Program Chair, Craig Busack
Program Co-Chair, Dave Ward, WDAFS President Elect
Program Committee
The Program Committee Co-Chairs, or their designees, will:
• In coordination with the LAC and the Promotions Chair, develop and finalize the first call for papers and symposia, and all subsequent calls for publication on the web and in Fisheries
• Review proposals for, and select symposia for the Annual meeting.
• Coordinate the abstract submission process, program development and technical content, with input from the AFS President and LAC Co-Chairs.
• Coordinate the technical program with other meeting activity chairs who are coordinating all program logistics.
• Assign individual presentations to rooms and times, in cooperation with the Accommodations Chair and the Meeting Room Arrangement Subcommittee.
• Communicate acceptance/rejection, instructions, and guidelines to symposium organizers and to all presenters.
• Appoint the following subcommittees:
- Abstract Management Subcommittee or their designees will:
- Receive abstracts and insure they meet published specifications, requiring resubmittal as necessary
- Circulate received abstracts to other subcommittees for consideration
- Coordinate with other subcommittees to accept or reject abstracts and inform submitters of acceptance or rejection
- Coordinate with other subcommittees to decide whether non-symposium abstracts will result in posters or contributed papers
- Coordinate with other subcommittees to organize and format abstracts as appropriate for publication on the web or distribution on portable media (CD or thumb drive)
- Symposium Subcommittee or their designees will:
- Assist and coordinate with others in assisting symposium developers and prospective symposium developers
- Accept or reject proposed symposia
- Coordinate with Contributed Papers Subcommittee to schedule symposia
- Make modifications to symposium schedule as needed and insure that changes are communicated to Signs Subcommittee
- Insure that symposium organizers are apprised of their responsibilities in managing the symposium presentations
- Assist presenters on site
- Contributed Papers Subcommittee or their designees will:
- Organize contributed papers thematically into sessions
- Coordinate with Symposia Subcommittee to schedule contributed papers sessions
- Make modifications to contributed papers schedule as needed and insure that changes are communicated to Signs Subcommittee
- Insure that contributed paper sessions are adequately manned either by student help or volunteer session chairs
- Assist presenters on site
- Poster Session Subcommittee or their designees, will coordinate with the Accommodations Chair and the Trade Show Liaison to:
- Make arrangements for the floor space required for the poster session
- Arrange for poster display stands and tape, pins, or other materials for mounting posters.
- Determine the layout of the posters and assign spaces for poster presenters.
- Assist presenters on-site.
