The technical sessions will include a combination of invited and volunteered talks. The final technical session will be based on submitted abstracts. In addition, there will be poster sessions, flash talks, a mid-meeting field trip, and a joint banquet with the WV Cave Conservancy.
The full schedule of presentations and events is now available here: AKS Schedule
The complete Program with Abstracts is now available here: Program with Abstracts
Thursday, November 7th
- Meeting starts ~ 4 PM
- Welcome & meeting overview
- Opening reception with posters
Friday, November 8th
- Keynote speaker, technical sessions, poster session
Saturday, November 9th
- Full day field trip to see research sites in the region
- West Virginia Cave Conservancy Banquet with Keynote speaker
Sunday, November 10th
- Morning technical session
- Optional afternoon field trips with limited capacity:
- Biology of Higgenbotham Caves. 1-4 pm., light caving gear required. Co-led by Jerry and Salisa Lewis and members of the Virginia DCR Karst Inventory Team (email Wil.Orndorff@dcr.virginia.gov to reserve your spot)
- Geology field trip to Snedegars Cave led by Roy Jameson. See this document for description and instructions to sign up.
- (THIS TRIP HAS REACHED CAPACITY AND IS FULL) Hydrology and geologic setting of thermal and travertine-depositing springs in the Sweet Springs region of West Virginia and Virginia. 1-5:30 pm., some walking required over easy terrain. Co-led by Dan Doctor, Dorothy Vesper, and Nick Schaer. The trip will leave from the conference venue, the Alumni Center at the WV School of Osteopathic Medicine where carpooling will be arranged.
Cavers light up The Coliseum in Historic Maxwelton Sink Cave. (Photo by Nikki Fox)