Dear SDAFS members,
We are excited to announce that Asheville is prepared to welcome us next February for the 2025 SDAFS annual meeting and that Registration and Abstract Submissions are Officially Open!! Thank you for your patience as we navigated our way around the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. We are so grateful that the meeting will go on as planned and we will have the chance to support our beloved Western North Carolina community!
Without further ado, let us take this opportunity to officially invite everyone to join us in Asheville, NC from February 18th – February 21st, 2025 at the Renaissance Hotel for the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Southern Division of AFS! It is shaping up to be a fantastic meeting with a program featuring workshop topics ranging from science communication to GIS, symposiums topics including hatchery science and climate change, and of course an off-site Welcome Social at one of Asheville’s top breweries, Highland Brewing Company!
Please visit the official 2025 SDAFS meeting website (see link below) for all your planning needs including registration, lodging, abstract submission, workshops details, and schedule-at-a-glance. Students, be sure to check out the Student Affairs page for information on student volunteer opportunities and the student-mentor lunch!
2025 SDAFS MEETING WEBSITE: https://nc.fisheries.org/2025-sdafs-meeting/
Important meeting deadlines:
Registration
Opens: TODAY (10/31/2024)!!
Early Bird Rates End: 1/8/2025
Online Registration Closes: 2/14/2025
Abstract Submissions
Opens: TODAY (10/31/2024)!!
Closes: 1/8/2025
Hotel Room Block
Ends: 1/27/2025
**We suggest booking early as the room block will likely fill up prior to this date**
Student Volunteer Opportunities
Applications Due By: 12/13/2024
Pre-order T-shirt Sales
Ends:1/8/2025
**Shirts will be sold at the meeting, but this is the only way to ensure that you get your preferred size and color**
We are looking forward to seeing everyone in Asheville!!
Please do not hesitate to reach out to either myself ([email protected]) or Kelsey Roberts ([email protected]) with any questions you may have regarding the meeting.
Sincerely,
Jess, Kelsey, and the entire 2025 SDAFS annual meeting planning committee