GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Friday, 20 October 2017

12:00 PM-4:00 PM (Fri 20 October)

GSA / GSAF Audit Committee Meeting
Issaquah A (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

3:00 PM-7:00 PM (Fri 20 October)

Saturday, 21 October 2017

7:00 AM-8:00 AM (Sat 21 October)

8:00 AM-12:00 PM (Sat 21 October)

GSA Council Meeting - Day 1
Cirrus (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

8:00 AM-5:00 PM (Sat 21 October)

GSA Foundation Board of Trustees Meeting
Ravenna A-B (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

9:00 AM-5:00 PM (Sat 21 October)

9:00 AM-6:00 PM (Sat 21 October)

10:00 AM-12:00 PM (Sat 21 October)

GSA Science Editor Summit
Ballard (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

12:00 PM-1:00 PM (Sat 21 October)

12:00 PM-4:00 PM (Sat 21 October)

GSA Geology and Public Policy Committee Meeting
Leschi (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

12:00 PM-5:30 PM (Sat 21 October)

GSA Publications Committee Meeting
Ballard (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

1:00 PM-5:00 PM (Sat 21 October)

GSA Division Chairs Business Meeting
Cirrus (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

2:00 PM-5:00 PM (Sat 21 October)

An introduction to Phylogenetic Modelling Using RevBayes
Room 604 (Washington State Convention Center)

3:00 PM-5:00 PM (Sat 21 October)

NSF Heads/Chairs Workshop (National Science Foundation)
Room 307/308 (Washington State Convention Center)

3:30 PM-4:00 PM (Sat 21 October)

GSA Session Chair Orientation
Room 613/614 (Washington State Convention Center)
GSA Student Volunteer Technical Program Orientation
Room 613/614 (Washington State Convention Center)

4:00 PM-5:00 PM (Sat 21 October)

GSA Annual Program Committee Meeting
Room 204 (Washington State Convention Center)

4:30 PM-5:30 PM (Sat 21 October)

GSA On To the Future (OTF) Welcome Gathering
Atrium Lobby (Fourth Floor) (Washington State Convention Center)

5:00 PM-7:00 PM (Sat 21 October)

GSA Seattle Icebreaker
Ballroom 6E (Washington State Convention Center)

6:30 PM-10:30 PM (Sat 21 October)

Sunday, 22 October 2017

7:00 AM-8:00 AM (Sun 22 October)

GSA International IIG Business Meeting
Urbane Restaurant and Lounge (Hyatt Olive 8 Seattle)

7:00 AM-8:15 AM (Sun 22 October)

8:00 AM-9:00 AM (Sun 22 October)

GSA GeoCareers Day: Career Workshop
Ballroom 6B (Washington State Convention Center)

8:00 AM-12:00 PM (Sun 22 October)

GSA Geology and Public Policy Committee Meeting
Leschi (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

8:00 AM-5:00 PM (Sun 22 October)

9:00 AM-11:00 AM (Sun 22 October)

GSA GeoCareers Day: Career Information Session
Ballroom 6B (Washington State Convention Center)

9:00 AM-12:00 PM (Sun 22 October)

9:00 AM-2:00 PM (Sun 22 October)

GSA Local Tour 101: Emerald City Highlights Tour
Convention Place, First Floor (Washington State Convention Center)

9:00 AM-5:00 PM (Sun 22 October)

GSA Resume Clinic
Ballroom 6B (Washington State Convention Center)

10:00 AM-11:00 AM (Sun 22 October)

GSA Seminar #1: Understanding Social Media
Room 400 (Washington State Convention Center)

10:00 AM-11:30 AM (Sun 22 October)

GSA GeoCareers Day: Career Mentor Roundtables
Ballroom 6B (Washington State Convention Center)

10:00 AM-12:00 PM (Sun 22 October)

GSA Education Committee Meeting
University (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

11:00 AM-1:00 PM (Sun 22 October)

GSA Hydrogeology Division Management Board Meeting I
Ravenna A-B (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

11:30 AM-2:00 PM (Sun 22 October)

12:00 PM-12:30 PM (Sun 22 October)

12:00 PM-1:00 PM (Sun 22 October)

GSA GeoCareers Day: Career Pathways Panel (includes lunch)
Ballroom 6B (Washington State Convention Center)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM (Sun 22 October)

GSA Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony
Ballroom 6A (Washington State Convention Center)

12:00 PM-2:00 PM (Sun 22 October)

12:15 PM-12:45 PM (Sun 22 October)

GSA Session Chair Orientation
Room 613/614 (Washington State Convention Center)
GSA Student Volunteer Technical Program Orientation
Room 613/614 (Washington State Convention Center)

1:00 PM-4:00 PM (Sun 22 October)

1:00 PM-5:00 PM (Sun 22 October)

1:00 PM-6:00 PM (Sun 22 October)

1:30 PM-3:30 PM (Sun 22 October)

2:30 PM-5:00 PM (Sun 22 October)

4:00 PM-5:00 PM (Sun 22 October)

4:30 PM-5:30 PM (Sun 22 October)

GSA Town Hall on Open Access
Room 608 (Washington State Convention Center)

4:30 PM-7:00 PM (Sun 22 October)

5:00 PM-6:15 PM (Sun 22 October)

GSA Geoscience Education Division Business Meeting
Metropolitan Ballroom A (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

5:00 PM-7:00 PM (Sun 22 October)

5:15 PM-6:45 PM (Sun 22 October)

5:30 PM-6:30 PM (Sun 22 October)

5:30 PM-7:00 PM (Sun 22 October)

GSA Exhibit Opening Reception
Halls 4AB (Washington State Convention Center)
GSA Women in Geology Career Pathways Reception
Ballroom 6B (Washington State Convention Center)

6:00 PM-8:00 PM (Sun 22 October)

6:30 PM-7:30 PM (Sun 22 October)

GSA South Central Section Board Meeting
Leschi (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

6:30 PM-8:00 PM (Sun 22 October)

Geoscience Educators Reception
Metropolitan Ballroom A (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

6:30 PM-8:30 PM (Sun 22 October)

GSA President's Reception **Invitation Only **
Cirrus (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)
StraboSpot Launch Party
Ravenna A-B (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

6:30 PM-10:30 PM (Sun 22 October)

7:00 PM-9:00 PM (Sun 22 October)

Affiliation of Christian Geologists Meeting
Metropolitan Ballroom B (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)
GSA Rocks and Hops Soiree
Pike Brewing Company

7:00 PM-9:30 PM (Sun 22 October)

7:00 PM-10:30 PM (Sun 22 October)

Monday, 23 October 2017

6:30 AM-8:30 AM (Mon 23 October)

7:00 AM-9:00 AM (Mon 23 October)

GSA Foundation Campaign Steering Committee Meeting
University (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

7:30 AM-8:00 AM (Mon 23 October)

GSA On To the Future (OTF) Gathering
Atrium Lobby (Fourth Floor) (Washington State Convention Center)

8:00 AM-11:30 AM (Mon 23 October)

Joint AGI/GSA Societies Meeting
Willow (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

8:30 AM-4:00 PM (Mon 23 October)

Women in Paleontology Video Interviews
Suite A (Washington State Convention Center)

9:00 AM-10:00 AM (Mon 23 October)

GSA Early Career Professionals Coffee
Cirrus (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

10:00 AM-11:00 AM (Mon 23 October)

GSA Seminar #2: Washington's Wine Industry
Room 400 (Washington State Convention Center)

10:00 AM-12:00 PM (Mon 23 October)

GSA Local Tour 102: Walking Tour & Tasting Tour of Pike Place Market
Convention Place, First Floor (Washington State Convention Center)

11:30 AM-1:00 PM (Mon 23 October)

GSA Networking Reception
Metropolitan Ballroom B (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

11:30 AM-1:30 PM (Mon 23 October)

12:00 PM-1:15 PM (Mon 23 October)

GSA Karst Division Business Meeting
Room 612 (Washington State Convention Center)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM (Mon 23 October)

12:00 PM-2:00 PM (Mon 23 October)

12:15 PM-12:45 PM (Mon 23 October)

GSA Session Chair Orientation
Room 613/614 (Washington State Convention Center)
GSA Student Volunteer Technical Program Orientation
Room 613/614 (Washington State Convention Center)

12:15 PM-1:15 PM (Mon 23 October)

Advancing Subduction Zone Science Town Hall
Tahoma 4 (The Conference Center)
EarthRates Town Hall
Room 608 (Washington State Convention Center)

12:30 PM-1:30 PM (Mon 23 October)

1:00 PM-2:30 PM (Mon 23 October)

GSA Diversity in the Geosciences Committee Meeting
University (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

1:00 PM-5:00 PM (Mon 23 October)

2:00 PM-3:30 PM (Mon 23 October)

AGI / NAGT Meeting
Greenwood (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

3:00 PM-4:00 PM (Mon 23 October)

GSA Professional Development Committee Meeting
Capitol Hill (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

3:00 PM-5:00 PM (Mon 23 October)

4:00 PM-5:00 PM (Mon 23 October)

GSA Hydrogeology Division: Henry Darcy Distinguished Lecture
Room 615/616/617 (Washington State Convention Center)

4:30 PM-6:30 PM (Mon 23 October)

GSA Libations and Collaborations - Posters and Conversations
Halls 4AB and 4EF (Washington State Convention Center)

5:00 PM-6:30 PM (Mon 23 October)

GSA Newsroom Press Appreciation Reception
Room 601 (Washington State Convention Center)
Issues Facing Women Chairs, Deans, and Other Academic Leaders
Room 608 (Washington State Convention Center)

5:00 PM-7:00 PM (Mon 23 October)

Amherst College Geology Alumni Reception
Columbia (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)
Friends of AGI Reception
Issaquah (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

5:30 PM-6:30 PM (Mon 23 October)

5:30 PM-7:00 PM (Mon 23 October)

5:30 PM-7:30 PM (Mon 23 October)

Friends of the Cambrian
Medina (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)
GSA Karst Division Social
Room 612 (Washington State Convention Center)
Montana State University Alumni Reception
Cedar A (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)
Stanford University Alumni Event
The Loft (Westin Seattle Hotel)

5:30 PM-8:30 PM (Mon 23 October)

5:30 PM-9:00 PM (Mon 23 October)

5:45 PM-6:15 PM (Mon 23 October)

GSA Geophysics Division Business Meeting
Yakima 1 (The Conference Center)

5:45 PM-8:00 PM (Mon 23 October)

6:00 PM-8:00 PM (Mon 23 October)

University of Iowa
Baker (Westin Seattle Hotel)
University of Michigan Alumni Reception
Aspen (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

6:00 PM-8:30 PM (Mon 23 October)

University of Washington Alumni Reception
Touchdown Terrace, Husky Stadium (University of Washington)

6:00 PM-9:00 PM (Mon 23 October)

6:30 PM-8:00 PM (Mon 23 October)

Paleontological Society (PS) Schuchert Talk and Student Social
Room 607 (Washington State Convention Center)
Western Washington University Geology Alumni
Virginia (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

6:30 PM-8:30 PM (Mon 23 October)

Carleton College Alumni Reception
Willow B (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)
University of Utah Alumni Reception
Jefferson (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

6:30 PM-9:00 PM (Mon 23 October)

University of Cincinnati Alumni Reception
Juniper (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

7:00 PM-9:00 PM (Mon 23 October)

Northern Arizona University Alumni Reception
Capitol Hill (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)
Purdue EAPS Alumni & Friends Reception
Seneca (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

7:00 PM-9:30 PM (Mon 23 October)

Bucknell University
Metropolitan Ballroom A (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)
Central Michigan University
Metropolitan Ballroom A (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)
Colby College
Metropolitan Ballroom A (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)
Colorado State University Geosciences Alumni Reception
Metropolitan Ballroom A (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)
Denison University
Metropolitan Ballroom A (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)
Dickinson College
Metropolitan Ballroom A (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)
Franklin & Marshall College
Metropolitan Ballroom A (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)
Hamilton College
Metropolitan Ballroom A (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)
Middlebury College Alumni Group
Metropolitan Ballroom A (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)
Oberlin College
Metropolitan Ballroom A (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)
Smith College
Metropolitan Ballroom A (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)
The College of Wooster
Metropolitan Ballroom A (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)
Trinity University
Metropolitan Ballroom A (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)
University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL)
Metropolitan Ballroom A (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)
University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography
Metropolitan Ballroom A (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)
Yale-Harvard Alumni Reception
Pike (Westin Seattle Hotel)

7:00 PM-10:00 PM (Mon 23 October)

Ohio State University (OSU) Alumni Reception
Olympic (Westin Seattle Hotel)
Rio Grande Universities Alumni Reception
Metropolitan Ballroom B (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)
University of Kansas
Redwood (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)
University of Minnesota Alumni Reception
Boren (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

Tuesday, 24 October 2017

7:00 AM-8:30 AM (Tue 24 October)

GSA Leadership Orientation
Ballard (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

7:00 AM-12:00 PM (Tue 24 October)

7:30 AM-8:00 AM (Tue 24 October)

GSA On To the Future (OTF) Gathering
Atrium Lobby (Fourth Floor) (Washington State Convention Center)

8:30 AM-10:30 AM (Tue 24 October)

8:30 AM-12:00 PM (Tue 24 October)

9:00 AM-11:00 AM (Tue 24 October)

9:00 AM-5:30 PM (Tue 24 October)

10:00 AM-11:00 AM (Tue 24 October)

GSA Seminar #3: Seattle Glass Blowing
Room 400 (Washington State Convention Center)

10:00 AM-12:00 PM (Tue 24 October)

10:00 AM-6:15 PM (Tue 24 October)

Selfrag Product Seminar
Columbia (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

11:30 AM-1:00 PM (Tue 24 October)

11:30 AM-1:30 PM (Tue 24 October)

GSA Editorial Luncheon and Meeting
Issaquah (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

11:30 AM-2:30 PM (Tue 24 October)

12:00 PM-2:00 PM (Tue 24 October)

12:00 PM-4:00 PM (Tue 24 October)

GSA Local Tour 103: Boeing Everett Plant Tour / Aviation Tour
Convention Place, First Floor (Washington State Convention Center)

12:15 PM-12:45 PM (Tue 24 October)

GSA Session Chair Orientation
Room 613/614 (Washington State Convention Center)
GSA Student Volunteer Technical Program Orientation
Room 613/614 (Washington State Convention Center)

12:15 PM-1:15 PM (Tue 24 October)

Broaden Your Recruiting and Research Impacts With Teen Science Cafés
Room 307/308 (Washington State Convention Center)
Navigating NSF (National Science Foundation)
Room 3A (Washington State Convention Center)

12:15 PM-2:30 PM (Tue 24 October)

12:30 PM-1:15 PM (Tue 24 October)

GSA Continental Scientific Drilling IIG Business Meeting
Room 609 (Washington State Convention Center)

12:30 PM-4:30 PM (Tue 24 October)

GSA Local Tour 104: Washington Wine Tasting Tour
Convention Place, First Floor (Washington State Convention Center)

1:00 PM-3:30 PM (Tue 24 October)

1:00 PM-5:00 PM (Tue 24 October)

Paleontological Society (PS) Council Meeting
Seneca (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

2:00 PM-3:30 PM (Tue 24 October)

2:30 PM-4:30 PM (Tue 24 October)

GSA Hydrogeology Division Careers and Networking Event
Ballroom 6B (Washington State Convention Center)

3:00 PM-5:30 PM (Tue 24 October)

4:30 PM-5:30 PM (Tue 24 October)

GSA Hydrogeology Division Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecture
Ballroom 6B (Washington State Convention Center)

4:30 PM-6:00 PM (Tue 24 October)

GSA/GSAF Senior Member Reception
Atrium Lobby (Fourth Floor) (Washington State Convention Center)

4:30 PM-6:30 PM (Tue 24 October)

GSA Best Student Geologic Mapping Competition
Halls 4EF (Washington State Convention Center)
GSA Libations and Collaborations - Posters and Conversations
Halls 4AB and 4EF (Washington State Convention Center)

5:30 PM-7:00 PM (Tue 24 October)

5:30 PM-7:30 PM (Tue 24 October)

5:30 PM-8:00 PM (Tue 24 October)

GSA Hydrogeology Division Student Reception
Ballroom 6B (Washington State Convention Center)

5:30 PM-9:00 PM (Tue 24 October)

5:45 PM-7:30 PM (Tue 24 October)

MGPV-MSA-GS Joint Reception **Ticketed Event**
Skagit Foyer (The Conference Center)

6:00 PM-7:00 PM (Tue 24 October)

GSA Geoinformatics Division Business Meeting
Kirkland (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

6:00 PM-8:00 PM (Tue 24 October)

Canadian Mineralogist Contributor Event
Ravenna A (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)
GSA "Seds and Suds" Joint Awards Reception
Ballroom 6E (Washington State Convention Center)

6:00 PM-9:00 PM (Tue 24 October)

7:00 PM-9:00 PM (Tue 24 October)

7:00 PM-10:00 PM (Tue 24 October)

7:00 PM-11:00 PM (Tue 24 October)

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division Awards Ceremony
Ballroom 6C (Washington State Convention Center)

7:15 PM-10:00 PM (Tue 24 October)

GLBT Social
Palamino Restaurant

8:00 PM-10:00 PM (Tue 24 October)

Friends of the Cephalopods
Willow B (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

9:00 PM-1:00 AM (Tue 24 October)

Caltech/MIT Joint Alumni Reception
Jefferson (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

Wednesday, 25 October 2017

7:00 AM-9:00 AM (Wed 25 October)

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division Business Meeting
Capitol Hill (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

7:30 AM-8:00 AM (Wed 25 October)

GSA On To the Future (OTF) Gathering
Atrium Lobby (Fourth Floor) (Washington State Convention Center)

8:00 AM-1:30 PM (Wed 25 October)

GSA Council Meeting - Day 2
Ravenna (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

9:00 AM-5:30 PM (Wed 25 October)

12:00 PM-5:00 PM (Wed 25 October)

GSA Local Tour 105: Waterfalls, Chocolate and Wine Tour
Convention Place, First Floor (Washington State Convention Center)

12:15 PM-1:15 PM (Wed 25 October)

12:30 PM-2:00 PM (Wed 25 October)

GSA / NAGT Staff Meeting **Invitation Only-ECO**
Capitol Hill (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)

3:00 PM-8:00 PM (Wed 25 October)

4:30 PM-6:30 PM (Wed 25 October)

GSA Libations and Collaborations - Posters and Conversations
Halls 4EF (Washington State Convention Center)

5:30 PM-7:30 PM (Wed 25 October)

Thursday, 26 October 2017

8:00 AM-12:00 PM (Thu 26 October)