Conference Agenda
The conference will begin at 8:00 am on Tuesday, June 2nd, with an optional social on the evening of Monday, June 1st. The program will end at 2:15 pm on June 4th. Finally, the CED/AED course will run from the afternoon of June 4th, through 1:00 pm on June 5th. The agenda shown below is a draft, with minor changes possible.​​​
Monday, June 1, 2026
​5:00 pm - 7:00 pm: Pre-Conference Social + Early Check-In (Location TBA) ​
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
8:00 am - 9:00 am: Registration/Check-In + Breakfast
9:00 am - 9:30 am: Welcome
9:30 am - 10:15 am: Keynote (Dr. Tim Dekker, President & CEO, LimnoTech)
10:15 am - 10:30 am: Group Photo
10:30 am - 10:45 am: Break
10:45 am - 12:15 pm: Concurrent Technical Sessions
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm: Lunch + Keynote (Dr. Alexandros Stefanakis, IEES President, Technical University of Crete)
1:30 pm - 2:45 pm: Concurrent Technical Sessions
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm: Break
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm: Concurrent Technical Sessions
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm: AEES Awards Ceremony & Banquet
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
7:45 am - 8:30 am: Registration/Check-In + Breakfast
8:00 am - 12:00 pm: Field Trips
12:30 pm - 1:45 pm: Lunch + Keynote (Dr. Meredith Niles, Professor, Brown University)
1:45 pm - 3:00 pm: Concurrent Technical Sessions
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm: Coffee/Tea + Community Conversations
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Poster Session
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Student Social
Thursday, June 4, 2026
8:00 am - 9:00 am: Registration/Check-In + Breakfast
9:00 am - 9:45 am: Keynote (Dr. Stephanie Hurley, Associate Dean & Professor, University of Vermont)
9:45 am - 11:00 am: Concurrent Technical Sessions
11:00 am - 11:15 am: Break
11:15 am - 12:30 pm: Concurrent Technical Sessions
12:30 pm - 2:15 pm: Business Meeting Lunch
3:00 - 5:00 pm: CED/AED Workshop
Friday, June 5, 2026
9:00 am - 1:00 pm: CED/AED Workshop