Plenary Session

Following the opening of the Exhibits and the Welcome Reception Monday afternoon, 4:30–6:00, the Plenary Session will begin.

6:00–8:00 p.m.
Welcome, Opening Remarks, and Presentation of Student Paper Awards.
Program Chairs Russell Sirabian and Heather Veith Rectanus (Battelle)

Intrinsic Bioremediation and Ecogenomics of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Terry Hazen, Ph.D. (Energy Biosciences Institute at E.O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

PANEL: Biological and Chemical Fate of Petroleum in Deepwater and Marsh Environments
Moderator: C.H. (Herb) Ward, Ph.D. (Rice University)

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