Conference Program

09:00-15:00

17:00-18:00

18:00-21:00

Pre-conference workshops

Opening Keynote: Dr. Vincent Hill.

Welcome reception.

Ehmer Theatre, John Lewis Student Center

Exhibition Hall.

8:30

08:45

09:30

10:15

Welcome remarks

Keynote: Prof. Thomas Curtis

Keynote: Dr. Miriam Peces

Break

Ehmer Theatre, John Lewis Student Center

11:00-12:30

Parallel session 1: Cycling Nutrients

Parallel session 2: Distributing Water

Exhibition Hall.

12:30-14:00

Networking lunch

Boxed lunch provided

Exhibition Hall.

14:00-15:00

Parallel session 3: Biofilters and Biofilms

Parallel session 4: Viromes in Water

Exhibition Hall.

15:30-16:30

Parallel session 5: Ecology in Practice

Parallel session 6: Methodological Frontiers

Exhibition Hall.

16:30-18:00

Poster session

Drinks and hors d’oeuvre provided

Exhibition Hall.

08:30

08:45

09:30

10:15

Opening remarks

Keynote: Prof. Trina McMahon

Keynote: Dr. Cresten Mansfeldt

Break

Ehmer Theatre, John Lewis Student Center

11:00-12:30

Parallel Session 7: Bioenergy from Microbes

Parallel Session 8: Life in Aggregates

Exhibition Hall.

12:30-14:00

Networking lunch

Boxed lunch provided

Exhibition Hall.

14:00-15:00

Parallel session 9: Biofilters and Biofilms

Parallel session 10: Cycling Nutrients

Exhibition Hall.

15:30-16:30

Parallel session 11: Ecology in Practice

Parallel session 12: Viromes in Water

Exhibition Hall.

16:30-18:00

Poster session

Drinks and hors d’oeuvre provided

Exhibition Hall.

08:30

08:45

09:30

10:15

Opening remarks

Keynote: Dr. Liping Ma

Keynote: Dr. Thobela Biyela

Break

Ehmer Theatre, John Lewis Student Center

11:00-12:30

Parallel session 13: Emerging Risks

Parallel session 14: Cycling Nutrients

Exhibition Hall.

12:30-14:00

Networking lunch

Boxed lunch provided

Exhibition Hall.

14:00-15:00

Parallel session 15: Metabolisms in Ecology

Parallel session 16: Methodological Frontiers

Exhibition Hall.

15:30

16:00

16:15

16:30

Ardern Lockett Prize and Lecture

IWA MEWE and Conference Awards

MEWE12 Location Announcement

MEWE11 end

Ehmer Theatre, John Lewis Student Center

18:00-22:00

MEWE11 conference party

Transportation provided to party venue and back.