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2011 AAAS Annual Meeting (17-21 February 2011)

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Friday, February 18, 2011

6:30 AM-8:00 AM

AAAS Sections

General Meeting of the Section Officers
Open to all Section Officers

7:30 AM-8:30 AM

Science Careers Speed Networking Breakfast
Open to all registrants

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Career Development Workshop: Communication Skills

Writing Scientific Papers in English: Tips and Resources

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Symposium Track: Emerging Science and Technology

Biological Role and Consequences of Intrinsic Protein Disorder

Symposium Track: Energy

Biorefinery: Toward an Industrial Metabolism

Symposium Track: Science and Society

Communication Outside the Box

Symposium Track: Sustainability

Data Cocktails for Biodiversity: Protected Area Management Without the Hangover

Symposium Track: Human Biology and Health

Evolutionary Personalized Medicine

Symposium Track: Emerging Science and Technology

Growth and Form in Mathematics, Physics, and Biology

Symposium Track: Education

Learning Research and Educational Practice: How Can We Make Better Connections?

Symposium Track: Emerging Science and Technology

Matter Wave Magic and Technology

Symposium Track: Security

New START and Nuclear Winter: Climatic Consequences of the Nuclear Weapons Agreement

Symposium Track: Global Collaboration

The Crowd and the Cloud: The Future of Online Collaboration

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

American Junior Academy of Science (AJAS) Breakfast with Scientists
By invitation only

8:00 AM-4:00 PM

Tweet and Meet (Friday)
Open to all registrants

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility
By invitation only

8:30 AM-11:30 AM

Symposium Track: Land and Oceans

Beyond Lines on Maps: Marine Spatial Planning for a Dynamic World

Symposium Track: Climate Change

Climate Change: Altering the Physics, Ecology, and Socioeconomics of Fisheries

Symposium Track: Human Biology and Health

Global Health Care: Advances and Challenges

Seminar: Body and Machine

Linking Mechanics, Robotics, and Neuroscience: Novel Insights from Novel Systems

Symposium Track: Sustainability

Mapping and Disentangling Human Decisions In Complex Human-Nature Systems

Symposium Track: The Science Endeavor

Perspectives on Research and Development in the President's FY 2012 Budget Request

Symposium Track: Brain and Behavior

Scientific and Ethical Issues for the Surgical Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders

9:00 AM-1:00 PM

Section Business Meeting

Engineering
Open to all registrants

9:30 AM-10:30 AM

Career Development Workshop: Career Pathways

Perspectives on Employment for or from Persons with Disabilities

10:00 AM-11:30 AM

Symposium Track: Education

Celebrating Marie Curie's 100th Anniversary of Her Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Symposium Track: Global Collaboration

Crossing Boundaries and Opening Borders: The European Research Council as Innovation

Symposium Track: Energy

Energy Efficiency in Europe and the United States: Success Stories and Future Potentials

Symposium Track: Science and Society

Evangelicals, Science, and Policy: Toward a Constructive Engagement

Symposium Track: Emerging Science and Technology

Mathematics and Collective Behavior

Symposium Track: The Science Endeavor

Measurements as a Cornerstone of Global Trade and Quality of Life

Symposium Track: Security

Reconciling National Security Requirements with Research and Education

Symposium Track: Global Collaboration

Role of U.S. Federal Agencies in Building Scientific Capacity in Developing Countries

Symposium Track: Science and Society

Science Without Borders and Media Unbounded: What Comes Next?

Symposium Track: Emerging Science and Technology

Sharper Images in Astronomy, Microscopy, and Vision Science Using Adaptive Optics

Symposium Track: Human Biology and Health

The Human Body as Supra-Organism, Microbial Observatory, and Ecosystem at Risk

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

AAAS Affiliate

AAAS Meeting of Affiliates
Open to all affiliate representatives

Section Business Meeting

Industrial Science and Technology
Open to all registrants

AAAS Affiliate

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

Section Business Meeting

Social, Economic, and Political Sciences
Open to all registrants

10:00 AM-5:00 PM

AAAS Exhibition, Day One

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

The Science of Comedy: Communicating with Humor (Friday)
Open to all registrants

11:00 AM-12:30 PM

Career Development Workshop: Career Enhancement

Advance Your Career and Apply Your SkillsTo Serve Society as a AAAS S&T Policy Fellow

11:30 AM-1:00 PM

AAAS Affiliate

Foundation for Science and Disability Meeting
Open to all registrants

12:00 PM-12:45 PM

G. Wayne Clough: Scientific Literacy — Where Are Our Forçados When We Need Them?
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution
Gerard Karsenty: Biology Without Walls: The Novel Endocrinology of Bone
Paul A. Marks Professor and Chair, Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical Center
Lisa Randall: Physics at the LHC: What's So Small to You is So Large to Me
Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science, Harvard University
Regina E. Dugan: Vision Without Execution Is Daydreaming: A Year of Investments, Risks, and Payoffs at DARPA
Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Subra Suresh: Collaboration and Competition: Each Requires Excellence
Director, National Science Foundation

12:00 PM-2:00 PM

Tribute to Stephen H. Schneider
Open to the public

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

Think Canada: Grants and Scholarships for Innovative Research
Open to all registrants

12:45 PM-2:15 PM

Career Development Workshop: Communication Skills

Face-to-Face with Public Audiences: Building Your Own Outreach Plan

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

Symposium Track: Global Collaboration

Cross-Border Responses to Global Challenges: Can Everybody Win?

Symposium Track: Science and Society

Earthwatch and the HSBC Climate Partnership: A Unique Citizen Science Model

Symposium Track: Global Collaboration

Education, Science, and Innovation as Tools for New Engagement with the Islamic World

Symposium Track: Education

Engaging Students in Undergraduate STEM Education with a Focus on Global Stewardship

Symposium Track: The Science Endeavor

Networks and Culture of Scientific and Technological Communities in Global Policy

Symposium Track: Security

Science and Policy for Environmental Security in the Asia-Pacific Region

1:00 PM-2:45 PM

NAAS Council of Science Academies
By invitation only

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

American Junior Academy of Sciences (AJAS) Poster Session

AAAS Committee

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

1:30 PM-4:30 PM

Symposium Track: Land and Oceans

2050: Will There Be Fish in the Ocean?

Symposium Track: Land and Oceans

Borlaug’s Impact on World Agriculture: Will There Be a Second Green Revolution?

Symposium Track: Climate Change

Comparing National Responses to Climate Change: Networks of Debate and Contention

Symposium Track: Brain and Behavior

Crossing Borders in Language Science: What Bilinguals Tell Us About Mind and Brain

Symposium Track: Human Biology and Health

Epigenetic Processes in Development: Gene-Environment Interplay

Symposium Track: Land and Oceans

GM Crop Regulations: Safety Net or Insurmountable Obstacle?”

Symposium Track: Education

Just-in-Time Support for Science Teaching: Web-Based Approaches

Seminar: Body and Machine

Mind and Machine: The Next Step in Neuroprosthetics and Brain-Computer Interfaces

Symposium Track: Energy

Portraits of the California Energy System in 2050: Cutting Emissions by 80 Percent

Symposium Track: Human Biology and Health

Reducing the Cost of Health Care Through Science and Engineering

Symposium Track: Sustainability

Telecoupling of Human and Natural Systems

Symposium Track: Emerging Science and Technology

Through the Looking Glass: Recent Adventures in Antimatter

2:00 PM-4:00 PM

Section Business Meeting

Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences
Open to all registrants

2:30 PM-3:00 PM

Exhibit Hall Coffee Break, Day One
Open to all registrants

2:30 PM-3:30 PM

Career Development Workshop: Career Pathways

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

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

Symposium Track: Science and Society

Doing Good with Good OR: Applying Operations Research for Societal Impact

Symposium Track: Land and Oceans

From Practice to Theory and Back: Ecosystem Services and Marine Spatial Planning

Symposium Track: Global Collaboration

International Territory: Science at Sea, Science in Space, and Science at the Poles

Symposium Track: The Science Endeavor

Solving the Weight of Evidence Problem: A Way Forward?

Symposium Track: Education

The Challenge of Teaching Evolution in the Islamic World

Symposium Track: Security

Using Quantitative Content Analysis To Assess the Likelihood of Terrorist Violence

3:00 PM-4:45 PM

AAAS Affiliate

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

3:00 PM-5:00 PM

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

3:30 PM-4:30 PM

Integrated Resources: A Competitive Advantage of U.S. Department of Energy Labs
Open to all registrants

4:00 PM-5:00 PM

Career Development Workshop: Career Pathways

Professional Science Master’s Degrees: Graduate Degrees for an Entrepreneurial Age

5:00 PM-6:00 PM

Plenary Lecture: John P. Holdren, Policy for Science, Technology, and Innovation in the Obama Administration: A Mid-Course Update
Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), and Co-Chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

6:00 PM-7:30 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
Communicating Science in East Asia Reception
By invitation only

6:30 PM-8:00 PM

Section Business Meeting

Neuroscience
Open to all registrants

7:00 PM-9:00 PM

Section Business Meeting

Agriculture, Food, and Renewable Resources
Open to all registrants

Section Business Meeting

Astronomy
Open to all registrants

Section Business Meeting

Chemistry
Open to all registrants

Section Business Meeting

Education
Open to all registrants

Section Business Meeting

Information, Computing, and Communication
Open to all registrants

Section Business Meeting

Linguistics and Language Science
Open to all registrants

Section Business Meeting

Mathematics
Open to all registrants

Section Business Meeting

Medical Sciences
Open to all registrants

Section Business Meeting

Pharmaceutical Sciences
Open to all registrants

Section Business Meeting

Physics
Open to all registrants

Section Business Meeting

Societal Impacts of Science and Engineering
Open to all registrants