Schedule Overview

GSA Connects 2024 Schedule

Times in Pacific Daylight Time*

  • Pre-meeting
    • Pre-meeting events include field trips, short courses, and a variety of business and social events.
    • Pre-meeting in-person events in Anaheim will take place Thurs., 19 Sept., through Sat., 21 Sept.
  • Sat., 21 Sept.
    • Icebreaker Reception: 5–7 p.m.
  • Sun., 22 Sept.
    • Oral Technical Sessions: 8 a.m.–noon
    • All-Day Poster Sessions: 8 a.m.–5:30 p.m., with presenting authors at their poster from either 9–11 a.m. or 3:30–5:30 p.m. Presentation times will be listed in the program.
    • GeoCareers Day: 9 a.m.–1 p.m. 
    • GeoCareers Corner: 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
    • Lunch Break: Noon–1:30 p.m.
    • GSA Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony: Noon–1:30 p.m.
    • Oral Technical Sessions: 1:30–5:30 p.m.
    • Exhibit Opening Reception: 5–7 p.m.
    • Exhibits Open: 5–7 p.m.
  • Mon., 23 Sept.
    • Oral Technical Sessions: 8 a.m.–noon
    • All-Day Poster Sessions: 8 a.m.–5:30 p.m., with presenting authors at their poster from either 9–11 a.m. or 3:30–5:30 p.m. Presentation times will be listed in the program.
    • GeoCareers Corner: 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
    • Exhibits: 10 a.m.–6:30 p.m.
    • Lunch Break: Noon–1:30 p.m.
    • Noontime Lecture: 12:15–1:15 p.m.
    • Oral Technical Sessions: 1:30–5:30 p.m.
    • Afternoon Reception in the Exhibit Hall: 4:30–6:30 p.m.
    • Alumni Receptions: evening hours
  • Tues., 24 Sept.
    • Oral Technical Sessions: 8 a.m.–noon
    • All-Day Poster Sessions: 8 a.m.–5:30 p.m., with presenting authors at their poster from either 9–11 a.m. or 3:30–5:30 p.m. Presentation times will be listed in the program.
    • GeoCareers Corner: 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
    • Exhibits: 10 a.m.–6:30 p.m.
    • Lunch Break: Noon–1:30 p.m.
    • Special Lecture: 12:15–1:15 p.m.
    • Oral Technical Sessions: 1:30–5:30 p.m.
    • Afternoon Reception in the Exhibit Hall: 4:30–6:30 p.m.
  • Wed., 25 Sept.
    • Oral Technical Sessions: 8 a.m.–noon
    • All-Day Poster Sessions: 8 a.m.–5:30 p.m., with presenting authors at their poster from either 9–11 a.m. or 3:30–5:30 p.m. Presentation times will be listed in the program.
    • Exhibits: 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
    • Lunch Break: Noon–1:30 p.m.
    • Noontime Lecture: 12:15–1:15 p.m.
    • Oral Technical Sessions: 1:30–5:30 p.m.
    • Closing Reception: 5:30–7:30 p.m.
  • Post-Meeting
    • Post-meeting field trips run from Wed., 25 Sept., through Sun., 29 Sept.

* This draft is meant to provide a general idea of the schedule; it is subject to change.