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MARCH 2026 SYMPOSIUM
Key Items
Technical Issues for Posters, Talks and Abstracts
Fees and Registration
Parking, Campus Orientation, and Accommodation
Contact Information
The Mohawk Watershed Alliance is an organization of stakeholders in the Mohawk Watershed.
Mohawk Watershed Symposium has been bringing stakeholders together for over a decade to discuss issues surrounding water quality, flooding, land use, dams, and other issues central to a healthy and productive watershed. The Symposium is typically held in the third week in March at Union College in Schenectady NY.
Reconnect with friends and colleagues working in the basin, and get up to speed with the latest developments in the watershed. The Geology Department at Union College hosts the symposium on the physical aspects of the Mohawk Watershed in New York State. The meetings highlights recent and on-going work in the watershed during oral and poster presentations.
The day-long conference is followed by a reception. We continue to place emphasis on poster presentations, which means a reduction in the number of slots of volunteered talks, and an increase the number of posters and the time for posters. You can see summaries and abstract volumes from previous meetings here.
We look forward to an exciting program focused on:
• water quality
• fisheries and habitats
• flooding and resiliency
• invasive species
• recreation and stewardship
KEY ITEMS
- ABSTRACT deadline is 13 Feburary 2026.
- INVITED SPEAKERS will be announced in mid February.
- Registration for the meeting will open in January.
- The last published ABSTRACT VOLUME (2025) is here.
- Detailed INSTRUCTIONS for PRESENTERS (Talks and Posters)
- DIRECTIONS and a MAP of the venue location. The venue is College Park Hall, 450 Nott St, Schenectady NY.
TECHNICAL ISSUES FOR POSTERS, TALKS, and ABSTRACTS
Here are the POSTER and TALK requirements and
Here are the ABSTRACT requirements (formatting for submission).
Submitted contributions in the form of extended abstracts are required for either oral or poster presentations. The abstract volume will be available to registered participants at the meeting and will then be available at this site as a free downloadable PDF. All presentations – whether oral or poster – are required to have an accompanying abstract that must pass review. Please see abstracts from previous years if submitting for the first time.
The abstract deadline is early February and will be announced here. Submit abstract to J. Smith at Union College (see email address below).
FEES and REGISTRATION
Professional Registration only: $40.00
Student Registration only: $20.00
All registrations include access to a digital abstract booklet.
Physical abstract booklets available with registration for a $5 fee before March 1.
After 01 March 2026: $100 registration only (for all – professionals and students. Doesn’t include physical abstract booklet).
Register early for this meeting, late registration causes problems with catering and makes our job more complicated.
Your registration fees only cover part of the full meeting cost.
Pre-registration and prepayment for this meeting is required.
Registration fees cover coffee/tea breaks and lunch. Please register early for this meeting, it helps us plan catering orders.
PARKING, CAMPUS ORIENTATION, and ACCOMMODATION
The meeting is at College Park Hall, 450 Nott St, Schenectady NY. Plenty of free on-campus parking is available next to College Park Hall. Download this map for parking areas that will be open and available (“P”), but there is a large parking lot at College Park. Detailed directions to the Campus are here.
There is no designated hotel for this conference.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Program Chairs and coordination:
Carolyn Rodak, Civil & Environmental Engineering Department. rodakc@union.edu
Wold Center 121, Union College, 807 Union St, Schenectady NY 12308
Main Office Phone: 518-388-7005
Jacqueline Smith, Department of Geology. smithj4@union.edu
Olin Building, Union College, 807 Union St, Schenectady NY 12308
John Garver, Department of Geology. garverj@union.edu
Olin Building, Union College, 807 Union St, Schenectady, NY 12308
Veronica Beswick, Technical Assistance and Registration Contact. beswickv@union.edu
210 Olin Bldg, Union College, 807 Union St, Schenectady, NY 12308
Office Phone:518-388-7005
Christine Angley, Registration & Technical Assistant. angleyc@union.edu
Olin Bldg, Union College, 807 Union St, Schenectady NY 12308
Britt Westergard, Mohawk Watershed Coordinator, Mohawk River Basin Program. britt.westergard@dec.ny.gov.
NYS Bureau of Water Resource Management, 625 Broadway, 4th Floor, Albany, NY 12233
Mailing address:
Union College
Civil & Environmental Engineering Department,
Union College,
807 Union St,
Olin 210,
Schenectady NY, 12308