Thursday, 1 November 2012
6:00 AM-11:00 AM (Thu 1 November)
Friday, 2 November 2012
8:00 AM-5:00 PM (Fri 2 November)
Short Course 501: New Developments in Fluorescence Spectroscopy to Characterize Dissolved Organic Matter
Room 904 (UNC Charlotte Center City Building)
Short Course 502: Sequence Stratigraphy for Graduate Students
Room 901 (UNC Charlotte Center City Building)
Short Course 504: Introduction to Petroleum Structural Geology
Room 805 (UNC Charlotte Center City Building)
9:00 AM-5:00 PM (Fri 2 November)
Short Course 506: Structural and Stratigraphic Concepts Applied to Basin Exploration
Room 804 (UNC Charlotte Center City Building)
12:00 PM-4:00 PM (Fri 2 November)
3:30 PM-7:30 PM (Fri 2 November)
Saturday, 3 November 2012
7:30 AM-8:00 AM (Sat 3 November)
7:45 AM-4:45 PM (Sat 3 November)
8:00 AM-12:00 PM (Sat 3 November)
Short Course 511A: Active Lectures in Classrooms of All Sizes
Room 904 (UNC Charlotte Center City Building)
Short Course 511B: Teaching about Hazards in the Geoscience Classroom
Room 906 (UNC Charlotte Center City Building)
Short Course 515: Education Research I: Conducting Qualitative Geoscience Education Research
Room 1102 (UNC Charlotte Center City Building)
Short Course 516: An Inquiry Approach to Teaching Plate Tectonics
Room 1104 (UNC Charlotte Center City Building)
Short Course 521: Recalling Optical Mineralogy: Teaching it with Newer Methods and its Role in Current Mineralogy Research
Room 606 (UNC Charlotte Center City Building)
8:00 AM-4:00 PM (Sat 3 November)
Short Course 507: Best Practices for Preparing Workforce and Transfer Students in Two-Year Colleges for Geoscience Careers
Room 902 (UNC Charlotte Center City Building)
8:00 AM-5:00 PM (Sat 3 November)
Short Course 502: Sequence Stratigraphy for Graduate Students
Room 901 (UNC Charlotte Center City Building)
Short Course 504: Introduction to Petroleum Structural Geology
Room 805 (UNC Charlotte Center City Building)
Short Course 508: Instructional Approaches to Access, Accommodation, and Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in the Geosciences
Room 501 (UNC Charlotte Center City Building)
Short Course 509: Near-Surface Geophysics for Non-Geophysicists
Room 502 (UNC Charlotte Center City Building)
Short Course 512: Using the Grand Challenges to Improve Instruction of Scientific Literacy and Quantitative Reasoning-CANCELLED
Room 1102 (UNC Charlotte Center City Building)
Short Course 513: Research Initiatives in Northern Hemisphere Quaternary Non-Marine Ostracoda, Workshop II
Room 601 (UNC Charlotte Center City Building)
Short Course 514: Rationale and Methods for Regional 3-D Geological Mapping by Geological Survey Agencies-CANCELLED
Room 601 (UNC Charlotte Center City Building)
8:30 AM-5:30 PM (Sat 3 November)
Paleontological Society (PS) Short Course: Reconstructing Earth’s Deep-Time Climate: The State of the Art in 2012
Ballroom B (Charlotte Convention Center)
9:00 AM-5:00 PM (Sat 3 November)
Short Course 506: Structural and Stratigraphic Concepts Applied to Basin Exploration
Room 804 (UNC Charlotte Center City Building)
Short Course 517: U-Pb Geochronology and Hf Isotope Geochemistry Applied to Detrital Minerals
Room 604 (UNC Charlotte Center City Building)
9:00 AM-6:00 PM (Sat 3 November)
10:00 AM-12:00 PM (Sat 3 November)
12:00 PM-1:00 PM (Sat 3 November)
12:00 PM-3:00 PM (Sat 3 November)
12:00 PM-4:00 PM (Sat 3 November)
1:00 PM-5:00 PM (Sat 3 November)
American Geosciences Institute (AGI) Geoscience Policy Meeting
Providence Ballroom 3 (Westin Charlotte)
Short Course 511C: Making the Invisible Visible: Assessing Higher Order Thinking in your Students
Room 904 (UNC Charlotte Center City Building)
Short Course 511D: Design an Effective Field Experience
Room 906 (UNC Charlotte Center City Building)
Short Course 518: Using a Constructivist Approach to Teach Rocks
Room 1104 (UNC Charlotte Center City Building)
Short Course 519: Mars for Earthlings: Teaching Modules Integrating Earth and Planetary Science
Room 606 (UNC Charlotte Center City Building)
Short Course 520: Getting Started in Undergraduate Research for New and Future Faculty
Room 1106 (UNC Charlotte Center City Building)
Short Course 522: Communicating Science: Tools for Scientists
Room 602 (UNC Charlotte Center City Building)
Short Course 523: Education Research II: Conducting Quantitative Geoscience Education Research
Room 1102 (UNC Charlotte Center City Building)
Short Course 524: Quantitative Literacy and Geology in the National Parks
Room 1105 (UNC Charlotte Center City Building)
3:00 PM-4:00 PM (Sat 3 November)
3:00 PM-5:00 PM (Sat 3 November)
5:00 PM-7:00 PM (Sat 3 November)
7:00 PM-9:00 PM (Sat 3 November)
Sunday, 4 November 2012
7:00 AM-8:30 AM (Sun 4 November)
7:30 AM-6:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
8:00 AM-10:00 AM (Sun 4 November)
National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Executive Committee Meeting
Grand Ballroom B (Westin Charlotte)
8:00 AM-12:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
8:00 AM-5:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
Short Course 525: Terrestrial Laser Scanning (Ground-Based LiDAR) Methods and Applications in Geologic Research & Education
Room 804 (UNC Charlotte Center City Building)
8:30 AM-12:30 PM (Sun 4 November)
9:00 AM-11:00 AM (Sun 4 November)
9:00 AM-12:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
GSA Local Tour #1: "A Day with the Queen" Charlotte City Tour
VIP Suite Room 105 (Charlotte Convention Center)
9:00 AM-5:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
Short Course 526: Introductory Remote Sensing for Geoscientists
Room 801 (UNC Charlotte Center City Building)
Short Course 528: Engaging ALL Students: Effective Strategies for Teaching Diverse College Students
Room 1104 (UNC Charlotte Center City Building)
9:30 AM-12:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
10:00 AM-12:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
10:15 AM-12:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Council Meeting
Grand Ballroom B (Westin Charlotte)
11:00 AM-1:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
12:15 PM-1:15 PM (Sun 4 November)
GSA Lunchtime Lecture #1: GSA Presidential Address & President's Medal Presentation
Ballroom A (Charlotte Convention Center)
1:00 PM-4:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
1:00 PM-5:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
1:00 PM-6:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
American Geosciences Institute (AGI) GeoRef Advisory Committee Meeting
Trade Room (Westin Charlotte)
1:30 PM-4:30 PM (Sun 4 November)
Navigating NSF Workshop: Learn about new NSF initiatives and updates on the merit review process
Providence Ballroom 3 (Westin Charlotte)
2:00 PM-4:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) and USGS Internship Meeting
Harris Room (Westin Charlotte)
2:00 PM-6:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
2:00 PM-6:30 PM (Sun 4 November)
2:30 PM-3:30 PM (Sun 4 November)
3:00 PM-4:15 PM (Sun 4 November)
Bill McKibben Lecture - "Getting Serious about Climate Change"
Ballroom A (Charlotte Convention Center)
3:00 PM-5:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Geoscience Division Business Meeting
Providence Ballroom 2 (Westin Charlotte)
4:30 PM-6:30 PM (Sun 4 November)
5:00 PM-6:30 PM (Sun 4 November)
5:00 PM-7:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
5:30 PM-6:30 PM (Sun 4 November)
GSA Geoscience Education Division & National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Research Interest Group Reception
Morehead Room (Westin Charlotte)
National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Geo2YC Division Meeting
Providence Ballroom 1 (Westin Charlotte)
5:30 PM-7:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
5:30 PM-8:30 PM (Sun 4 November)
Paleontological Society (PS) Annual Meeting and Awards Reception **Ticketed Event**
Ballroom C/D (Charlotte Convention Center)
6:30 PM-8:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
7:00 PM-9:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
Affiliation of Christian Geologists Reception and Discussion
Providence Ballroom 2 (Westin Charlotte)
7:00 PM-10:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
American Geosciences Institute (AGI) Past President Reception and Dinner
Providence Ballroom 3 (Westin Charlotte)
Monday, 5 November 2012
6:30 AM-8:30 AM (Mon 5 November)
Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG) Networking Breakfast & Awards Ceremony **Ticketed Event**
Ballroom C (Charlotte Convention Center)
7:00 AM-8:00 AM (Mon 5 November)
7:00 AM-8:30 AM (Mon 5 November)
7:00 AM-9:00 AM (Mon 5 November)
7:15 AM-9:15 AM (Mon 5 November)
National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Past Presidents Breakfast
Kings Room (Westin Charlotte)
7:30 AM-12:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
Joint AGI/GSA Associated Societies Meeting (Breakfast Meeting)
Providence Ballroom 1 (Westin Charlotte)
7:30 AM-6:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
8:00 AM-9:30 AM (Mon 5 November)
8:30 AM-4:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
Workshop: Rates of soil forming processes - achievements, challenges, research gaps
Grand Ballroom B (Westin Charlotte)
9:00 AM-11:00 AM (Mon 5 November)
9:00 AM-6:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
9:30 AM-10:30 AM (Mon 5 November)
GSA Guest Seminar #1: Teri Joelle - Living History Artist
VIP Suite Room 105 (Charlotte Convention Center)
10:00 AM-11:00 AM (Mon 5 November)
11:30 AM-1:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
11:45 AM-1:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
12:00 PM-1:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
12:00 PM-2:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
12:00 PM-2:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
12:15 PM-1:15 PM (Mon 5 November)
Belmont Forum: Listening Session for Potential Future International Opportunity Fund Call for Proposals on Data and E-Infrastructures
211AB (Charlotte Convention Center)
1:00 PM-5:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division Management Board Meeting
Trade Room (Westin Charlotte)
1:00 PM-5:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature Annual Meeting
Independence Room (Westin Charlotte)
1:30 PM-3:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
1:30 PM-3:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
1:30 PM-5:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
2:00 PM-3:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
2:30 PM-4:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
3:30 PM-5:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
4:30 PM-6:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
Environmental and Engineering Geoscience Editorial Board Meeting
Stonewall Boardroom (Westin Charlotte)
5:00 PM-6:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG) Discussion of Issues Facing Women Chairs, Deans, and Other Academic Leaders
VIP Suite Room 101 (Charlotte Convention Center)
5:00 PM-6:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
5:00 PM-7:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
5:30 PM-6:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
5:30 PM-7:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT)-Journal of Geoscience Education (JGE) Editorial Board Meeting
Kings Room (Westin Charlotte)
5:30 PM-7:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
5:30 PM-8:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
Tomorrow’s Paleontology, Today: The Paleontological Society’s Schuchert Talk and Student Social
208A (Charlotte Convention Center)
5:30 PM-9:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
5:45 PM-6:15 PM (Mon 5 November)
GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division Business Meeting
208B (Charlotte Convention Center)
5:45 PM-6:45 PM (Mon 5 November)
5:45 PM-7:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
Seds & Suds Town Hall - Sedimentary Geology: What’s in it for the Next Generation?
213D (Charlotte Convention Center)
5:45 PM-7:45 PM (Mon 5 November)
GSA Archaeological Geology Division Business Meeting and Awards Reception
201AB (Charlotte Convention Center)
6:00 PM-7:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
GSA Subaru Outdoor Life Lecture, Julie Brigham-Grette, "Driven to Extremes-The Roadless Pursuit of Scientific Drilling at El'gygytgyn Crater Lake, Arctic Russia"
Ballroom A (Charlotte Convention Center)
6:00 PM-8:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences Alumni and Friends Reception
BlackFinn American Saloon
6:00 PM-9:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
University of South Florida Geology Department/Geology Alumni Society Reception
Caldwell Room (Westin Charlotte)
Western Michigan University Department of Geosciences Alumni Reception
Morehead Room (Westin Charlotte)
6:30 PM-8:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
6:30 PM-9:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
7:00 PM-8:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
Paleontological Society (PS) Education and Outreach Committee
Stonewall Boardroom (Westin Charlotte)
7:00 PM-9:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
7:00 PM-9:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
Princeton University / University of Pennsylvania / Yellowstone Bighorn Research Association Alumni Reception
College Room (Westin Charlotte)
7:00 PM-10:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
7:00 PM-10:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
Syracuse University Earth Sciences Private Alumni Reception
Carolina Hall South (Hilton Charlotte Center City)
7:30 PM-9:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
Virginia Tech - College of William and Mary - University of Virginia Joint Alumni Reception
Harris Room (Westin Charlotte)
7:30 PM-10:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
7:00 AM-8:30 AM (Tue 6 November)
7:00 AM-12:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
Association of American State Geologists (AASG) Mid-Year Meeting **Invitation Only**
Graves (Hilton Charlotte Center City)
7:30 AM-9:00 AM (Tue 6 November)
7:30 AM-6:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
8:00 AM-8:45 AM (Tue 6 November)
GSA Guest Program Presidents' Breakfast **For Registered Guests Only**
VIP Suite Room 105 (Charlotte Convention Center)
8:00 AM-10:00 AM (Tue 6 November)
8:30 AM-4:30 PM (Tue 6 November)
Workshop: Rates of soil forming processes - achievements, challenges, research gaps
Grand Ballroom D (Westin Charlotte)
9:00 AM-10:00 AM (Tue 6 November)
9:00 AM-5:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
GSA Local Tour #4: Old Salem Moravian Community Tour with Lunch
VIP Suite Room 105 (Charlotte Convention Center)
9:00 AM-6:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
9:30 AM-10:30 AM (Tue 6 November)
GSA Guest Seminar #2: Stephen L. Houser - Professional Storyteller
VIP Suite Room 105 (Charlotte Convention Center)
9:45 AM-10:20 AM (Tue 6 November)
10:00 AM-12:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
American Geosciences Institute (AGI) and National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Meeting
Queens Room (Westin Charlotte)
GSA Geoscience Education Division Business Meeting & Social Hour
Providence Ballroom 1 (Westin Charlotte)
11:30 AM-1:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) and GSA Geoscience Education Division Awards Luncheon **Ticketed Event**
Grand Ballroom A (Westin Charlotte)
11:30 AM-1:30 PM (Tue 6 November)
GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division Management Board Meeting
Trade Room (Westin Charlotte)
11:45 AM-3:15 PM (Tue 6 November)
GSA Hydrogeology Division Luncheon, Awards, and Business Meeting **Ticketed Event**
Grand Ballroom C (Westin Charlotte)
12:00 PM-1:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
12:00 PM-1:30 PM (Tue 6 November)
12:00 PM-2:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division Luncheon, Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony **Ticketed Event**
Independence Room (Westin Charlotte)
12:15 PM-1:15 PM (Tue 6 November)
Belmont Forum: Listening Session for Potential Future International Opportunity Fund Call for Proposals on Hazards and Extreme Events
211AB (Charlotte Convention Center)
GSA Lunchtime Lecture #3: 2012 Michel T. Halbouty Distinguished Lecturer Scott W. Tinker, "SWITCH: The Global Energy Transition"
Ballroom A (Charlotte Convention Center)
12:15 PM-1:30 PM (Tue 6 November)
Information Session: Funding Opportunities for Undergraduate Geoscience Education
Kings Room (Westin Charlotte)
12:30 PM-2:30 PM (Tue 6 November)
Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Awards Luncheon **Ticketed Event**
Grand Ballroom B (Westin Charlotte)
1:00 PM-5:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
1:30 PM-3:30 PM (Tue 6 November)
Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) Information Resources Forum
Providence Ballroom 3 (Westin Charlotte)
1:30 PM-5:30 PM (Tue 6 November)
GSA Local Tour #5: Wing Haven Gardens and Elizabeth Lawrence House & Garden Tour
VIP Suite Room 105 (Charlotte Convention Center)
2:00 PM-3:30 PM (Tue 6 November)
3:00 PM-5:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
3:00 PM-5:30 PM (Tue 6 November)
Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Awards Lecturers, Presidential Address, and Annual Business Meeting
213BC (Charlotte Convention Center)
4:30 PM-5:30 PM (Tue 6 November)
GSA Hydrogeology Division Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecture
Ballroom A (Charlotte Convention Center)
5:00 PM-6:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
5:30 PM-7:30 PM (Tue 6 November)
GSA Foundation Senior Fellows and Friends Reception **Invitation Only**
Grand Ballroom A/B (Westin Charlotte)
GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division Reception party-prizes, snacks, beer and wine
Harris Room (Westin Charlotte)
5:45 PM-6:45 PM (Tue 6 November)
GSA Geology and Health Division Business Meeting and Awards Presentation
212AB (Charlotte Convention Center)
GSA Geology and Society Division Distinguished Speaker, Mohamed El-Ashry, "Energy and Global Sustainability"
208B (Charlotte Convention Center)
5:45 PM-7:30 PM (Tue 6 November)
5:45 PM-7:45 PM (Tue 6 November)
5:45 PM-8:45 PM (Tue 6 November)
Joint Annual Awards Ceremony and Party with GSA Sedimentary Geology Division, GSA Limnogeology Division and Society for Sedimentary Geology
219AB (Charlotte Convention Center)
5:45 PM-9:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division Business and Award Meeting
208A (Charlotte Convention Center)
6:00 PM-7:30 PM (Tue 6 November)
6:00 PM-9:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
GSA Geoinformatics Division and Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) Joint Reception
Independence Room (Westin Charlotte)
6:00 PM-10:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
6:00 PM-11:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division 65th Anniversary Celebration and Awards Reception
211AB (Charlotte Convention Center)
6:05 PM-8:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
6:45 PM-8:45 PM (Tue 6 November)
GSA Geology and Society Division Awards and Geoscience Haiku reception with food and beverages. All are welcome!
208B (Charlotte Convention Center)
7:00 PM-10:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
GSA Planetary Geology Division Annual Banquet and G.K. Gilbert Awardee Celebration **Ticketed Event**
Carolina Hall South (Hilton Charlotte Center City)
7:00 PM-11:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division Awards Ceremony
Ballroom B (Charlotte Convention Center)
7:30 PM-11:30 PM (Tue 6 November)
8:00 PM-9:30 PM (Tue 6 November)
9:00 PM-1:00 AM (Tue 6 November)
Wednesday, 7 November 2012
7:00 AM-9:00 AM (Wed 7 November)
7:30 AM-5:30 PM (Wed 7 November)
8:00 AM-12:00 PM (Wed 7 November)
8:30 AM-4:30 PM (Wed 7 November)
Workshop: Rates of soil forming processes - achievements, challenges, research gaps
Tryon Room (Westin Charlotte)
8:30 AM-6:00 PM (Wed 7 November)
9:00 AM-2:00 PM (Wed 7 November)
9:00 AM-4:00 PM (Wed 7 November)
GSA Local Tour #6: Harvest Vineyard Tour with Lunch
VIP Suite Room 105 (Charlotte Convention Center)
9:30 AM-10:30 AM (Wed 7 November)
GSA Guest Seminar #3: Dr. Tom Hanchett - The Mills and the Music
VIP Suite Room 105 (Charlotte Convention Center)
12:00 PM-1:00 PM (Wed 7 November)
12:00 PM-5:00 PM (Wed 7 November)
National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI) Board of Director's Meeting
Harris Room (Westin Charlotte)
12:15 PM-1:15 PM (Wed 7 November)
GSA Lunchtime Lecture #4: "What do the Election Results Mean for Science?"; David Conover, Al Teich and Kasey White (Moderator)
Ballroom A (Charlotte Convention Center)
Thursday, 8 November 2012
8:00 AM-4:00 PM (Thu 8 November)
8:30 AM-4:30 PM (Thu 8 November)
Workshop: Rates of soil forming processes - achievements, challenges, research gaps
University of North Carolina Campus