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Program Book JMIH 2015 Program Book JMIH 2015 Hosted By University of Nevada, Reno This program book is current as of June 5, 2015. Any cancellations or changes received after this date will be posted outside of the session rooms and on the message boards located near the registration desk. Organizing Societies American Elasmobranch Society 31st Annual Meeting President: Christopher Lowe Treasurer: Cathy Walsh Secretary: Jennifer Wyffels Editor and Webmaster: David Shiffman Immediate Past President: Lara Ferry American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists 95th Annual Meeting President: Larry G. Allen President Elect: Maureen A. Donnelly Past President: H. Bradley Shaffer Prior Past President: William J. Matthews Treasurer: F. Douglas Martin Secretary: Maureen A. Donnelly Editor: Christopher Beachy Herpetologists’ League 73rd Annual Meeting President: James Spotila Vice-President: David M. Green Treasurer: Meredith Mahoney Secretary: John Herman Publications Secretary & Webmaster: Ken Cabarle Table of Contents Notes We would like to thank the following Local Hosts Chris Feldman, Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, LHC chair C. Richard Tracy, Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno Sudeep Chandra, Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno Zeb Hogan, Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno Mary Peacock, Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno Volunteers We wish to thank the many volunteers who have helped make the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists run smoothly. Please look for those with a Volunteer or Host ribbon and thank them for their time. JMIH Meeting Management and Planning Committee Ed Heist, Chair, Southern Illinois University Carbondale Robert Aldridge, Saint Louis University Marlis Douglas, University of Illinois David Green, McGill University Henry R. Mushinsky, University of South Florida Kyle Piller, Southeastern Louisiana Marty Crump, Program Officer Partners ConferenceDirect 1 General Meeting Information Meeting Room Information During presentations, please turn off all cell phones or set them to vibrate. Plenary Session – Carson 1, 2 & 3 Beverage Breaks Thursday, Friday, & Saturday, 7:00 a.m. – Grand Salon Promenade Thursday, Friday, & Saturday, mid-morning – Reno Ballroom & Tahoe Room Thursday, Friday, & Saturday afternoon – Reno Ballroom & Tahoe Room Sunday – Grand Salon Promenade Exhibits – Reno Ballroom & Tahoe Room Poster Presentations – Reno Ballroom & Tahoe Room Oral Presentations Carson 1, Carson 2, Carson 3, Carson 4, Crystal 1 & 2, Crystal 3 & 4 Presentation Submission Room — Teton 1 Speaker Prep Rooms — Teton 2, Ruby 1, Ruby 2 AES Store – Registration Desk 3 SWPARC/HL Live Auction Viewing Room – Shasta 1 ASIH Graduate Student Book Raffle – Convention Registration Desk 3 SWPARC/HL Live Auction – Carson 1 & 2 HL Student Social – Sierra 1 Internet Access A small Internet café is available in the Grand Salon Promenade of the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino near registration for JMIH participants. The café will be available from 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Thursday, 16 July - Sunday, 19 July. If you have your own laptop, there is free internet throughout the entire convention center and in all guest sleeping rooms of the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino for all JMIH participants. Registration Desk The JMIH Registration Desk, located at the Convention Registration Desks 1 & 2 of the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, is open from 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, 15 July – Sunday, 19 July. The Registration Desk is staffed to answer any questions you might have regarding the meeting. 2 General Meeting Information Messages and Job Announcements Message boards are located near registration in the Grand Ballroom Promenade of the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino. Participants may post messages for friends and colleagues. The registration staff will also post telephone and other messages on these boards. Urgent messages should be directed to the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino at (775) 789-2000 during meeting hours. These will be relayed to meeting coordinators and posted for participants as soon as possible. Job announcements or information about employment opportunities may be posted on the message boards as well. Food and Beverage Morning and afternoon beverage breaks will be served in the following locations: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 7:00 a.m. and Sunday a.m. and p.m. - Grand Ballroom Promenade Thursday, Friday, and Saturday midmorning and afternoon. - with the exhibitors in Reno Ballroom and Tahoe Room A cash bar will be available during poster sessions, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m., Friday, 17 July and Saturday, 18 July. Lunch is on your own each day. A variety of restaurants are available within the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino. Event Tickets A variety of tickets may be included in your name badge. The number of tickets you have is determined by your personal registration choices. Reception tickets All registered participants, first exhibitor representatives, accompanying persons, and any tickets purchased for guests will receive two (2) reception drink tickets good for beer, wine, or soda. Additional food and beverage tickets (by registration only) may include: AES Banquet for Sunday, 19 July at The Sienna ASIH Closing Picnic for Sunday, 19 July on the UNR Campus 3 Presentation Information Oral Presenters Poster Presenters Oral Presenters should submit their Poster session dates and times are as presentations to an Action AV follows: representative by 3:00 p.m. the day pre- Friday, 17 July 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. ceding their presentation. Action AV will Saturday, 18 July 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. be set up in Teton 1 of the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino to At least one author must be present dur- receive presentations at the following ing the entire poster session time period. times: Please remove your poster Wednesday, 15 July - immediately following the poster 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. session. Posters not claimed by Thursday, 16 July - Saturday, 18 July - 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, 19 July will be 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. discarded. The technical coordinators available will Poster Board Assignments immediately load and review A listing of poster sessions is current as presentations as they are submitted. A of the printing of this program book presenter's memory stick or CD will be (June 5). All poster boards are returned when the presentation has been numbered. The title and author will be successfully loaded. posted on each board as well. Because some posters are part of An Action AV representative will be competitions, it is important that each present in each meeting room to monitor presenter place their poster in the equipment and presentations. correct location. Presenters can place their poster on their assigned board Three Speaker Prep Rooms are anytime between 9:00 a.m. and Available: 12:00 p.m. on the day they are Teton 2, Ruby 1, and Ruby 2 presenting. Presenters are asked to These rooms are located on the have their poster set by 12:00 p.m. in or- mezzanine level and will have der that attendees may view the posters computers and projectors available for prior to the scheduled session time. speakers to practice their presentations. A sign-up sheet is posted outside each room. Speaker prep rooms are available from 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. beginning Wednesday, 15 July. Session moderators have been designated to facilitate each session. The names of moderators are noted in the session schedule. Moderators should have received their packet of instructions when checking in at the registration desk. 4 Special Announcements from Societies ASIH General Endowment Fund Information ASIH thanks all of the members who have made contributions to the General Endowment Fund. Currently your gifts are used to support ASIH symposia each year at the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. ASIH also thanks meeting attendees who participate in the student-run book raffle, which directly supports student travel to the JMIH. In recognition that today's student members are the future of ASIH and that attendance at the JMIH encourages society involvement, ASIH matches dollar for dollar funds raised at the raffle. Please help ASIH promote our students. Be generous and make this year's raffle a great success. AES Store Thursday, 16 July – Sunday, 19 July Registration Desk 3 The AES Store is open! A variety of elasmo-related goods, including pens, water bottles, and shirts are available. Proceeds go to support AES student funding. SWPARC/HL Live Auction Viewing Room Thursday, 16 July – Sunday, 19 July Shasta 1 All items for the SWPARC/HL Live Auction will be available for viewing. Items can be viewed at the following days and times: Thursday, 16 July through Sunday, 19 July from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. SWPARC/HL Live Auction Sunday, 19 July 9:00 p.m. – midnight Carson 1 & 2 All JMIH participants are welcome to attend and bid on donated items. A cash bar will be available. 5 Watercolors by Cindy Hitchcock Watercolors PARC/ARC CRC Press Wildlife Acoustics iDigBio—Inetegrated Digitized Biocollections Cornell University Press Johns Hopkins University Press Exhibit Hall Floor Plan Alpha Mach Inc. Tomahawk Live Trap Advanced Telemetry Systems Services Allen Press Publishing 6 Social Events Wednesday, 15 July 7:00 p.m. No-Host Social – Hotel restaurant bars Join your colleagues on Wednesday evening in the hotel casino bars. Thursday, 16 July HL Student Social – Sierra 1 5:00-6:00 p.m. This is a special reception for current student members of the Herpetologists’ League, along with HL Board members and several invited senior herpetologists. Finger food and drink tickets will be provided. JMIH Opening Reception - National Automobile Museum 6:00-9:00 p.m. This year's Joint Meeting opening reception will be at the National Automobile Museum. The National Automobile Museum (The Harrah Collection) has a “Wow!” factor you don’t often find in a museum.
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