Student Virtual Conference
4/5/2024 - 4/6/2024
Description
The fight against climate change is everybody's business, and students are at the forefront of fighting for a better future. Come hear the latest research on global warming, wetland restoration, hydrology, biology, and climate change from our perspectives. Cultivate discussions on policy and mitigation, and strategies for combatting climate change. Conference presentations will be invited and contributed.
Registration Costs
Student (SWS member): $35.00
Student (non-member): $55.00*
SWS member (non-student): $75.00
Super Supporter SWS member (non-student): $100.00
Non-member & Non-student: $125.00
*The non-member student registration fee includes an annual student membership for SWS!
Agenda
*All times/agenda items are drafted in EST (UTC -05:00) and subject to change.Friday, April 5th
| Time in ET (UTC-5) | Presentation | Speaker |
| 9:00-10:00am | Welcome | Dr. Jim Anderson |
| 10:00-10:20am | Wetland restoration in the face of hydrological and climate changes: lessons from semi-arid Australia | Jan Kreibich |
| 10:20-10:50am | Mitigating Climate Change Impacts with Beaver Related Restoration | Dash Paulson |
| 10:50-11:10am | Historical ecology and soil carbon dynamics in peatlands impacted by industrial smelting contamination (Sudbury, Ontario, Canada) | Samantha Mitchell |
| 11:10-11:30am | Everglades Agricultural Area, Florida: The current status of stable carbon pool | Mumtahina Riza |
| 11:30-11:50am | Exploring Nitrogen Enrichment: Unraveling the Dynamics of MAOM Formation in the Mangrove-Saltmarsh Ecotone along Florida's Northeast Coast | Mercedes Pinzon Delgado |
| 11:50am-12:50pm | Modeling changes in tidal marsh response to sea-level rise | Mina Shah Surprenant |
| 12:10-1:10pm | Hour Break | |
| 1:10-1:30pm | Effects of treated effluent discharge on tree water use and growth in a cypress swamp | Devin Schexnayder |
| 1:30-1:50pm | Unique Waters: Wastewater Impacts on Chrissiesmeer's Lake-Wetland Ecosystem | Philasande Mahlako |
| 1:50-2:10pm | Evidence that our dustier atmosphere could shift peat chemistry, microbial community structure, and function- with implications for peat carbon fluxes | Jordan Thakar |
| 2:10-2:30pm | Enhancing Wastewater Treatment in Wetlands: Phytoremediation in Mpumalanga's Naauwpoort and Phola Plants | Koena Mabistela |
| 2:30-3:00pm | Arcade/Networking Break | |
| 3:00-4:30pm | Machine Learning Applications in Wetland Ecology | Nick Chin and Alexis Jackson |
| 3:00-4:30pm | A Sustainable Development Goals Workshop: Developing a Toolbox for SDG to Enhance People's Connection to Wetlands | Marcela Strane and Jennifer Ruiz |
Saturday, April 6th
| Time in ET (UTC-5) | Presentation | Speaker |
| 9:00-10:00am | Stay Involved and Sponsor Thank You | Deja Newton |
| 10:00-10:20am | Geospatial Assessment of Essential Factors for Habitat Suitability of Migratory Birds in the Changing Climatic Conditions | Shubham Kumar |
| 10:20-10:40am | Overlapping extractive activities in Peruvian wetlands | Rosa Sato |
| 10:40-11:00am | Microplastic Pollution Remediation Through Constructed Treatment Wetland Systems | Katherine Johnsen |
| 11:00-11:20am | Wetland Avifauna In Marjat Baor, Jhenaidah, Bangladesh: Community Structure, Habitat Utilization, Threats And Conservation Issues | Ashikur Rahman Shome |
| 11:20-11:40am | Leveraging Climate Models for Ecosystem Resilience | Temaswati Dlamini |
| 11:40am-12:00pm | Small Island/Networking Break | |
| 12:00-1:00pm | Hour Break | |
| 1:00-2:30pm | Creating Wetland Maps using ArcGIS Workshop | Paul Boudreau |
| 1:00-2:30pm | Engaging Communities Through Land Conservation Workshop | Heather Obara |
| 2:40-4:10pm | Creating Scientific Websites for scientists | Biplabendu Das |
| 2:40-4:10pm | Diversity and Inclusion in Wetland Science | AJ |
| 4:10-4:30pm | Thank you for coming! | Anthony Mirabito |
Additional Details:
- The full list of presenters, co-authors, and abstracts are available in this Abstract Book
- Here are Instructions for joining the Gather Space. Feel free to join before the conference starts to get a feel for it.
Unable to attend but still want to support SWS students? You can donate directly to the SWS Student Section here!