Join researchers, resource management agencies, and students for one and a half days of cutting-edge marine science – right next to the sea! This year the symposium will be on the Atlantic coast at the UF Whitney Lab for Marine Bioscience, just south of St. Augustine, FL. The symposium will kick off with oral research presentations on Thursday afternoon, a gallery-style poster session and social on Thursday evening, a keynote address on Friday morning (see details below), continue with oral presentations throughout the day on Friday, and finish with a BBQ social and student award ceremony on Friday evening.

The poster session and keynote address are free and open to the public!

Registration for undergraduate Marine Science majors is free!

Dr. Kevin Lafferty of United States Geological Survey & University of California, Santa Barbara Marine Science Institute a will present the keynote address.