2016 AAAS Annual Meeting (February 11-15, 2016)
February 10 - 15, 2016
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Friday, February 12, 2016
8:00 AM-9:30 AM
Symposium Track: Environment, Ecology, and Climate Change
Advancing Knowledge of Global Amphibian Decline with International Collaboration
Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues
Arctic Research as a Model for Responsible International Collaboration
Symposium Track: Public Policy
Federal Science and the Public Good: U.S. Agency Science-Based Decision-Making
Symposium Track: Medical Sciences and Public Health
New and Emerging Tobacco Products: Biomarkers of Exposure and Injury
Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues
Refugee Migrations
Symposium Track: Engineering, Industry, and Technology
Rethinking Sustainable Housing in Sub-Saharan Africa
Symposium Track: Education
Team Science and Convergence: Implications for Education
Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs
Using Humor to Address Serious Topics
10:00 AM-11:30 AM
Symposium Track: Environment, Ecology, and Climate Change
Empowering Environmental Research, Education, and Outreach in Congo Basin Forests
Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues
Engaging LGBT Scientists in the U.S. and Abroad
Symposium Track: Environment, Ecology, and Climate Change
Finding the Balance: Collaboration on Social-Ecological Tipping Points
Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy
Ghost Hunters: The Search for New Types of Neutrinos
Symposium Track: Public Policy
Grand Visions for the Future of U.S. Science in a New Global Era
Symposium Track: Medical Sciences and Public Health
Lessons from the Ebola Outbreak: Designing Vaccine Trials for Emerging Diseases
Symposium Track: Environment, Ecology, and Climate Change
Living with Earthquakes: Causes, Early Warning, and Damage Mitigation
Symposium Track: Public Policy
Overcoming Barriers to Technology Innovation in Established Economic Sectors
Symposium Track: Public Policy
Peer Review for Public Trust
Symposium Track: Anthropology, Culture, and Language
Rethinking Child Language Disorders: Insights from Sign Language Research
1:00 PM-2:30 PM
Symposium Track: Engineering, Industry, and Technology
Accelerating Energy-Climate Innovation
Symposium Track: Biology and Neuroscience
Discovery and Development of the CRISPR-Cas Genome Editing Technology
Symposium Track: Behavioral and Social Sciences
Going Public: How Science Communicators Can Break Through the Noise
Symposium Track: Medical Sciences and Public Health
Improving Cancer Patient Care: Trade-Offs Between Efficacy and Toxicity
Symposium Track: Environment, Ecology, and Climate Change
Sea Level Rise in a Warming World: Past is Prologue
Symposium Track: Public Policy
The Global Impact of Violence Against Children: Economic, Health, and Policy Perspectives
Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy
Where Did Most of the Universe Go? Searching for Dark Matter
Symposium Track: International and Sustainable Development
Win-Win or Lose-Lose: Poverty, Human Health, and Environmental Quality
1:30 PM-4:30 PM
Symposium Track: Engineering, Industry, and Technology
Global Science-Driven Entrepreneurship: Determined Pursuit of Innovative Success
3:00 PM-4:30 PM
Symposium Track: Education
Advancing Science Through Afterschool STEM: Making the Case with Evidence
Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs
Bridging the Science-Society Gap in Africa
Symposium Track: Public Policy
Childhood Stunting: Policy Solutions to Address a Global Burden with Long-Term Impacts
Symposium Track: Biology and Neuroscience
Global Response to Human Gene Editing
Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy
Megascience Global Projects Seeded in Europe, Asia, and the United States
Symposium Track: Biology and Neuroscience
Neuroplasticity: Insights in Neuronal Connectivity Illuminate Brain Function
Symposium Track: Biology and Neuroscience
Oral Cancer: Epidemiology, Mechanisms, and Early Detection
Symposium Track: Information Technology and Computing
The Confluence of Computing and Society: Emerging Themes in Socio-Technical Systems
Symposium Track: Environment, Ecology, and Climate Change
The National Park System: A National Scientific Asset
Symposium Track: Engineering, Industry, and Technology
X-Ray Imaging Innovations for Biomedicine
Saturday, February 13, 2016
8:00 AM-9:30 AM
Symposium Track: Information Technology and Computing
Citizen Science and Information Technology: Engaging People for a Better Planet
Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues
Iran: Science Cooperation in a Post-Sanctions Era
Symposium Track: Biology and Neuroscience
Neuroscience Clues to the Chemistry of Addictions and Mood Disorders
Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy
Planet Formation Seen with Radio Eyes
Symposium Track: Medical Sciences and Public Health
Public Health Epigenomics: Integrating Environment and Human Health
Symposium Track: Engineering, Industry, and Technology
Smart Materials for Sustainable Infrastructure: Self-Healing Concrete and Asphalt
Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues
Statisticians Building Global Science Capacity and Infrastructure
Symposium Track: International and Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development Goals: Paths Forward
Symposium Track: Food and Water Resources
Unlocking Plant Genetic Diversity for Food and Nutritional Security
10:00 AM-11:30 AM
Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs
A Global Village of Public Engagement in Science
Symposium Track: Environment, Ecology, and Climate Change
Biodiversity, Scientists, and Religious Communities: Conservation Through Collaboration
Symposium Track: Public Policy
Future Directions for International Science Advice
Symposium Track: Education
Incorporating Responsible Science into Academic Curricula
Symposium Track: Behavioral and Social Sciences
Is the Risk of Alzheimer’s and Dementia Declining? Evidence From Around the World
Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues
Limiting our Planet's Nitrogen Footprint
Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy
Radio Astronomy on Three Continents: First Stars and the Epoch of Reionization
Symposium Track: Environment, Ecology, and Climate Change
Tsunamis: An International Hazard
Symposium Track: Environment, Ecology, and Climate Change
Unmanned Autonomous Systems for Climate and Environmental Research
1:00 PM-2:30 PM
Symposium Track: Public Policy
A War on Science? Vaccines, Climate Change, GMOs, and the Role of Science
Symposium Track: Food and Water Resources
Climate, Water, and the American Indian Farmer
Symposium Track: Education
Enabling Effective Climate Literacy with Collective Impact
Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy
Mapping the Northern and Southern Skies: Diversity and Research Capacity for Global Astronomy
Symposium Track: Engineering, Industry, and Technology
Promoting Global Science, Technology, and Innovation Entrepreneurship: Best Practices
Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues
Smart Cities: Utopia for Data Collection?
Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues
Statecraft and Scalpel: Regional and Global Health Diplomacy
1:30 PM-4:30 PM
Symposium Track: Education
After the Dover Intelligent Design Trial: Law, Politics, and Education
Symposium Track: Anthropology, Culture, and Language
Bilingualism Matters
Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs
Maker Culture and Creativity: The Global Maker Movement
Symposium Track: Medical Sciences and Public Health
The Impact of Convergence on Innovation Across Sectoral and Global Boundaries
3:00 PM-4:30 PM
Symposium Track: Information Technology and Computing
New Science Roadmaps for Global Research
Symposium Track: International and Sustainable Development
Accelerating Africa’s Scientific Transformation
Symposium Track: Behavioral and Social Sciences
Aligning Publishing Incentives with Research Transparency and Integrity
Symposium Track: Biology and Neuroscience
Artificial Intelligence: Imagining the Future
Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy
Astroparticle Physics: Unraveling Mysteries of the Universe
Symposium Track: Food and Water Resources
Global Science to Protect Our Global Farm
Symposium Track: Behavioral and Social Sciences
Interpersonal Violence and Conflict Escalation: Situational Dynamics
Symposium Track: Environment, Ecology, and Climate Change
Sea Level Rise: Human and Scientific Challenges
Symposium Track: Medical Sciences and Public Health
The Burden of Disease From Air Pollution
Sunday, February 14, 2016
8:00 AM-9:30 AM
Symposium Track: Engineering, Industry, and Technology
Cleaner Energy Solutions: What Can 21
st
Century Large-Scale Physics Deliver?
Symposium Track: Information Technology and Computing
Emergence of Intelligent Machines: Challenges and Opportunities
Symposium Track: Medical Sciences and Public Health
Fighting Cancer and Chronic Infections with T Cell Therapy: Promise and Progress
Symposium Track: Public Policy
Fostering Integrity in Science: An Action Agenda
Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs
GeoJournalism: Telling the Story of Science with Data, Maps, and Sensors
Symposium Track: Anthropology, Culture, and Language
Global Variation in Health and Aging: Cultural Contexts and Quality of Life
Symposium Track: Anthropology, Culture, and Language
I Can’t Hear Myself Think! Noise and the Developing Brain from Infancy to Adulthood
Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy
James Webb Space Telescope: Building a Global Observatory
Symposium Track: International and Sustainable Development
Mathematics Making a Difference in Africa
Symposium Track: Medical Sciences and Public Health
Measles Vaccination: Global Challenges
Symposium Track: Food and Water Resources
Pathogens Without Borders
10:00 AM-11:30 AM
Symposium Track: Education
Building a Transdisciplinary Science Workforce to Meet Contemporary Health Challenges
Symposium Track: Food and Water Resources
Climate Change and Agriculture: Revisiting the Evidence and Potential Solutions
Symposium Track: Environment, Ecology, and Climate Change
Creating Resilient Cities in the Face of Global Sea Level Rise
Symposium Track: Engineering, Industry, and Technology
Does Hydraulic Fracturing Allow Gas to Reach Drinking Water?
Symposium Track: Education
Mathematics and Music
Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues
SESAME: A Scientific Source of Light in the Middle East
Symposium Track: Anthropology, Culture, and Language
The Science of Human Evolution in Africa
Symposium Track: Behavioral and Social Sciences
Trying on Identities: Science Engagement of Adolescents
Symposium Track: Anthropology, Culture, and Language
Understanding Speakers of 7,000 Languages
Symposium Track: Behavioral and Social Sciences
Virtues of U.S. Scientists Guiding Scientific Practice
Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs
What Scientists Think About Public Engagement: New Data, Insights, and Directions
1:00 PM-2:30 PM
Symposium Track: International and Sustainable Development
Enhancing African STEM Research and Capacity with International Collaboration
Symposium Track: Environment, Ecology, and Climate Change
Global Soil Biodiversity: A Common Ground for Sustainability
Symposium Track: Behavioral and Social Sciences
How the Body Shapes the Mind
Symposium Track: Public Policy
Integrating Science into Policymaking: What Works and Why
Symposium Track: Education
Meeting Global Climate Goals with Energy Education
Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues
Toward a Sustainable Future in the Middle East: Building Scientific Collaborations
Symposium Track: Behavioral and Social Sciences
U.S. and Global Public Opinion on Science and Technology Issues
1:30 PM-4:30 PM
Symposium Track: Environment, Ecology, and Climate Change
Dynamic Relationship Between Mountain Glaciers and Climate Change
Symposium Track: Anthropology, Culture, and Language
Evolutionary Biology Impacts on Medicine and Public Health
Symposium Track: Biology and Neuroscience
From Toxins to Culture: How Environment Shapes the Infant Brain
3:00 PM-4:30 PM
Symposium Track: Biology and Neuroscience
At a Loss for Words, or Losing Your Mind? New Views on Language Problems in Aging
Symposium Track: Food and Water Resources
Food Systems: Building Resilience and Partnering Across Sectors
Symposium Track: Public Policy
Forensic Sciences: Toward a Stronger Scientific Framework
Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues
Library of Alexandria and Global Research Engagement
Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs
Science in Unexpected Places: Innovative Ways to Engage the Public
Symposium Track: Engineering, Industry, and Technology
The Global Energy Landscape: 2050 and Beyond
Symposium Track: International and Sustainable Development
Using Biodiversity Science for Conservation and Development
Monday, February 15, 2016
9:00 AM-10:30 AM
Symposium Track: Medical Sciences and Public Health
Advancing Assistive Devices Through Global Olympic-Style Competition
Symposium Track: Environment, Ecology, and Climate Change
Air Pollution, Climate Change, and Policy in Asia
Symposium Track: Environment, Ecology, and Climate Change
Global Urban Ecology Research: Addressing Novelty, Equity, and Uncertainty
Symposium Track: Information Technology and Computing
Massively-Collaborative Global Research in Mathematics and Science
Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues
Open Science: Global Perspectives and Prospects
Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs
Opinion Writing: Strategies for Persuasive Public Communication
Symposium Track: Information Technology and Computing
Public-Private Partnerships to Accelerate Innovation in Intelligence Analysis
Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy
Space Weather: A Low Frequency, High Impact Space Age Hazard
