2021 Virtual UMass Intercampus Marine Science Research Symposium
Day 1: Wednesday, March 24
(Reminder to Registered Participants: Check your email the morning of the event for updated Zoom and Spatial.Chat links and passwords!)
Plenary Session and Lightning Talks via Zoom (links and passwords will be emailed to registered participants the day prior)
1:00 Welcome – Prof. Miles Sundermeyer, Graduate Program Director, SMAST/UMassD
1:05 Opening Remarks – Dean Jean VanderGheynst, SMAST/UMassD
1:20 Plenary Speaker I – Prof. Mark Altabet, Dept. Estuarine Ocean Sciences, SMAST/UMassD, “Cruising in the Time of Covid-19”
1:40 Plenary Speaker II – Prof. Steven Cadrin, Dept. Fisheries Oceanography, SMAST/UMassD, “Identifying and Conserving Population Structure of North Sea Cod”
2:00 Break
2:15 Lightning Talks – 5 minutes per person
3:45 Break
Poster Session and Closing Remarks via Spatial.chat (links and passwords will be emailed to registered participants the day prior)
4:00 Poster Presentations I
4:15 Poster Presentations II
4:30 Poster Presentations III
4:45 Closing Remarks
Day 2: Thursday, March 25
(Reminder to Registered Participants: Check your email the morning of the event for Zoom and Spatial.Chat links and passwords!)
Plenary Session and Lightning Talks via Zoom (links and passwords will be emailed to registered participants the day prior)
1:00 Plenary Speaker III – Christine San Antonio, UMass Boston, “Climate Change Lobster Module: Improving Climate Literacy through Hands-On STEM Education”
1:20 Plenary Speaker IV – Robert Wildermuth, SMAST/UMassD, “Qualitative Network Analysis of New Ocean Uses in Washington State Waters”
1:40 Plenary Speaker V – David Coe, UMass Lowell, “Changes to the Autumn and Spring Season Onset and Withdrawal using Deep Neural Networks and Circulation Patterns”
2:00 Break
2:15 Lightning Talks – 5 minutes per person
3:30 Break
Poster Session and Awards Ceremony/Closing Remarks via Spatial.chat (links and passwords will be emailed to registered participants the day prior)
3:45 Poster Presentations IV
4:00 Poster Presentations V
4:15 Poster Presentations VI
4:30 Award Ceremony & Closing Remarks