Conference Schedule

NOTE: Subject to change. Updated 2/4/2026

Friday, March 27:  Social night in Ypsilanti • Location TBD

Saturday, March 28

8 AM: Conference check-in opens

9 - 9:30 AM: Conference welcome plenary with coffee and pastries (bring your own mug!) - MJ 156

10 AM - 12 PM: Oral presentation session I

12 - 1 PM: Lunch and socializing

1 - 2 PM: Keynote speaker Tom Duda, Ph.D. - Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Curator of Molluscs at the University of Michigan)

2:30 - 4 PM: Poster session I

4:15  - 5 PM: GIS Workshop

4:15  - 5 PM: Workshop TBA

5  - 6 PM: Speaker TBA

8 PM: Evening activity TBA

Saturday, March 28

8 - 9 AM: Hike in the Nichols Arboretum

10 -  11:30 AM: Poster session II

11 AM - 12 PM: Oral presentation session II

12 - 1 PM: Lunch and socializing

12:30 - 3 PM: Field trip TBA (ADVANCED REGISTRATION REQUIRED - max 30 people)

1 - 2 PM: Plenary TBA

2:30 - 4 PM: Poster session III

4:15 - 5 PM: Workshop TBA

4:15 - 5 PM: Panel TBA