Sunday, 17th May Society for Freshwater Science 2026 Annual Meeting

Registration Open

7:00AM - 7:00PM
Sunday, 17th May
Room 103

SFS Instars/NSF Emerge Orientation Workshop (by invite only)

8:00AM - 5:00PM
Sunday, 17th May
Room 201 ABC

Workshop: Stream Resilience in Focus: Hands-On with NEON Macroinvertebrate, Water Quality & Sensor Data

8:00AM - 12:00PM
Sunday, 17th May
Room 207

Workshop: Professional skills for navigating your early career

8:00AM - 12:00PM
Sunday, 17th May
Room 206 A

Workshop: Connecting Taxonomists: Training with the Diatoms of North American Platform

9:00AM - 5:00PM
Sunday, 17th May
Room 206 C

SFS Board of Directors Meeting (by invite only)

10:00AM - 5:00PM
Sunday, 17th May
Room 102 CD

Offsite Workshop: Exploring streams together: using macroinvertebrates to assess local water quality

11:00AM - 4:00PM
Sunday, 17th May

Offsite Workshop: River kayaking safety and navigation for river researchers

12:00PM - 4:00PM
Sunday, 17th May

Workshop: WikiWatershed open source ecosystem for monitoring, data telemetry, and modeling

12:30PM - 4:30PM
Sunday, 17th May
Room 206 A

Workshop: Coding Best Practices: Git and Version Control

1:00PM - 4:00PM
Sunday, 17th May
Room 205

Workshop: Integrating science and policy in a changing climate

1:00PM - 4:00PM
Sunday, 17th May
Room 207

Offsite River Clean-Up

2:00PM - 4:00PM
Sunday, 17th May

Annual Meeting Conference Opening & Award Presentations

5:00PM - 6:30PM
Sunday, 17th May
Ballroom 100 ABC

President's Welcome
Opening Remarks
2026 Environmental Stewardship Award Presentation (John Jackson, Stroud Water Research Center)
2026 Award of Excellence Presentation & Talk (Jennifer Tank, Notre Dame University)

Welcome Reception

6:30PM - 8:00PM
Sunday, 17th May
Ballroom Lobby

Global Connections International Mixer

6:30PM - 8:00PM
Sunday, 17th May
Ballroom 100 ABC

Undergraduate Mixer

6:30PM - 8:00PM
Sunday, 17th May
Ballroom 111 ABC