Benthic Ecology Meeting Society

What: 50th #BEMs!
Where the Sheraton Hotel, Portsmouth, NH
When: March 29 - April 2, 2022
Cost (student/prof):
after 1/30- $440/$485

[Benthic Ecology Meeting Society @BenthicEcology]

That's a wrap #BEM2022 !! Thank you to all attendees for an excellent meeting, Chris Schwartz for his IT support, Tara, Kristen, Jenn, and my fellow meeting organizers, the @sheratonhotels staff, and to our generous sponsors! Hopefully catch you in Miami for #BEM2023!

[Benthic Ecology Meeting Society @BenthicEcology]

Congratulations to our student award winners!! Posters: 3rd - Annabeth Rawls, 2nd - Nicholas Yoong, 1st - Sarah Greenberg and Armorel Eason ! Orals: 3rd - Isabelle Neylan, 2nd - Hannah Diebboll, 1st - Karl Koehler !! #BEM2022

[Benthic Ecology Meeting Society @BenthicEcology]

Saturday 4/2 schedule! Looking forward to the last day of sessions and the banquet tonight !! #BEM2022

[Benthic Ecology Meeting Society @BenthicEcology]

April showers bring May flowers, but lucky for us, the weather is forecasted to clear up in time for the field trips! #BEM2022 🌤

[Benthic Ecology Meeting Society @BenthicEcology]

Friday 4/1 schedule! #BEM2022

[Dr. Christopher D. Wells @the_anemone_guy]

Come to my talk on Friday at 9am during #BEM2022!

I'll be talking about the impact my Master's advisor & founder of BEM Dr. Larry Harris had on me and some interesting data on snail shapes and how they interact with crabs (hint: it's bad for snails)

@KVanVolkom @BenthicEcology

[Benthic Ecology Meeting Society @BenthicEcology]

Great poster session tonight! Lots of engagement, enthusiasm, and interesting projects! #BEM2022

[Benthic Ecology Meeting Society @BenthicEcology]

We mustache you a question 😁 #BEM2022 #mascot 🦞

[Benthic Ecology Meeting Society @BenthicEcology]

Wow!! 177 talks and 50 posters in two days! Clearly everyone has brought their A game to #BEM2022. Looking forward the poster sessions tonight from 6-9 in the Ballroom and Harbor's Edge!

[Benthic Ecology Meeting Society @BenthicEcology]

Thursday 3/31 schedule ! Looking forward to another great day! #BEM2022

[Benthic Ecology Meeting Society @BenthicEcology]

Loving the #BEM2022 logo?! We do too!! Major props to @OBrien_Algae for his creativity in designing it!!

[Brandon O'Brien @OBrien_Algae]

My proudest accomplishment - the logo I designed for #BEM2022 is now available as a holographic sticker! ✨✨✨ @BenthicEcology

[Benthic Ecology Meeting Society @BenthicEcology]

Great first poster session to cap off the suite of excellent talks presented today! #BEM2022

[Benthic Ecology Meeting Society @BenthicEcology]

Presenting a poster in either Harbor's Edge or the Ballroom tonight? Feel free to hang your posters when you're ready! No worries if you need to rotate the poster board to either portrait or landscape orientation !! #BEM2022

[Benthic Ecology Meeting Society @BenthicEcology]

Starting now!! Plenary Speaker Dr. Larry Harris 8:30-10:00 in the Ballroom! #BEM2022

[Benthic Ecology Meeting Society @BenthicEcology]

Thursday 3/30 schedule! #BEM2022

[Benthic Ecology Meeting Society @BenthicEcology]

At last night's ice breaker, current BEM president Dr. Jenn Dijkstra gave a shout out to two planning committee members that are invaluable to #BEM2022, Tara and Kristen!! Here they are, yesterday, all set up for the first registrants!!

[Benthic Ecology Meeting Society @BenthicEcology]

Ice breaker, happening now in the ballroom! Mingle, snack, hydrate! #BEM2022

[Benthic Ecology Meeting Society @BenthicEcology]

Thank you to @AWOCSpace for an informative workshop! It was a great start to #BEM2022 and paramount effort towards creating a fully inclusive and welcoming space in marine science.

[Benthic Ecology Meeting Society @BenthicEcology]

50 years of meetings, captured in these beautiful quilts hanging in the ballroom!