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Friday, February 15, 2013

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Symposium Track: Environment and Ecology

A Science and Art Interface: Geographic Information Systems and Remotely Sensed Images

Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs

Engaging Lay Publics in Museums on Provocative Societal Questions Related to Science

Symposium Track: Physical Sciences

Is Beauty Truth? Mathematics in Physics from Dirac to the Higgs Boson and Beyond

Symposium Track: Health and Pharmaceutical Science

Multi-Scale Study of Cancer

Symposium Track: Animal, Plant, and Food Sciences

Plant Viruses: Mutualists, Modulators, and Manipulators

Symposium Track: Materials Science and Chemistry

Quantum Sensors: Toward the Ultimate Limits

Symposium Track: Sustainability and Resource Management

Socio-Hydrology: Co-Evolution and Future of Human-Water Resource Systems

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

The Invisible Beauty: How Security Research Helped in Real Life, but Nobody Noticed

8:30 AM-11:30 AM

Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs

Artful Science

Symposium Track: Atmospheric, Hydrospheric, and Oceanic Sciences

Contributions of Citizen Scientists to Climate Science

Symposium Track: Education and Human Resources

For Scientists and Society: A New Vision of Chemistry Graduate Education

Symposium Track: Sustainability and Resource Management

Getting to Global Ecological Sustainability: Climate and Small-Planet Ethics

Symposium Track: Education and Human Resources

How K-12 Curriculum Reform Can and Will Affect University Studies

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Measurement of Economic and Social Impacts of Science and Technology Investments

Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs

New Tools to Engage Publics and Assess the Impact of Science Communication

Symposium Track: Animal, Plant, and Food Sciences

Power of New Generation Biotechnology To Transform Global Food Security

Symposium Track: Public Policy

Promoting Collaborative, Policy-Relevant Science: Learning from Fulbright

Symposium Track: Atmospheric, Hydrospheric, and Oceanic Sciences

U.S. Climate and Weather Extremes: Past, Present, and Future

10:00 AM-11:30 AM

Symposium Track: Animal, Plant, and Food Sciences

Fixing the Broken Tomato: What We Like and Why We Like It

Symposium Track: Environment and Ecology

Indigenous and Western Science: Collaborating for Better Research and Education

Symposium Track: Biological Science and Genomics

The Architecture of the Cell Nucleus

Symposium Track: Biological Science and Genomics

The Science of Uncertainty in Genomic Medicine

Symposium Track: Materials Science and Chemistry

Watching Atoms Move: From Structures to Dynamics to Mesoscale Processes

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

Symposium Track: Cognitive, Neural, and Social Sciences

Breakthroughs in Our Understanding of Primate Cognition and Psychopathology

Symposium Track: Public Policy

Getting What We Pay For: Incentives, Peer Review, and Conservatism in Science

Symposium Track: Physical Sciences

Mathematics of Tipping Points: Framework, Applications, and Prediction

Symposium Track: Health and Pharmaceutical Science

Monitoring and Assuring the Quality of Essential Medicines

Symposium Track: Education and Human Resources

Preparing Our Future Scientific Work Force to Ensure the Success of Science

Symposium Track: Health and Pharmaceutical Science

The Benefits of Randomized Experiments for Science and Society

Symposium Track: Anthropology, Culture, and Language

The Whole of Culture: Anthropology Back on Track

Symposium Track: Biological Science and Genomics

Visualizing Chemistry: Seeing Another Dimension of Plants and Animals

1:30 PM-4:30 PM

Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs

A New Social (Media) Contract for Science

Symposium Track: Public Policy

Convergence of Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences:  Next Innovation Economy

Symposium Track: Physical Sciences

Exploring Other Worlds and Seeing Our Own Anew

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Global Food Security in Relation to Climate, Population, Technology, and Earth Changes

Symposium Track: Biological Science and Genomics

Resurrected Ancestral Proteins: Fundamentals and Applications

Symposium Track: Health and Pharmaceutical Science

Scientific Advances and New Strategies for Reconstruction of Oral and Facial Tissues

Symposium Track: Physical Sciences

The Beauty and Utility of Scientific Images

Symposium Track: Anthropology, Culture, and Language

The Scars of Human Evolution

Symposium Track: Public Policy

The Science of Politics

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

Symposium Track: Education and Human Resources

Accelerating School Readiness and Cumulative Academic Performance: Birth to Age 10

Symposium Track: Health and Pharmaceutical Science

Clinical Trial and Error: Beauty and the Beast

Symposium Track: Atmospheric, Hydrospheric, and Oceanic Sciences

Electric Oceans: Finding the Space for Marine Renewable Energy in Crowded Waters

Symposium Track: Sustainability and Resource Management

Global Health and Environmental Impacts of E-Waste Recycling

Symposium Track: Environment and Ecology

Partners for the Earth: Scientists and Religious Groups Working for the Environment

Symposium Track: Health and Pharmaceutical Science

Stroke Research: New Concepts and Innovative Solutions

Symposium Track: Physical Sciences

Tiny But Mighty: Neutrinos and the New Frontiers of Science

Symposium Track: Public Policy

Understanding and Communicating Uncertainty in Climate Change Science

Symposium Track: Education and Human Resources

Where and How Are Research and Innovation Fostering Job Creation?

Saturday, February 16, 2013

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Symposium Track: Education and Human Resources

Animals on Exhibit

Symposium Track: Environment and Ecology

Converging on Climate Change: From Middens to Models, the Savannah to Snæfellsjökull

Symposium Track: Sustainability and Resource Management

Sustainable Chemical Manufacturing in a Resource-Limited World

Symposium Track: Cognitive, Neural, and Social Sciences

The Economic Costs of Crime and Justice in the United States

8:30 AM-11:30 AM

Symposium Track: Atmospheric, Hydrospheric, and Oceanic Sciences

Can Oceans Help Meet the Century's Looming Food Security Challenges?

Symposium Track: Physical Sciences

Compressive Sensing: Sensing Sparse Phenomena in Theory and Practice

Symposium Track: Sustainability and Resource Management

From Promise to Proof: How Ecosystem Service Science Is Transforming Real Decisions

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Lead: The Global Poison -- Humans, Animals, and the Environment

Symposium Track: Physical Sciences

Neutrinos: Nature's Smallest Surprises

Symposium Track: Biological Science and Genomics

New Frontiers in Single Molecule Detection and Single Cell Analysis

Symposium Track: Biological Science and Genomics

Personal Genetics: An Intersection Between Science, Society, and Policy

Symposium Track: Physical Sciences

Predictability: From Physical to Data Sciences

Symposium Track: Environment and Ecology

The Toxicological Impact of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill on Human and Wildlife Health

Symposium Track: Materials Science and Chemistry

Translation of Mussel Adhesion to Beneficial New Concepts and Materials

Symposium Track: Education and Human Resources

Undergraduate Science Education at a Crossroad: Responding to Research Findings

Symposium Track: Physical Sciences

Worldwide Progress Toward Fusion Energy

10:00 AM-11:30 AM

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

A Tale of Two Networks: Connecting the African Drylands, Rio de Janeiro, and Women

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Bridging the Gap Between Global Environmental Change Research and Development

Symposium Track: Physical Sciences

How Fundamental Computing Research Touches Everyday Lives

Symposium Track: Education and Human Resources

Increasing Diversity in Science: Learning from Successful Program Models

Symposium Track: Public Policy

Tales of the Unexpected: How Science Advisers Manage Uncertainty

Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs

The Beauty and Benefits of Escaping the Ivory Tower

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

Symposium Track: Public Policy

Capturing “Complicated Duality”: Evaluating the Outcomes and Impacts of Science

Symposium Track: Environment and Ecology

New Dimensions of Biodiversity Science and Application

Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs

Synthetic Biology and Public Perceptions: Communication and Engagement

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

The Role of Higher Education in Science Diplomacy: Possibilities and Potential Pitfalls

Symposium Track: Cognitive, Neural, and Social Sciences

Why Is Living Healthily So Difficult?

1:30 PM-4:30 PM

Symposium Track: Atmospheric, Hydrospheric, and Oceanic Sciences

Advancing the Frontiers of Understanding the Ocean and Its Role in the Earth System

Symposium Track: Public Policy

Can Exposure Science Quell the Furor over Environmental Endocrine Disruption?

Symposium Track: Cognitive, Neural, and Social Sciences

Computation, Computational Efficiency, and Cognitive Science

Symposium Track: Animal, Plant, and Food Sciences

Employing Cutting-Edge Plant Science To Address Global Issues that Threaten Mankind

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Future Earth: International Coordination of Research for Global Sustainability

Symposium Track: Biological Science and Genomics

How Symbiosis, Horizontal Gene Transfer, and Virolution Call for an Extended Synthesis

Symposium Track: Biological Science and Genomics

Innovations in Imaging

Symposium Track: Physical Sciences

Predictive Model of the Internal Combustion Engine

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Smart Phones, Smart Devices, Social Networks, and Smart Health Care

Symposium Track: Education and Human Resources

The 25th Anniversary of the First Collection in the History of Women in Science

Symposium Track: Animal, Plant, and Food Sciences

Transforming Productivity and Incomes of Poor Farm Households in the Developing World

Symposium Track: Physical Sciences

Understanding the Universe Through Images of the Cosmic Microwave Background

Symposium Track: Sustainability and Resource Management

Water Purification and Monitoring Under Minimal Resource Setting

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

Symposium Track: Biological Science and Genomics

A Decade After "Forensic Science: Oxymoron?": Will There Be Real Change?

Symposium Track: Anthropology, Culture, and Language

Beyond Color: How Human Skin Interacts with Our World

Symposium Track: Anthropology, Culture, and Language

Democratizing Science: Virtualization and Global Natural History Repositories

Symposium Track: Sustainability and Resource Management

Is the Future of Conservation at a Crossroads?

Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs

Wild Weather, Climate Change, and Media: Communicating Science, Uncertainty, and Impact

Sunday, February 17, 2013

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Symposium Track: Health and Pharmaceutical Science

Cultivating the Science and Scientists for 21st Century Drug Discovery and Development

Symposium Track: Environment and Ecology

Finding the Fault: Sampling the Source of the M9.0 Tohoku Earthquake

Symposium Track: Biological Science and Genomics

Interfacing with the Body Using Implants and Prostheses

Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs

Scientists’ Understanding of the Public

8:30 AM-11:30 AM

Symposium Track: Public Policy

Advanced Manufacturing: Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond

Symposium Track: Cognitive, Neural, and Social Sciences

Advances in Brain-Machine Interfaces: Applications and Implications

Symposium Track: Animal, Plant, and Food Sciences

Alternate Paths to Food Security: Making the Right Choices While Feeding the World

Symposium Track: Materials Science and Chemistry

Attosecond Science in Chemical, Molecular Imaging, Spintronics, and Energy Science

Symposium Track: Environment and Ecology

Building Resilience of Coastal Communities to Environmental and Institutional Shocks

Symposium Track: Public Policy

Effective Science for Community Adaptation to Climate Change

Symposium Track: Atmospheric, Hydrospheric, and Oceanic Sciences

Green Dreams, Blue Waves, and Shades of Gray: The Reality of Water

Symposium Track: Biological Science and Genomics

How Macro-Evolutionary Studies Call for an Extended Synthesis

Symposium Track: Public Policy

Role of Science in the American Democracy: Roots, Tensions, and Paths Forward

Symposium Track: Education and Human Resources

Science After School: Scientists Inspire the Next Generation Outside of the Classroom

Symposium Track: Environment and Ecology

Spatially Distributed Environmental Factors and Health Effects

Symposium Track: Public Policy

Toward Bridging the Duality of Science: Seed-Push, Issue-Driven, or "Encounter"?

Symposium Track: Physical Sciences

What's Hot in Cold

Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs

Writing About Science for the Public

10:00 AM-11:30 AM

Symposium Track: Environment and Ecology

A 50 Year Legacy: Why does Rachel Carson Matter?

Symposium Track: Health and Pharmaceutical Science

Pathways to Health Equity for Aboriginal Peoples

Symposium Track: Materials Science and Chemistry

Surprises at the Frontier of the Periodic Table: Novel Paradigms in Actinide Science

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Unreasonable Usefulness of Test-Ban Verification for Disaster Warning and Science

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

Symposium Track: Education and Human Resources

Engaging Students in Complex Science Learning via Games and Simulations

Symposium Track: Public Policy

Predicting Major Events and Planning for Hazards: An Art or Science?

Symposium Track: Cognitive, Neural, and Social Sciences

The Elusive Common Good: What Moral Psychology and Neuroscience Now Tell Us

Symposium Track: Biological Science and Genomics

The Invisible Revealing the Dangerously Beautiful

1:30 PM-4:30 PM

Symposium Track: Animal, Plant, and Food Sciences

Advancing Food Safety in a Global Marketplace

Symposium Track: Public Policy

Coal, Communities, Commerce, and China: A Nexus for the Sciences and Public Policy

Symposium Track: Education and Human Resources

Creating Interdisciplinary Competency-Based Curricula for Undergraduate Students

Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs

Creative and Participatory Methods in Climate Communication

Symposium Track: Health and Pharmaceutical Science

Engineering the Nervous System: Solutions to Restore Sight, Hearing, and Mobility

Symposium Track: Cognitive, Neural, and Social Sciences

Evidence from Music, Fiction, and Visual Arts: Transfer of Learning from the Arts?

Symposium Track: Biological Science and Genomics

Evolution of Giants: The Great Whales

Symposium Track: Animal, Plant, and Food Sciences

How Microbes Can Help Feed the World

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Networks of Discovery: Delivering Unsurpassed Insight into Changing Global Ecosystems

Symposium Track: Materials Science and Chemistry

Nucleic Acid Nanotechnology

Symposium Track: Education and Human Resources

Overcoming Dualisms and Promoting Minority Inclusion in Science Networks and Pipelines

Symposium Track: Physical Sciences

The Dark Matter of the Universe, Supersymmetry and Beyond

Symposium Track: Physical Sciences

The Mirror World of Antiatoms and Antimolecules

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

Symposium Track: Health and Pharmaceutical Science

Control Engineering of Brain in Health and Disease

Symposium Track: Environment and Ecology

Dynamics of Disasters: Harnessing the Science of Networks To Save Lives

Symposium Track: Environment and Ecology

Environmental Challenges and Adaptation in Cities

Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs

In the Eye of the Beholder: Engaging the Public in Societal Implications of Science

Monday, February 18, 2013

9:45 AM-11:15 AM

Symposium Track: Biological Science and Genomics

Dragons of the East: China’s Paleontological Riches

Symposium Track: Materials Science and Chemistry

Remembering Galileo: Lithium Ion Batteries, Atomic Clocks, and Other Stories

Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs

Science Festivals: Grand Experiments in Public Outreach

Symposium Track: Health and Pharmaceutical Science

Stem Cell–Based Bioartificial Tissues and Organs

Symposium Track: Public Policy

The Beauty, Benefits, and Challenges of Transformative Research

Symposium Track: Physical Sciences

The Higgs Boson: Past, Present, and Future

9:45 AM-12:45 PM

Symposium Track: Education and Human Resources

Benefits Beyond Beauty: Integration of Art and Design into STEM Education and Research

Symposium Track: Biological Science and Genomics

Confluence of Streams of Knowledge: Biotechnology and Nanotechnology

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Science from the International Space Station

Symposium Track: Atmospheric, Hydrospheric, and Oceanic Sciences

The National Climate Assessment: Draft Findings for 2013 and Sustaining the Process

Symposium Track: Cognitive, Neural, and Social Sciences

Understanding Memory: The Legacy of Case H.M.

Symposium Track: Sustainability and Resource Management

What Are the Roles of Knowledge Institutions in Sustainability?

Symposium Track: Sustainability and Resource Management

What Is Science’s Role in Developing Aquaculture as a Sustainable Use of the Ocean?

Symposium Track: Animal, Plant, and Food Sciences

Why a Calorie Is Not a Calorie and Why It Matters for Human Diets