IAMRI Annual Meeting and Fall School 2018 will be held by University of Quebec Rimouski, Province of Québec, Canada, from October 22 to 26, 2018.

Tentative program of activities

Day 1: Welcoming cocktail (icebreaker) and official opening session

Day 2 and 3: Fall school for graduate students

Theme: Estuaries to Open Ocean

• One day lectures from professors from UQAR and other institutes and Universities. ISMER is proposing to extend invitations to other universities in Quebec to members of RQM (Quebec Maritime Network)
• One day field and lab demonstrations on biology-chemistry-physics- geology related to the St. Lawrence estuary
  − Poster session to showcase research projects from graduate students and networking social activity

Day 3: Optional

• visit of other institutions in Rimouski and surroundings (CRBM, Institut Maurice-Lamontage, Institut Maritime du Quebec)
• visit of local attractions
  Business meeting of IAMRI - 2-hour session - time to be determined

Logistic:

• Members of IAMRI are responsable to cover travel costs for students
• Accommodations for students will be the responsability of the hosting institution o o   Hosting organisation will take charge of a portion or total costs of meals (subject to confirmation based on funding success)