Home

Symposia

Friday, 14 February 2014

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Symposium Track: Biology and Neuroscience

Addiction: Our Compulsions and Brain Reward Systems

Symposium Track: Medical Sciences and Public Health

Global Public Health Security: It Takes a Village

Symposium Track: Computer Science, Mathematics, and Statistics

Intelligent Context-Aware Systems for Healthcare, Wellness, and Assisted Living

Symposium Track: Computer Science, Mathematics, and Statistics

Outsourcing Science: Will the Cloud Transform Research?

Symposium Track: Sustainability and Resource Management

Securing Fisheries Through Novel Approaches: Opportunities of Genetics and Genomics

Symposium Track: Agricultural, Plant, and Food Sciences

Securing Food, Feed, and Fuel via Natural Diversity: Spotlight on the Maize Genome

8:30 AM-11:30 AM

Symposium Track: Education and Human Resources

Building National Capacity in Science Communication for STEM Graduate Students

Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy

From Dust and Gas to Disks and Planets

Symposium Track: Energy and Renewable Resources

Hydraulic Fracturing: Science, Technology, Myths, and Challenges

Symposium Track: Biology and Neuroscience

Non-Coding RNA in Development and Disease

Symposium Track: Anthropology, Culture, and Language

Talking to Kids Really Matters: Early Language Experience Shapes Later Life Chances

Symposium Track: Environment and Ecology

The Big Thaw: Impacts on Health of Marine Mammals and Indigenous People in the Arctic

Symposium Track: Innovation and Entrepreneurship

U.S. Looks to the Global Science, Technology, and Innovation Horizon

10:00 AM-11:30 AM

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Innovation in Global Health Research: Bridging the Knowledge-to-Action Divide

Symposium Track: Anthropology, Culture, and Language

Preserving Our Cultural Heritage: Science in the Service of Art

Symposium Track: Public Policy

Scholarly Publishing Innovations and Evolution: Views of the Stakeholders

Symposium Track: Biology and Neuroscience

Solitary Confinement: Legal, Clinical, and Neurobiological Perspectives

Symposium Track: Public Policy

Transplant Organ Shortage: Informing National Policies Using Management Sciences

Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs

What Do People Think about Science and Technology? U.S. and International Public Opinion

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

Symposium Track: Medical Sciences and Public Health

48 Hours To Save the World: Challenge of the Next Pandemic

Symposium Track: Energy and Renewable Resources

Chemistry and Materials Science of Solar Energy Utilization

Symposium Track: Biology and Neuroscience

Epigenetic Control of Brain and Behavior

Symposium Track: Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Nurturing Scientific Innovation and Entrepreneurship within the University Ecosystem

Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy

Optics and Photonics: An International Perspective

Symposium Track: Anthropology, Culture, and Language

Reconstructing and Deconstructing Paintings: Innovations At and Below the Surface

Symposium Track: Education and Human Resources

Use of Digital Games To Support Youth's Engagement with Science and Technology

Symposium Track: Education and Human Resources

Women Poised for Discovery and Innovation: Resolving the Remaining Hurdles

1:30 PM-4:30 PM

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Grand Challenges: Science and Technology Solutions for International Development

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Innovation and Collaboration at 17,500 MPH: The International Space Station Experience

Symposium Track: Energy and Renewable Resources

Making Power, Taking Power: Renewable Microgrids in National Electricity Strategies

Symposium Track: Anthropology, Culture, and Language

Neoracism and Scientific Racism in “Post-Racial” Societies

Symposium Track: Environment and Ecology

Research Challenges in Climate Change: What’s New and Where Are We Going?

Symposium Track: Sustainability and Resource Management

The Ocean Tracking Network: Global Innovation in Technology, Science, and Management

Symposium Track: Computer Science, Mathematics, and Statistics

Virtual Humans: Helping Facilitate Breakthroughs in Medicine

Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs

Where's My Flying Car? Science, Science Fiction, and a Changing Vision of the Future

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

Symposium Track: Education and Human Resources

Creating an Ecosystem for Science Learning In and Out of School

Symposium Track: Engineering, Industry and Technology

Emergency Response and Community Resilience via Engineering and Computational Advances

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Globally Shipped But What’s in the Box? Innovation for Better Container Security

Symposium Track: Biology and Neuroscience

Molecular Basis of Age-Related Susceptibility to Chemicals and Environmental Hazards

Symposium Track: Energy and Renewable Resources

Next Generation Electrical Energy Storage: Beyond Lithium Ion Batteries

Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy

Stars in the Laboratory: Fundamental Nuclear Physics at the National Ignition Facility

Symposium Track: Computer Science, Mathematics, and Statistics

The Importance of Recreational Mathematics in Solving Practical Problems

Symposium Track: Behavioral and Social Sciences

Using Social Science to Change Decisions and Improve Health Outcomes

Saturday, 15 February 2014

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Competing Universities Collaborate on Standard Metrics for Global Benchmarking

Symposium Track: Computer Science, Mathematics, and Statistics

Elections Through the Lens of Mathematics

Symposium Track: Biology and Neuroscience

New Insights into Animal Behavior: The Role of the Microbiome

Symposium Track: Innovation and Entrepreneurship

New North-South Funding for Fighting Poverty-Related Diseases

Symposium Track: Engineering, Industry and Technology

Open Science: Reducing Barriers to Scientific Breakthroughs

Symposium Track: Environment and Ecology

The Arctic Cocktail: Shaken, Not Stirred

Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy

The Physics of Information

8:30 AM-11:30 AM

Symposium Track: Agricultural, Plant, and Food Sciences

Biosciences for Farming in Africa

Symposium Track: Behavioral and Social Sciences

Building Babies: Development, Evolution, and Human Health

Symposium Track: Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Convergence Science: A Revolution for Health Solutions

Symposium Track: Behavioral and Social Sciences

How to Rebuild Informed Trust in Science: Insights from Social Sciences

Symposium Track: Engineering, Industry and Technology

Innovation in Community Deployment of Water Technologies

Symposium Track: Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Making the Best Use of Academic Knowledge in Innovation Systems

Symposium Track: Public Policy

Responsible Innovation in a Global Context

Symposium Track: Engineering, Industry and Technology

The Future of Cities: Dense or Dispersed?

Symposium Track: Engineering, Industry and Technology

U.S. National User Facilities: A Major Force for Discovery and Innovation

10:00 AM-11:30 AM

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Accelerating Innovation in the Middle East: Lessons for the Developing World

Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy

New Millimeter-Wavelength Insights into Galaxy Evolution in the Early Universe

Symposium Track: Education and Human Resources

Rebooting Our Approach to Increasing Indigenous STEM Participation: Lessons from Hawai`i

Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs

Stakeholder Engagement in Science: Strategies, Experiences, and Implications

Symposium Track: Public Policy

The Golden Goose Award: Highlighting the Value of Federal Support for Basic Research

Symposium Track: Sustainability and Resource Management

The Soils of Africa: A Forgotten Resource

Symposium Track: Biology and Neuroscience

Video Games, Brains, and Society

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

Symposium Track: Medical Sciences and Public Health

Inside Out: The Impact of Gut Flora on Diabetes and Obesity

Symposium Track: Sustainability and Resource Management

Making Products Sustainable as Materials Become Scarce

Symposium Track: Energy and Renewable Resources

Opportunities and Challenges for Nuclear Small Modular Reactors

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Risk-Based Standards for Cybersecurity: Global Challenges and Solutions

Symposium Track: Anthropology, Culture, and Language

Variability in Speech and Language in Individuals with Autism and Associated Traits

Symposium Track: Public Policy

Will the Workplace of Tomorrow Have Any Workers? Computing, Productivity, and Jobs

1:30 PM-4:30 PM

Symposium Track: Environment and Ecology

Agrobiodiversity and Global Change: New Linkages to Sustainability

Symposium Track: Medical Sciences and Public Health

Air Pollution as a Risk Factor for Central Nervous System Diseases and Disorders

Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy

Extremities of the Cosmos: New Experimental Results in Particle Astrophysics

Symposium Track: Agricultural, Plant, and Food Sciences

Innovative and Integrated Approaches To Reducing Malnutrition

Symposium Track: Energy and Renewable Resources

Is It Possible to Reduce 80% of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy by 2050?

Symposium Track: Behavioral and Social Sciences

Rhythmic Entrainment in Non-Human Animals: An Evolutionary Trail of Time Perception

Symposium Track: Education and Human Resources

STEM Education Policies and Policymaking: Pushing in the Same Direction

Symposium Track: Environment and Ecology

Santa's Revenge: The Impacts of Arctic Warming on the Mid-Latitudes

Symposium Track: Biology and Neuroscience

Synthetic Biology Approaches to New Chemistry

Symposium Track: Environment and Ecology

The Evolving Great Lakes: New Techniques, Discoveries, and Management Implications

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

Symposium Track: Education and Human Resources

Analogical Processes in STEM Learning

Symposium Track: Environment and Ecology

Canada’s Oil Sands: Environmental and Economic Dimensions

Symposium Track: Medical Sciences and Public Health

How Does Oral Health Fit in the Emerging Health Care Environment?

Symposium Track: Engineering, Industry and Technology

Innovations in Crystallography Meet Demands in Materials Science, Energy, and Health

Symposium Track: Medical Sciences and Public Health

Nexus of Cell Signaling and Drug Therapy: Oxygen, Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Nitrogen

Symposium Track: Behavioral and Social Sciences

Physiological and Cultural Foundations of Human Social Behavior

Symposium Track: Public Policy

Science Policy-Making that Meets Social Challenges and Motivates Scientists

Sunday, 16 February 2014

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Symposium Track: Environment and Ecology

Discovering Long-Term Climate Vulnerabilities at the Nature-Society Interface

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Focusing the Gender Lens on Science and Innovation: Improving Lives and Livelihoods

Symposium Track: Biology and Neuroscience

Intelligent Autonomous Robots: Biologically Inspired Engineering

Symposium Track: Computer Science, Mathematics, and Statistics

People and Computing: On Human-Computer Collaborations for Tackling Hard Problems

Symposium Track: Public Policy

Streamlining U.S. Visa and Immigration Policies

Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy

Targeting Tumors: Ion Beam Accelerators Take Aim at Cancer

Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs

Teen Cafés: Innovative Model for Effective Science Communication with Key Demographic

8:30 AM-11:30 AM

Symposium Track: Engineering, Industry and Technology

Discovery and Innovation in Science and Engineering Security Technologies

Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy

Exploring the Foundations of Magnetism with New Nanoscale Probes

Symposium Track: Behavioral and Social Sciences

Guns and Violence: Psychological, Economic, Political and Public Policy Implications

Symposium Track: Biology and Neuroscience

Inventing New Ways To Understand the Human Brain

Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs

Religious Communities, Science, Scientists, and Perceptions: A Comprehensive Survey

Symposium Track: Anthropology, Culture, and Language

Rethinking Repatriation of Human Remains: Is It Possible to Move Beyond Conflict?

Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy

Technological Innovations and Their Impact on Astronomical Discovery

Symposium Track: Education and Human Resources

Thinking Skills for the 21st Century: Teaching for Transfer

10:00 AM-11:30 AM

Symposium Track: Education and Human Resources

Beyond the Pipeline: New Strategies to Build a Competitive and Diverse Workforce

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Evaluating the Global Impact of Research Investments



Symposium Track: Biology and Neuroscience

Genetic and Epigenetic Determinants of Susceptibility to Toxicants

Symposium Track: Public Policy

Global Excellence: New Drivers and Innovative Solutions

Symposium Track: Medical Sciences and Public Health

Harnessing the Immune System: From Bench to Bedside and Back Again

Symposium Track: Engineering, Industry and Technology

Integrated Cellular Systems: Building Machines with Cells

Symposium Track: Sustainability and Resource Management

New Scenarios for Assessing Future Climate Change

Symposium Track: Biology and Neuroscience

Your Genome: To Share or Not To Share?

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

Symposium Track: Public Policy

Discovery and Innovation: What’s the Connection and Why Does It Matter?

Symposium Track: Behavioral and Social Sciences

Project Teams and Public Expenditures of Scientific Research: An International Comparison

Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy

Quantum Information Technologies

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Resolving Our Greatest Public Health Challenges via Science Diplomacy

Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs

Science Festivals as Regional Collaborations: Extending Resources by Working Together

Symposium Track: Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Understanding the Science Needed for Sustainable Urban Development

1:30 PM-4:30 PM

Symposium Track: Computer Science, Mathematics, and Statistics

Advances in Citizen Science: Large-Scale Community Engagement for Sensing and Analysis

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Challenges in Conducting Risk Based Technology Assessments Globally

Symposium Track: Environment and Ecology

Changing Earth and Eco Systems in the Antarctic Peninsula

Symposium Track: Anthropology, Culture, and Language

Comparative Advantage: Global Perspectives on Human Biology and Health

Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy

Dark Matter Discoveries: Challenges and Innovation

Symposium Track: Sustainability and Resource Management

Deep-Ocean Industrialization: A New Stewardship Frontier

Symposium Track: Energy and Renewable Resources

Nanoelectronics for Renewable Energy: How Nanoscale Innovations Address Global Needs

Symposium Track: Computer Science, Mathematics, and Statistics

Re-Identification Risk of De-Identified Data Sets in the Era of Big Data

Symposium Track: Education and Human Resources

The Central Role of Energy Concepts in K-12 Science Education

Symposium Track: Behavioral and Social Sciences

The Science of Resilient Aging

Symposium Track: Engineering, Industry and Technology

Unlocking the Power of Big Data by Integrating Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

Symposium Track: Public Policy

Air Quality and Climate Change: Science and Policy Challenges

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Building Global Partnerships: Sharing Discovery and Innovation, Safeguarding Difference

Symposium Track: Sustainability and Resource Management

Challenges and Opportunities in Transitioning Small-Scale Fisheries to Sustainability

Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs

Improvisation for Scientists: Making a Human Connection

Symposium Track: Education and Human Resources

Leveling the Playing Field: Why Cultural Relevance Matters in Computer Science

Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs

Securing the Future of Science: Using the Higgs to Inspire the Young

Monday, 17 February 2014

9:45 AM-11:15 AM

Symposium Track: Medical Sciences and Public Health

Approaches for Ensuring Children's Environmental Health Protection

Symposium Track: Medical Sciences and Public Health

Artificial Tissues Engineered To Improve Patient Well-being

Symposium Track: Public Policy

Decision-Making in the Public Domain: Boundary Processes as Catalysts for Innovation

Symposium Track: Environment and Ecology

Earth Observation Data Goes Open Access

Symposium Track: Behavioral and Social Sciences

Learning about People and Society via Analysis of Large-Scale Data on Human Activities

Symposium Track: Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Leveraging Resources, Organization, and Collaboration for Breakthrough Science

Symposium Track: Sustainability and Resource Management

New Modeling Approaches to Inform Climate Change Understanding and Decision-Making

Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs

Science, Religion, and Modern Physicists: New Studies

Symposium Track: Computer Science, Mathematics, and Statistics

Statistical Methods for Large Environmental Datasets

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Web-Based Technologies Change International Research Collaborations

9:45 AM-12:45 PM

Symposium Track: Medical Sciences and Public Health

Bio-Surveillance: The Interface of Biological, Physical, and Information Sciences

Symposium Track: Sustainability and Resource Management

Hazards: What Do We Build For?

Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs

Innovative Vehicles for Vetted Information in a Wiki World

Symposium Track: Anthropology, Culture, and Language

The Large Cognitive Implications of Small Languages