April 24-28, 2018 workshops | symposia | fieldtrips platform and poster presentations |
Schedule DetailVenue Color Key
| Host CommitteeGregory Brown, Co-Chair Conni O'Connor Website DevelopmentLisa Herzog Deb Wagner Aaron Giterman |
Registration/Auction Drop-off | 6:00 – 8 :00 PM | Embassy Suites Lobby |
Registration/Auction Drop-off | 7:30 – 8:30 AM | Embassy Suites Lobby |
Full-day Workshop: Jacketing and Cradles (24 ppl) (Zdinak) $ (FULL!) |
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM | Nebraska Hall Basement |
Half-day Workshop: Teaching the Observational and Tactile Skills Required for Fossil Preparation (Eklund and Brown) (12 ppl) $ |
8:30 AM – Noon | Nebraska Hall VP Library |
Specify Database Capabilities Overview and Workflows for Paleontology Collections $ |
8:30 AM – Noon | Nebraska Hall Computer Lab |
Lunch | Noon – 1:30 PM | Suggest Student Union or local restaurants |
Customizing Specify Preparation/Conservation Modules and Applications for Specify Data $ |
1:30 – 5:00 PM | Nebraska Hall Computer Lab |
Half-day Workshop: Teaching the Observational and Tactile Skills Required for Fossil Preparation (Eklund and Brown) (12 ppl) $ (Repeat of AM Workshop) |
1:30 – 5:00 PM | Nebraska Hall VP Library |
Dinner – on your own | Suggest Haymarket area restaurants/pubs | |
Registration/Auction Drop-off | 7:00 – 9:00 PM | Embassy Suites Lobby |
Pre-Meeting Field Trip Options: | ||
Field Trip to Henry Doorly Zoo, Omaha (12 ppl) | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Leave from Embassy Suites |
Field Trip to Ford Conservation Center, Omaha, and Steamboat Bertrand Museum, Blair, NE (12 ppl) | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Leave from Embassy Suites |
Registration/Silent Auction Drop-off | 7:30 – 8:25 AM | Student Union Auditorium (150+ ppl) |
Welcome | 8:25 - 8:30 AM | |
Symposium -- Health and Safety Presentations | 8:30 – 10:30 AM | Student Union Auditorium (150+ ppl) |
Break and Posters |
10:30 – 11:00 AM | Beverage Service |
Symposium -- Health and Safety Presentations and Panel Discussion | 11:00 – Noon | Student Union Auditorium (150+ ppl) |
Lunch – on your own (grab something in the Union and check out the posters!) |
Noon – 1:30 PM | Suggest Student Union or local fast food spots |
Symposium – Conservation of In Situ Sites Presentations | 1:30 – 3:30 PM | Student Union Auditorium (150+ ppl) |
Break and Posters |
3:00 – 3:30 PM | Beverage Service |
Symposium -- Conservation of In Situ Sites Presentations and Panel Discussion | 3:30 – 5:00 PM | Student Union Auditorium (150+ ppl) |
Opening Reception (heavy hors d' oeuvres) | 6:00 – 9:00 PM | Morrill Hall |
Registration/Silent Auction Drop-off | 7:30 – 8:30 AM | Embassy Suites Lobby |
Collections Tours 2 X (20 people each) (Corner, Tucker, Labedz) | 8:30 – 10:00 AM | W-436 Nebraska Hall UNL |
Imaging Techniques for Specimen Documentation and Investigation (20 ppl) (Eklund and O'Connor) (FULL!) | 8:30 – 10:00 AM | Nebraska Hall VP Library |
Historic Adhesives and Consolidants (20 ppl) (Brown) (FULL!) |
8:30 – 10:00 AM | Nebraska Hall, Collections, Lab |
Extension Science: Virtual Field Trips (20 ppl) (Loope) | 8:30 AM – Noon | Morrill Hall |
Half-day Workshop: Basic Molding and Casting (Herbel and McMullin) (20 ppl) (FULL!) | 8:30 AM – Noon | Nebraska Hall |
Collections Tours 2 X (20 ppl ea) (Corner, Tucker, Labedz) | 10:30 – Noon | W-436 Nebraska Hall UNL |
Records Conservation (22 ppl) (Brink, Robison and Graham) (FULL!) |
10:30 – Noon | Love Library Archives |
Organizing a Volunteer Program (Rhue) | 10:30 – Noon | Student Union |
Volunteer/Student Roundtable Lunch | Noon – 1:30 PM | Student Union |
Lunch | Noon – 1:30 PM | Suggest Student Union or local fast food spots |
Half-day Workshop: Advanced Topics in Molding, Casting and Cast Painting (Herbel and Brown) (20 ppl) (FULL!) | 1:30 – 5:00 PM | Nebraska Hall VP Lab |
Collections Tour (2 X 20 ppl) | 1:30 – 3:00 PM | Nebraska Hall UNL |
Automontage Microphotography Demo (24 ppl) (FULL!) |
1:30 – 3:00 PM | Nebraska Hall UNL |
Pyrite Deterioration: Myths and Methods Review (Herzog) (21 ppl) (FULL!) | 3:30 – 5:00 PM | Nebraska Hall UNL |
Collections Tour (2 X 20 ppl) | 3:30 – 5:00 PM | Nebraska Hall UNL |
Lindoe Technique (O'Connor) (28 ppl) |
3:30 – 5:00 PM | TBD |
Dinner – on your own | 5:30 – 7:30 PM | Suggest Haymarket area restaurants/pubs |
Committee Meetings (Arranged by committee chair) | TBD | TBD |
Trivia/Game Night | 8:30 – 10:00 PM | Embassy Suites, Bar and Grille |
Welcome/Announcements | 8:20 AM | Embassy, Regents Ballroom "C" |
R. George Corner | 8:30 AM | |
Amanda Millhouse | 8:45 AM | |
Alan Zdinak and Steve Jabo | 9:00 AM | |
Scott Johnston, Anna Minnebo, Adam Rountrey, and William Sanders | 9:15 AM | |
Vanessa Rhue | 9:30 AM | |
Keely Rennie-Tucker | 9:45 AM | |
Break | 10:00 – 10:30 AM | Embassy, Break Area |
Shane T. Tucker, Jesse Korus, and R.M. Joeckel | 10:30 AM | Embassy, Regents Ballroom "C" |
Steven R. Clawson, Joseph Peterson, and Jonathan P. Warnock | 10:45 AM | |
Patrick Wilson | 11:00 AM | |
Darren H. Tanke |
11:15 AM | |
Vicen Carrió and Suzie Stevenson | 11:30 AM | |
René Hernandez-Rivera, Ricardo Servín-Pichardo, and Angel Alejandro Ramírez Velasco | 11:45 AM | |
Lunch | 12:00 – 1:30 PM | On your own, local restaurants, Haymarket area |
Nicole Ridgwell | 1:30 PM | |
Lisa Herzog |
1:45 PM | Embassy, Regents Ballroom "C" |
Jean-Pierre Cavigelli and Tom Kaye | 2:00 PM | |
Christopher Capobianco | 2:15 PM | |
Dale Zelinski, Lee Hall, Amanda McGee, and Michael Ryan | 2:30 PM | |
Amy Kowalchuk and Lorna J. O’Brien | 2:45 PM | |
Aaron Giterman | 2:45 PM | |
Break | 3:00 – 3:30 PM | Embassy, Break Area |
Aaron Giterman | 3:30 PM | |
Matthew T. Miller and Holly Little | 3:45 PM | |
Cristina M. Robins | 4:00 PM | |
Cory Redman, Kathleen Bitterman, Susumu Tomiya, and Julie Meachen | 4:15 PM | |
Annual Business Meeting | 4:30 – 5:00 PM | Embassy, Regents Ballroom "C" |
Closing Banquet/Silent Auction | 6:00 – 10:00 PM | Embassy, Regents Ballroom "B" |
Feature Field Trip – Ashfall Fossil Beds (54 ppl) (Lunch provided) Field Trip bus is full, but if you wish to go, please register. We will add enough additional transportation to take everyone who wants to go! |
8:00 AM – 7:00 PM | Bus leaves Embassy at 8:00 AM. If pre-registrations exceed limit of 54, we may add transportation. Ashfall is a must-see! |
Final Schedule and Venue Maps