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Conference Program

Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday

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Sunday, July 12

SON Executive Board Meeting	8:00 am – 4:00 pm	Boulder Society
Registration	12:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Livak Fireplace Lounge
Poster Setup	12:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Livak Ballroom/ Chittenden/ Handy
SON/SES Workshop 1 Toward Learner-Centered Soil Ecology Education: Integrating Research and Experiential Activities Into Teaching	1:00 pm – 3:45 pm	Jost
SON/SES Workshop 2 Assessing Diversity of Microbiota Through Ultra-sequencing: Approaches, Advantages and Pitfalls	1:00 pm – 3:45 pm	Williams
Afternoon Coffee/Tea Break	2:00 pm – 3:00 pm	Livak Fireplace Lounge
Meeting with Session Chairs	3:15 pm – 3:45 pm	Livak Fireplace Lounge
Welcome and Plenary Session	4:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Silver Maple
Book Signing with Tom Wessels	3:30 pm – 5:00 pm	Silver Maple
Joint Society Presidents’ Welcome Reception and Bluegrass Band	6:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Grand Maple

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Monday, July 13

Registration	8:00 am – 5:00 pm	Livak Fireplace Lounge
SON/SES Symposium 1 Managing the Health of Natural and Managed Soil Ecosystems Through Integrated Understanding of Their Biophysical, Physiochemical and Biological Properties	8:00 am – 9:30 am	Silver Maple
SES Paper Session 1 Response of Soil Communities to Changes in Climate	8:00 am – 9:30 am	Sugar Maple
Morning Break	9:30 am – 10:00 am	Livak Fireplace Lounge
SON/SES Symposium 1-continued	10:00 am – 12:00 pm	Silver Maple
SES Paper Session 1-continued	10:00 am – 11:30 am	Sugar Maple
SON Paper Session 1  Host-Parasite Interactions	10:00 am – 11:30 am	Jost
Lunch	11:30 am – 1:00 pm	Mtn. Mansfield
SON Society Photograph	12:30 pm - 12:45 pm	Davis 2nd Floor Stairwell
SES Society Photograph	12:45 pm - 1:00 pm	Davis 2nd Floor Stairwell
SON Symposium 1 Comparative Genomics of Parasitic Nematodes	1:00 pm – 3:00 pm	Silver Maple
SES Symposium 1 Natural Disturbances and Soil Ecology:  Fire, Flood, and Hurricane	1:00 pm – 3:00 pm	Sugar Maple
SON Paper Session 2 Entomopathogenic Nematodes	1:00 pm – 3:00 pm	Jost
SES Paper Session 2 Decomposition and Soil C and N Dynamics	1:00 pm – 3:00 pm	Williams
Afternoon Break	3:00 pm – 3:30 pm	Livak Fireplace Lounge
SES Symposium 2 Natural Disturbances and Soil Ecology: Organismal Disturbances	3:30 pm – 5:00 pm	Sugar Maple
SES Workshop Integrating Soil Observing and Sensor Networks in Soil Ecological Studies	3:30 pm – 5:00 pm	Williams
SON Symposium 2 Nematode Management in a Rapidly Changing Climate and Economy	3:30 pm – 5:20 pm	Silver Maple
SON Paper Session 3 Resistance	3:30 pm – 5:00 pm	Jost
SON/SES Poster Session 1 Wine & Cheese Session	5:00 pm – 7:00 pm	Livak Ballroom/ Chittenden/ Handy/ Livak Fireplace Lounge

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Tuesday, July 14

Registration	8:00 am – 5:00 pm	Livak Fireplace Lounge
SON/SES Symposium 2 The Two Faces of Soil Community Ecology – Interactions Within and Among Trophic Groups	8:00 am – 9:35 am	Silver Maple
SON Student Paper Session	8:00 am – 9:30 am	Sugar Maple
SON Paper Session 4  Management 1	8:00 am – 9:30 am	Jost
SES Paper Session 3 Soil Organisms in Grassland Systems	8:00 am – 9:30 am	Williams
Morning Break	9:30 am – 10:00 am	Livak Fireplace Lounge
SON/SES Symposium 2 -continued	10:00 am – 11:30 am	Silver Maple
SON Student Paper Session-continued	10:00 am – 11:30 am	Sugar Maple
SON Paper Session 5 Ecology and Behavior	10:00 am – 11:30 am	Williams
SES Paper Session 4 Spatial Characteristics of Soil Chemistry and Biology	10:00 am – 11:30 am	Jost
Lunch	11:30 am – 1:00 pm	Mtn. Mansfield Room
SES Board Meeting		Boulder Society
SON Committee Meetings		Mtn. Mansfield
JON Editorial Board Meeting		Spruce
SON Student Paper Session-continued	1:00 pm – 1:45 pm	Sugar Maple
SES Paper Session 5 Plant-Microbe Interactions	1:00 pm – 3:00 pm	Silver Maple
SON/SES Poster Session 2	2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Livak Ballroom/ Chittenden/ Handy
Afternoon Break	3:00 pm – 3:30 pm	Livak Fireplace Lounge
Poster Take Down	4:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Livak Ballroom/ Chittenden/ Handy
SON Business Meeting	4:00 pm – 5:30 pm	Silver Maple
SES Business Meeting	4:00 pm – 5:30 pm	Sugar Maple
Scenic Narrated Cruise on Spirit of Ethan Allen (self-ticketed)	4:00 pm – 5:30 pm	Lake Front
SON/SES Social	6:00 pm – 7:00 pm	Burlington Waterfront
SON Banquet	7:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Burlington Waterfront
SES Banquet	7:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Burlington Waterfront

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Wednesday, July 15

Information Table	8:00 am – 12:00 pm	Livak Fireplace Lounge
Executive Board Meeting	8:00 am – 12:00 pm	Boulder Society
SON/SES Student Organized Symposium- Faces of the Future: Nematode Ecology	8:00 am - 9:30 am	Jost
SON Paper Session 6 Management 2	8:00 am - 9:30 am	Silver Maple
SES Symposium 3 Urban Ecology	8:00 am - 9:30 am	Sugar Maple
SES Paper Session 6 Investigating Microbial Community Interactions	8:00 am - 9:30 am	Williams
Morning Break	9:30 am – 10:00 am	Livak Fireplace Lounge
SON Symposium 3 Bionematicides	10:00 am – 12:00 pm	Silver Maple
SON Workshop Challenges of Extension Nematology in North America and Europe	10:00 am – 12:00 pm	Jost
SES Symposium 4 An Holistic View of Soil Ecology: a Tribute to the Late John Lussenhop	10:00 am – 11:30 am	Sugar Maple
SES Paper Session 7 Invasion Ecology	10:00 am – 11:30 am	Williams
Lunch	11:30 am – 1:00 pm	Mtn. Mansfield Room
SON Lunch with Legends	11:30 am – 1:00 pm	Boulder Society
N.A. Cobb Foundation Meeting	11:30 am – 1:00 pm	Spruce
SON Paper Session 7 Biological Control	1:00 pm – 3:00 pm	Sugar Maple
SON Paper Session 8 Taxonomy and Systematics	1:00 pm – 2:30 pm	Jost

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