Presenters are strongly encouraged to focus on topics related to the management of caves or which may be used to inform cave managers on current practices and methods. Pure research sessions and posters should include a management subtext.
This schedule should be considered tentative & subject to change as our plans evolve. We encourage you to check back for upates.
Abstract Submissions Open
Thursday, May 15, 2025
Additional details will be posted in the next few months. For questions, please contact Dr. Pat Kambesis of Western Kentucky University.
Abstract Submissions Close
Friday, August 15, 2025
Review & Editing
We'll have a more refined schedule in the coming months. Please check back.
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.
Great Basin National Park Foundation passionately works to enhance, preserve, and interpret the starry night skies, wide-open scenery, cultural heritage, and diverse native ecosystems of Great Basin National Park.
The Foundation is the official non-profit partner of Great Basin National Park.
Track for the Nevada Northern Railway was laid over a century ago, connecting one of the largest copper mines in North America to the Transcontinental routes to the north. Today, several of the original steam locomotives that were used over a century ago are still in operation. The Nevada Northern Railway is the best-preserved example of a standard-gauge short-line left in North America.
The 2025 NCKMS conference will include a geology-themed trip aboard this historic railway.
Registration for the 2025 symposium has been briefly delayed as we try to interpret the impact global tariffs will have on our financial model. A lot of items we purchase for the conference are sourced from international markets (convention bags, merchandise, etc.) We should have this figured out in the next few days and will send an email to past attendees when that system comes online.
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