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2013 AAAS Annual Meeting (14-18 February 2013)

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Saturday, February 16, 2013

7:00 AM-10:00 AM

Minority and Women Scientists and Engineers Networking Breakfast
By invitation only

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Career Development Workshop: Career Pathways

Navigating LGBT Issues in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)

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

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

AAAS Fellows Forum
By invitation only
Presentation Rx: A Drop-In Clinic for Speakers, Day Two
Open to all presenters by appointment

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

AAAS Committee

AAAS Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPP), Day Two
By invitation only

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

Seminar: Brain Function and Plasticity

The Connectome: From the Synapse to Brain Networks in Health and Disease

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

9:00 AM-11:00 AM

Section Business Meeting

Psychology
Open to all registrants

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Section Business Meeting

Dentistry and Oral Health Sciences
Open to all registrants

Section Business Meeting

Geology and Geography
Open to all registrants

9:15 AM-10:15 AM

Career Development Workshop: Career Pathways

Scientists and Engineers Working for Human Rights:Approaches to Effective Engagement

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

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

Section Business Meeting

Biological Sciences
Open to all registrants

Section Business Meeting

General Interest in Science and Engineering
Open to all registrants

Section Business Meeting

History and Philosophy of Science
Open to all registrants

Section Business Meeting

Industrial Science and Technology
Open to all registrants

Section Business Meeting

Statistics
Open to all registrants

10:00 AM-12:30 PM

Section Business Meeting

Anthropology
Open to all registrants

10:30 AM-11:00 AM

Conversation: Scientists and Engineers Working for Human Rights: Approaches to Effective Engagement

10:30 AM-11:30 AM

Career Development Workshop: Career Pathways

Learn How to Satisfy Entrepreneurial Career Cravings

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Future Directions for Graduate Education in Science and Engineering

11:00 AM-5:00 PM

Family Science Day and Meet the Scientists Series, Day One
Open to all registrants

11:30 AM-12:00 PM

Conversation: Learn How to Satisfy Entrepreneurial Career Cravings

11:45 AM-12:45 PM

Career Development Workshop: Communication Skills

Learning to e-Volve: Social Networking for Scientists

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Nina Jablonski: The Evolution and Meanings of Human Skin Color
Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University
Richard Alley: Ice Sheets, Sea Level, and Other Surprises: Benefits of Understanding Some Beautiful Places
Evan Pugh Professor, Department of Geosciences, and Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Pennsylvania State University
SARTON LECTURE: Silvan Schweber: Hans Bethe and Physics in the 20th Century
Emeritus Professor of Physics and Richard Koret Professor in the History of Ideas, Brandeis University

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

NTU: World's 4th in Ranking of Young Elite Universities

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Career Development Workshop: Communication Skills

Secrets of a Science Communicator II: Finding Your Story

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

Seminar: Brain Function and Plasticity

Old Dogs, New Tricks: How Plastic Is the Adult Human Brain?

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?

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

AAAS Student Poster Competition
National Association of Science Writers (NASW) Internship Fair
Closed meeting

1:30 PM-2:00 PM

Conversation: Mass Media Fellowship for Scientists and Engineers

1:30 PM-4:30 PM

AJAS Oral Presentations: Animal Science and Behavioral Science
Open to all registrants
AJAS Oral Presentations: Cellular Science
Open to all registrants
AJAS Oral Presentations: Chemistry and Biochemistry
Open to all registrants
AJAS Oral Presentations: Creativity and Innovation
Open to all registrants
AJAS Oral Presentations: Engineering
Open to all registrants
AJAS Oral Presentations: Environmental Science and Earth Science
Open to all registrants
AJAS Oral Presentations: Medicine
Open to all registrants
AJAS Oral Presentations: Microbiology
Open to all registrants
AJAS Oral Presentations: Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science
Open to all registrants
AJAS Oral Presentations: Plant Science and Environmental Sciences
Open to all registrants

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

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

NSF News You Can Use

2:15 PM-3:15 PM

Career Development Workshop: Career Management, Resources, and Tools

Funding Opportunities in Europe for Creative Minds from Anywhere in the World

2:30 PM-3:00 PM

Conversation: Entry Point: Internships for Science and Engineering Students with Disabilities
Exhibit Hall Coffee Break, Day Two
Open to all registrants

2:30 PM-3:30 PM

AAAS Governance

Committee on Council Affairs: Open Hearing
Open to all registrants

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?
Science Librarians Orientation
Open to all registrants

Seminar: Brain Function and Plasticity

Teaching the Brain to Speak Again: New Frontiers in Trauma and Stroke Recovery

Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs

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

3:30 PM-4:00 PM

Conversation: Funding Opportunities in Europe for Creative Minds from Anywhere in the World

3:30 PM-4:30 PM

Career Development Workshop: Communication Skills

Storytelling in Science; Science in Storytelling

3:30 PM-5:00 PM

AAAS Governance

Committee on Council Affairs: Closed Hearing
Closed meeting

5:00 PM-6:00 PM

Nathan Myhrvold: Science in the Kitchen
Plenary Lecture

6:30 PM-8:00 PM

AAAS Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPP) and AAAS Science Technology Policy Fellowships Reception
By invitation only
AAAS International Reception
Open to all registrants
AAAS Social Media Soiree
Open to all registrants
AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books Reception
By invitation only
Union of Concerned Scientists Reception
Open to all registrants

8:00 PM-10:00 PM

Annals of Improbable Research
Open to all registrants