Sessions



SESSION CONTACTS: The list below is the sessions and workshops that have confirmed contacts. 

NOTE: the e-mail addresses have been altered to keep the Web robots from harvesting them.  Replace “ at ” with “@” to use the address.

SESSION  CONTACT CONTACT E-MAIL
Awards Committee meeting Scott Fee scottfee at bellsouth.net
Biology Session & Lunch Megan Porter porterc at umbc.edu
Cave Ballads Listening Barbara am Ende helictite at deepcaves.net
Cave Diving Session Forrest Wilson 16fw at bellsouth.net
Cave Video Salon Viewing Dave Socky  sockydr at cox.net
Cave Video Section Session Dave Socky  sockydr at cox.net
Cave Video Viewing (self-service) Dave Socky  sockydr at cox.net
Comm. & Electronics Lunch Bart Rowlett bhrowlett at raytheon.com
Communications & Electronics Bart Rowlett bhrowlett at raytheon.com
Conservation Session    Val Hildreth-Werker werks at zianet.com
Convention Debrief  Carol Tiderman ctider at ymail.com
Future Convention Planning Carol Tiderman ctider at ymail.com
Geology & Geography & lunch Paul Burger paul_burger at nps.gov
Human Science Session Jennifer Neemann dr_jen at comcast.net
International Exploration Session Mark Minton mminton at illinoisalumni.org
  Yvonne Droms ydroms at rosettastone.com
Lightning Talks Jim Washington jwashin at vt.edu
National Speleological Foundatio Roger McClure rogermcclure at aol.com
NSS Finance Forum Peri Frantz peri at frantzfamily.us
Paleontology Session Fred Grady gradyf at si.edu
Photography Session & Lunch Bob Stucklen stucklen at att.net
Project Underground Workshop Carol Zokiates czokaite at vt.edu
Rebelay Workshop  Gary Bush  gary1 at wgbush.com
Spelean History & Lunch Dean Snyder  dsnyder3 at ptd.net
Speleophilately Session   Larry Cohen chickenhill99 at hotmail.com
Survey & Cartography Lunch Aaron Addison aaddison at wustl.edu
Survey & Cartography Session Howard Kalnitz hkalnitz at fuse.net
U.S. Exploration Session to be defined bob at rhoke.net
Vertical Contest Awards Ceremony to be defined bob at rhoke.net
Vertical Section Meeting to be defined bob at rhoke.net
Vertical Section Session  to be defined bob at rhoke.net
Vertical Workshop Lynn Fielding lfielding at elcamino.edu
  Terry Clark terjen at henderson.net

PRESENTATIONS: Anyone interested in doing a presentation in a session should contact the appropriate chair and let them know what you want to present.  You should tell them the subject of the presentation, the time you need, and any audio/visual equipment you will need.  You should also provide an abstract in most cases.  If you are unsure what session is appropriate for your presentation you can ask the Session Chairs.

ABSTRACTS: Anyone doing a presentation should provide an abstract, up to 250 words, for the Convention Program. Please be sure that is a summary of your conclusions and results, not merely a statement of what you are going to talk about.  Properly written abstracts will also be considered for publication in the Journal of Cave and Karst Studies.

ADDITIONAL SESSIONS AND WORKSHOPS: Additional sessions, workshops, or other activities are welcome.  If you are interested in organizing an activity please notify Bob Hoke (bob@rhoke.net) so he can get the activity in the schedule.  You should also fill out a facilities questionnaire so the Convention staff will know what your activity will require.  A PDF version of the questionnaire is here.

SESSION SCHEDULE: A draft schedule will be sent to the session chairs in late February or early March. 

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Abstracts should be submitted to the appropriate session chair. You should also say how much time and what audio/visual equipment you will need. The session chairs need to send all their session’s abstracts, and a session schedule, to the Program Editor by June 1, therefore all abstracts need to be submitted to the appropriate session chair sometime before that date.

QUESTIONS? If you have questions about sessions please contact the Session Co-chairs at sessions@nss2010.com