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2016 AAAS Annual Meeting (February 11-15, 2016)

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Sunday, February 14, 2016

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Symposium Track: Engineering, Industry, and Technology

Cleaner Energy Solutions: What Can 21st Century Large-Scale Physics Deliver?

Symposium Track: Information Technology and Computing

Emergence of Intelligent Machines: Challenges and Opportunities

Seminar: Protecting Cultural Heritage Sites and Artifacts

Faked or Changed? Using Science to Reconstruct Object Biography

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

9:00 AM-11:00 AM

AAAS Affiliate

Librarians Session: Association of College and Research Libraries
Open to all registrants

9:00 AM-12:30 PM

AAAS Governance

AAAS Council Meeting
Open to all registrants

9:15 AM-10:15 AM

Career Development Workshop: Career Pathways

Applying Science for Society: Opportunities at the Intersection of Science and Policy

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

Seminar: Protecting Cultural Heritage Sites and Artifacts

Cultural Heritage Destruction: Evidence and Emergency Responses

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

10:00 AM-1:00 PM

Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon, Sunday Morning
Open to all registrants

10:30 AM-11:30 AM

Career Development Workshop: Personal Development

Engaging Public Groups in Your Research

10:30 AM-1:00 PM

General Poster Session Sunday Morning
Student Poster Competition Sunday Morning

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Make Your Case: How to Be an Advocate for Science
Open to all registrants

11:00 AM-4:00 PM

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

11:45 AM-12:45 PM

Career Development Workshop: Career Pathways

Expanding Potential: Overcoming Challenges of Underrepresented STEM Groups

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

JOHN P. McGOVERN AWARD LECTURE IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES: Elizabeth Spelke: Origins of Knowledge
Professor of Psychology, Harvard University
SARTON MEMORIAL LECTURE IN THE HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE: David Kaiser: Einstein’s Legacy: Studying Gravity in War and Peace
Germeshausen Professor of the History of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Samuel Wasser: Forensic Science, Organized Crime, and the Illegal Ivory Trade: The Elephant in the Room
Endowed Chair and Director, Center for Conservation Biology, University of Washington

12:00 PM-2:00 PM

AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellowship Luncheon
By invitation only

12:30 PM-1:00 PM

Federal R&D Spending: An S&T Forum Preview
Open to all registrants

1:00 PM-1:30 PM

AAAS Short Films, Day Two
Open to all registrants

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Career Development Workshop: Communication Skills

Effective Science Communication Strategies: Overcoming Your Expert Blind Spot
Fellow and Early Career Speed Mentoring
Open to all registrants

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

Seminar: Protecting Cultural Heritage Sites and Artifacts

Preserving World Heritage and Transforming Global Manufacturing with 3-D Scanning

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
Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon, Sunday Afternoon

2:00 PM-2:30 PM

Connect and Collaborate: Trellis, the Online Platform for Scientific Communication
Open to all registrants

2:00 PM-4:30 PM

AAAS Sections

Planning Meeting for the 2017 AAAS Annual Meeting
Open to all Section Officers

2:15 PM-3:15 PM

Reality 2.0: A Concept for Understanding the Ecosystem of Societal Functions

2:30 PM-3:00 PM

Exhibit Hall Coffee Break, Day Three
Open to all registrants

2:30 PM-5:00 PM

General Poster Session Sunday Afternoon
Student Poster Competition Sunday Afternoon

3:00 PM-4:00 PM

Project 2061: Developing Next Generation Curriculum and Assessment Resources for K-12 Science Education
Open to all registrants

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

3:00 PM-5:00 PM

LGBTQ+ Scientists Reception
Open to all registrants

5:00 PM-6:00 PM

Jad Abumrad
Host and Producer Radiolab

6:30 PM-8:00 PM

AAAS Council and Section Officer Reception
By invitation only
Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas Reception
Open to all registrants

6:30 PM-8:30 PM

My Love Affair with the Brain
Open to all registrants