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Final Reminder! Abstracts due by midnight tonight!!! See below for details. Wendy Graham, Ph. D. Carl S. Swisher Chair in Water Resources Director UF Water Institute PO Box 116601 University of Florida Gainesville, Florida 32611-6601 Phone 352-294-7741 Email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> http://waterinstitute.ufl.edu<http://www.waterinstitute.ufl.edu/> From: Graham, Wendy D. Sent: Monday, October 09, 2017 6:13 PM Subject: ABSTRACTS for the 2018 UF Water Institute Symposium are due THIS THURSDAY !! This is a reminder that abstracts for the Feb 6-7th 2018 University of Florida Water Institute Symposium are due this week, Thursday October 12th! Sandra Postel<http://www.globalwaterpolicy.org/>, Director of the Independent Global Water Policy Project will be the opening Keynote Speaker for the Symposium. Sandra Postel lectures, writes and consults on global water issues. In 2010 she was appointed Freshwater Fellow of the National Geographic Society. The Symposium will wrap up with two final plenary panels: The first, "Telling Water's Story" moderated by award winning environmental journalist Cynthia Barnett<http://cynthiabarnett.net/>, will discuss the power of non-fiction storytelling and journalism to help shape a new water ethic. The second, "Shaping Our Water Future: Recent Progress, New Challenges", will bring together leaders of Florida's water management agencies, non-governmental environmental organizations, and academic institutions to discuss successes, challenges and opportunities for ensuring water resource sustainability. See instructions for submitting abstracts for oral, poster or panel presentations below or on-line <http://waterinstitute.ufl.edu/Symposium2018/CallForAbstracts.html> . [cid:[log in to unmask]] The 6th University of Florida Water Institute Symposium February 6-7, 2018 J. Wayne Reitz Union, University of Florida Campus, Gainesville Florida We encourage you to submit an abstract for the 6th UF Water Institute Symposium which will focus on current water use, conservation, restoration and adaptation efforts and challenges, as well as envisioning new ways of sustaining our water systems. Presentations are sought that focus on new research, education, policy and technology developments in the following interdisciplinary areas: * Drivers of social, hydrologic, ecologic and economic change * Impacts to coastal, surface water, spring and aquifer systems * Tradeoffs among use, conservation, restoration and adaptation * Solutions through science, technology, cultural, policy and management approaches To review detailed topics within each of these areas please see Call for Abstracts <http://waterinstitute.ufl.edu/Symposium2018/CallForAbstracts.html> on the Symposium web site. Student poster authors are eligible to compete for "Best Poster" awards based on the quality of the abstract, poster and discussion. Three poster winners will receive prizes of $1000 each to be used as funding to support future participation at a national conference. Abstracts should not exceed 300 words, and must be submitted electronically using the on-line submission form <https://www.regonline.com/registration/Checkin.aspx?EventID=1997731> no later than October 12, 2017. Authors will indicate their preferred topic area and format (oral/poster) but final decisions will be made by the program committee. Authors will be notified by email regarding acceptance and format of their presentation by November 10, 2017. Accepted abstracts will be published online. There is no charge for submitting an abstract. Conference registration will open November 10, 2017. Conference registration fees are detailed below: Conference Registration Fees Early Late Registration Type (11/10/17 - 01/07/18) ( 01/07/18 - 01/19/18) One Day Only $125 $175 Regular (Both Days) $200 $250 Student (Both Days) $75 $125 [cid:[log in to unmask]] [cid:[log in to unmask]] Wendy Graham, Ph. D. Carl S. Swisher Chair in Water Resources Director UF Water Institute PO Box 116601 University of Florida Gainesville, Florida 32611-6601 Phone 352-294-7741 Email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> http://waterinstitute.ufl.edu<http://www.waterinstitute.ufl.edu/>