Cobleskill, NY - June 21st - 28th
2025 NSS Convention
2025 Preliminary Sessions
**The 2025 Schedule will be posted here once it is available**
Call For Presentations
2025 NSS Convention | Cobleskill, NY | June 21-28, 2025
Presentations
For those who would like to do a session presentation, contact the chair of your session of choice and submit an abstract (250 words maximum) along with the title of your presentation. A list of session chairs is below.
Abstracts
Abstracts should be up to 250 words in legnth and provide a summary of conclusions and results. It should not merely be a statement of what the presentation is about.
Deadlines
The deadline for abstracts has been extended to April 30th to be submitted to the session chair of the session of your choice. See list below for session chairs and their contacts.
Sessions (updated 3/18)
Questions about individual sessions should be sent to the session chair. General questions can be sent to the Convention Sessions Chair, Pat Kambesis at pk@caves.org.
Archeology & Paleontology
Joe Douglas
joe.douglas@volstate.edu
Biospeleology
Hunter Poffinbarger
Hupoff@gmail.com
Cave Diving
Jason Richards
rchrds.caver@gmail.com
Cave Digging
Benjamin Brown
ben@ontariosurplus.com
Communications & Electronics
Nigel Dyson-Hudson
cavensar@gmail.com
Conservation & Management
Adam Weaver &
Val Hildreth Werker
conservation@caves.org
Culture of Caves & Cavers
Maria Perez
maria.perez@mail.wvu.edu
Caving Geology & Geography
Katie Schmid
kschmid3@gmail.com
International Exploration
Philip Rykwalder
philip@rykwalder.com
Spelean History
Dean Snyder
dsnyder3@ptd.net
Survey & Cartography
Carol Vesely
cavesely@gmail.com
US Exploration
Pat Kambesis
pk@caves.org
Vertical
John Bowling
jrrbowl@gmail.com
