Sessions

NSS Convention includes scheduled sessions on particular caving-related topics. They are an excellent opportunity to learn about a topic, including in-depth information and recent developments from scientists, explorers, and other fellow cavers.

How to Present: To present at the convention, contact the chair of the relevant session with your subject, the required time/equipment, and an abstract. Abstracts should be a summary of conclusions and results, not merely a statement of what the presentation is about. Please limit abstracts to 250 words. For more information on individual sessions, please click the sessions titles below where linked.

The Deadline for submitting abstracts is May 15th. This is a firm deadline.

 

SESSION NAME

CONTACT

EMAIL

 Archeology and Paleontology


Joe Douglas


joe.douglas@volstate.edu


 Biospeleology


Sarah Keenan


swkeenan@gmail.com


 Cave Diving


Jason Richards


rchrds.caver@gmail.com


 Cave Digging


Benjamin Brown


ben@ontariosurplus.com


 Cave Photography


Eugene Vale


eugenevale@socket.net


 Communications & Electronics


John DeRoo


jderoo@eitronix.com


 Conservation & Management


Adam Weaver


adam@caves.org


 Culture of Caves, Cavers, and Caving


Maria Perez


maria.perez@mail.wvu.edu


 Geology & Geography


Katie Schmid


kschmid3@gmail.com


 International Exploration


Andrea Futrell


afutrellcave@gmail.com


 Spelean History


Dean Snyder


dsnyder3@ptd.net


 Survey & Cartography


Carol Vesely


cavesely@gmail.com


 U.S. Exploration


Derek Bristol


derekbristol@gmail.com


 Vertical


Hazel Barton


hazel@cavescience.com


 West Virginia Exploration


Nikki Fox


nikkicfox@yahoo.com


CONTACTS FOR QUESTIONS: Questions about an individual session should be sent to the session’s chair. General questions can be sent to the Program Editor & Sessions Chair, Bob Hoke, at bob@rhoke.net.