Special Sessions for the 116th Annual Meeting

 NOTE – this is a working document and subject to change.  If you have an interest in any of these sessions,

contact the organizers.  There will be other general sessions as determined by abstract submissions. 
 
There is still time to organize a special session
If you are interested in doing so, contact Sandy Shumway

Session Title Session Chair(s)
 Email Address
Advancing the Regional Shellfish Seed Biosecurity Program (RSSBP)
 David Bushek
Ryan Carnegie 
Karen Hudson  

Tal Ben-horin

 [email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

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Anthropogenic Pollutants and their Impacts on Shellfish Biology and Ecology
 Evan Ward

Kayla Mladinich

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[email protected]
Aquaculture as a Tool for Restoration
 Angela Collins Charles Weirich

Mark Rath

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[email protected]

[email protected]
Best Management Practices
 under development  
Biofouling
 Simone Durr [email protected]
Birds and Shellfish Sanitation
 
 Bob Rheault [email protected]
Blue Crab Ecology and Fisheries
 under development  
Blue Crab Genomics
under development  
Carbon/Shellfish
 Ramon Filgueira

Max Zavell

 [email protected]

[email protected]
Cephalopod Biology, Aquaculture & Fisheries
 Camino Gestal
 [email protected]
Clams
 Brian Beal [email protected]
 
Climate Change, Ocean Acidification and Modelling
 
 Roger Mann 

Eric Powell

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Commercial Shellfisheries
 Kevin Stokesbury

David Rudders

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[email protected]
Disease
 David Bushek
Ryan Carnegie
Karen Hudson

Tal Ben-horin

 [email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected] 

[email protected]
Down on the Farm
 Leslie Sturmer

Bill Walton

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[email protected]
eDNA Applications for Shellfish
 Phoebe Jekielek [email protected]
Echinoderms
 
 under development  
Ecosystem Services
 Suzanne Bricker

Matt Parker

 [email protected]

[email protected]
Freshwater Mussels/Living Shorelines
 under development  
Gastropods
 under development  
Genomics & Breeding
 Louis Plough [email protected]
Green Crabs
 Brian Beal
 [email protected]
Hatcheries
 Don Webster [email protected]
Harmful Algal Blooms

Steve Morton

 [email protected]
Horseshoe Crabs
 under development
  
Macroalgae-Shellfish Co-Culture

Michael Doall

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Mangrove Shellfish
 Acacia Alcivar-Warren

Karin Tome

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 [email protected]
Microbiomes
 Racher Diner

Tyler Griffin

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[email protected]
Climate Change, Ocean Acidification and Modelling
 Roger Mann 

Eric Powell

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[email protected]
Mussels

under development

 
Nutrients & Shellfish
 under development
  
Offshore Aquaculture
 under development  
ONE HEALTH Epigenomics
 Acacia Alcivar-Warren

Kathy Tang

 [email protected]

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OsHv1 (Summer Mortality or Norovirus)
 under development
  
Oysters
 Bill Fisher [email protected]
Parasites
 Laura Urdes [email protected]
Regulations/Permitting
 Tessa Getchis

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Remote Sensing & Shellfish
 under development  
Scallops
 under development
  
Shellfish Defense (molluscs & decapods)
 Bill Fisher [email protected]
Shellfish Reproduction
 Kaitlyn Kowaleski [email protected]
Shellfish Restoration & Conservation
 Dave Eggelston
Martin Posey

Peter Kingsley-Smith

 
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ShrimpENCODE
 Kathy Tang

Acacia Alcivar-Warren

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[email protected]
Social Dimensions of Shellfisheries
 Adriane Michaelis

Don Webster

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Robotics & Emerging Technology
 Allen Patillo

Yang Tao

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Undergraduate Research Colloquium
 Ed Catapane

Margaret Carroll

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Vibrio
 Steve Jones [email protected]
Art & Design of Effective Science Presentations (Workshop)
 Eric Heupel [email protected]
Science & Public Engagement Workshop
 David Shiffman [email protected]
Hatching a Plan for Aquaculture Communications: Strategies, Resources, and Partnerships
 Brianna Shaughnessy [email protected]
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Angela Caporelli

Aswani Volety

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Shellfish Aquaculture Economics, Risks, and Insurance Reform (Panel Presentation & workshop)
 Nicole Kirchhoff

Angela Collins

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Northeast Bivalve Hatchery Health Consortium - A Collaborative Approach to Addressing Larval Crashes in Bivalve Hatcheries (workshop)
 Marta Gomez-Chiarri [email protected]
The Future of Aquaculture at the NOAA Fisheries Service (workshop)
 Danielle Blacklock

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Film Festival
 Eric Heupel [email protected]
General Contributed Papers
  

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