Although summer 2017 is wrapping up soon, it’s not too early to start thinking about your plans for next summer. Mark your calendars now for June 10-15, 2018 for meeting that is sure to be fun, stimulating, and engaging. The ASLO 2018 Summer Meeting will be held in beautiful and historic Victoria, British Columbia, with its cool Pacific breezes, stunning vistas and enchanting gardens. Come for the thought-provoking science and the camaraderie of your fellow aquatic scientists who have gathered from across the globe. Come too for the outdoor activities, the delicious local food, the microbreweries, wineries and world-renowned museums and art galleries featuring Coastal Salish and other First Nations artists from across the North West.
The scientific steering committee has been hard at work over this past year coming up with a meeting theme that is a celebration of the science that is our collective passion and that binds us all together: Water Connects! Water connects everything and everyone. It transcends and connects all spheres: the lithosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere -- from fresh to salty, from microscopic to macroscopic, from land to sea. Water connects us to each other and to resources, across cultures and society, across politics and international boundaries. In these times of political uncertainty and threats to research funding, we need to come together as a global community and make connections with our science across disciplinary, geographic, and political boundaries, and remember the joy of what drew us to the science of water. Therefore, we want you to bring your knowledge, curiosity, and creativity to connect with your science and with each other, to share your passion and love for water and all its wonder, and join us for a meeting that is sure to be memorable and above all very fun! Mark your calendars! Key dates below and link to the meeting site here: https://aslo.org/page/aslo-2018-summer-meeting Key Dates Call for Session Proposals June 2017 Deadline for Submitting Session Proposals October 2017 Call for Abstracts & Early Registration November 2017 Abstract Submission Closes February 2018 Authors Notified of Acceptance March 2018 Scientific Program Posted April 2018 ------------------------------------------ Thanks from the Conference Co-Chairs: Jennifer Cherrier, Brooklyn College-City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York, jennifer.cherrie...@brooklyn.cuny.edu and Roxane Maranger, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada, r.maran...@umontreal.ca and the rest of the scientific steering committee!
