2016 AAAS Annual Meeting (February 11-15, 2016)
2016 AAAS Annual Meeting (February 11-15, 2016)
Friday, February 12, 2016
6:30 AM-8:15 AM
AAAS Sections
8:00 AM-9:30 AM
Symposium Track: Environment, Ecology, and Climate Change
Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues
Symposium Track: Public Policy
Symposium Track: Medical Sciences and Public Health
Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues
Symposium Track: Engineering, Industry, and Technology
Symposium Track: Education
Seminar: Food Security
Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs
8:00 AM-10:00 AM
8:00 AM-5:00 PM
AAAS Committee
8:30 AM-4:30 PM
9:00 AM-10:00 AM
9:15 AM-10:15 AM
Career Development Workshop: Career Management, Resources, and Tools
9:30 AM-11:30 AM
Preparing Middle School Students for High School Biology: Introducing a New AAAS Curriculum Unit
Open to all registrants
Open to all registrants
9:30 AM-12:00 PM
Section Business Meeting
9:30 AM-12:30 PM
Section Business Meeting
Section Business Meeting
10:00 AM-11:30 AM
Symposium Track: Environment, Ecology, and Climate Change
Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues
Symposium Track: Environment, Ecology, and Climate Change
Seminar: Food Security
Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy
Symposium Track: Public Policy
Symposium Track: Medical Sciences and Public Health
Symposium Track: Environment, Ecology, and Climate Change
Symposium Track: Public Policy
Symposium Track: Public Policy
Symposium Track: Anthropology, Culture, and Language
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
AAAS Affiliate
Section Business Meeting
10:00 AM-2:00 PM
10:30 AM-11:30 AM
Career Development Workshop: Communication Skills
10:45 AM-12:45 PM
AAAS Affiliate
11:30 AM-12:00 PM
11:45 AM-12:45 PM
Career Development Workshop: Personal Development
12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Gary Machlis: The Near-Horizon Future of Science in National Parks
Science Advisor to the Director, U.S. National Park Service
Science Advisor to the Director, U.S. National Park Service
Thaisa Storchi Bergmann: Supermassive Black Holes and the Evolution of the Universe
Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
12:30 PM-1:30 PM
12:30 PM-4:30 PM
Introducing the Toward High School Biology Curriculum Unit: : A Workshop for Middle School Educators
By invitation only Pre-registration required
By invitation only Pre-registration required
1:00 PM-2:00 PM
Career Development Workshop: Career Pathways
1:00 PM-2:30 PM
Symposium Track: Engineering, Industry, and Technology
Symposium Track: Biology and Neuroscience
Symposium Track: Behavioral and Social Sciences
Symposium Track: Medical Sciences and Public Health
Seminar: Food Security
Symposium Track: Environment, Ecology, and Climate Change
Symposium Track: Public Policy
Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy
Symposium Track: International and Sustainable Development
1:00 PM-4:00 PM
AAAS Committee
1:30 PM-4:30 PM
Symposium Track: Engineering, Industry, and Technology
2:00 PM-2:30 PM
2:15 PM-3:15 PM
Career Development Workshop: Career Management, Resources, and Tools
2:30 PM-3:00 PM
3:00 PM-3:30 PM
3:00 PM-4:30 PM
Symposium Track: Education
Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs
Symposium Track: Public Policy
Symposium Track: Biology and Neuroscience
Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy
Symposium Track: Biology and Neuroscience
Symposium Track: Biology and Neuroscience
Symposium Track: Information Technology and Computing
Symposium Track: Environment, Ecology, and Climate Change
Symposium Track: Engineering, Industry, and Technology
3:00 PM-5:00 PM
3:30 PM-4:30 PM
4:00 PM-4:30 PM
5:00 PM-6:00 PM
Christopher Dye: A Problem Shared: Teaming Up to Fight Epidemic Diseases
Director of Strategy, Office of the Director General World Health Organization
Director of Strategy, Office of the Director General World Health Organization