Goal:

To bring together people in Texas who are working on subterranean biology so that knowledge and information can be shared and transferred and future efforts to increase knowledge of groundwater ecosystems can be coordinated.

All attendees are encouraged to submit a topic that they would be willing to speak about for 15 minutes, with an additional 5 minutes for Q&A. Organizers will review the list of topics and presenters, and after organizing the schedule, will follow up with speakers to request a title and short abstract. Each speaker will be assigned one of 10 scheduled oral presentations.

Based on the list of topics submitted by attendees as being of interest, and the number of potential speakers that volunteer, organizers may also solicit speakers. Suggestions for invited speakers are also welcomed; please contact Benjamin Schwartz (bs37@txstate.edu) or Amelia Hunter (amelia_hunter@fws.gov) with questions or suggestions.