2010 AAAS Annual Meeting (18-22 February 2010)

Topical Lecture: An Integrated Approach to a Low Carbon Energy Future
Kristina M. Johnson, Under Secretary for Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC Washington, D.C.

Topical Lecture: Economics, Psychology, and Biology of Early Childhood Development
James J. Heckman, Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, University of Chicago, and Distinguished Chair of Microeconometrics, University College London and University College Dublin

Topical Lecture: Infectious Diseases Have No Passport: Battling HIV, TB, and STDs on the Mexico-U.S. Border
Steffanie Strathdee, Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences, Harold Simon Professor, and Chief of the Division of Global Public Health, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego

Topical Lecture: Neural and Cognitive Underpinnings of Language Across Modalities
Karen Emmorey, Director, Laboratory for Language and Cognitive Neuroscience, and Professor of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, San Diego State University

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

Career Development Workshop: Career Enhancement

Career Boosters for Women and Minority Scientists

Career Development Workshop: Resources and Tools

National Science Foundation and Ethics Education in Science and Engineering

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

American Junior Academy of Sciences (AJAS) Poster Session
Open to all registrants

Climate Literacy, Day One
Open to all registrants

AAAS Committee

Meeting of the AAAS Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPP), Day One
By invitation only

1:30 PM-2:30 PM

Here Come the Science Festivals!

1:30 PM-3:00 PM

Symposium Track: Health, Medicine, and the Environment

A California Roadmap for Identifying Chemicals that Affect Breast Cancer Risk

Symposium Track: Science, Policy, and Economics

A Wobbly Three-Legged Stool: Science, Politics, and the Public

Symposium Track: Beyond the Classroom

Building Bridges Between Ocean Scientists, Educators, and Students

Symposium Track: Public Health and Wellness

Food Allergies: The Enemy Within

Seminar: Translational and Personalized Medicine

Genome Analyses and Sequencing To Advance Drug Discovery and Treatment

Symposium Track: Responding to Environmental Change

Greening Cities Through Media, Education, and Science

Symposium Track: Protecting Marine Resources

Limits to Sustainability of Coral Reef Fisheries

Symposium Track: Beyond the Classroom

Scientific Foundations for Future Physicians

Symposium Track: Cognitive Function and Development

Traumatic Brain Injury: The Violent and Silent Epidemic

Symposium Track: Physical Sciences Frontiers

What�s Next for the Net? The Internet of Things and Ubiquitous Computing

1:30 PM-4:30 PM

Symposium Track: Responding to Environmental Change

Algae for Food, Feed, Fiber, Freshwater, and Fuel

Symposium Track: Responding to Environmental Change

Co-Evolution of Science and Society for Sustainability Innovation

Symposium Track: Understanding Environmental Change

Dust in the Earth System

Symposium Track: Education in the Classroom

First-Person Solvers? Learning Mathematics in a Video Game

Symposium Track: Health, Medicine, and the Environment

Innate Immunity: Theme and Variations

Symposium Track: Communicating Science

Science Meets Society: Walking the Talk

Symposium Track: Physical Sciences Frontiers

The Arrow of Time

Symposium Track: Global Science and Policy

What Went Wrong with the Global Economy?

2:00 PM-4:00 PM

AAAS Affiliate

National Association of Academies of Science (NAAS) Delegates Forum
By invitation only

3:00 PM-3:30 PM

Exhibit Hall Coffee Break, Day One
Open to all registrants

3:00 PM-4:00 PM

Career Development Workshop: Personal Development

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender: On Campus and at Work

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

Career Development Workshop: Career Pathways

Getting Closer to the Clinic: Clinical and Translational Research Careers

3:30 PM-5:00 PM

Symposium Track: Energy Today and Tomorrow

Biofuels' Uncertain Future: Unraveling the Science and Politics of Indirect Land Use

Symposium Track: Protecting Marine Resources

Confronting Ocean Acidification: Options for Management and Policy

Symposium Track: Public Health and Wellness

Impact of Biomedical Progress on Health Span and Health Care of the Elderly

Symposium Track: Cognitive Function and Development

Language Processing for Science and Society

Symposium Track: Physical Sciences Frontiers

Managing the Exaflood: Enhancing the Value of Networked Data for Science and Society

Symposium Track: Energy Today and Tomorrow

Nuclear Waste Management: From Public Perception To Industrial Reality

Symposium Track: Science, Policy, and Economics

Speaking Scientific Truth to Power

Symposium Track: Public Health and Wellness

Tracking and Tracing Our Food Supply: The Way Forward

4:00 PM-6:00 PM

National Association of Science Writers (NASW) Mentorship Program Meeting
By invitation only

Poster Session: Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education
Open to all registrants

4:30 PM-5:30 PM

New NSF Partnership Creates Smarter Entertainment and More-Entertaining Science

5:00 PM-6:30 PM

AAAS Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion Reception
Open to all registrants

AAAS International Reception
Open to all registrants

AAAS Science and Human Rights Reception
Open to all registrants

AAAS Section G (Biological Sciences) Fellows Reception
By invitation only

AAAS Social Media Soiree
Open to all registrants

Reception Honoring the 25th Anniversary of Project 2061
Open to all registrants

5:30 PM-6:30 PM

Communicating Science in East Asia Reception
By invitation only

6:30 PM-7:30 PM

Carol W. Greider: Telomerase and the Consequences of Telomere Dysfunction
Daniel Nathans Professor and Director, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, and Professor of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD