American Water Resources
Association - Wisconsin Section
** Call for Papers **
You are invited to attend the annual meeting of the Wisconsin Section of
the American Water Resources Association (AWRA). The meeting will be held at the
Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel in Brookfield, WI on March 6 and 7,
2008. Our theme this year is "Great Waters of Wisconsin." We are planning
plenary, oral and poster sessions addressing both surface water and groundwater
issues in Wisconsin. We are soliciting posters and presentations related to the
theme as well as for general sessions on research related to hydrogeology,
watershed management, hydrology, limnology, aquatic toxicology, water chemistry,
aquatic ecology, and water policy. Please specify your preference for oral or
poster presentation when you submit your abstract. Talks will be scheduled in
20-minute time slots, including 5 minutes for questions. Abstracts are due December 3rd. Please see the
linked announcement for abstract format and submittal guidelines. http://www.awra.org/state/wisconsin/2008meeting/AWRACall2008.pdf (click to access call for papers.) Abstracts are to be sent to
Madeline Gotkowitz (mbgotkow@facstaff.wisc.edu).
This year's
meeting will include best student presentations, a student career workshop and
the distinguished service award. In addition to presenting at the annual
meeting there are a number of ways for you to contribute to section
activities.
- Nominate someone for the
Distinguished Service Award: see http://www.awra.org/state/wisconsin/award_criteria.htm.
Send nominations to Kevin Fermanich.
- Volunteer or nominate someone
for the board of directors. Open positions to be voted on at the annual
meeting in 2008 include: President-elect, Vice-president, Treasurer, and
Director-at-Large. Contact President-elect Dave Hart at djhart@wisc.edu
if you would like to nominate someone.
- Volunteer to judge student
presentations and/or posters. Contact a director-at-large: Maureen
Muldoon (muldoon@uwosh.edu) or Scott Provost (Scott.Provost@Wisconsin.gov).
- Volunteer to moderate a
session. Contact Vice-President, Kevin Masarik at
Kevin.Masarik@uwsp.edu.
We look
forward to seeing you at what we're sure will be an exciting meeting!
Final
program and registration materials will be available in January 2008.
For more information, please contact Chapter President, Kevin Fermanich
at 920-465-2240 or fermanik@uwgb.edu, or visit our website at http://www.awra.org/state/wisconsin/ .
See you in March!
Kevin
Fermanich
AWRA-Wisconsin President