Events
SPECIAL MEETINGS
- Northeastern Section GSA, Management Board Meeting.
Wed., 26 March, 4-6 p.m.
- NEGSA 2009 Planning Meeting.
Thurs., 27 March, noon-1:30 p.m. Invitation only.
- National Association of Geology Teachers Luncheon and Business Meeting.
Thurs., 27 March, noon-1:30 p.m. US$15.
- Paleontological Society Luncheon and Business Meeting.
Thurs., 27 March, noon-1:30 p.m. US$15.
- NEGSA Program Advisory Committee.
Fri., 28 March, noon-1:30 p.m. Invitation only.
- NEGSA Endowment Development Committee.
Fri., 28 March, noon-1:30 p.m. Invitation only.
- Eastern Section of the Society for Sedimentary Geology (ES-SEPM) Reception, Business Meeting, and Presidential Address.
Fri., 28 March, 5-6:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
SPECIAL EVENTS
- Welcoming Reception.
Wed., 26 March, 6-8:30 p.m. Exhibit Hall.
The welcoming reception and exhibits opening will help start off the meeting. Food and a variety of locally brewed premium beers are sponsored by Flying Bison Brewery of Buffalo. Come to visit with friends and colleagues.
- Northeastern Section of GSA Map Blast X.
Thurs., 27 March, 7-9:30 p.m.
Informal session for display of newly published, unpublished, or in-progress geologic maps of any sort. All attendees are welcome to bring, post, and discuss past, recent, or planned mapping efforts. Pizza and beers, compliments of Flying Bison Brewing Company, will be available.
- Association of Women Geoscientists Career Development Breakfast.
Fri., 28 March, 6:30-8 a.m.
Professionals, US$18; students, US$9.
- On Display: William Smith’s “Map That Changed The World.”
Fri., 28 March, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Exhibit Hall.
A surviving authentic linen-mounted map “A Delineation of the Strata of England and Wales and Part of Scotland" (1815, copy No. 24) by William Smith will be on display all day along with associated rare books and the map’s associated fossils plates “Strata Identified by Organized Fossils.”
- Conference Banquet.
Fri., 28 March, 7-9 p.m. Cash bar open 6-7 p.m.
The meal will be a buffet, and all attendees invited. US$35.
A surviving authentic linen-mounted map, A Delineation of the Strata of England and Wales and Part of Scotland (1815, copy No. 24), by William Smith, will be on display, along with associated rare books and the map's associated fossils plates: Strata Identified by Organized Fossils.
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