The 2023 Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting was held at the Freshwater Sciences 2023 Meeting on June 3 - June 7, 2023 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The Freshwater Sciences 2023 Meeting was co-organized by the Society for Freshwater Science, Australian Freshwater Sciences Society, and the New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society (Ngā Kohinga Wai o Aotearoa), representing various interests within the aquatic science realm. The meeting included oral presentations, Emerge-exclusive workshops, plenary speakers, poster presentations, and social events.

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The Emerge program funded in-person participation at the Freshwater Sciences 2023 for the Year 3 cohort of 5 undergraduate students, 19 graduate students, and 6 early career professionals (total: 30). Two fellows co-presented an autoethnography of the Emerge program, which reflected on the program very positively, and 22 fellows presented their own research (15 oral and 7 poster presentations).

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