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

CANCELLED -- GSA Short Course 501: Springs Inventory and Assessment
CANCELLED: GSA Foundation Development Committee Meeting
CANCELLED: GSA Short Course 503: Field Safety Leadership
CANCELLED: GSA Short Course 506: Dynamics of the Subsurface Flow of Groundwater, Hydrocarbons, and Sequestered CO2: Physics and Field Examples
CANCELLED: GSA Short Course 507: Near-Surface Geophysics for Non-Geophysicists
CANCELLED: GSA Short Course 508: Making a GeoFabLab: How to Combine 3D Scanning, 3D Modeling and 3D Printing for Education and Research
CANCELLED: GSA Short Course 509: Introduction to Story Maps: Workshop and Hands-On Session
CANCELLED: GSA Short Course 510: Introduction to Terrestrial Laser Scanning (Ground-Based LiDAR) for Earth Science Research and Education
CANCELLED: GSA Short Course 513: Applications of Commercial Satellite Imagery for Polar Science
CANCELLED: GSA Short Course 515: Building Teaching Skills for Future Faculty
CANCELLED: GSA Short Course 517: Digital Evolutionary Trees: Create Exciting Evolutionary Trees, Packed with Images and Information and Integrated with a Comprehensive Earth History Database
CANCELLED: GSA Short Course 521: Time Series Data Publication with the CUAHSI Water Data Center
CANCELLED: GSA Short Course 523: William “Strata” Smith and Geo-Education: Using the History of Geology for Teaching Mapping, Scientific Practices, and Nature of Science
CANCELLED: GSA Short Course 525: Quantitative Optical Mineralogy
CANCELLED: GSA Short Course 526: Using Geodetic Data in Introductory Courses: Ice Mass and Sea Level Changes Module for Intro-level Undergraduates
CANCELLED: GSA Short Course 527: Teaching Geoethics Across the Geoscience Curriculum
CANCELLED: GSA Short Course 528: Professional Geoscience Ethics: Fundamentals and Case Histories
CANCELLED: GSA Short Course 531: Interactive Strategies for the Classroom: A How-to Guide using Examples about Igneous Rocks
CANCELLED: GSA Short Course 532: Supporting Student Success in Geoscience Departments and Programs
CANCELLED: GSA Short Course 533: Welcome to the Anthropocene: Teaching Resources for a New Epoch
CANCELLED: GSA Short Course 534: Using Geodetic Data in Majors-Level Courses: Analyzing Active Tectonics with LiDAR, InSAR, and GPS Data Applied to Critical Societal Issues
CANCELLED: Local Tour 101: Baltimore Art Museums with City Tour
CANCELLED: Local Tour 102: Baltimore's Historic Churches
CANCELLED: Local Tour 104: Whirlwind Tour of Washington D.C.
CANCELLED: Local Tour 105: Baltimore Architecturally Speaking
CANCELLED: Local Tour 106: Star Spangled Baltimore
CANCELLED: Local Tour 107: Jewel of the Chesapeake
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Friday, 30 October 2015

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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)

GSA Short Course 502: Sequence Stratigraphy for Graduate Students
Johnson Room (Hilton Baltimore)
GSA Short Course 504: Introduction to Petroleum Structural Geology
Room 302 (Baltimore Convention Center)
GSA Short Course 505: Structural and Stratigraphic Concepts Applied to Basin Exploration
Room 306 (Baltimore Convention Center)

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

Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG) Foundation Board of Directors Annual Meeting
Calloway A (Hilton Baltimore)

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)

Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Executive Committee Meeting **By Invitation Only**
Calloway B (Hilton Baltimore)

Saturday, 31 October 2015

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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)

Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Council Breakfast **By Invitation Only**
Peale C Room (Hilton Baltimore)

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)
GSA Science Communications Workshop: Be Heard & Be Interesting
Room 312 (Baltimore Convention Center)
GSA Short Course 522: Geochemical Modeling for Students and Teachers
Peale A Room (Hilton Baltimore)
GSA Short Course 524: Teaching Controversial Issues 1: Climate and Energy
Carroll Room (Hilton Baltimore)

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

GSA Short Course 502: Sequence Stratigraphy for Graduate Students
Johnson Room (Hilton Baltimore)
GSA Short Course 504: Introduction to Petroleum Structural Geology
Room 302 (Baltimore Convention Center)
GSA Short Course 505: Structural and Stratigraphic Concepts Applied to Basin Exploration
Room 306 (Baltimore Convention Center)
GSA Short Course 511: Three-Dimensional Geologic Mapping
Holiday Ballroom 2 (Hilton Baltimore)
GSA Short Course 512: Statistical Treatment of Structural Geology Data
Ruth Room (Hilton Baltimore)
GSA Short Course 514: Ground Penetrating Radar: Principles, Practice and Processing
Holiday Ballroom 1 (Hilton Baltimore)
Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Council Meeting
Peale B Room (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)

GSA Short Course 516: Medical Geology: How the Natural Environment Gets Away With Murder
Brent Room (Hilton Baltimore)

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

AASP-The Palynological Society Short Course: Applied Biostratigraphy in Petroleum Exploration and Production
Room 313 (Baltimore Convention Center)

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

GSA Short Course 518: U-Th-Pb Geochronology and Hf Isotope Geochemistry Applied to Detrital Minerals
Tubman Room (Hilton Baltimore)
GSA Short Course 519: Digital Geologic Mapping: Flat Map Data Collection with QGIS and Introduction to 3D Mapping Techniques
Paca Room (Hilton Baltimore)
GSA Short Course 520: Digital Field Mapping and Model Building
Holiday Ballroom 3 (Hilton Baltimore)
Paleontological Society (PS) Short Course – Earth-Life Transitions
Room 310 (Baltimore Convention Center)

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

Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG) Foundation Board of Directors Annual Meeting
Calloway A (Hilton Baltimore)

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

American Geosciences Institute (AGI) GeoRef Advisory Committee Meeting
Mencken (Hilton Baltimore)
Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG) Fall Board Meeting
Armistead (Hilton Baltimore)

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)

Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Council Lunch **By Invitation Only**
Peale C Room (Hilton Baltimore)

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)

Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) Pre-Meeting Field Trip: The Historic Sykesville Ultramafic Rock-Associated, Fe-Cu-Co-Zn-Ni Mineral District: Drill Core and Mine Dump
Off Site Field Trip

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

GSA GeoCareers in Industry The Pathways to a Successful Career: Building Value Workshop
Holiday Ballroom 6 (Hilton Baltimore)

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

GSA Division Chairs Business Meeting
Holiday Ballroom 4 (Hilton Baltimore)
GSA Short Course 529: Teaching Controversial Issues 2: Evolution of Life and Earth
Carroll Room (Hilton Baltimore)
GSA Short Course 530: Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions: Concepts Every Geoscientist Should Know
Peale A Room (Hilton Baltimore)

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

GSA Short Course 535: How to Talk to Strangers: Selling Yourself and Your Science, for Students
Room 304 (Baltimore Convention Center)

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)

American Geosciences Institute (AGI) Past Presidents Reception and Dinner
Holiday Ballroom 6 (Hilton Baltimore)

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

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

Sunday, 1 November 2015

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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)

Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Student Field Trip: Geology and Paleontology of Calvert Cliffs (Chesapeake Group), Calvert County, Maryland
Off Site Field Trip

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)

American Geosciences Institute (AGI) Executive Committee Meeting
Holiday Ballroom 5 (Hilton Baltimore)
GSA Geology and Public Policy Committee Meeting
Latrobe Room (Hilton Baltimore)

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

National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Executive Committee Meeting **By Invitation Only**
Johnson Room (Hilton Baltimore)

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)

Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) Business Meeting
Peale B Room (Hilton Baltimore)
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)

Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG) Fall Board Meeting
Armistead (Hilton Baltimore)

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

National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Council Meeting **By Invitation Only**
Johnson Room (Hilton Baltimore)

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

GSA President's Brunch **By Invitation Only**
Poe (Hilton Baltimore)

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

GSA Hydrogeology Division Management Board Meeting I
Peale A Room (Hilton Baltimore)

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)

GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology (MGPV) Division Business Meeting
Room 319/320 (Baltimore Convention Center)

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

GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division Business Meeting
Calloway (Hilton Baltimore)

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)
National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) and USGS Internship Meeting **By Invitation Only**
Latrobe Room (Hilton Baltimore)

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

Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) - Geosciences Division Business Meeting
Poe (Hilton Baltimore)
The International Association for Geoscience Diversity (IAGD) Annual Meeting
Peale B Room (Hilton Baltimore)

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

GSA Geology and Society Division Distinguished Lecture by Simon Winchester: “William Smith: The Man, His Map, and the Democratization of Geology”
Room 327/328/329 (Baltimore Convention Center)
GSA Special Lecture: France A. Córdova, National Science Foundation Director
Room 309 (Baltimore Convention Center)

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

GSA GeoCareers in Industry: Evening Reception **By Invitation Only**
Camden Lobby (Baltimore Convention Center)

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)

National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) GEO2YC: Two-Year College Division Meeting
Johnson Room (Hilton Baltimore)
National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Geoscience Education Research Division Meeting
Ruth Room (Hilton Baltimore)
National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Teacher Education Division Meeting
Latrobe Room (Hilton Baltimore)

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

International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) US National Chapter Business Meeting
Peale C Room (Hilton Baltimore)

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)

William Smith Map Display - 1st Edition Facsimile Print (Sponsored by the Geological Society of London)
Exhibits Hall, GSA HQ Booth (Baltimore Convention Center)

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)

GSA Archaeological Geology Division Executive Committee Meeting
Off Site Location TBD

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

Paleontological Society (PS) Business Meeting and Reception Buffet **Ticketed Event**
Ballroom IV (Baltimore Convention Center)

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

Dickinson College Alumni Reception in Honor of Jeff Niemitz
Pratt Street Ale House
GSA Geology and Society Division Rocks and Hops Soiree
Pratt Street Ale House
GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division Board Meeting
Room 306 (Baltimore Convention Center)
Geoscience Educators' Reception
Camden Lobby (Baltimore Convention Center)

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

Washington and Lee University Alumni Reception
Pratt Street Ale House

Monday, 2 November 2015

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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)

Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG) Networking Breakfast & Awards Ceremony **Ticketed Event**
Ballroom III (Baltimore Convention Center)

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

Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) President's Breakfast
Pickersgill (Hilton Baltimore)

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)

National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Past Presidents Breakfast **By Invitation Only**
Peale A Room (Hilton Baltimore)

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)

GSA Professional Development Committee Meeting
Mencken (Hilton Baltimore)

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

Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) Professional Issues Roundtable
Peale B Room (Hilton Baltimore)

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

GSA GeoCareers Interview Service (formerly the Employment Service Center)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)

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)

Ediacaran Stratigraphic Subcomission & Geological Research Thourgh Integrated Neoproterozoic Drilling Information Meeting
Key Ballroom 11 (Hilton Baltimore)
GSA Geology and Society Division Management Board Meeting/Annual Meeting of the Membership
Peale C Room (Hilton Baltimore)
GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division Management Board Meeting
Pratt Street Ale House
RESCHEDULED: GSA Geology and Society Division Annual Meeting of the Membership
Peale C Room (Hilton Baltimore)

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

GSA Geology and Health Division Business Meeting
Room 325/326 (Baltimore Convention Center)
Paleontological Society (PS) Mentors in Paleontology Careers Luncheon
Key Ballroom 9-10 (Hilton Baltimore)

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

A Tribute to the Life and Work of Andrew Hill
Room 324 (Baltimore Convention Center)
GSA Soils and Soil Processes Interdisciplinary Interest Group Business Meeting
Ruth Room (Hilton Baltimore)

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

Bridging Two Continents Luncheon with Featured Keynote, Dr. James Hansen **Ticketed Event**
Ballroom III (Baltimore Convention Center)
GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division Luncheon
Calloway (Hilton Baltimore)
GSA Student Advisory Council Meeting
Johnson Room (Hilton Baltimore)
Geoscience Information Society (GSIS ) Luncheon and Awards Ceremony ** Ticketed Event**
Holiday Ballroom 2 (Hilton Baltimore)

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

Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Associated Editors Lunch
Poe B (Hilton Baltimore)
Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Student's Career Opportunities
Holiday Ballroom 3 (Hilton Baltimore)

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)
We Need to Talk: How Do Communities Adopt Cyberinfrastructure Standards and Best Practices?
Room 338 (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)

NACSN (North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature) - Annual Meeting
Latrobe Room (Hilton Baltimore)

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

The Geoscience Paper of the Future: Learning Best Practices for Scholarly Publication
Peale A Room (Hilton Baltimore)

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

Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) Vendor Update/Information
Peale B Room (Hilton Baltimore)

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)

NSF Future Directions in Tectonics Town Hall Meeting
Ruth Room (Hilton Baltimore)

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

GSA Afternoon Beer Receptions
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
GSA GeoCorps America and Mosaics in Science Reception For Alumni and Partners
Pratt Street Ale House
William Smith Map Display - 1st Edition Facsimile Print (Sponsored by the Geological Society of London)
Exhibits Hall, GSA HQ Booth (Baltimore Convention Center)

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

GSA Academic and Applied Geoscience Relations Committee Meeting
Mencken (Hilton Baltimore)

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)

SUNY New Paltz Geology Alumni Reunion
Peter's Pour House

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)
National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Journal of Geoscience Education (JGE) Editorial Board Meeting **By Invitation Only**
Calloway (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 Foundation Senior Fellows and Friends Reception **Invitation Only**
Holiday Ballroom 6 (Hilton Baltimore)
GSA Karst Division Social Gathering
Room 345/346 (Baltimore Convention Center)
University of Illinois Department of Geology Alumni Reception
Douglass Room (Hilton Baltimore)
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)

GSA Archaeological Geology Division Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony
Room 318 (Baltimore Convention Center)

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

GSA Congressional and Science Policy Fellowships Information & Reception
Room 305 (Baltimore Convention Center)

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

GSA South-Central Section Board Meeting
Room 306 (Baltimore Convention Center)
University of Arizona Geosciences Alumni and Friends Reception
Armistead (Hilton Baltimore)
University of Michigan
Key Ballroom 11 (Hilton Baltimore)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Alumni Reception
Key Ballroom 3 (Hilton Baltimore)
University of Texas Jackson School of Geosciences Friends and Alumni Reception
Pratt Street Ale House

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

USGS National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program Town Hall Meeting
Tubman Room (Hilton Baltimore)

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

Geoheritage Matters Informal Discussion (Erika Vye, Benjamin van Wyk de Vries and Tom Casadevall, Convening)
Poe B (Hilton Baltimore)

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

Carleton College Alumni Reception
Key Ballroom 4 (Hilton Baltimore)
Frontiers Abroad and University of Canterbury Joint Alumni Event
Tilghman Room (Hilton Baltimore)
GSA International Reception: Bridging Continents, Exchanging Greetings and Building Partnerships
Holiday Ballroom 4 (Hilton Baltimore)
University of Kansas Alumni Reception
Key Ballroom 6 (Hilton Baltimore)
University of Maryland Alumni Party
Alewife 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)
Paleontological Society (PS) Education and Outreach Committee
Mencken (Hilton Baltimore)
Paleontological Society’s (PS) Schuchert Talk and Student Social
Room 310 (Baltimore Convention Center)
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)
Princeton University - Yellowstone Bighorn Research Association Joint Reception
Holiday Ballroom 2 (Hilton Baltimore)
Smith College
Key Ballroom 7-8 (Hilton Baltimore)
Southern Illinois University Carbondale - Geology Department
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)

Penn State Geosciences Alumni Reception
Pratt Street Ale House
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)

College of William and Mary - Virginia Tech - James Madison University - University of Virginia - Ireland Field Course - George Mason Joint Alumni Reception
Key Ballroom 12 (Hilton Baltimore)

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

The Ohio State University School of Earth Sciences Alumni Reception
Stone Room (Hilton Baltimore)

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

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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 Campus Representatives Appreciation Breakfast **Invitation Only**
302/303 (Baltimore Convention Center)
GSA Leadership Training
Johnson Room (Hilton Baltimore)

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

Association of American State Geologists (AASG) Mid-year Business Meeting
Holiday Ballroom 2 (Hilton Baltimore)

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)

GSA Geoscience Education Division Management Board Meeting
Ruth Room (Hilton Baltimore)

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

Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) Women in Paleontology Interviews
Pickersgill (Hilton Baltimore)

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

American Geosciences Institute (AGI) and National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Meeting
Peale C Room (Hilton Baltimore)
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)

GSA GeoCareers Interview Service (formerly the Employment Service Center)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)

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)

William Smith Map Display - 1st Edition Facsimile Print (Sponsored by the Geological Society of London)
Exhibits Hall, GSA HQ Booth (Baltimore Convention Center)

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

GSA Geoscience Education Division Open Business Meeting
Ruth Room (Hilton Baltimore)

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

Geoscience Careers Student Networking Luncheon
Ballroom III (Baltimore Convention Center)
National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) and GSA Geoscience Education Division Awards Luncheon **Ticketed Event**
Holiday Ballroom 5 (Hilton Baltimore)

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)

GSA Hydrogeology Division Luncheon, Awards, & Business Meeting **Ticketed Event**
Ballroom IV (Baltimore Convention Center)

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)

GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division Luncheon, Business Meeting & Awards Ceremony **Ticketed Event**
Holiday Ballroom 1 (Hilton Baltimore)

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)

GSA Feed Your Brain: Marcia McNutt, GSA Halbouty Lecturer & Geology and Society Division Distinguished Lecturer, "Deepwater Horizons: Lessons Learned for Better Disaster Preparedness"
Room 327/328/329 (Baltimore Convention Center)

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

Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Awards Luncheon **Ticketed Event**
Holiday Ballroom 4 (Hilton Baltimore)

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)

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division (35th Anniversary Symposium): Tanya Atwater, UC Santa Barbara: Plate Tectonics: The Visualizers' and Map Lovers' Dreams Come True!
Room 308 (Baltimore Convention Center)

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

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division 35th Anniversary Symposium (Individual sessions listed separately)
Room 308 (Baltimore Convention Center)

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

GSA Special Lecture: John P. Holdren, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Room 309 (Baltimore Convention Center)

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)

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division (35th Anniversary Symposium): Alexis Ault, Utah State University: Advances in Low Temperature Thermochronology and Applications to Structural Geology and Continental Tectonics
Room 308 (Baltimore Convention Center)

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

Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Awards Lecturers, Presidential Address, and Annual Business Meeting
Room 317 (Baltimore Convention Center)

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

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division (35th Anniversary Symposium): Jack Loveless, Smith College: Earthquake Cycle Deformation of Japan Through the Years, Decades, Centuries, and Beyond
Room 308 (Baltimore Convention Center)

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

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division (35th Anniversary Symposium): Overview of the NSF Tectonics Program: Opportunities for Students, Early-Career Scientists, and Senior Professionals
Room 308 (Baltimore Convention Center)

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)
William Smith Map Display - 1st Edition Facsimile Print (Sponsored by the Geological Society of London)
Exhibits Hall, GSA HQ Booth (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)

GSA Geoinformatics Division Business Meeting
Calloway (Hilton Baltimore)

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)

GSA Diversity in the Geosciences and On To the Future Alumni Reception
Camden Lobby (Baltimore Convention Center)

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

GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division with Prizes, Wine, Beer, and Snacks
Peale A Room (Hilton Baltimore)

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

GSA Energy Geology Division Business Meeting and Awards Reception
Room 321 (Baltimore Convention Center)

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)

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division (35th Anniversary Symposium): Reception, Awards, and Business Meeting
Room 308 (Baltimore Convention Center)

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

GSA Open Forum: Harnessing Technology to Communicate Science
Room 302 (Baltimore Convention Center)

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

MGPV-MSA-GS Joint Reception **Ticketed Event**
Sharp Street Lobby (Baltimore Convention Center)
NOVA Special - Making North America, Episode 1: "ORIGINS" followed by Q&A by Kirk Johnson, Paula Apsell, and Julia Cort
Ballroom III (Baltimore Convention Center)

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

Seds & Suds, Joint Business Meeting & Awards Reception with GSA Sedimentary Geology and Limnogeology Division
Room 307 (Baltimore Convention Center)

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

GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division Dinner & Awards Ceremony **Ticketed Event**
Pratt Street Ale House

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

GSA Geoinformatics Division Reception
Poe B (Hilton Baltimore)

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

GSA Planetary Geology Division Annual Banquet & G.K. Gilbert Awardee Celebration **Ticketed Event**
Phillips Seafood

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

InTeGrate Reception
Poe A (Hilton Baltimore)

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

Student Geologic Mapping Mixer
Pickles Pub

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

Cushman Foundation (CF) for Foraminiferal Research Reception and Awards Ceremony
Holiday Ballroom 6 (Hilton Baltimore)
GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division Awards Reception
Room 310 (Baltimore Convention Center)
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

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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)

GSA Hydrogeology Division Management Board Meeting II
Poe (Hilton Baltimore)

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)

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division Officers Meeting
Peale C Room (Hilton Baltimore)

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

GSA Council Meeting - Day 2
Johnson Room (Hilton Baltimore)
GeoScienceWorld (GSW) Board of Directors Meeting **Invitation Only**
Calloway (Hilton Baltimore)

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

National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI) Board of Directors Meeting
Poe (Hilton Baltimore)

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)

AASP-The Palynological Society Business Luncheon **Ticketed Event**
Ruth Room (Hilton Baltimore)

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

GSA Feed Your Brain: Ellen Stofan, "Science at NASA: Exploring Planets in this Solar System and Beyond"
Room 327/328/329 (Baltimore Convention Center)
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Implementation Town Hall Forum
Room 321 (Baltimore Convention Center)

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

GeoScienceWorld (GSW) Advisory Council Meeting **Invitation Only**
Peale A/B (Hilton Baltimore)

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

GSA Afternoon Beer Receptions
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)

Thursday, 5 November 2015

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

GSA Post-Meeting Field Trip (LOGISTICAL MEETING for participants): 427. Experience Capitol Hill: Geoscience and Public Policy in Washington, D.C.
East Bldg, Lobby B (Hilton Baltimore)

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

Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) Post-Meeting Field Trip: Placer Deposits of the Atlantic Coastal Plain: Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, Mineral Resources, Mining and Reclamation
Off Site Field Trip

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

GeoScienceWorld (GSW) Board of Directors Meeting **Invitation Only**
Calloway (Hilton Baltimore)

Friday, 6 November 2015

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

Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) Post-Meeting Field Trip: Placer Deposits of the Atlantic Coastal Plain: Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, Mineral Resources, Mining and Reclamation
Off Site Field Trip