Schedule-at-a-Glance
Check back here in 2024 for more information. The information below is from 2023.
Below is the schedule for the 2023 MOS Convention. For a printable 2-page PDF of the convention schedule, please click on the image or click here.
Friday, May 19
9:00 am – 1:00 pm Registration Check-in
11:30 am – 12:30 pm First Time Attendee Orientation
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Field Trip Depart
4:00 pm Field Trips Return
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Wine & Cheese Social
4:00 pm – 6:45 pm Vendors Available
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Dinner Buffet
6:45 pm Announcements and Awards Presentation
7:15 – 8:30 pm Keynote Address by Katie Fallon: Saving the Cerulean Warbler
8:45 pm Owling Field Trip “Nocturnal Noisemakers” departs
Saturday, May 20
5:00 am – 6:00 am Breakfast Buffet
5:30 am Box Lunch Pickup
6:00 am – 7:00 am Field Trip Depart
11:00 am Field Trips Return
11:00 am – 1:00 pm Vendors Available
11:30 am – 12:30 pm Lunch Buffet
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Field Trip Depart
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm Seminar: Dr. Cody Kent, Snowbirds: Wintering Warblers in the Caribbean
2:30 pm – 3:45 pm Seminar – Dave Curson, Rising Tides – Can Habitat Restoration Save Maryland’s Coastal Birds from Sea Level Rise?
4:00 pm Field Trips Return
4:00 pm – 6:45 pm Vendors Available
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Poster Session
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Wine & Cheese Social and 75th Anniversary Cake Displayed
6:00 pm – 6:45 pm Dinner Buffet
6:45 pm – 7:30 pm 75th Anniversary Cake distributed, Convention Announcements, Raffle, Silent Auction, and Photo Winner Announcements
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Panel Discussion – Launching the Next 75 Years
8:45 pm – Owling Field Trip “Nocturnal Noisemakers” departs
Sunday, May 21
5:00 am – 6:00 am Breakfast Buffet
6:00 am – 7:00 am Field Trip Depart
11:00 am Field Trips Return
11:30 am Room Check-out
11:30 am – 12:30 pm Lunch Buffet
12:30 pm Bob Ringler Memorial Tally Rally