HAPPENING MONDAY IN CANCUN

Pick Up Your Badge

Registration will be located on the first level of the Cancun Convention Center (map).

Registration & Information Booth Hours:
  • Monday: 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
  • Tuesday: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Wednesday: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Thursday: 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Log In and Explore

Attendees should download the "American Fisheries Events" mobile app now available from the App Store or Google Play. Once you have logged in and created a profile, you can begin to build out your schedule. Personalized schedules created on either the mobile App or desktop Conference Platform are shared between the two platforms.

Helpful links:

Access Virtual Presentations

We are excited to introduce you to the LACFC Learning Center. On this platform, you will have access to the LACFC virtual presentations on-demand. Be sure to click around the platform and explore! Please click the button to log into the Learning Center. You will need to log in with the same log in information you used when registering.

Upload Your Presentation

Speaker Support in Cancun will be available in Tulum 4. If needed, you can update your slide decks in Cancun. In Cancun, slide decks must be updated at least 24 hours before your session starts. You will be unable to upload your slide deck after 10 May 2023 via the online link.

Refresh and Connect

  • Opening Reception, Akumal Terrace, Monday, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Light appetizers will be provided and registrants will receive two complimentary drink tickets for use at the Monday and/or Tuesday evening networking events.

Student Activities

*Please note new location*
  • Coffee Meet & Greet, Starbucks Plaza Caracol, Blvd. Kulkulcán km 8.5, Centro Comercial Plaza Caracol, Zona Hotelera, 77500 Q.R., Mexico
Meet at 7:00 AM in the Aloft Hotel lobby, walk to Starbucks for coffee before workshops begin.

Continuing Education Workshops

Preregistration required.
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Biotelemetry Applied to Fish Life History Studies, Xcaret 3
  • Science Communications: How to Effectively Bring My Research to a Larger Audience, Xcaret 4
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Introduction to R for Fisheries Analysis, Xcaret 1
  • Length-Based Pseudocohort Analysis (LBPA), Xcaret 2
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Digitalización en el sector pesquero: PescaData como herramienta de sistematización y conexión para hombres y mujeres de la pesca, Xcaret 3
  • Scientific Writing and Publishing, Xcaret 4

Get a Ride

For your safety and convenience, we recommend booking your transportation from the airport to the hotel in advance using our shuttle service.

For those driving to the conference, guest parking at the Aloft Hotel is complimentary.

Get Social

The official hashtag for the Latin America & Caribbean Fisheries Congress is #LACFC2023. Browse the Twitter feed in the mobile App for live tweets from the conference. Follow @AmFisheriesSoc and @latamericafish for live tweets from the conference.

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