As highlighted in C&ENews, the Southeastern/Southwest Joint Regional Meeting received Outstanding Regional Meeting with Greater than 1,000 Attendees. Hosted by the Orlando Local Section, it convened over 1,700 attendees, showcasing large-scale scientific exchange through 49 symposia and extensive poster sessions. Cross-regional collaboration, career-focused programming, and networking events strengthened connections across academia, industry, and government sectors.
The Orlando Section Executive Committee would once again like to express its gratitude to Chris Chouinard for his dedication and service as General Chair and to the organizing committee including Chris Avery (co-chair), Sara Hubbard (SWRM chair), Vasileios Anagnostopoulos (program chair), Michael Johnson (exposition chair), Van Quach (treasurer), Chris Randles (education chair), Darlene Slattery (awards committee chair), Nicole Lapeyrouse (graduate fair chair), Duy Le (website committee), Laura Sessions (website committee), and Brian Mosby (Orlando local section chair).