Speaker Information
Oral Presentations
Oral presentations in all technical sessions are 15 minutes long with 5 minutes for questions and discussion. Conveners and chairs for all oral sessions are required to keep their sessions on schedule. Speakers are provided with a laser pointer and timer. All oral sessions use a single digital projector and Microsoft PowerPoint software. Please embed all links in your PowerPoint Presentation. Presenters should bring their presentation PowerPoint file on a CD-ROM or USB memory device to be loaded onto the computer in your session room at least one hour prior to the start of your session. If your presentation is prepared using a MAC system, the presenter must confirm formatting compatibility for presentation using a Windows system. Several computers are available in the speaker ready room to review your presentation or to copy to Windows format.
Posters
Each poster board is 4' × 8' (48" × 96") landscape with fabric backing. Ideally, prepared posters will be sized to 44" × 90" for optimum fit. Presenters are encouraged to bring their own mounting material, but in an emergency, material is also available from the poster assistant prior to the session. Posters are presented for four hours each session, and authors must be present at their poster for at least two hours.
Speaker Ready Room
The Speaker Ready Room is Classroom 206. It is open Wednesday 5 to 8 p.m., Thursday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Friday from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. All computers have Microsoft PowerPoint for viewing presentations. There is a projector in the room for larger format reviewing.
Technical Program
Workshops are listed on the Events page.
Symposia
- Application of Modern Techniques to Address Fundamental Problems
in Planetary Geology
(Chair: Mark Frank, Northern Illinois University)
Thursday, April 2, Afternoon Session, 101 Tiered Classroom
- Carbon Sequestration - Moving Carbon from the Atmosphere
to the Lithosphere
(Chair: Ed Mehnert, Illinois State Geological Survey)
Thursday, April 2, Morning Session, 101 Tiered Classroom
- Central American Volcanism - A Tribute to Bill Rose
(Co-Chairs: Jim Walker, Northern Illinois University; Rudiger Escobar
Wolf, Michigan Technological University)
Friday, April 3, Morning Session, 100 Tiered Classroom
- Cultural Geology: Building Stones, Archaeological Materials,
Terrain, and More
(Co-Chairs: Joe Hannibal, Cleveland Museum of Natural History; Tammie Gehrke, Indiana University)
Friday, April 3, Afternoon Session, Classroom 202
- International Development and Geoscience
(Co-Chairs: Jeff Greenberg and Jim Clark, Wheaton College)
Thursday, April 2, Afternoon Session, Classroom 204
- Water Resources in Karst Terranes of the Midwestern U.S.
(Chair: Sam Panno, Illinois State Geological Survey)
Thursday, April 2, Afternoon Session, Classroom 201
- Water Use and Availability in the Great Lakes Basin
(Chair: Scott Meyer, Illinois State Water Survey)
Friday, April 3, Morning Session, Classroom 202
Theme Sessions
- Applied Geology: Environmental, Hydrogeological, and
Geotechnical
(Chair: Terry West, Purdue University)
Friday, April 3, Afternoon Session, Classroom 204
- Climate Change
(Chair: Reed Scherer, Northern Illinois University)
Thursday, April 2, Morning Session, Classroom 204
- Fossils in Time and Space (Paleontological Society)
(Co-Chairs: Shanan Peters and Dana Geary, University of Wisconsin-
Madison)
Friday, April 3, Afternoon Session, 100 Tiered Classroom
- Geochemical and Isotopic Studies of Rocks, Minerals and
Fluids
(Co-Chairs: Neil Sturchio and Francesco Bellucci, University of Illinois
at Chicago)
Thursday, April 2, Morning Session, Classroom 202
- Issues in Geoscience Education (National Association of Geoscience
Teachers)
(Chair: Kathleen Bower, Eastern Illinois University)
Thursday, April 2, Morning Session, Classroom 203
- K–16 Collaboration, Outreach, and Engagement (National
Association of Geoscience Teachers)
(Co-Chairs: Allen Macfarlane, Kansas Geological Survey; Annabelle
Foos, University of Akron)
Thursday, April 2, Afternoon Session, Classroom 203
- Paleozoic Fishes: Evolution, Paleoecology, Systematics, and
Assemblages (Paleontological Society) (Chair: Chuck Ciampaglio,
Wright State University)
Friday, April 3, Morning Session, Classroom 204
- Quaternary Research in Wisconsin
(Co-Chairs: Kent Syverson, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; Randy
Schaetzl, Michigan State University)
Friday, April 3, Morning Session, Dining 215-217
- Sedimentary Event Histories and Controls on Timing and
Patterns of Deposition in North American Phanerozoic Basins
(Great Lakes Section of the SEPM) (Chair: Jed Day, Illinois State
University)
Thursday, April 2, Afternoon Session, Classroom 202
- Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of Glacial Deposits
(Co-Chairs: Bryce Willems, Northern Illinois University; Jason
Thomason, Illinois State Geological Survey)
Friday, April 3, Morning Session, 101 Tiered Classroom
- Undergraduate Research (Posters) (Council for
Undergraduate Research)
(Co-Chairs: Jeanette Pope, DePauw University; Bob Schuster,
University of Nebraska-Omaha; Andrew Wulff, Western Kentucky
University)
Thursday, April 2, Morning Session, Dining 215-217
- Vertebrate Paleontology (Paleontological Society)
(Co-Chairs: Mike Henderson, Burpee Museum of Natural History; Michael Ryan, Cleveland Museum of Natural History)
Thursday, April 2, Afternoon Session, 100 Tiered Classroom
General Sessions
- Environmental Geoscience and Quaternary Geology
Thursday, April 2, Morning Session, Dining 215-217
- Geochemistry and Biogeochemistry
Friday, April 3, Morning Session, Dining 215-217
- Geomorphology, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Friday, April 3, Afternoon Session, Classroom 202
- Geophysics and Igneous Petrology
Friday, April 3, Afternoon Session, Dining 215-217
- Geoscience Education
Friday, April 3, Morning Session, Classroom 203
- Hydrogeology
Thursday, April 2, Morning Session, Dining 215-217
- Paleontology and Paleoclimatology
Friday, April 3, Morning Session, Dining 215-217
Last Minute Posters
Room 151 of the NIU Conference Center will be available on a first-come, first-served basis to those of you who wish to share late-breaking results.
This opportunity is to serve (1) those of you who had material prepared but were unable to meet the December 30 (over-the-holidays) abstract submission deadline and (2) those who have exciting new, post-abstract results to share. In addition (3) others may wish to give people a closer, leisurely look at maps or data presented in their talks. Room 151 is for you!
Room 151 presentation ground rules are simple. The posters may be no more than 4x4 feet in size and must be laminated onto 3/16” or comparable foamboard. As many posters as possible will be accommodated.
Special Session
- Protecting Public Health through Geological Understanding:
Panel Discussion
Richard C. Berg, berg@isgs.illinois.edu, Principal Geologist, Illinois State Geological Survey – Conducted various 3D geological mapping programs in Illinois and elsewhere and worked specifically with county health departments on mapping products most beneficial to deal with their issues.
J. Maichle Bacon, Public Health Director, Winnebago County (IL) Health Department – Recipient of detailed geological and groundwater information. Used data to focus attention so that education, inspecting, and land-use planning could get ahead of potential problems.
Ken Bradbury, Hydrogeologist, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey – Conducts research on characterizing and modeling fractured aquifers and determining groundwater flow paths near water-supply wells developed in fractured aquifers. Recently published a paper on human enteric viruses in groundwater from a confined bedrock aquifer.
Patrick McNulty, Public Health Administrator, McHenry County (IL) Department of Health – Recipient of detailed geological and groundwater information. Used data to help decide whether public sewer/water or private systems should be used for an area, and to evaluate aquifer capture zones and nitrates in groundwater.
H. Allen Wehrmann, Head, Center for Groundwater Science, Illinois State Water Survey - Conducted numerous groundwater investigations in Illinois and worked specifically with county health departments on various products designed to assist local health agencies, such as well capture zone definition, aquifer vulnerability assessment, and contaminant plume characterizations.
This is a panel discussion among county health departments who have used or have need for geological information in their health planning endeavors.
Thursday, April 2, 8:00-11:00am, Classroom 201
Symposia and Theme Sessions:
If you have any questions or comments about symposia or theme sessions, please contact the technical program co-chairs:
James Walker
jwalker@niu.edu
+1-815-753-7936
Douglas Walker
ddwalker@uiuc.edu
+1-217-333-1724