2013 Preliminary Program
Preliminary agenda now available!
The 2013 Arkansas Water Resources Center Annual Watershed and Research Conference will be held May 14-15, 2013 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. This year's program will focus on 104(b) research program impacts and ecosystem design.
The keynote speaker is Dr. Thad Scott, who was the winner of the 2012 National Institutes for Water Resources (NIWR) Impact Award for his research on Denitrification, Internal Nitrogen Cycling, and Nitrogen Retention in River Impoundment Reservoirs. This study examined the role of sediment denitrification in nitrogen retention in reservoirs and resulted in recommendations for reservoir management that could enhance permanent nitrogen removal from reservoir waters through denitrification.
This year's conference will be followed up by a two day workshop and charrette "Ecological Design in the Ozarks". This workshop satisfies the workshop requirement for the Certified Ecological Designer program of the American Ecological Engineering Society.
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Call for Posters
A poster session will be held from 12:30-1:30 on Tuesday, May 14. This year, the poster session is open to all attendees, but will also feature a student poster competition for undergraduate and graduate students who participate. If you are interested in presenting a poster please email the project title, authors and affiliations to awrc@uark.edu.
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Registration
Online registration is now available! Or, you can still register by phone or mail using the paper registration form. Cost to attend the conference is $50 for students and speakers and $95 for professionals. Registration fees include breakfast and lunch on Tuesday and Wednesday and a social Tuesday evening.
If you plan to also attend the Ecological Design Workshop and Charrette you can register for all four days for $200.
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Hotel Accommodations
The Chancellor Hotel
70 North East Avenue
Fayetteville, AR 72701
(855) 285-6162
Room Reservations
A block of rooms have been reserved at The Chancellor Hotel (formerly the Cosmopolitan) which is adjacent to the Global Campus Conference Center. The hotel group rate is $114/night plus tax. Rooms are available on a first come first serve basis. Please make your reservation before March 28th, 2013 to guarantee this rate, and mention that you are attending the Arkansas Water Resources Center Conference when you call to make your reservation. The hotel provides complimentary parking to overnight guests of the hotel who attend the conference, and a discounted parking fee of $4/day on the 3rd level of the parking garage for all other attendees.
Additional Hotels
Inn at Carnall Hall (0.7 mi from Conference Center and located on UA Campus)
Staybridge Suites (1.7 mi from Conference Center)
Courtyard Fayetteville (3.9 mi from Conference Center)
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