Conference Schedule

2023 Conference

The 2023 Conference will take place on Nov. 3-4.

Tentative Schedule:

The conference will extend from noon Friday until noon Saturday, Nov 3-4, 2023.  (Parking information appears at the bottom of this page.)

Location:  The Graduate Hotel, Fayetteville Town Center, and the University of Arkansas campus

Planned Agenda for 2023:

Friday, November 3rd –  The Graduate Hotel & Fayetteville Town Center

  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Registration – Graduate Hotel Atrium, Second Floor Information Tables
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Invited Faculty Platform Plenary Session – Graduate Hotel
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Invited Student Platform Sessions – physics, chemistry, biology – Graduate Hotel
  • 5:00 – 6:00 PM Student and Faculty Reception and Networking – Graduate Hotel
  • 6:30 PM Banquet – Fayetteville Town Center
  • 7:15 PM Keynote Seminar: “Black Spot, Black Death, Black Pearl: Tales of Bacterial Pathogens”
    Kim Orth, Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center – Fayetteville Town Center

Saturday, November 4th – University of Arkansas Campus

  • 7:30 AM Breakfast – Hillside Auditorium and Physics Building
  • 8:00 AM Poster session A (posters come down at 9:00 a.m.) – Hillside Auditorium and Physics Building
  • 9:15 AM Poster session B (posters come down at 10:15 a.m.) – Hillside Auditorium and Physics Building
  • 10:30 AM Workshops and facility tours – assigned locations
  • 11:45 AM Awards and closing session – Hillside Auditorium 20

Parking

Friday parking is complimentary in the Municipal Parking Garage, behind the Graduate Hotel, third level only (or first level card access for registered guests of the Graduate).  Parking in the parking garage behind the Town Center is free from 12:30 pm until 9:00 pm Friday.

Saturday parking is free on the UA campus in designated yellow, green, and blue sign lots and parking decks. You can view the UA parking map here. Please note that lot sign designation takes precedence over map designation.