We are now using PayPal to process meeting registrations. However, a PayPal account is not required. Click on the "Register" button below to get started. After being directed to the PayPal website, just click on "Don't have a PayPal account?" to pay with a credit or debit card. Email jmcbryan@sfwmd.gov if you have any questions or problems.

Please register by September 13, 2013.

If you are not able to register at the AWRA member rate and feel that your 2013 membership dues have been paid, please contact Joanne Chamberlain

MEETING LOCATION

The Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience

9505 Ocean Shore Blvd, St. Augustine, FL 32080

AGENDA

Friday, September 20, 2013

10:00 a.m.        Florida Section Board of Directors Meeting: All are welcome to attend as the Board of Directors handles the business of the section.

11:30 a.m.        Registration Opens

12:00 p.m.        Call to Order and Welcome – Carol Hinton, President, Florida Section AWRA

12:15 p.m.        Lunch

12:30 p.m.        Keynote Speaker – Hans Tanzler, Executive Director, SJRWMD

1:15 p.m.          Molecular approaches to assessing biological diversity and why it matters – Mark Q. Martindale, Ph.D., Director of Whitney Lab

2:00 p.m.          Sea level rise and the Matanzas River Basin:  Impending challenges to management of water resources and aquatic ecosystems – Todd Osborne, Ph.D., University of Florida 

2:45 p.m.          Break

3:00 p.m.          Water as a medium for locomotion: the role of turbulence in fish swimming – James Liao, Ph.D., Whitney Lab

3:45 p.m.          City of Palm Coast Stormwater Utility Fee – Charlie Faulkner, Faulkner and Associates

4:10 p.m.          Water Purification Systems for Disaster Relief – Dr. Marc Compere and students from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

4:45 p.m.          Tour of Whitney Lab

5:30 p.m.          Networking Reception at Bings Landing County Park 5862 N. Oceanshore Blvd. Palm Coast, FL. 

The $20 guest registation fee permits guest attendance at lunch and networking reception.

HOTEL

Palm Coast Villas

5454 North Ocean Shore Blvd.

Palm Coast, FL  32137

386-445-3525

Hotel Reservation Deadline: September 7, 2013

There is no reservation code. Let them know you are registering with the AWRA group.