Meetings

CNY ASM Meeting 2026

FREE FOR CNY ASM BRANCH MEMBERS

Gateway Center, SUNY ESF, Syracuse, NY

Friday, October 16th

Doors open at 8am for registration and refreshments. The meeting will run from 9am until 4pm and will include talks from invited speakers along with a trainee poster session with poster presentation awards.

Registration closes on October 5th or if we reach capacity before that date.

Poster Abstract Submission

Food

A continental breakfast featuring pastries, fresh fruit, and tea and coffee will be available starting from registration at 8:00 until 10:00 a.m. A catered lunch, including wraps, salads, cookies, and beverages, will be served from 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Tea and coffee will also be available throughout the afternoon. During registration, you'll have the opportunity to indicate any dietary accommodations or food allergies.

Transportation

The SUNY ESF campus map can be viewed here.

Driving and Parking: The meeting will be held in the Gateway Center on the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) campus (1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY 13210). To help minimize traffic and parking congestion on campus, attendees traveling from within the Syracuse area are encouraged to use public transportation, walk, bike, or arrange to be dropped off whenever possible. Attendees traveling from outside the Syracuse area who plan to drive are encouraged to carpool.

Free parking is available in Lot P-22 (as shown on the linked map above). These include about 70 regular spaces, as well as additional EV and handicap spots. Since this is a regular workday, spots may start to fill up closer to 9am. Additional parkings spots are available in nearby paid parking decks: the University Avenue Garage and Irving Avenue Garage.

By Bus: Several Centro bus routes serve the Syracuse University/SUNY ESF campus. The most convenient stops for accessing the Gateway Center are:

College Place – Approximately a 10-minute walk to the Gateway Center. This is the primary stop for many Centro routes serving University Hill and provides convenient connections to downtown Syracuse and the Regional Transportation Center.
Barnes Center at the Arch – Approximately a 5-minute walk to the Gateway Center. Several Centro routes stop adjacent to the Barnes Center along Sims Drive.

By Bike: Bicycle racks are available directly across from the Gateway Center in front of Jahn Laboratory, with additional bike racks located throughout the SUNY ESF campus.

Post-Meeting Social

After the meeting, a casual happy hour will be held at Harvey's Garden (1200 East Water Street in Syracuse). Food and drinks (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) are available for purchase at your own expense. Harvey's Garden has extensive seating space both outside on their patio and inside in their two-story building.

The meeting will be held at Gateway Center on the SUNY ESF campus.

Financial Hardship

Because local branches receive only limited financial support from ASM, membership and registration fees are important for covering meeting expenses, including food and student poster awards.

However, we do not want cost to prevent students from participating, so up to 20 first-come, first-served fee waivers are available for undergraduate and graduate students who are unable to afford branch membership ($10), which includes free meeting registration, or the non-member registration fee ($30). To request a waiver, email Jennifer Goff at jegoff*at*esf.edu with a brief explanation of your circumstances.

If you plan to stay the night

If you are coming from a further distance, or just want to spend your weekend in Syracuse, hotels nearby campus (less than a 30-minute walk) include: Marriott Syracuse Downtown, Hotel Skyler Syracuse, Colleagian Hotel and Suites, and the Parkview Hotel.

During the fall, fun activities in the area include:

Hikes around Green Lakes State Park, Clark Reservation State Park, and Chittenango Falls State Park
Apple picking and other fall activities at Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards
Pumpkin picking at the Pumpkin Hollow
Explore downtown: The Museum of Science & Technology, Salt City Market, the Erie Canal Museum, the Everson
Go to the Rosamond Gifford Zoo
Check out our great local breweries: Middle Ages, Talking Cursive, Meier's Creek, Willow Rock, Aurora Brewing Company, Underground Beer Lab, Eastwood Brewing Company, Red Hawk Brewing