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Friday, 2 November 2018
8:00 AM-5:00 PM (Fri 2 November)
Synchronizing Earth's Most Versatile Clocks: Tuning and Intercalibrating the U/Pb and 40Ar/39Ar Geochronometers
Room 104 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
Synchronizing Earth's Most Versatile Clocks: Tuning and Intercalibrating the U/Pb and 40Ar/39Ar Geochronometers (Breakout Room)
Room 103 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
12:00 PM-4:00 PM (Fri 2 November)
5:00 PM-8:00 PM (Fri 2 November)
Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Executive Committee Meeting
Room 303 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
6:00 PM-9:00 PM (Fri 2 November)
Saturday, 3 November 2018
7:00 AM-8:00 AM (Sat 3 November)
8:00 AM-12:00 PM (Sat 3 November)
8:00 AM-5:00 PM (Sat 3 November)
Synchronizing Earth's Most Versatile Clocks: Tuning and Intercalibrating the U/Pb and 40Ar/39Ar Geochronometers
Room 104 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
8:00 AM-6:00 PM (Sat 3 November)
8:30 AM-5:30 PM (Sat 3 November)
GSA Showcasing the Best You: A Writing Workshop to Help You Gain Internships, Fellowships, and Jobs **Invitation Only**
Room 206-207 (Indiana Convention Center)
9:00 AM-5:00 PM (Sat 3 November)
Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG) Foundation Board of Directors Meeting
Room 300 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
Paleontological Society (PS) Short Course: Pedagogy and Technology in the Modern Paleontology Classroom
Sagamore Ballroom 6 (Indiana Convention Center)
10:00 AM-12:00 PM (Sat 3 November)
11:30 AM-5:00 PM (Sat 3 November)
12:00 PM-1:00 PM (Sat 3 November)
12:00 PM-5:30 PM (Sat 3 November)
1:00 PM-5:00 PM (Sat 3 November)
3:30 PM-4:00 PM (Sat 3 November)
4:00 PM-4:45 PM (Sat 3 November)
5:00 PM-7:00 PM (Sat 3 November)
6:30 PM-8:00 PM (Sat 3 November)
Sunday, 4 November 2018
7:00 AM-8:15 AM (Sun 4 November)
National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Past Presidents Breakfast **Invitation Only**
Room 106 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
7:45 AM-9:00 AM (Sun 4 November)
8:00 AM-9:00 AM (Sun 4 November)
8:00 AM-5:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
American Geosciences Institute (AGI) Executive Committee Meeting
White River Ballroom Section I (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
9:00 AM-11:00 AM (Sun 4 November)
GSA GeoCareers Company and Agency Information Session
Sagamore Ballroom 4 (Indiana Convention Center)
9:00 AM-12:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
9:00 AM-5:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG) Foundation Board of Directors Meeting
Room 300 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
10:00 AM-11:00 AM (Sun 4 November)
11:00 AM-1:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
11:15 AM-11:45 AM (Sun 4 November)
11:30 AM-2:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
GSA's What's Your Problem? What's Your Point? Publishing Workshop
Room 206-207 (Indiana Convention Center)
12:00 PM-1:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
12:00 PM-1:30 PM (Sun 4 November)
GSA Feed Your Brain - Lunchtime Enlightenment: GSA Presidential Address: Robbie Gries, Navigating "Me, too" in the Geosciences
Sagamore Ballroom 5 (Indiana Convention Center)
12:15 PM-12:45 PM (Sun 4 November)
1:00 PM-1:30 PM (Sun 4 November)
GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology (MGPV) Division Business Meeting
Room 240-241 (Indiana Convention Center)
1:00 PM-4:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
GSA Indiana Geology - Presentations for the Public and the Geocaching Community
Room 238-239 (Indiana Convention Center)
1:00 PM-5:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division Business Meeting
Room 104 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
1:30 PM-3:30 PM (Sun 4 November)
Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) - Geosciences Division, Business Meeting
Room 101 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
1:45 PM-2:45 PM (Sun 4 November)
2:00 PM-3:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
2:00 PM-4:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) and USGS Internship Meeting
White River Ballroom Section C (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
3:00 PM-4:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
3:00 PM-5:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
Paleontological Society (PS)/Cambridge University Press: Essentials of Publishing Town Hall
White River Ballroom Section D (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
4:00 PM-5:30 PM (Sun 4 November)
International Association for Geoscience Diversity (IAGD) Annual Meeting
Room 204 (Indiana Convention Center)
4:30 PM-5:30 PM (Sun 4 November)
4:30 PM-6:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
4:30 PM-6:30 PM (Sun 4 November)
GSA Geology and Society Division General Membership and Business Meeting
Room 105 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
4:30 PM-6:45 PM (Sun 4 November)
National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Division Meetings: Geo2YC, GER, and TED
White River Ballroom Section G-H (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
5:15 PM-6:45 PM (Sun 4 November)
International Association of Hydrogeologists U.S. National Chapter Business Meeting
Room 103 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
5:30 PM-6:30 PM (Sun 4 November)
GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division Student Career Mentoring Session
Room 135 (Indiana Convention Center)
5:30 PM-7:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
6:30 PM-8:30 PM (Sun 4 November)
6:30 PM-10:30 PM (Sun 4 November)
Paleontological Society (PS) Business Meeting & Awards Reception Buffet **Ticketed Event**
500 Ballroom (Indiana Convention Center)
7:00 PM-8:30 PM (Sun 4 November)
7:00 PM-9:00 PM (Sun 4 November)
Affiliation of Christian Geologists Meeting
White River Ballroom Section A-B (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division Management Board Meeting
Room 105 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division Board Meeting
White River Ballroom Section C (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
7:00 PM-9:30 PM (Sun 4 November)
Monday, 5 November 2018
6:30 AM-8:30 AM (Mon 5 November)
Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG) Networking and Awards Breakfast **Ticketed Event**
Sagamore Ballroom 4 (Indiana Convention Center)
7:00 AM-9:00 AM (Mon 5 November)
GSA Foundation Campaign Steering Committee Breakfast
White River Ballroom Section C (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
7:30 AM-8:00 AM (Mon 5 November)
8:00 AM-11:30 AM (Mon 5 November)
9:00 AM-10:00 AM (Mon 5 November)
9:00 AM-11:00 AM (Mon 5 November)
GSA Movie Premier: "Rock Stars: Pioneering Women in Petroleum Geology"
Sagamore Ballroom 7 (Indiana Convention Center)
9:00 AM-5:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
GSA Local Tour 102: Indy Sampler
Maryland Street Entrance/Wabash-East Corridor (Indiana Convention Center)
10:00 AM-11:00 AM (Mon 5 November)
GSA Guest Seminar: Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art
Room 210 (Indiana Convention Center)
10:00 AM-12:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
11:30 AM-1:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
11:30 AM-1:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
12:00 PM-1:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
12:00 PM-1:15 PM (Mon 5 November)
GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division Luncheon
White River Ballroom Section D (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
12:00 PM-1:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) Luncheon and Awards **Ticketed Event**
Room 102 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
Paleontological Society (PS) Mentors in Paleontology Careers Luncheon
Weber Grill Restaurant (10 N. Illinois St.)
12:00 PM-2:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
12:00 PM-4:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
12:15 PM-12:45 PM (Mon 5 November)
12:15 PM-1:15 PM (Mon 5 November)
GSA Continental Scientific Drilling Division Business Meeting
Room 138-139 (Indiana Convention Center)
GSA Feed Your Brain - Lunchtime Enlightenment: Halbouty Lecture, Ben Bussey in lieu of Paul D. Spudis, "The Resources of The Moon"
Sagamore Ballroom 5 (Indiana Convention Center)
Town Hall: Know Your Rights: Responding to Attacks on Science and Scientists
Room 134 (Indiana Convention Center)
12:30 PM-1:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
12:30 PM-1:45 PM (Mon 5 November)
American Geosciences Institute (AGI) and National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Meeting
Room 104 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
12:30 PM-5:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
1:00 PM-2:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
GSA Diversity in the Geosciences Committee Meeting
White River Ballroom Section B (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
1:00 PM-5:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature (NACSN) Annual Meeting
White River Ballroom Section C (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
1:30 PM-2:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
2:00 PM-3:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
2:00 PM-4:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
US Geoheritage and Geoparks Advisory Group / Association of American State Geologists (AASG) Town Hall Meeting on Geoheritage
Room 211 (Indiana Convention Center)
3:00 PM-5:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) Vendor Update/Information Resources Session
Room 108 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
4:00 PM-5:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
GSA Hydrogeology Division: Henry Darcy Distinguished Lecture
Sagamore Ballroom 6 (Indiana Convention Center)
4:30 PM-5:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
Environmental & Engineering Geoscience Journal Editorial Board Meeting
Room 103 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
4:30 PM-6:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
5:00 PM-7:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
Friends of AGI (American Geosciences Institute) Reception
White River Ballroom Section A (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
5:30 PM-7:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
Funding Opportunities to Support Two-Year College Students, Faculty, Programs, and Collaborations
Room 102 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
Paleontological Society (PS) Town Hall Meeting: As a Scientist, How Can I Participate in Government and Policy?
Room 142 (Indiana Convention Center)
Paleontological Society (PS)/Cambridge University Press Editorial Meeting
Room 105 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
Stanford University School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences Alumni Event
Room 308 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
5:30 PM-7:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
GSA Foundation Penrose Circle and Student Awards Reception **Invitation Only**
JW Grand Ballroom Section 3-4 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Michigan State University Joint Alumni Reception
The Capital Grille (40 West Washington St.)
5:30 PM-8:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
5:45 PM-7:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
5:45 PM-8:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
6:00 PM-7:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
6:00 PM-8:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
Michigan Colleges/Universities Joint-Alumni Reception
JW Grand Ballroom Section 8 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
UT Austin Jackson School of Geosciences Friends and Alumni Networking Reception
RAM Restaurant and Brewery (140 S. Illinois St.)
University of Arizona Geosciences Reception
White River Ballroom Section B (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
University of North Carolina (UNC) Chapel Hill Alumni Reception
White River Ballroom Section G (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
6:30 PM-8:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
Paleontological Society (PS) Schuchert Talk and Student Social
Room 143-144 (Indiana Convention Center)
6:30 PM-8:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
University of Iowa - Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Room 305 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
6:30 PM-9:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
7:00 PM-9:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
College of William and Mary - Virginia Tech - James Madison University - University of Virginia - Ireland Field Course Joint Alumni Reception
JW Grand Ballroom Section 2 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
Indiana University Alumni Reception (Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
JW Grand Ballroom Section 7 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
Princeton University - Yellowstone Bighorn Research Association (YBRA) Alumni Reception
White River Ballroom Section C (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
7:00 PM-9:30 PM (Mon 5 November)
Southern Illinois University Department of Geology
JW Grand Ballroom Section 5 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
7:00 PM-10:00 PM (Mon 5 November)
Northwestern University Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Alumni Reception
Yard House (15 W. Maryland St)
Tuesday, 6 November 2018
7:00 AM-8:30 AM (Tue 6 November)
GSA Campus Representative Appreciation Breakfast **Invitation Only**
White River Ballroom Section D (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
7:00 AM-12:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
Association of American State Geologists (AASG) Mid Year Meeting
Room 103 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
7:30 AM-8:00 AM (Tue 6 November)
9:00 AM-11:00 AM (Tue 6 November)
9:00 AM-5:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
10:00 AM-11:00 AM (Tue 6 November)
11:30 AM-1:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT), GSA Geoscience Education Division, and the Council for Undergraduate Research (CUR) Awards Luncheon **Ticketed Event**
White River Ballroom Section G-H (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
11:30 AM-1:30 PM (Tue 6 November)
11:30 AM-2:30 PM (Tue 6 November)
GSA Hydrogeology Division Luncheon, Awards & Business Meeting **Ticketed Event**
Sagamore Ballroom 4 (Indiana Convention Center)
12:00 PM-2:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division Luncheon, Business Meeting, and Awards Ceremony **Ticketed Event**
Room 104 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
12:00 PM-4:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
12:00 PM-6:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
12:15 PM-12:45 PM (Tue 6 November)
12:15 PM-1:15 PM (Tue 6 November)
GSA Feed Your Brain - Lunchtime Enlightenment: Dr. James F. Reilly, USGS Director
Sagamore Ballroom 5 (Indiana Convention Center)
12:15 PM-2:30 PM (Tue 6 November)
Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Awards Luncheon **Ticketed Event**
White River Ballroom Section I-J (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
12:30 PM-5:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
1:00 PM-2:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
1:00 PM-3:30 PM (Tue 6 November)
GSA Local Tour 103: Wine and All That Jazz
Maryland Street Entrance/Wabash-East Corridor (Indiana Convention Center)
Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) Professional Issues Roundtable
White River Ballroom Section A (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
1:00 PM-5:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
2:00 PM-3:30 PM (Tue 6 November)
2:30 PM-4:30 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
Sagamore Ballroom 5 (Indiana Convention Center)
4:00 PM-5:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
GSA Geoscience Education Division Management Board and Business Meeting
Room 105 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
4:30 PM-5:30 PM (Tue 6 November)
GSA Hydrogeology Division Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecture
Sagamore Ballroom 6 (Indiana Convention Center)
4:30 PM-6:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
4:30 PM-6:30 PM (Tue 6 November)
5:30 PM-7:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
GSA Diversity in the Geosciences and On To the Future (OTF) Alumni Reception
Room 211 (Indiana Convention Center)
5:30 PM-7:30 PM (Tue 6 November)
GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division Student Reception
Room 106 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
5:30 PM-8:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
5:45 PM-7:30 PM (Tue 6 November)
5:45 PM-9:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division Reception, Awards, and Business Meeting
Room 240-241 (Indiana Convention Center)
6:00 PM-7:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
6:00 PM-8:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
"Seds and Suds": GSA Sedimentary Geology Division, Limnogeology Division, and SEPM Joint Awards Reception
Sagamore Ballroom 3 (Indiana Convention Center)
6:00 PM-9:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division Dinner & Awards Ceremony **Ticketed Event**
The Tap (306 N. Delaware St.)
Paleontological Society (PS) Women in Paleontology Reception
Rock Bottom Restaurant (10 W. Washington St)
7:00 PM-9:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
GSA Geoinformatics Division and Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) Joint Reception
Room 104 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)
7:00 PM-10:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
GSA Planetary Geology Division Annual Banquet & G.K. Gilbert Awardee Celebration **Ticketed Event**
Rock Bottom Restaurant (10 W. Washington St)
7:00 PM-11:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division Awards Ceremony
Sagamore Ballroom 5 (Indiana Convention Center)
7:30 PM-11:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
8:00 PM-10:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
A Reception to Celebrate Frank Schwartz Five Decades Contributions to Hydrogeology
Fogo de Chao Brazilian Steakhouse
8:00 PM-11:00 PM (Tue 6 November)
Paleontological Society (PS) Election Night Viewing Party
Rock Bottom Restaurant (10 W. Washington St)
Wednesday, 7 November 2018
7:00 AM-9:00 AM (Wed 7 November)
7:30 AM-8:00 AM (Wed 7 November)
8:00 AM-1:30 PM (Wed 7 November)
9:00 AM-3:00 PM (Wed 7 November)
9:00 AM-5:00 PM (Wed 7 November)
National Cave & Karst Research Institute (NCKRI) Training and Board of Directors Meeting
Room 304-305 (JW Marriott Indianapolis)