sedimentary Geology (GCSSEPM) Luncheon **Ticketed Event**
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Management Board Meeting
11:30 AM - 2:00 PM

GSA Research Grant Proposal Writing Workshop
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Paleontological Society, Education and Outreach Committee
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Special Lecture: Dr. James E. Hansen Target Atmospheric CO2: Where Should Humanity Aim? (sponsored by Geological Society of America)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

GeoScience Information Society (GSIS) Luncheon **Ticketed Event**
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Using Online Databases for Research and Teaching
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

GSA Hydrogeology Division Luncheon, Awards, and Business Meeting **Ticketed Event**
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Association for Women Geologists (AWG) Discussion: Issues Facing Women Chairs, Deans, and other Academic Leaders
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

GSA Planetary Geology Division Business Meeting
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

Student Presentation Coordinator Training Session, 2008 Joint Annual Meeting (Day 4)
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

Technical Session Chair Orientation, 2008 Joint Annual Meeting (Day 4)
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Awards Lunch **Ticketed Event**
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM

AGI/NAGT Leadership Meeting
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Guest/Destination Tour: 105. Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens--Plus the Grand Homes of River Oaks
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM

International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) Board of Officers - Day 1
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Paleontological Society, Council Meeting
1:30 PM - 7:00 PM

GSA Section Meeting Chairs Meeting
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Minorities and Women in the Geosciences Committee Meeting
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

NAGT/USGS Summer Internship Meeting
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Awards Lectures, Presidential Address, and Annual Business Meeting
3:00 PM - 5:30 PM

GSA Hydrogeology Division Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecture
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

NSF Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology Program Towne Hall
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

GSA History of Geology Division Student and Friends Reception
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Geoscience Education Research and Geocognition Interest Group (cosponsored by GSA Geoscience Education Division and National Association of Geoscience Teachers)
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Field Exploration Analysis Team (FEAT) Meeting
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division Business Meeting & Awards Presentation
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Congressional Science Fellows Panel Discussion and Reception (cosponsored by GSA Geology & Society Division and GSA Geology & Public Policy Committee)
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Friends of the Corals and Sponges
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

GSA Foundation Sr. Fellow's Reception **By Invitation Only**
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Texas A&M University Mixer, Soil and Crop Sciences Department
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

University of North Dakota School of Engineering and Mines/Geology and Geological Engineering Private Alumni Reception
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Reception in Honor of H. Allen Curran and Don and Kathy Gerace (cosponsored by Smith College, Gerace Research Centre, Eastern Section of the Society of Sedimentary Geology)
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM

GSA Hydrogeology Division Student Reception
5:45 PM - 7:00 PM

GSA Planetary Geology Division Awards Reception
5:45 PM - 7:00 PM

Mineralogical Society of America (MSA)-Geochemical Society (GS) Joint Reception **Ticketed Event**
5:45 PM - 7:30 PM

GSA International Division Business Meeting and Reception
5:45 PM - 8:45 PM

GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division Reception
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

NSF EarthScope Reception (cosponsored by EarthScope National Office)
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Friends of the Cambrian
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

American Geological Institute (AGI) Friends of AGI Awards Reception
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

GeoScience Information Society (GSIS) Reception, Awards, and Silent Auction (cosponsored by ProQuest/CSA)
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Enhanced Geothermal Systems, the Earth's Non-fossil-fuel Energy Bounty by Doone Wyborn
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

GSA Structural Geology & Tectonics Division and GSA Geophysics Division Joint Reception
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Understanding Evolution: A Public Forum (sponsored by Subaru of America, Inc.)
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Cushman Foundation Awards Ceremony and Reception
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division Annual Awards Ceremony
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Friends of the Cephalopods
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Dartmouth Earth Sciences
7:30 PM - 10:30 PM

MIT/CalTech Cocktail Party
9:00 PM - 11:55 PM

GSA Hydrogeology Division Management Board Meeting II
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM

GSA Council Meeting - Day 2
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) Board of Officers - Day 2
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

GSA Committee on Professional Development
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

American Geological Institute (AGI) GeoRef Advisory Committee
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

CANCELED: Guest/Destination Tour: 107. Galveston Tour--Ocean Star, The Strand, and Haak Vineyards
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

CANCELED: Guest/Destination Tour: 106. Art Tour Extraordinaire--Rice University Gallery and the Menil Complex
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) National Committees
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Audit Committee Meeting
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

GSA Geoinformatics Division Business Meeting
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI) Board Meeting
5:30 PM - 10:30 PM

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Executive Committee Meeting
7:30 AM - 4:00 PM

GeoScienceWorld (GSW) Board of Directors Meeting
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Short Course 531: Fundamentals of Seismic Structural Analysis and Hydrocarbon Entrapment Analysis for Graduate Students Day 1 (cosponsored by ExxonMobile, Conoco Phillips and GSA Structural and Tectonics Division)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Short Course 532: Structural and Stratigraphic Concepts Applied to Basin Exploration Day 1 (cosponsored by ExxonMobil Exploration Corp.)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Executive Committee Lunch
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM

Middle-Late Pennsylvanian Working Group (Day 1 of 2)
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Middle-Late Pennsylvanian Working Group (Day 2 of 2)
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

CANCELED: Short Course 511: 3-D Visualization in Teaching and Research
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Short Course 531: Fundamentals of Seismic Structural Analysis and Hydrocarbon Entrapment Analysis for Graduate Students Day 2 (cosponsored by ExxonMobile, Conoco Phillips and GSA Structural and Tectonics Division)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Short Course 532: Structural and Stratigraphic Concepts Applied to Basin Exploration Day 2 (cosponsored by ExxonMobil Exploration Corp.)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

S01 Soil Physics

Symposium --Measurements and Modeling of Multiphase Flow and Solute Transport: To Honor the Many Contributions of Jacob Dane: I
8:55 AM - 12:00 PM

Symposium --Measurements and Modeling of Multiphase Flow and Solute Transport: To Honor the Many Contributions of Jacob Dane: II
12:55 PM - 3:00 PM

Symposium --Measurements and Modeling of Multiphase Flow and Solute Transport: To Honor the Many Contributions of Jacob Dane: III (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Soil Moisture: Advances in Design and Development of Water Content, Matric Potential, and Flux Measurement Methods for the Critical Zone: I
8:55 AM - 11:45 AM

Emerging Soil Physical Processes and Properties: Colloid-, Water-, and Gas-Phases and Interphases: I
12:55 PM - 4:00 PM

Emerging Soil Physical Processes and Properties: Colloid-, Water-, and Gas-Phases and Interphases: II (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Soil Moisture: Advances in Design and Development of Water Content, Matric Potential, and Flux Measurement Methods for the Critical Zone: II (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Environmental Soil Physics: Bridging the Critical Zone to Crops, Climate, and Remediation: I
9:25 AM - 11:45 AM

Symposium --Seeing Into the Soil: Noninvasive Characterization of Biophysical Processes in the Soil Critical Zone: I
9:25 AM - 12:15 PM
Cosponsored by - S05 Pedology

Symposium --Seeing Into the Soil: Noninvasive Characterization of Biophysical Processes in the Soil Critical Zone: II/Div. S01 Business Meeting
12:55 PM - 4:30 PM
Cosponsored by - S05 Pedology

Environmental Soil Physics: Bridging the Critical Zone to Crops, Climate, and Remediation: II (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Coupling Water and Chemical Transport and Fate in the Soil Root, Vadose, and Groundwater Zones at Different Scales
9:25 AM - 11:45 AM

S02 Soil Chemistry

Symposium --Black Carbon in Soils and Sediments: I. Classification, Formation, and Occurrence
8:25 AM - 11:15 AM
Cosponsored by - S05 Pedology - S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils - S09 Soil Mineralogy - S11 Soils & Environmental Quality - International Humic Substances - Geochemical Society

Symposium --Black Carbon in Soils and Sediments: II. Identification and Characteristics
1:25 PM - 4:15 PM
Cosponsored by - S05 Pedology - S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils - S09 Soil Mineralogy - S11 Soils & Environmental Quality - International Humic Substances - Geochemical Society

Heavy Metals in Soil Environments: I (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Oxyanions in Soil Environments: I (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Symposium --Black Carbon in Soils and Sediments: III. Environmental Function
8:25 AM - 12:00 PM
Cosponsored by - S05 Pedology - S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils - S09 Soil Mineralogy - S11 Soils & Environmental Quality - International Humic Substances - Geochemical Society

Symposium --Black Carbon in Soils and Sediments: IV. Stability and Carbon Sequestration Potential
1:25 PM - 4:30 PM
Cosponsored by - S05 Pedology - S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils - S09 Soil Mineralogy - S11 Soils & Environmental Quality - International Humic Substances - Geochemical Society

Contaminants in Soil Environments (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Nutrients in Soil Environments (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Heavy Metals in Soil Environments: II/Div. S02 Business Meeting
8:25 AM - 12:00 PM

Oxyanions in Soil Environments: II
1:25 PM - 4:45 PM

Symposium --Black Carbon in Soils and Sediments: V. BC and SOM (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Cosponsored by - S05 Pedology - S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils - S09 Soil Mineralogy - S11 Soils & Environmental Quality - International Humic Substances - Geochemical Society

General Soil Chemistry Session
8:25 AM - 11:00 AM

S03 Soil Biology & Biochemistry

Soil Biology and Soil Nitrogen
8:25 AM - 11:00 AM

Div. S03 Graduate Student Poster Competition (Posters)
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Symposium --History of Nitrogen Research: The Bremner Factor
1:25 PM - 5:15 PM
Cosponsored by - S02 Soil Chemistry

Soil Microbial Diversity and Function
8:10 AM - 11:30 AM

Francis E. Clark Distinguished Lectureship on Frontiers in Soil Biology/Div. S03 Business Meeting and Reception
1:55 PM - 5:45 PM

Soil Carbon Dynamics
8:10 AM - 12:00 PM
Cosponsored by - NCERA-59 Regional Committee on Soil Organic Matter

Soil Biology: Implications to Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Soil Biology and Diversity (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition

Soil Nitrogen and Nitrogen Management (Graduate Student Oral Competition)
8:55 AM - 11:15 AM
Cosponsored by - S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis

Sulfur, Selenium, and Germanium (Posters)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Symposium --Global Nutrient Cycling
2:40 PM - 5:30 PM
Cosponsored by - A09 Professional Practitioners - S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis

Nitrogen and Phosphorus Management (Graduate Student Poster Competition) (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Cosponsored by - S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis

Tools for Improving Nitrogen Management
8:25 AM - 11:30 AM
Cosponsored by - S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis

Nitrogen Fertilizer Use and Losses (Posters)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Symposium --Nutrient Cycling in the Production of Bioenergy Crops
12:35 PM - 2:40 PM
Cosponsored by - A09 Professional Practitioners - S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis - A08 Integrated Agricultural Systems

Leo M. Walsh Soil Fertility Distinguished Lecture/Div S04/Div S08 Business Meeting
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Cosponsored by - S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis

Nitrogen Management Tools (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Cosponsored by - S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis

Crop Response to Nitrogen Fertilizer
8:25 AM - 11:00 AM

Manures, Cover Crops, and Soil Amendments (Posters)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Nitrogen in Agricultural Systems - Monograph (Posters)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Phosphorus and Potassium Management
3:10 PM - 5:30 PM
Cosponsored by - S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis

Phosphorus, Potassium, and Soil Acidity (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Cosponsored by - S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis

Nitrogen Release from Soil and Soil Amendments
8:25 AM - 11:15 AM
Cosponsored by - S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis

S05 Pedology

Soil Genesis and Classification
8:25 AM - 9:15 AM

Soil Interpretations
10:10 AM - 11:00 AM

The WRB (World Reference Base for Soil Resources)�Concept and Applicability for Different Scales from Local Soil Survey to Global Earth Observation Systems
1:25 PM - 2:45 PM
Cosponsored by - S09 Soil Mineralogy - Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies (2)

Tools of Soil Survey/Div. S05 Business Meeting
2:55 PM - 4:45 PM

Soil Genesis and Interpretations (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Soil Survey Investigations (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Soils and Geomorphology Tour of the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain and Texas Shoreline with Special Emphasis on Hydrology and Coastal Erosion
7:15 AM - 1:15 PM

S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation

Howard M. Taylor Memorial Lecture/Div. S06 Business Meeting
8:25 AM - 10:45 AM

Soil Analysis (Posters)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Waste Management (Posters)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Carbon Sequestration
1:25 PM - 4:15 PM

Assessment, Modeling, and Remote Sensing (Posters)
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Symposium --Pedology, Soil Change, and Management Effects on Soil Quality
7:55 AM - 12:20 PM
Cosponsored by - S05 Pedology - S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils - Soil Quality Working Group--S03

Soil Quality and Cover Crops (includes Graduate Student Competition)
8:55 AM - 11:45 AM

Symposium --Research Needs to Improve Soil Conservation Models
1:25 PM - 3:45 PM

GRACEnet (Posters)
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Buffer Strips and Cover Crops (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Soil Organic Matter (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Soil Water (includes Graduate Student Competition)
8:25 AM - 10:30 AM

Erosion Assessment and Control (includes Graduate Student Competition)
8:25 AM - 10:45 AM

Management for Conserving Soil and Water (includes Graduate Student Competition)
12:55 PM - 4:00 PM

Dynamic Soil Properties (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Soil Hydraulic Properties (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Soil Amendments (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Soil Erosion (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Soil Water Management (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Water Quality (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Soil Management Effects on Water Quality (includes Graduate Student Competition)
8:55 AM - 11:30 AM

S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils

Forest Soil P Dynamics
9:25 AM - 10:45 AM

Sergei A. Wilde Distinguished Lectureship on Forest Soils
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Land Use Change and Soil Responses
1:10 PM - 3:45 PM

Symposium --Nutrient Budgets in the Balance: What Have We Learned?
8:00 AM - 12:25 PM

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Processes
1:25 PM - 3:40 PM

Fire, Black Carbon, and Biochar (Posters)
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Microbes and Soil Crusts (Posters)
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Nutrient Budgets in the Balance: What Have We Learned? (Posters)
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Poster Discussion/Cash Bar
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Symposium --Not Only Skin Deep: Does Soil C Exist and Change Below 20 cm?
8:00 AM - 12:20 PM
Cosponsored by - S05 Pedology

Spatial Patterns in Forest, Range, and Wildland Soils
1:25 PM - 2:55 PM

Not Only Skin Deep: Does Soil C Exist and Change Below 20 cm? (Posters)
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Responses to Climate Change and Disturbance (Posters)
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Soil Nitrogen and Water Dynamics (Posters)
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Spatial Patterns at Multiple Scales (Posters)
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Poster Discussion/Cash Bar/Div. S07 Business Meeting
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Soil Dynamics in Forest Plantations
8:25 AM - 10:40 AM

S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis

Assessment of Manure Nutrient Availability and Environmental Risk
9:10 AM - 11:30 PM
Cosponsored by - S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition

Nutrient Management and Soil and Plant Analysis (Graduate Student Oral Competition)
1:25 PM - 4:00 PM
Cosponsored by - S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition

Management Strategies to Improve Nitrogen Use Efficiency (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Cosponsored by - S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition

Nutrient Management and Soil and Plant Analysis (Graduate Student Poster Competition) (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Cosponsored by - S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition

Symposium --Soil Testing Requirements in an Increasingly Monitored Environment
8:55 AM - 12:00 PM
Cosponsored by - S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition

Div. S08/Div. S04 Business Meeting
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Nutrient Availability and Environmental Risk from Land Application (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Cosponsored by - S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition

Symposium --Defining Success in Nutrient Management Plans
8:55 AM - 11:40 AM
Cosponsored by - S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition

Measurement and Management of Soil Potassium and Phosphorus Availability
1:10 PM - 2:45 PM
Cosponsored by - S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition

Assessment of Soil Properties and Nutrient Status with In-Field Measurement (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Cosponsored by - S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition

Soil Test Method Development, Calibration and Utilization (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

S09 Soil Mineralogy

Soil Mineralogy: Reactions and Transformations: I (includes Graduate Student Competition)/ Div. S09 Business Meeting
8:55 AM - 12:00 PM

Soil Mineralogy: Reactions and Transformations: II (includes Graduate Student Competition) (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

S10 Wetland Soils

Symposium --Restored and Created Wetland Functions Under Extreme Climate Events
7:55 AM - 12:00 PM

Wetland Soil Carbon Pools and Fluxes (includes Graduate Student Competition)
1:55 PM - 4:30 PM

William H. Patrick, Jr. Memorial Lectureship/Div. S10 Business Meeting
9:25 AM - 11:40 AM

Symposium --Stability of Peatland Soil Carbon Pools and Trace Gas Emissions to Disturbance
1:05 PM - 4:45 PM

Wetland Soils (includes Graduate Student Competition) (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Coastal Wetlands, Treatment Wetlands, and Wetland Methods (includes Graduate Student Competition)
8:25 AM - 11:15 AM

S11 Soils & Environmental Quality

Nutrients and Soil Structure: I (includes Graduate Student Competition)
7:55 AM - 11:45 AM

Emissions of Atmospheric Pollutants and Carbon Sequestration: I (includes Graduate Student Competition)
1:40 PM - 5:00 PM

Emissions of Atmospheric Pollutants and Carbon Sequestration: II (includes Graduate Student Competition) (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Nutrients and Soil Structure: II (includes Graduate Student Competition) (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Pesticides and Contaminants in Soil: I (includes Graduate Student Competition)
7:55 AM - 11:00 AM

Pesticides and Contaminants in Soil: II (includes Graduate Student Competition)/Div. S11 Business Meeting
12:40 PM - 4:30 PM

Land Use and Soil and Water Quality (includes Graduate Student Competition) (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Remediation and Reclamation of Soils: I (includes Graduate Student Competition)
8:25 AM - 11:30 AM

Contaminants in Soil (includes Graduate Student Competition) (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Remediation and Reclamation of Soils: II (includes Graduate Student Competition) (Posters)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Z00 Students of Agronomy, Soils and Environmental Sciences (SASES)

Meeting of SASES Officers and Advisors
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

SASES Registration
7:00 AM - 7:30 AM

SASES Tour
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Meeting of SASES Officers, Committee Chairs, and Advisors
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

SASES President's Trophy Competition
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

SASES Meeting Overview/Business Meeting: I
8:30 PM - 9:00 PM

SASES Social: I
9:15 PM - 11:55 PM

SASES Program/Business Meeting: II
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM

SASES National Student Club Poster Contest
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

SASES 48th National Speech Contest--Prelims
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

SASES Graduate School Workshop
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

SASES National Student Research Symposium Contest
3:40 PM - 4:30 PM

SASES 48th National Speech Contest--Finals
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM

SASES National Student Quiz Bowl
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM

SASES National Student Research Symposium Poster Contest (Posters)
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

SASES CCA Workshop
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

SASES Mock Interview Workshop
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

SASES Business Meeting: III/ Officer Elections/Awards/Officer Meeting
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

SASES Social: II
8:30 PM - 11:30 PM

Z01 SSSA-ASA-CSSA Special Programs--Invited Abstracts Only

Advancing Soils in the 21st Century
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Nyle C. Brady Frontiers of Soil Science Lectureship
1:25 PM - 3:30 PM

Crop Science Society of America Reception and Awards Program
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Soil Science Society of America Reception and Awards Program
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Committee on Organic and Sustainable Agriculture Reception/Roundtable
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Women in Agronomy, Crops, Soils & Environmental Sciences Luncheon co-sponsored by SSSA, ASA, CSSA Agronomy, Crops, Soils & Environmental Science Committee, GSA Minorities and Women in the Geosciences Committee
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

American Society of Agronomy Reception and Awards Program
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

National Science Foundation Poster Session
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Z02 ACS530 Early Career Member--Invited Abstracts Only

Grant Writing Workshop
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Managing People and Team Building
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Writing Manuscripts for Publication
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM

How to Become an Entrepreneur in Soil Science
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Cosponsored by - S03 Soil Biology & Biochemistry

Z03 Water Availability and Use for Biofuel Crop Feedstock and Production--Invited Abstracts Only

Water Availability and Use for Crop Feedstock and Biofuel Production
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Cosponsored by - S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation

Z04 S205.1 Council on the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Soils

Historical Links Between Soil Science and Geology
9:00 AM - 4:40 PM
Cosponsored by - IUSS Commission 4.5 - GSA History of Geology - GSA Archaeological Geology

Z05 Minority Student Poster Contest