Presenters are strongly encouraged to focus on topics related to the management of caves or karst which may be used to inform resource managers on current practices and methods. Pure research sessions and posters should include a management subtext.
Abstract Submissions Are Open!
Please send your abstracts with up to 3 attached images to abstracts@nckms.org. For questions, please contact Dr. Pat Kambesis of Western Kentucky University and Kirsten Bahr by sending an email to that same address.
If you can include a face picture for the primary presenter and a very brief bio, that would be great! We'd like to post all session topics on this website in advance of the symposium.
Abstract Submissions Close
Abstract submissions will close at midnight on Friday night, September 5, 2025.
Review & Editing
Accepted presenters will be notified soon after submission. Final abstracts must be locked for publication by early-September.
Proceedings Publication
All presenters are reminded that full texts of your sessions must be available at or immediately after the symposium. Official proceedings will be published following the symposium.
Registration for the 2025 symposium is now open! Early registration discounts end at midnight on September 15. After that, registration packages increase by $50.
After registering, be sure to book your hotel room soon. Our hotel discounts will expire in mid-September. See our host hotel page for more details.
The Cave Research Foundation is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to:
Facilitating research, management and interpretation of caves and karst resources; Forming partnerships to study, protect and preserve cave resources and karst areas; Promoting the long term conservation of caves and karst ecosystems.
Located just south of Ely, Nevada, the Ward Charcoal Ovens are associated with the silver mining ghost town of Ward. They were built in 1876 by itinerant Italian masons known as carbonari. Charcoal prepared in the ovens was used in the nearby silver smelters.
