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MeetinG Program www.aslo.org/sanjuan2011 SponSored by Meeting Program ASLO Contents Welcome to the 2011 ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting ................................. 2 Workshop: Engaging Our Students Using Real-Time Data: From Platforms to Homemade Sensors ......................................................................... 14 Meeting Organizers ................................................................................................. 2 Town Hall Meeting: Microbial Biogeography and Biogeochemistry ...................... 14 ASLO Board of Directors and Staff ...................................................................... 3 Field Trips ................................................................................................................. 14 ASK ME! ..................................................................................................................... 3 Jobos Bay Field Trip Information ..................................................................................... 14 Plenary Lectures and Presentations ..................................................................... 3 San Juan Bay Estuary Field Trips ...................................................................................... 15 Roundtable Discussion and Special Presentation ........................................... 5 Additional Participant and Attendee Information ........................................ 15 Society Award Presentations ................................................................................. 5 ASLO Membership ............................................................................................................. 15 About Puerto Rico .................................................................................................... 5 Registration Information ................................................................................................... 15 About the Conference Meeting Site .................................................................... 6 Guest/Spouse Fee ................................................................................................................ 15 Receipts .................................................................................................................................. 15 Meeting Schedule ..................................................................................................... 6 Letters of Participation ....................................................................................................... 15 Poster Receptions ..................................................................................................... 7 Child Care Information ................................................................................................... 15 Final Talk Raffle ......................................................................................................... 8 Transportation ....................................................................................................... 16 At the meeting ........................................................................................................... 8 Special Car Rental Rates ................................................................................................... 16 Conference Registration and Check-In ............................................................................ 8 Taxicabs ................................................................................................................................ 16 Message Boards ...................................................................................................................... 8 Airport Shuttle Service ...................................................................................................... 16 Special Needs ......................................................................................................................... 8 Parking ................................................................................................................................. 16 Coffee Breaks .......................................................................................................................... 8 Attendee Shuttle ................................................................................................................. 16 Concessions ............................................................................................................................ 8 Local Public Transportation ............................................................................................. 17 Lunch Time During the Meeting ....................................................................................... 8 Instructions for Poster Presenters ...................................................................... 17 Local Evening Dining ............................................................................................................ 8 Poster Set-up ......................................................................................................................... 17 Old San Juan Trolleys ........................................................................................................... 8 Poster Teardown .................................................................................................................. 17 Email/Internet Access........................................................................................................... 8 Printing Your Poster ............................................................................................................ 17 Exhibitors and Sponsors ......................................................................................... 8 Instructions for Oral Presenters.......................................................................... 17 Information for Students and Early Career Participants .............................. 10 Preparing Your Electronic Presentation ....................................................................... 17 Outstanding Student Presentation Awards ................................................................... 10 Advance Submission ........................................................................................................... 17 Career Center ....................................................................................................................... 10 Microsoft PowerPoint Tips ............................................................................................... 17 Student Career Development Workshops ..................................................................... 10 Apple Macintosh Users ...................................................................................................... 18 Student Social Mixer ........................................................................................................... 10 Bring a Backup ..................................................................................................................... 18 Early Career Meet and Mix ............................................................................................... 11 During Your Presentation .................................................................................................. 18 Early Career Workshop – Beyond Imagination: Computer Equipment ......................................................................................................... 18 Creating Research Opportunities, Leadership, and Thinking BIG .......................... 11 Laptops ................................................................................................................................... 18 ASLO 2011 Multicultural Program ................................................................................. 11 Rental of Additional Audio-Visual Equipment ............................................................ 18 Emerging Issues Seminars .................................................................................... 11 Presentation Room .............................................................................................................. 18 Emerging Issues Seminar I: Role of Aquatic Networks Security .................................................................................................................................. 18 in the Boreal Carbon Cycle ............................................................................................... 11 Speaker Ready Room .......................................................................................................... 18 Emerging Issues Seminar II: Microbial Carbon Pump in the Ocean ...................... 12 Emerging Issues Seminar III: Integrating Terrestrial and Aquatic P Science ........ 12 Puerto Rico Convention Center Maps .............................................................. 19 Emerging Issues Seminar IV: Implications of Increased Carbon Monday At A Glance ............................................................................................. 20 Supply and Artificial Habitat for the Global Expansion of Jellyfish Blooms ......... 12 Tuesday At A Glance ............................................................................................