One of the biggest reasons we
started holding Illinois Water conferences on the University of Illinois campus
is because it's easier for students to attend. In addition to all the talks
and plenaries, we’ve created several opportunities uniquely for students. We
hope you’ll take advantage of them in October.
Poster Session:
The student poster session will take place on the evening of October 14.
Students will have an opportunity to present their research to fellow
conference attendees and compete for best poster awards. The deadline for
poster abstracts is July 9, 2014.
You can submit a poster abstract through this
form.
Registration Scholarships: If you have submitted a poster or presentation, you
are eligible to submit an application for a registration scholarship. While
we try to keep the registration costs as low as possible, sometimes low isn’t
low enough where you are a full time student. And if you’re not presenting,
you’re still welcome to apply for a scholarship, although we try to accommodate
presenting students first. If you only want to attend one session or wander
through the posters, don’t worry, you don’t need to register at all. Do stop at
the registration table and say “hi,” though. We love to know who attended the
conference, and we could probably get you a free pen.
Water Careers Panel: As you know by now, we here at IWRC love talking about water jobs, so
of course we organize a career panel every Water Conference. This year we’ve
even invited a Water
Jobs alum to join our panel and tell you about the joys of water planning.
Other guest speakers may include an aquatic ecologist at a nonprofit, a
stormwater engineer, and a college professor. The panel will take place during
lunch on Wednesday, October 15 and include lots of time for questions.
