Schedule - At-A-Glance: (All Times are Approximate)
| Saturday, September 24 | ||
| 7:30 am - 10:00 am | Registration Desk Open | |
| 8:30 am - 5:00 pm | Short Course - An Introduction to the Engineering and Environmental Aspects of Karst Geology & Hydrology Short Course - The Application of Geophysics in Karst Terrane Short Course - Grouting in Karst Terrane Short Course - Geologic Assessments of Karst Areas Features: Texas Edwards Aquifer Protection Program |
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| Sunday, September 25 | ||
| 7:00 am - 9:00 am | Registration Desk Open | |
| 7:30 am - 8:00 am | Bus Loading for Field Trip | |
| 8:00 am - 5:30 pm | Field Trip | |
| 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Registration Desk Open | |
| 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Welcome Social | |
| Monday, September 26 | ||
| 7:30am - 6:00pm | Registration Desk Open | |
| 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Welcome, Introductory Information and Remarks | |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Keynote Address - Karst Hydrogeology and the Nature of Reality Revisited: Philosophical Musings of a Less Frustrated Curmudgeon; E. Calvin Alexander, Jr., Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN |
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| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall | |
| 10:30 am - 12:15 pm | Technical Session - Geology and origin of Sinkholes and Karst | |
| 12:15 noon - 1:30 pm | Lunch in Exhibit Hall | |
| 1:30 pm - 2:55 pm | Technical Session - Modeling Groundwater Flow in Karst | |
| 2:55 pm - 3:20 pm | Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall | |
| 3:20 pm - 5:05 pm | Panel Discussion - Karst Hydrology of the Edwards Aquifer | |
| 5:15 pm - 6:30 pm | Posters: Open Viewing | |
| 6:30 pm - 10:30 pm | Complimentary Shuttle to & from the DoubleTree Hotel to river Walk for Karst guests of the DoubleTree | |
| Tuesday, September 27 | ||
| 7:00 am - 3:00 pm | Registration Desk Open | |
| 8:00 am - 8:15 am | Plenary Session II Announcements | |
| 8:15 am - 9:15 am | Keynote Speaker: Engineering Geotechnical Analysis in Karst: The Interaction Between Engineers and Hydrogeologists; Robert C. Bachus, Ph.D., P.E.,GeoSyntec Consultants, Kennesaw, GA | |
| 9:15 am - 10:00 am | Technical - Prevention and Revediation of Sinkholes and Karstic Settlement | |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall | |
| 10:30 am - 12:15 noon | Technical Session - Foundation and Geotrchnical Engineering in Karst | |
| 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm | Lunch in Exhibit Hall | |
| 1:15 pm - 2:20 pm | Technical Session - Karst Hydrology and Dye Tracing I | |
| 2:20 pm - 2:45 pm | Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall | |
| 2:45 pm - 3:50 pm | Technical Session - Legal Issues and Governmental Programs Related to Karst | |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Panel Discussion - Technology Transfer and Karst: When Will They Ever Learn? | |
| 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm | Conference Banquet;, Speaker: Steven Worthington, Ph.D., Principle of Worthington Groundwater, "The Perfect Storm - A Convergence of Factors Leading to Fatal Groundwater Contamination: Walkerton, Ontario" | |
| Wednesday, September 28 | ||
| 7:00 am - 1:30 pm | Registration Desk Open | |
| 8:15 am - 8:30 am | Introductions and Scheduling Information | |
| 8:30 am - 10:15 am | Technical Session - Geophysical Applications to Investigating Karst | |
| 10:15 am - 10:40 am | Coffee Break | |
| 10:40 am - 11:25 pm | Technical Session - GIS, Databases and other Computer Applications for Karst | |
| 12:10 pm - 1:15 pm | Boxed Lunch | |
| 1:15 pm - 2:40 pm | Technical Session - Karst Hydrology and Dye Tracing II | |
| 2:40 pm - 3:00 pm | Prize Drawing and Adjournment | |
