2014 AAAS Annual Meeting (13-17 February 2014)

2014 AAAS Annual Meeting (13-17 February 2014)

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Friday, 14 February 2014

6:30 AM-8:15 AM

AAAS Sections

General Meeting of the Section Officers
Open to all Section Officers

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Career Development Workshop: Communication Skills

Scientists’ Role in Policymaking: Communicating How Legislation Affects Research

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

Seminar: Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and the Economy

New Business Models for Accelerating Biomedical Innovation

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

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

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

8:00 AM-4:30 PM

Presentation Rx Clinic (Day 2)
For speakers and moderators only

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

AAAS Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility
By invitation only

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

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Section Business Meeting

Pharmaceutical Sciences
Open to all registrants

9:15 AM-10:15 AM

Career Development Workshop: Career Management, Resources, and Tools

Knowing Your Worth: The Art (and Etiquette) of Negotiating a Job Offer

9:30 AM-12:30 PM

Section Business Meeting

Engineering
Open to all registrants

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

Seminar: Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and the Economy

Science-Driven Entrepreneurship: Determined Pursuit of Innovative Success

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

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

AAAS Affiliate

AAAS Meeting of Affiliates
Open to all affiliate representatives

AAAS Affiliate

Foundation for Science and Disability Meeting
Open to all registrants

NAAS Delegates Assembly
By invitation only

Section Business Meeting

Social, Economic, and Political Sciences
Open to all registrants

10:30 AM-11:30 AM

Career Development Workshop: Communication Skills

Bad Presentation Bingo: Please Lose this Science Communication Game

11:45 AM-12:45 PM

Build a Career in Japan!

Career Development Workshop: Career Pathways

Those Who Can, Teach! Explore Teaching at the College Level

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Edward Roberts: Entrepreneurial Impact of Science and Technology-Based Universities
David Sarnoff Professor of Management of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Heinrich Jaeger: Granular Matter: From Basic Questions to New Concepts and Applications
William J. Friedman and Alicia Townsend Professor of Physics, University of Chicago

12:00 PM-3:00 PM

Section Business Meeting

Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences
Open to all registrants

Section Business Meeting

Industrial Science and Technology
Open to all registrants

12:30 PM-2:00 PM

AAAS Affiliate

NAAS Council of Science Academies
By invitation only

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Career Development Workshop: Career Management, Resources, and Tools

Manage Your Online Profile, Maximize the Visibility of Your Work and Make an Impact!

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

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

AAAS Committee

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

American Junior Academy of Sciences (AJAS) Poster Session

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

Seminar: Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and the Economy

Organizing the Innovation System for Advanced Manufacturing

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

2:15 PM-3:15 PM

Career Development Workshop: Communication Skills

Getting Started in Social Media

Scientific Discovery, Exploration, and Innovation with Wolfram Technologies
Open to all registrants

2:30 PM-3:00 PM

Exhibit Hall Coffee Break, Day One
Open to all registrants

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

3:00 PM-5:00 PM

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

3:30 PM-4:30 PM

Career Development Workshop: Communication Skills

Sharing Science: Presenting Yourself and Your Work, Live

Communicating with The Naked Scientists: A Live Podcast
Open to the Public

5:00 PM-6:00 PM

Steven Chu: How Discovery and Innovation Can Meet Our Energy Challenge
Plenary Lecture

6:15 PM-7:30 PM

AAAS Awards Ceremony and Reception
Open to public

6:30 PM-8:30 PM

CRDF Global Reception
Open to all registrants

7:00 PM-7:30 PM

AAAS Section Q (Education) Fellows Reception
By invitation only

7:00 PM-8:30 PM

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

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

EuroScience Open Forum 2014 (ESOF 2014)
By invitation only

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

Linguistics and Language Science
Open to all registrants

Section Business Meeting

Neuroscience
Open to all registrants

Section Business Meeting

Societal Impacts of Science and Engineering
Open to all registrants

7:30 PM-9:30 PM

Section Business Meeting

Information, Computing, and Communication
Open to all registrants

Section Business Meeting

Mathematics
Open to all registrants

Section Business Meeting

Physics
Open to all registrants