Following tradition, IDW will open with a casual social event on Friday evening to allow attendees to make new acquaintances and catch up with old friends and colleagues.

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Scientific discussions begin on Saturday morning with two parallel sessions of oral presentations, during which time graduate students and postdoctoral researchers will present their science in 15-minute time slots. After the coffee break, the morning session continues with a second set of concurrent presentations, followed by our first keynote lecture. A series of sponsor flash talks will follow this, and then a lunch break to be served on-site. During lunch, we will be providing tours of our research labs. The afternoon session begins with a third set of oral presentations. A coffee break will follow this and our second keynote lecture. After, we will have two concurrent series of flash poster presentations, where presenters will be given 5-minutes to advertise their posters that will precede the poster session. A mixer will accompany the poster session to close out the day’s formal events and allow attendees to network before we head off to the conference banquet. Attendees will need to make their own way to the conference banquet.

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The academic program continues Sunday morning, with two concurrent sets of oral presentations, separated by a coffee break. The scientific program will be closed out by our third keynote lecture. This is immediately followed by the Awards Ceremony, with prizes for the winners of the best oral, flash and poster presentations and a few closing remarks to end the conference.

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The conference will take place in two sites on campus; click on each location for directions (view in browser or download our campus map app): ​

North Campus Building, Rooms 113, 114, and 117

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