ISTS Symposium43 Program/Agenda

Overview and details of the sessions/events of ISTS Symposium43. Please select a date or location to show only sessions/events held on that day or location. Please select a single oral or poster session for a detailed view of each submission (includes abstracts).

 
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Session Overview
Date: Saturday, 22/Mar/2025
8:00am
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12:00pm
Workshop 5: 5th Environmental Education Workshop: Interdisciplinary and Collaborative Environmental Education Projects
Location: Afua Amenuah Hall
8:00am
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5:00pm
Registration
Location: Upper Terrace
8:00am
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6:00pm
Workshop 3: Sea Turtle Rehabilitation, Care and Medicine Workshop
Location: Omari Hall
Workshop 4: Toward Holistic Strategies for Fisheries Sustainability and Bycatch Reduction
Location: Che Yong Hall
Workshop 2: Creating Behavior Change Campaigns for Sea Turtle Conservation
Location: Goto Hall
Workshop 1: Harnessing the Power of Social Media for Non -Profits & Individual Researchers
Location: Akiyu Kato Hall
9:00am
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5:00pm
Drop Off Auction/Trading Post Items
Location: Registration Desk
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
Lunch Break
1:30pm
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3:00pm
Volunteer Training Meeting
Location: Upper Terrace
2:00pm
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6:00pm
Workshop 6: Male Sea Turtles: Global Research Update & Methodology Development for Guiding Conservation Efforts
Location: Afua Amenuah Hall
Date: Sunday, 23/Mar/2025
8:00am
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12:00pm
Regional Meeting: IOSEA Indian Ocean and South East Asia
Location: Che Yong Hall
Regional Meeting: Mediterranean Reunion
Location: Afua Amenuah Hall
8:00am
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4:00pm
Regional Meeting: Africa
Location: Omari Hall
8:00am
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5:00pm
Registration
Location: Upper Terrace
9:00am
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5:00pm
Drop Off Auction/Trading Post Items
Location: Registration Desk

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12:00pm
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2:00pm
Lunch Break
2:00pm
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6:00pm
Regional Meeting: RETOMALA Latin America
Location: Che Yong Hall
Workshop 7: Student Workshop: Career Paths and Techniques in Sea Turtle Conservation
Location: Afua Amenuah Hall

See here for further information

3:00pm
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6:00pm
Poster Setup
Location: Goto Hall
Exhibitors/Vendors Set Up
Location: Afua Amenuah Hall
5:00pm
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6:00pm
Student Mixer
Location: Omari Hall

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6:00pm
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7:00pm
Presentation Upload
Location: Upper Terrace

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6:30pm
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9:30pm
Welcome Social
Location: Pool Side
Date: Monday, 24/Mar/2025
8:00am
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5:00pm
Registration
Location: Registration Room
8:00am
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6:00pm
Exhibitors/Vendors
Location: Afua Amenuah Hall
8:30am
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10:00am
Opening Ceremonies
Location: Ntiamoa Hall
9:00am
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5:00pm
Drop Off Auction/Trading Post Items
Location: Afua Amenuah Hall

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Silent Auction
Location: Afua Amenuah Hall

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9:00am
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6:30pm
Poster Viewing
Location: Goto Hall
10:00am
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10:30am
Morning Break
10:30am
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12:00pm
Special Session: Decolonizing Conservation
Location: Ntiamoa Hall
12:00pm
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2:00pm
Lunch Break
2:00pm
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3:30pm
Fisheries and Threats #1
Location: Omari Hall
Chair: Eunice Konadu Asamoah
Chair: Angela Manekuor Lamptey
Chair: Michael Joseph Liles
Chair: Tony (Michel Anthony) Nalovic
Chair: Nicolas Pilcher
Social, Economic, and Cultural Studies #1
Location: Che Yong Hall
Chair: Oyeronke Mojisola Adegbile
Chair: Emily Mary Duncan
Chair: Laura Charlotte Exley
Chair: Eugenia (Genia) Naro-Maciel
Chair: Jose Ricardo Urteaga Augier
3:30pm
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4:00pm
Afternoon Break
4:00pm
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5:30pm
Fisheries and Threats #2
Location: Omari Hall
Chair: Eunice Konadu Asamoah
Chair: Angela Manekuor Lamptey
Chair: Michael Joseph Liles
Chair: Tony (Michel Anthony) Nalovic
Chair: Nicolas Pilcher
Nesting Biology #1
Location: Che Yong Hall
Chair: Ray Carthy
Chair: Catherine Edwina Hart
Chair: Edward McGinley
Chair: Aliki Panagopoulou
Chair: Jeffrey Schwenter
5:30pm
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6:30pm
Meet the Author #1
Location: Goto Hall

Poster authors have been assigned a particular 'Meet the Author' session (1, 2, or 3). See here for a list of authors who will be attending this session.

6:00pm
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7:00pm
Presentation Upload
Location: Registration Room

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6:30pm
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8:00pm
Speed Chatting
Location: Omari Hall

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6:30pm
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8:30pm
MTSG Meeting
Location: Akiyu Kato Hall
8:00pm
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11:00pm
Video Night
Location: Omari Hall

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Date: Tuesday, 25/Mar/2025
8:00am
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5:00pm
Registration
Location: Registration Room
8:00am
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6:00pm
Exhibitors/Vendors
Location: Afua Amenuah Hall
8:30am
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10:00am
In-water Biology #1
Location: Omari Hall
Chair: Mariela Pajuelo
Chair: Nathan Jack Robinson
Chair: Gabriela Manuela Velez-Rubio
Chair: Ryan Welsh
Nesting Biology #2
Location: Che Yong Hall
Chair: Ray Carthy
Chair: Catherine Edwina Hart
Chair: Edward McGinley
Chair: Aliki Panagopoulou
Chair: Jeffrey Schwenter
9:00am
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5:00pm
Drop Off Auction/Trading Post Items
Location: Afua Amenuah Hall

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Silent Auction
Location: Afua Amenuah Hall

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9:00am
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6:30pm
Poster Viewing
Location: Goto Hall
10:00am
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10:30am
Morning Break
10:30am
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12:00pm
In-water Biology #2
Location: Omari Hall
Chair: Mariela Pajuelo
Chair: Nathan Jack Robinson
Chair: Gabriela Manuela Velez-Rubio
Chair: Ryan Welsh
Nesting Biology #3
Location: Che Yong Hall
Chair: Ray Carthy
Chair: Catherine Edwina Hart
Chair: Edward McGinley
Chair: Aliki Panagopoulou
Chair: Jeffrey Schwenter
12:00pm
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2:00pm
Lunch Break
Lunch & Learn Freshwater TSA
Location: Ntiamoa Hall

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2:00pm
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3:30pm
In-water Biology #3
Location: Omari Hall
Chair: Mariela Pajuelo
Chair: Nathan Jack Robinson
Chair: Gabriela Manuela Velez-Rubio
Chair: Ryan Welsh
Nesting Biology #4
Location: Che Yong Hall
Chair: Ray Carthy
Chair: Catherine Edwina Hart
Chair: Edward McGinley
Chair: Aliki Panagopoulou
Chair: Jeffrey Schwenter
3:30pm
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4:00pm
Afternoon Break
4:00pm
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5:30pm
In-water Biology #4
Location: Omari Hall
Chair: Mariela Pajuelo
Chair: Nathan Jack Robinson
Chair: Gabriela Manuela Velez-Rubio
Chair: Ryan Welsh
Nesting Biology #5
Location: Che Yong Hall
Chair: Ray Carthy
Chair: Catherine Edwina Hart
Chair: Edward McGinley
Chair: Aliki Panagopoulou
Chair: Jeffrey Schwenter
5:30pm
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6:30pm
Meet the Author #2
Location: Goto Hall

Poster authors have been assigned a particular 'Meet the Author' session (1, 2, or 3). See here for a list of authors who will be attending this session.

6:00pm
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7:00pm
Presentation Upload
Location: Registration Room

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6:30pm
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7:30pm
Origin Stories
Location: Che Yong Hall
6:30pm
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10:30pm
BoD Meeting
Location: Akiyu Kato Hall
Date: Wednesday, 26/Mar/2025
8:00am
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5:00pm
Registration
Location: Registration Room
8:00am
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6:00pm
Exhibitors/Vendors
Location: Afua Amenuah Hall
8:30am
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10:00am
In-water Biology #5
Location: Omari Hall
Chair: Mariela Pajuelo
Chair: Nathan Jack Robinson
Chair: Gabriela Manuela Velez-Rubio
Chair: Ryan Welsh
Population Biology #1
Location: Che Yong Hall
Chair: Armando J B Santos
Chair: Marco Garcia Cruz
Chair: Joseph Pfaller
Chair: Sean Alexander Williamson
9:00am
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2:00pm
Drop Off Auction/Trading Post Items
Location: Afua Amenuah Hall

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Silent Auction
Location: Afua Amenuah Hall

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9:00am
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6:30pm
Poster Viewing
Location: Goto Hall
10:00am
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10:30am
Morning Break
10:30am
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12:00pm
Anatomy and Physiology #1
Location: Omari Hall
Chair: Daniela Freggi
Chair: Maria Luz Parga
Chair: Justin Randall Perrault
Chair: Maximilian Polyak
Chair: Roldan Valverde
Population Biology #2
Location: Che Yong Hall
Chair: Armando J B Santos
Chair: Marco Garcia Cruz
Chair: Joseph Pfaller
Chair: Sean Alexander Williamson
12:00pm
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2:00pm
Lunch Break
2:00pm
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3:30pm
Anatomy and Physiology #2
Location: Omari Hall
Chair: Daniela Freggi
Chair: Maria Luz Parga
Chair: Justin Randall Perrault
Chair: Maximilian Polyak
Chair: Roldan Valverde
Population Biology #3
Location: Che Yong Hall
Chair: Armando J B Santos
Chair: Marco Garcia Cruz
Chair: Joseph Pfaller
Chair: Sean Alexander Williamson
3:30pm
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4:00pm
Afternoon Break
4:00pm
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5:30pm
Rehabilitation and Health #1
Location: Omari Hall
Chair: Daniela Freggi
Chair: Maria Luz Parga
Chair: Justin Randall Perrault
Chair: Maximilian Polyak
Chair: Roldan Valverde
Conservation, Management, and Policy #1
Location: Che Yong Hall
Chair: Tina Fahy
Chair: Jane Louise Hardwick
Chair: Irene Kelly
Chair: Mario Jorge Mota
Chair: Kathy Zagzebski
5:30pm
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6:30pm
Meet the Author #3
Location: Goto Hall

Poster authors have been assigned a particular 'Meet the Author' session (1, 2, or 3). See here for a list of authors who will be attending this session.

6:00pm
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7:00pm
Presentation Upload
Location: Registration Room

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6:30pm
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7:30pm
Turtle Trading Post
Location: Afua Amenuah Hall

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7:30pm Live Auction
Location: Ntiamoa Hall

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Date: Thursday, 27/Mar/2025
8:00am
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10:00am
Poster Viewing
Location: Goto Hall
Exhibitors/Vendors
Location: Afua Amenuah Hall
8:00am
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12:00pm
Registration
Location: Registration Room
8:30am
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10:00am
Education, Outreach, and Advocacy #1
Location: Omari Hall
Chair: Damaris Marin-Smith
Chair: Sabrina Caitlin Mashburn
Chair: Anna Antonia Ortega
Chair: Daniela Rojas
Chair: Anna Stamatiou
Conservation, Management, and Policy #2
Location: Che Yong Hall
Chair: Tina Fahy
Chair: Jane Louise Hardwick
Chair: Irene Kelly
Chair: Mario Jorge Mota
Chair: Kathy Zagzebski
10:00am
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10:30am
Morning Break
10:00am
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12:00pm
Poster Take Down
Location: Goto Hall
Exhibitors/Vendors Take Down
Location: Afua Amenuah Hall
10:30am
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12:00pm
Education, Outreach, and Advocacy #2
Location: Omari Hall
Chair: Damaris Marin-Smith
Chair: Sabrina Caitlin Mashburn
Chair: Anna Antonia Ortega
Chair: Daniela Rojas
Chair: Anna Stamatiou
Conservation, Management, and Policy #3
Location: Che Yong Hall
Chair: Tina Fahy
Chair: Jane Louise Hardwick
Chair: Irene Kelly
Chair: Mario Jorge Mota
Chair: Kathy Zagzebski
12:00pm
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2:00pm
Lunch Break
Students Judges Lunch
Location: Che Yong Hall
2:00pm
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3:30pm
ISTS Business Meeting
Location: Omari Hall
3:30pm
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4:00pm
Afternoon Break
6:00pm
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11:30pm
Closing Banquet & Awards Ceremony
Location: Ntiamoa Hall

 
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