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Pre-Conference   |   Day 1   |   Day 2   |   Day 3   |   Day 4

Pre-Conference | Sunday, November 5

Various times

Field Trips

Various
Various times

Workshops

Meeting Rooms - Level 5
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM

Registration Opens

3rd Floor Concourse

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Student Worker Orientation and Training

Room 557

4:30 - 5:45 PM

CERF 2017 VIP Reception (By Invitation)

Rotunda - Level 5

5:00 - 5:45 PM

First-Timers Orientation

  Room 551 AB

6:00 - 8:00 PM

Keynote Address & Scientific Awards

 Ballroom A - Level 5

8:00 - 10:00 PM 

Silent Auction Open

Exhibition Hall BC

8:00 - 10:00 PM 

President's Welcome Reception with Exhibitors

Exhibition Hall BC

  

Day 1 | Monday, November 6

7:00 - 7:45 AM

Meditation

 Omni - Blackstone
7:00 - 8:00 AM

Mentorship Program Breakfast (By Invitation)

 Omni - Narragansett AB
8:00 - 9:30 AM 

Early Morning Sessions (Session 1)

 Meeting Rooms - Level 5

9:30 - 10:00 AM  

Break with Exhibitors

 Exhibition Hall BC

10:00 - 11:30 AM

Late Morning Sessions (Session 2)

 Meeting Rooms - Level 5

11:30 - 1:00 PM

Lunch Break
Topical Brown-bag Luncheon
Ocean Frontiers Ill Film Viewing (11:50 AM)
PERS Affiliate Society Meeting/Lunch (by RSVP)
NEERS Affiliate Society Meeting/Lunch (by RSVP)

 RICC/on your own
Exhibition Hall D
Ballroom B
Omni - Kent
Rotunda

12:00 - 1:00 PM

CERF 2017 Special Town Hall Meeting on Hurricanes

 Omni - Waterplace 1

1:00 - 2:30 PM 

Early Afternoon Sessions (Session 3)

 Meeting Rooms - Level 5

2:30 - 3:00 PM 

Break with Exhibitors

 Exhibition Hall BC

3:00 - 4:30 PM 

Plenary

 Ballroom A - Level 5

4:30 - 7:00 PM 

Poster Sessions/Happy Hour

 Exhibition Hall BC
7:00 - 9:00 PM

Student & Early Career Networking Dinner Event

 Omni - Narragansett AB

9:00 PM - Midnight

Student & Early Career Pub Night

 Trinity Brewhouse
186 Fountain St.

 

Day 2 | Tuesday, November 7

7:00 - 7:45 AM

Meditation

 Omni - Blackstone
7:00 - 8:00 AM

Past President's Breakfast (By Invitation)

 Omni - Waterplace 2-3
8:00 - 9:30 AM 

Early Morning Sessions (Session 4)

 Meeting Rooms - Level 5

9:30 - 10:00 AM  

Break with Exhibitors

 Exhibition Hall BC

10:00 - 11:30 AM

Late Morning Sessions (Session 5)

 Meeting Rooms - Level 5

11:30 - 1:00 PM

Lunch 

 RICC/on your own

112:00 - 12:30

YSI Presentation - New Instruments Streamline Monitoring

 RICC Rotunda

11:30 - 1:00 PM

CERF Inclusion Lunch (formerly Women in Science Networking Event ) (Ticketed)

 Omni - Narragansett AB

1:00 - 2:30 PM 

Early Afternoon Sessions (Session 6)

 Meeting Rooms - Level 5

2:30 - 3:00 PM 

Break with Exhibitors

 Exhibition Hall BC

3:00 - 4:30 PM 

Plenary

 Ballroom A - Level 5

4:30 - 5:30 PM 

CERF Annual Membership and Business Meeting

 Ballroom A - Level 5
5:30 - 6:30 PM

Affiliate Society Meetings
AERS
CAERS
GERS
SEERS
Room 553 AB
Room 554 AB
Room 557
Ballroom E

7:00 - 10:00 PM

Club CERF Social Event/Open Mic Challenge (Ticketed)

Snookers Bar & Grill
53 Ashburton St.

 Day 3 | Wednesday, November 8

7:00 - 7:45 AM

Meditation

 Omni - Blackstone
7:00 - 8:00 AM

CESN Team Meeting/Breakfast (By Invitation)

 Omni - Waterplace 2-3
8:00 - 9:30 AM 

Early Morning Sessions (Session 7)

 Meeting Rooms - Level 5

9:30 - 10:00 AM  

Break with Exhibitors

 Exhibition Hall BC

10:00 - 11:30 AM

Late Morning Sessions (Session 8)

 Meeting Rooms - Level 5

11:30 - 1:00 PM

Lunch 
Topical Brown-bag Luncheon

 RICC/on your own
Exhibition Hall D

11:30 - 1:00 PM

Editorial Board Meeting/Lunch (By Invitation)

 Omni - Waterplace 2-3

12:00 - 12:30 PM

YSI Presentation - New Instruments Streamline Monitoring

 RICC Rotunda

1:00 - 2:30 PM 

Early Afternoon Sessions (Session 9)

 Meeting Rooms - Level 5

2:30 - 3:00 PM 

Break with Exhibitors

 Exhibition Hall BC

3:00 - 4:30 PM 

Late Afternoon Sessions (Session 10)

 Meeting Rooms - Level 5

4:30 - 7:00 PM 

Poster Sessions/Happy Hour

 Exhibition Hall BC

5:00 - 7:00 PM

Future Earth Coasts Town Hall

 Rotunda
6:00 PM

Close of Silent Auction

 Exhibition Hall BC
7:00 - 9:00 PM

Horseshoe Crab Session Reception (By invitation)

 Omni - Kent

 

Day 4 | Thursday, November 9

7:00 - 7:45 AM

Meditation

 Omni - Blackstone
7:00 - 8:00 AM

CERF 2019 Committee Breakfast (By Invitation)

 Omni - Waterplace 2-3
8:00 - 9:30 AM 

Early Morning Sessions (Session 11)

 Meeting Rooms - Level 5

9:30 - 10:00 AM  

Break

 5th Floor Concourse

10:00 - 11:30 AM

Late Morning Sessions (Session 12)

 Meeting Rooms - Level 5

11:30 - 1:00 PM

Lunch 
ACCESS Affiliate Society Meeting/Lunch (by RSVP)

 RICC/on your own
Rotunda

1:00 - 2:30 PM 

Early Afternoon Sessions (Session 13)

 Meeting Rooms - Level 5

2:30 - 3:00 PM 

Break

 5th Floor Concourse

3:00 - 4:30 PM 

Late Afternoon Sessions (Session 14)

 Meeting Rooms - Level 5

4:30 - 5:30 PM

CERF 2017 Committee Reception (By Invitation) 

 Omni - Waterplace 1

5:30 - 8:30 PM 

Close Out Party and Student Awards Presentation

 Ballroom ABC

6:30 PM

Coastal Cabaret show

 Ballroom D