Agenda-at-a-Glance

Monday, April 23 (Day I)
4:00pm- 6:00pm Poster Presenters and Sponsors Set Up Displays
4:00pm-7:00pm Registration Open
6:00pm-8:00pm Welcome Reception
Tuesday, April 24 (Day II)
7:30am-5:00pm Registration Open
8:30am-10:00am Opening General Session
12noon Lunch Buffet Provided
10:30am-5:00pm Three Concurrent Sessions
5:00pm-7:00pm Poster Session Reception
Wednesday, April 25 (Day III)
7:30am-5:00pm Registration Open
8:30am-10:00am General Session
12noon Lunch Buffet Provided
10:30am-5:00pm Four Concurrent Sessions
5:00pm-7:00pm Poster Session Reception
Thursday, April 26 (Day IV)
7:30am-12noon Registration Open
8:30am-10:00am Three Concurrent Sessions
10:00am-10:30am Poster Presenters and Sponsors Remove Displays
10:30am-12noon Closing General Session
12noon SYMPOSIUM CONCLUDES
12:00noon-5:30pm Optional Post-Conference Field Trip to Loxahatchee Impoundment Landscape Assessment (LILA), a working, 80-acre model of the Everglades ecosystem. This "living laboratory" gives experts an opportunity to research and apply restoration techniques on a small, controlled scale before taking them into the 1.7 million-acre Everglades ecosystem.


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