All oral presentation sessions will be held in Stackhouse Theatre in Elrod Commons. All breaks will be held in the Living Room of Elrod Commons.
| Sunday, June 16 | |
| 12:00-9:00pm | Registration, Elrod Commons Living Room |
| 5:30-6:30pm | Welcome for first time attendees, Elrod Commons Room 114 |
| 6:00-9:00pm | Welcome reception, Science Center Great Hall |
| Monday, June 17 | |
| 8:30am-4:45pm | Registration, Elrod Commons Living Room |
| 8:45am | Welcome and Introductory Remarks |
| 9:00-10:00am | Oral presentation session 1: Functional morphology |
| 10:00-10:30am | Break |
| 10:30am-12:00pm | Oral presentation session 2: Morphological evolution & taxonomy |
| 12:00pm | Lunch |
| 1:15-2:30pm | Oral presentation session 3: Molecular phylogenetics & systematics |
| 2:30-3:00pm | Break |
| 3:00-4:45pm | Oral presentation session 4: Circadian Rhythms |
| 5:15-8:00pm | Informal Social at the Great Valley Brewery
Transportation will be provided. Buses will load and depart from Washington Street in front of Lee House. |
| 8:30-11:00pm | Student Night |
| Tuesday, June 18 | |
| 9:00-10:15am | Oral presentation session 5: Silk I |
| 10:15-10:45am | Break |
| 10:45-11:45am | Oral presentation session 6: Silk II |
| 11:45am | Group Photo followed by Lunch |
| 1:30-3:00pm | Oral presentation session 7: William Shear mini-symposium |
| 3:00-5:00pm | Poster Session
Main floor of Leyburn Library, Coffee and snacks included |
| 5:30-7:30pm | Executive Committee Meeting, Elrod Commons Chavis Boardroom |
| 7:30-9:00pm | Casual Night with Arachnids, Hillel House Room 101 |
| Wednesday, June 19 | |
| 9:00-10:15am | Oral presentation session 8: Intraspecific evolution & biogeography |
| 10:15-10:45am | Break |
| 10:45-12:30pm | Oral presentation session 9: Ecology, diversity, & life history |
| 12:30pm | Lunch |
| 1:30-3:00pm | Oral presentation session 10: Behavior I |
| 3:00-3:30pm | Break |
| 3:30-4:15pm | Oral presentation session 11: Behavior II |
| 4:15-5:00pm | Business Meeting |
| 5:30-10:00pm | Banquet, Evans Dining Hall |
| Thursday, June 20 | |
| 9:00am-4:00pm | Field Trip to Natural Bridge State Park or Devil’s Marbleyard
Bus will load and depart from Washington Street in front of Lee House. |
Oral Presentations: Each speaker will have 15 minutes total including questions and discussion. Although there are no concurrent sessions, speakers will be asked to step off the stage at the 15-minute mark in order to stay on schedule. The preferred format for presentations is MS Office PowerPoint for Windows. Each speaker should have received an email with instructions for emailing your presentation to Box (a cloud-based system used by Washington and Lee University, similar to Dropbox). No later than the break prior to your session, please check with the audiovisual technician to ensure your presentation has been loaded in the appropriate folder and can be opened on the resident computer. As backup, have your presentation saved to a USB memory stick.
Posters: Posters should be hung on the appropriate easel in the main floor of Leyburn Library between 8:30am and 3:00pm on Tuesday, June 18. Each easel will include a foam board backer and clips for attaching the poster. Foam boards are 30×40 inches. They can be oriented in either direction. Posters may remain on the easels until Wednesday, June 19, 5:30pm, or may be removed immediately following the poster session.