Eastern South Dakota Water Conference call for abstracts extended
We
are extending the call for abstracts out another week to October 5th.
Consider
submitting an abstract for an oral or a poster presentation. The student poster
competition has a first price of $200 and a second prize of $100.
Join
colleagues from across the region in attending the 2012 Eastern South Dakota
Water Conference held on the campus of South Dakota State University in the
University Student Union on Tuesday, October 30.
The purpose of the Conference is to bring stakeholders in
water resources, including policy makers, industry, agriculture, officials from
federal, state, and local governments, universities, engineers, interest
organizations and the citizens of the state together to exchange information,
discuss solutions to current and emerging water resources topics, define new
policies and network to form professional relationships. In addition, a large
number of college-level students from engineering, agronomy and other
biological sciences typically attend the conference to engage in water-related
discussions of relevance to the state and the region and meet with prospective
employers.
Information
about the conference, including the program, registration, travel scholarships,
workshop is available through the conference website at http://www.sdstate.edu/abe/wri/activities/ESDWC/index.cfm
Travel
Scholarships
Interested
in attending the conference but find it cost prohibitive? We have travel scholarships
available.
Conference
workshop
Interested
in learning about geospatial tools and access to digital spatial information in
water management, such as watershed maps, land use, county boundaries, aerial
photography etc.? Sign up for our workshop.
Call
for abstracts
Consider
submitting an abstract for an oral or a poster presentation. The call for
abstracts is open through September 30. The student poster competition has a
first price of $200 and a second prize of $100.
Program
The
keynote speaker is Attorney David Ganje from Ganje Law Offices who will be
discussing Water Rights in South Dakota – the Legal Steps for an Irrigation
Project. More information about the program is available at the conference
website.
Please
contact Trista Koropatnicki at 605-688-4910 or Trista.koropatnicki@sdstate.edu
or Jeppe Kjaersgaard at 605-688-5673 or jeppe.kjaersgaard@sdstate.edu
for questions or more information regarding the conference.
On
behalf of the conference Steering Committee, I hope to see you at the
conference!
Trista M. Koropatnicki
Program Assistant I
Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering
Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering
Water Resources Institute
South Dakota State University
Ph. 605-688-4910
South Dakota State University
Ph. 605-688-4910
