All times PDT.
Program subject to change.
Updated July 8, 2026

Tuesday, November 3

8:00 am – 12:00 pm Workshops and Field Trips
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Workshop Lunch
1:00 – 5:00 pm Workshops and Field Trips

 

Wednesday, November 4

7:00 am Registration Opens
8:30 am – 10:00 am Opening Plenary Session
10:00 am – 10:30 am Break
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Concurrent Session A
A1: HABS – Monitoring & Methods
A2: Citizen Science
A3: Integrated Watershed Management Approaches
A4: AIS – Fauna
A5: Sediment Inactivation
A6: Multiple Stressors & Climate Change 1
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Concurrent Session B
B1: Data Management & Technologies 1
B2: Innovative Approaches to Nutrient Management 1
B3: Management of Salmon Nursery Lakes 1
B4: AIS – Hydrilla & Water Hyacinth
B5: Sediment Inactivation – Lanthanum-based Approaches
B6: Multiple Stressors & Climate Change 2
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Break
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Concurrent Session C
C1: Data Management & Technologies 2
C2: Innovative Approaches to Nutrient Management 2
C3: Management of Salmon Nursery Lakes 2
C4: HABs – Data & Technologies
C5: People at the Water’s Edge: Reimagining Engagement in Lake Management
C6: Sediment Inactivation Using Alum & Nutrient Loading
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm NALMS Membership Meeting
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Exhibitors Reception and Poster Session

 

Thursday, November 5

7:00 am Registration Opens
8:30 am – 10:00 am Plenary Session
10:00 am – 10:30 am Break
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Concurrent Session D
D1: Integrated Approaches to Lake & Watershed Management in Latin America
D2: Salinizing Freshwater Lakes
D3: Aquatic Vegetation and Wetlands
D4: Long-term Change in Protected & Wilderness Lakes
D5: Sediment Inactivation – Alum Case Studies
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Concurrent Session E
E1: Tropical Lake & Reservoir Limnology & Water Quality Management
E2: Role of Community & Collaboration in AIS Management
E3: HABs Case Studies 1
E4: Managing Impacts in Protected & Wilderness Lakes
E5: Sediments & Internal Loading
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Break
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Concurrent Session F
F1: Lessons Learned From Management Case Studies
F2: Water Quality Biomonitoring
F3: HABs Case Studies 2
F4: National Lakes Assessment
F5: Internal Nutrient Loading

 

Friday, November 6

7:00 am Registration Opens
8:30 am – 10:00 am Concurrent Session G
G1: HABs – Toxins
G2: Boating Impacts, Contaminants, & Emerging Issues
G3: Braiding Indigenous Knowledge & Western Science
G4: Source Water Protection
G5: Invasive Aquatic Plants – Herbicide Control
10:00 am – 10:30 am Break
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Concurrent Session H
H1: HABs – Monitoring & Methods
H2: Hypolimnetic Oxygenation & Aeration 1
H3: Assessing Impacts & Recovery from Mining 1
H4: Modeling, Field Validation, & Decision Support in Reservoir Management
H5: Community-based Solutions 1
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Concurrent Session I
I1: Watershed Management: From Planning to Implementation
I2: Hypolimnetic Oxygenation & Aeration 2
I3: Assessing Impacts & Recovery from Mining 2
I4: Reservoir Operations, Long-Term Change, & Ecosystem Response
I5: Community-based Solutions 2