2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

Friday, 30 October 2015

1:00 AM-11:45 PM (Fri 30 October)

Exhibitor Lead Retrieval Booth
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)

8:00 AM-5:00 PM (Fri 30 October)

9:00 AM-5:30 PM (Fri 30 October)

12:00 PM-4:00 PM (Fri 30 October)

GSA Audit Committee Meeting
Calloway A (Hilton Baltimore)

3:00 PM-7:00 PM (Fri 30 October)

Saturday, 31 October 2015

1:00 AM-11:45 PM (Sat 31 October)

Exhibitor Lead Retrieval Booth
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)

7:00 AM-8:00 AM (Sat 31 October)

7:00 AM-6:30 PM (Sat 31 October)

Internet Access and Airline Boarding Pass Printing Kiosk
Pratt Street Lobby (Baltimore Convention Center)

8:00 AM-12:00 PM (Sat 31 October)

GSA Council Meeting - Day 1
Holiday Ballroom 4 (Hilton Baltimore)

8:00 AM-5:00 PM (Sat 31 October)

GSA Short Course 511: Three-Dimensional Geologic Mapping
Holiday Ballroom 2 (Hilton Baltimore)
Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Council Meeting
Room 303 (Baltimore Convention Center)

8:00 AM-5:30 PM (Sat 31 October)

GSA Foundation Board of Trustees Meeting
Holiday Ballroom 5 (Hilton Baltimore)

8:30 AM-5:00 PM (Sat 31 October)

8:30 AM-5:30 PM (Sat 31 October)

9:00 AM-5:00 PM (Sat 31 October)

9:00 AM-5:30 PM (Sat 31 October)

9:00 AM-6:00 PM (Sat 31 October)

10:00 AM-12:00 PM (Sat 31 October)

GSA Science Editor Summit
Poe (Hilton Baltimore)

11:30 AM-4:00 PM (Sat 31 October)

GSA Geology and Public Policy Committee Meeting
Latrobe Room (Hilton Baltimore)

12:00 PM-1:00 PM (Sat 31 October)

12:00 PM-5:30 PM (Sat 31 October)

GSA Publications Committee Meeting
Poe (Hilton Baltimore)

12:00 PM-6:00 PM (Sat 31 October)

1:00 PM-4:00 PM (Sat 31 October)

1:00 PM-5:00 PM (Sat 31 October)

GSA Division Chairs Business Meeting
Holiday Ballroom 4 (Hilton Baltimore)

2:00 PM-4:00 PM (Sat 31 October)

3:30 PM-4:00 PM (Sat 31 October)

GSA Session Chair Orientation
Room 336 (Baltimore Convention Center)
GSA Student Volunteer Technical Program Orientation
Room 336 (Baltimore Convention Center)

4:00 PM-4:45 PM (Sat 31 October)

GSA First Time Attendee Orientation
Room 345/346 (Baltimore Convention Center)

4:45 PM-5:45 PM (Sat 31 October)

GSA On To the Future Welcome Gathering
Camden Lobby (Baltimore Convention Center)

5:00 PM-7:00 PM (Sat 31 October)

GSA Baltimore Icebreaker
Ballroom III & IV (Baltimore Convention Center)

6:00 PM-9:00 PM (Sat 31 October)

7:00 PM-10:00 PM (Sat 31 October)

Keck Geology Consortium Reps Meeting
Peale C Room (Hilton Baltimore)

Sunday, 1 November 2015

1:00 AM-11:45 PM (Sun 1 November)

Exhibitor Lead Retrieval Booth
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)

7:00 AM-6:30 PM (Sun 1 November)

Internet Access and Airline Boarding Pass Printing Kiosk
Pratt Street Lobby (Baltimore Convention Center)

7:00 AM-8:00 PM (Sun 1 November)

7:30 AM-6:00 PM (Sun 1 November)

Paleontological Society (PS) Place
Room 313 (Baltimore Convention Center)

8:00 AM-12:00 PM (Sun 1 November)

GSA Geology and Public Policy Committee Meeting
Latrobe Room (Hilton Baltimore)

8:30 AM-9:30 AM (Sun 1 November)

8:30 AM-11:00 AM (Sun 1 November)

GSA Foundation Pardee Coterie **By Invitation Only**
Key Ballroom 12-Foyer (Hilton Baltimore)

9:00 AM-10:00 AM (Sun 1 November)

GSA Early Career Professionals Coffee
Room 302 (Baltimore Convention Center)

9:00 AM-11:00 AM (Sun 1 November)

GSA GeoCareers in Industry: Research Poster Session
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)

9:00 AM-11:30 AM (Sun 1 November)

GSA International Business Meeting
Peale C Room (Hilton Baltimore)

9:00 AM-12:00 PM (Sun 1 November)

Micropaleontology Press Foundation Board
Mencken (Hilton Baltimore)

9:00 AM-5:00 PM (Sun 1 November)

GSA GeoCareers Resume Clinic
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)

9:00 AM-6:00 PM (Sun 1 November)

9:45 AM-11:45 AM (Sun 1 November)

10:45 AM-11:45 AM (Sun 1 November)

11:00 AM-1:00 PM (Sun 1 November)

11:00 AM-3:30 PM (Sun 1 November)

Cushman Foundation (CF) Board Meeting
Marshall Room (Hilton Baltimore)

11:30 AM-1:00 PM (Sun 1 November)

GSA Geology in Industry Career Pathways Luncheon
Ballroom IV (Baltimore Convention Center)

11:30 AM-2:00 PM (Sun 1 November)

GSA What’s Your Problem, What’s Your Point Workshop
Room 304 (Baltimore Convention Center)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM (Sun 1 November)

CANCELLED: GSA Karst Division Business Meeting
Room 340 (Baltimore Convention Center)
GSA Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony
Room 327/328/329 (Baltimore Convention Center)

12:15 PM-12:45 PM (Sun 1 November)

GSA Session Chair Orientation
Room 336 (Baltimore Convention Center)
GSA Student Volunteer Technical Program Orientation
Room 336 (Baltimore Convention Center)

12:45 PM-1:15 PM (Sun 1 November)

1:00 PM-5:00 PM (Sun 1 November)

1:30 PM-4:00 PM (Sun 1 November)

GSA GeoCareers in Industry: Company Info Session
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
GSA GeoCareers in Industry: Company Presentations
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)

1:30 PM-5:00 PM (Sun 1 November)

EarthCube C4P and iSamples Workshops
Holiday Ballroom 1 (Hilton Baltimore)

2:00 PM-4:00 PM (Sun 1 November)

GSA Education Committee Business Meeting
Peale A Room (Hilton Baltimore)

3:00 PM-5:00 PM (Sun 1 November)

4:00 PM-5:00 PM (Sun 1 November)

4:30 PM-5:30 PM (Sun 1 November)

5:00 PM-6:30 PM (Sun 1 November)

GSA Women in Geology Career Pathways Reception
Ballroom III (Baltimore Convention Center)

5:00 PM-7:00 PM (Sun 1 November)

5:15 PM-6:45 PM (Sun 1 November)

5:30 PM-7:00 PM (Sun 1 November)

GSA Exhibit Opening Reception
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)

5:45 PM-6:45 PM (Sun 1 November)

5:45 PM-7:00 PM (Sun 1 November)

Simon Winchester Book Signing
Exhibits Hall, GSA HQ Booth (Baltimore Convention Center)

6:30 PM-7:45 PM (Sun 1 November)

GSA President's Reception **By Invitation Only**
Holiday Ballroom 6 (Hilton Baltimore)

6:30 PM-8:00 PM (Sun 1 November)

6:30 PM-11:00 PM (Sun 1 November)

7:00 PM-9:00 PM (Sun 1 November)

Geoscience Educators' Reception
Camden Lobby (Baltimore Convention Center)

7:15 PM-9:00 PM (Sun 1 November)

Monday, 2 November 2015

1:00 AM-11:45 PM (Mon 2 November)

Exhibitor Lead Retrieval Booth
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)

6:30 AM-8:30 AM (Mon 2 November)

7:00 AM-9:00 AM (Mon 2 November)

7:00 AM-6:30 PM (Mon 2 November)

Internet Access and Airline Boarding Pass Printing Kiosk
Pratt Street Lobby (Baltimore Convention Center)

7:15 AM-9:15 AM (Mon 2 November)

7:30 AM-8:00 AM (Mon 2 November)

GSA On To the Future Gatherings
Camden Lobby (Baltimore Convention Center)

7:30 AM-6:00 PM (Mon 2 November)

Paleontological Society (PS) Place
Room 313 (Baltimore Convention Center)

8:00 AM-12:00 PM (Mon 2 November)

Joint AGI/GSA Societies Meeting
Holiday Ballroom 4 (Hilton Baltimore)

8:30 AM-9:30 AM (Mon 2 November)

9:00 AM-11:30 AM (Mon 2 November)

9:00 AM-6:00 PM (Mon 2 November)

10:00 AM-11:00 AM (Mon 2 November)

Guest Seminar: The Art of Crab Cracking
Pratt Street Lobby (Baltimore Convention Center)

11:30 AM-1:00 PM (Mon 2 November)

GSA Geology in Government Career Pathways Luncheon
Ballroom IV (Baltimore Convention Center)

11:30 AM-1:30 PM (Mon 2 November)

12:00 PM-1:00 PM (Mon 2 November)

GSA Geology and Health Division Business Meeting
Room 325/326 (Baltimore Convention Center)

12:00 PM-1:15 PM (Mon 2 November)

A Tribute to the Life and Work of Andrew Hill
Room 324 (Baltimore Convention Center)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM (Mon 2 November)

GSA Student Advisory Council Meeting
Johnson Room (Hilton Baltimore)

12:00 PM-2:00 PM (Mon 2 November)

12:15 PM-12:45 PM (Mon 2 November)

GSA Session Chair Orientation
Room 336 (Baltimore Convention Center)
GSA Student Volunteer Technical Program Orientation
Room 336 (Baltimore Convention Center)

12:15 PM-1:15 PM (Mon 2 November)

GSA Feed Your Brain: James Balog, "The Art & Science of Chasing Ice"
Room 327/328/329 (Baltimore Convention Center)

1:00 PM-2:00 PM (Mon 2 November)

GSA Diversity in the Geosciences Committee Meeting
Holiday Ballroom 5 (Hilton Baltimore)

1:00 PM-4:00 PM (Mon 2 November)

Local Tour 103: Foodie Tour of Little Italy
Pratt Street Lobby (Baltimore Convention Center)

1:00 PM-5:00 PM (Mon 2 November)

2:45 PM-5:45 PM (Mon 2 November)

3:00 PM-5:00 PM (Mon 2 November)

4:00 PM-5:00 PM (Mon 2 November)

GSA and ExxonMobil Student Research Grant Award Poster Session
Sharp Street Lobby (Baltimore Convention Center)

4:00 PM-6:00 PM (Mon 2 November)

4:30 PM-6:30 PM (Mon 2 November)

GSA Afternoon Beer Receptions
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)

5:00 PM-6:00 PM (Mon 2 November)

5:00 PM-7:00 PM (Mon 2 November)

Amherst College Geology Alumni Reception
Pickersgill (Hilton Baltimore)
Friends of American Geosciences Institute (AGI) Reception
Holiday Ballroom 1 (Hilton Baltimore)
University of Delaware
Sullivan's Steakhouse

5:00 PM-8:00 PM (Mon 2 November)

5:30 PM-6:30 PM (Mon 2 November)

Henry Darcy Distinguished Lecture
Ballroom IV (Baltimore Convention Center)

5:30 PM-7:00 PM (Mon 2 November)

Friends of PRI Reception
Brent Room (Hilton Baltimore)
Stanford Alumni Reception
Chase Room (Hilton Baltimore)
Women Deans and Chairs Discussion Group
Room 304 (Baltimore Convention Center)

5:30 PM-7:30 PM (Mon 2 November)

Friends of the Cambrian
Poe A (Hilton Baltimore)
GSA Karst Division Social Gathering
Room 345/346 (Baltimore Convention Center)
Williams College Alumni Reception
Leinenkugel Beer Garden

5:30 PM-8:30 PM (Mon 2 November)

OneGeology OPEN MEETING
Room 314 (Baltimore Convention Center)

5:45 PM-7:00 PM (Mon 2 November)

GSA Geophysics Division Business Meeting and Social
Room 340 (Baltimore Convention Center)

5:45 PM-8:00 PM (Mon 2 November)

6:00 PM-7:30 PM (Mon 2 November)

6:00 PM-8:00 PM (Mon 2 November)

GSA South-Central Section Board Meeting
Room 306 (Baltimore Convention Center)
University of Michigan
Key Ballroom 11 (Hilton Baltimore)

6:00 PM-9:00 PM (Mon 2 November)

6:30 PM-7:30 PM (Mon 2 November)

6:30 PM-8:30 PM (Mon 2 November)

Carleton College Alumni Reception
Key Ballroom 4 (Hilton Baltimore)
University of Kansas Alumni Reception
Key Ballroom 6 (Hilton Baltimore)

6:30 PM-9:00 PM (Mon 2 November)

University of Cincinnati Alumni Reception
Key Ballroom 2 (Hilton Baltimore)

7:00 PM-9:00 PM (Mon 2 November)

Colgate University
Holiday Ballroom 3 (Hilton Baltimore)
Oregon State University
Peale A Room (Hilton Baltimore)
Purdue EAPS Alumni & Friends Reception
Peale B Room (Hilton Baltimore)
University of Tennessee Alumni Reception
Peale C Room (Hilton Baltimore)

7:00 PM-9:30 PM (Mon 2 November)

Albion College
Key Ballroom 7-8 (Hilton Baltimore)
Bucknell University
Key Ballroom 7-8 (Hilton Baltimore)
Colby College
Key Ballroom 7-8 (Hilton Baltimore)
Florida State University
Key Ballroom 7-8 (Hilton Baltimore)
Franklin & Marshall College
Key Ballroom 7-8 (Hilton Baltimore)
Grand Valley State University
Key Ballroom 7-8 (Hilton Baltimore)
Middlebury College Geology Alumni
Key Ballroom 7-8 (Hilton Baltimore)
Northern Arizona University
Key Ballroom 7-8 (Hilton Baltimore)
Oberlin College
Key Ballroom 7-8 (Hilton Baltimore)
Smith College
Key Ballroom 7-8 (Hilton Baltimore)
The College of Wooster
Key Ballroom 7-8 (Hilton Baltimore)
Trinity University
Key Ballroom 7-8 (Hilton Baltimore)
Tufts University
Key Ballroom 7-8 (Hilton Baltimore)
University of Iowa
Key Ballroom 7-8 (Hilton Baltimore)
University of Washington
Key Ballroom 7-8 (Hilton Baltimore)
West Virginia University
Key Ballroom 7-8 (Hilton Baltimore)
Western Michigan University
Key Ballroom 7-8 (Hilton Baltimore)
Yale / Harvard Joint Alumni Reception
Key Ballroom 10 (Hilton Baltimore)

7:00 PM-10:00 PM (Mon 2 November)

Rio Grande Universities Alumni Reception
Key Ballroom 5 (Hilton Baltimore)
University of Minnesota
Key Ballroom 1 (Hilton Baltimore)

7:00 PM-11:45 PM (Mon 2 November)

GSA Student Pub Crawl
Power Plant Live!

7:30 PM-9:30 PM (Mon 2 November)

8:00 PM-10:00 PM (Mon 2 November)

8:00 PM-11:00 PM (Mon 2 November)

UMass-Amherst Alumni Reception
Holiday Ballroom 5 (Hilton Baltimore)

8:30 PM-10:30 PM (Mon 2 November)

Indiana University
Key Ballroom 9 (Hilton Baltimore)

Tuesday, 3 November 2015

1:00 AM-11:45 PM (Tue 3 November)

Exhibitor Lead Retrieval Booth
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)

7:00 AM-8:30 AM (Tue 3 November)

GSA Leadership Training
Johnson Room (Hilton Baltimore)

7:00 AM-12:00 PM (Tue 3 November)

7:00 AM-6:30 PM (Tue 3 November)

Internet Access and Airline Boarding Pass Printing Kiosk
Pratt Street Lobby (Baltimore Convention Center)

7:30 AM-8:00 AM (Tue 3 November)

GSA On To the Future Gatherings
Camden Lobby (Baltimore Convention Center)

7:30 AM-6:00 PM (Tue 3 November)

Paleontological Society (PS) Place
Room 313 (Baltimore Convention Center)

8:00 AM-10:00 AM (Tue 3 November)

8:00 AM-6:00 PM (Tue 3 November)

9:00 AM-10:30 AM (Tue 3 November)

James Balog Book Signing; ICE: Portraits of Vanishing Glaciers
Exhibits Hall, GSA HQ Booth (Baltimore Convention Center)

9:00 AM-1:00 PM (Tue 3 November)

9:30 AM-6:30 PM (Tue 3 November)

Paleontological Society (PS) Council Meeting
Johnson Room (Hilton Baltimore)

10:00 AM-11:00 AM (Tue 3 November)

10:00 AM-12:00 PM (Tue 3 November)

11:30 AM-1:00 PM (Tue 3 November)

Geoscience Careers Student Networking Luncheon
Ballroom III (Baltimore Convention Center)

11:30 AM-1:30 PM (Tue 3 November)

GSA Journals Editorial Meeting
Room 303 (Baltimore Convention Center)

11:30 AM-3:30 PM (Tue 3 November)

12:00 PM-1:00 PM (Tue 3 November)

GSA Student Research Grant Writing Workshop
Room 338 (Baltimore Convention Center)

12:00 PM-2:00 PM (Tue 3 November)

12:15 PM-12:45 PM (Tue 3 November)

GSA Session Chair Orientation
Room 336 (Baltimore Convention Center)
GSA Student Volunteer Technical Program Orientation
Room 336 (Baltimore Convention Center)

12:15 PM-1:15 PM (Tue 3 November)

12:15 PM-2:30 PM (Tue 3 November)

1:00 PM-2:00 PM (Tue 3 November)

GSA Diversity Task Force Meeting
Latrobe Room (Hilton Baltimore)

1:30 PM-2:15 PM (Tue 3 November)

1:30 PM-9:00 PM (Tue 3 November)

2:00 PM-3:00 PM (Tue 3 November)

2:00 PM-3:30 PM (Tue 3 November)

GSA Local Section Meeting Chairs Round Table Meeting
Room 302 (Baltimore Convention Center)

2:30 PM-3:00 PM (Tue 3 November)

3:00 PM-5:30 PM (Tue 3 November)

3:30 PM-4:00 PM (Tue 3 November)

4:00 PM-5:00 PM (Tue 3 November)

4:30 PM-5:30 PM (Tue 3 November)

GSA Hydrogeology Division Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecture
Ballroom IV (Baltimore Convention Center)

4:30 PM-6:30 PM (Tue 3 November)

GSA Afternoon Beer Receptions
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)

5:00 PM-6:30 PM (Tue 3 November)

Best Student Geologic Map Competition
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)

5:30 PM-6:30 PM (Tue 3 November)

5:30 PM-6:45 PM (Tue 3 November)

Future of Undergraduate Geoscience Education Town Hall
Room 336 (Baltimore Convention Center)

5:30 PM-7:00 PM (Tue 3 November)

5:30 PM-7:30 PM (Tue 3 November)

5:30 PM-7:45 PM (Tue 3 November)

5:30 PM-8:00 PM (Tue 3 November)

GSA Hydrogeology Division Student Reception
Ballroom IV (Baltimore Convention Center)

5:30 PM-9:00 PM (Tue 3 November)

5:45 PM-7:00 PM (Tue 3 November)

5:45 PM-7:30 PM (Tue 3 November)

MGPV-MSA-GS Joint Reception **Ticketed Event**
Sharp Street Lobby (Baltimore Convention Center)

6:00 PM-8:00 PM (Tue 3 November)

6:00 PM-11:00 PM (Tue 3 November)

6:30 PM-7:30 PM (Tue 3 November)

6:30 PM-9:30 PM (Tue 3 November)

7:00 PM-8:30 PM (Tue 3 November)

InTeGrate Reception
Poe A (Hilton Baltimore)

7:00 PM-10:00 PM (Tue 3 November)

7:00 PM-11:00 PM (Tue 3 November)

LGBT Social
Room TBD (City Cafe)

8:00 PM-9:30 PM (Tue 3 November)

Friends of the Cephalopods
Johnson Room (Hilton Baltimore)

9:00 PM-1:00 AM (Tue 3 November)

MIT | CalTech Joint Alumni Reception
Peale B Room (Hilton Baltimore)

Wednesday, 4 November 2015

1:00 AM-11:45 PM (Wed 4 November)

Exhibitor Lead Retrieval Booth
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)

7:00 AM-9:00 AM (Wed 4 November)

7:00 AM-6:30 PM (Wed 4 November)

Internet Access and Airline Boarding Pass Printing Kiosk
Pratt Street Lobby (Baltimore Convention Center)

7:30 AM-8:00 AM (Wed 4 November)

GSA On To the Future Gatherings
Camden Lobby (Baltimore Convention Center)

7:30 AM-6:00 PM (Wed 4 November)

Paleontological Society (PS) Place
Room 313 (Baltimore Convention Center)

8:00 AM-10:00 AM (Wed 4 November)

8:00 AM-12:00 PM (Wed 4 November)

GSA Council Meeting - Day 2
Johnson Room (Hilton Baltimore)

9:30 AM-12:00 PM (Wed 4 November)

10:00 AM-11:00 AM (Wed 4 November)

Guest Seminar: The Life & Writings of Edgar Allan Poe
Pratt Street Lobby (Baltimore Convention Center)

12:00 PM-2:00 PM (Wed 4 November)

STEPPE Board of Directors Meeting
Poe (Hilton Baltimore)

12:00 PM-2:30 PM (Wed 4 November)

12:15 PM-1:15 PM (Wed 4 November)

12:30 PM-6:30 PM (Wed 4 November)

4:30 PM-6:30 PM (Wed 4 November)

GSA Afternoon Beer Receptions
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)

Thursday, 5 November 2015

7:00 AM-7:30 AM (Thu 5 November)

7:00 AM-8:00 PM (Thu 5 November)

8:00 AM-5:00 PM (Thu 5 November)

Friday, 6 November 2015

7:00 AM-8:00 PM (Fri 6 November)