2017 AAAS Annual Meeting (February 16-20, 2017)

Friday, February 17, 2017

6:30 AM-8:15 AM

AAAS Sections

General Meeting of the Section Officers
Open to all registrants

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Symposium Track: Agriculture and Food

Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy

Symposium Track: Public Policy

Symposium Track: Biology and Neuroscience

Seminar: Gene Editing: Science and Policy Implications

Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Symposium Track: Public Policy

Symposium Track: Education and Workforce

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

8:30 AM-4:30 PM

AAAS Committees

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

Career Development Workshop: Career Pathways

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

AAAS Section Business Meetings

AAAS Section Business Meetings

Pharmaceutical Sciences
Open to all registrants

9:00 AM-4:30 PM

9:30 AM-10:00 AM

Friday Morning Coffee Break
Open to all registrants

9:30 AM-11:30 AM

9:30 AM-12:30 PM

AAAS Section Business Meetings

Engineering
Open to all registrants

9:30 AM-4:30 PM

10:00 AM-11:30 AM

Symposium Track: Anthropology, Culture, and Language

Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs

Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy

Symposium Track: Engineering, Industry, and Technology

Symposium Track: Public Policy

Symposium Track: Public Policy

Symposium Track: Agriculture and Food

Symposium Track: Environment and Ecology

Symposium Track: Medical Sciences and Public Health

Seminar: Gene Editing: Science and Policy Implications

Symposium Track: Education and Workforce

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

AAAS Affiliates

AAAS Meeting of Affiliates
By Invitation Only

AAAS Section Business Meetings

10:30 AM-10:45 AM

The Technology of the Future: Flash Talks

10:30 AM-11:30 AM

Career Development Workshop: Communication Skills

10:45 AM-11:00 AM

The Technology of the Future: Flash Talks

10:45 AM-2:30 PM

AAAS Affiliates

11:00 AM-11:15 AM

The Technology of the Future: Flash Talks

11:00 AM-4:00 PM

Science Careers Job Fair
Open to all registrants

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Henry L. Roediger, III: Making It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis John P. McGovern Award Lecture in the Behavioral Sciences
Alta Charo: Human Gene Editing: Recommendations from U.S. National Academies
Warren P. Knowles Professor of Law and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Daniel Nocera: Global Energy Challenge: Solutions from Science to Technology Transition
Patterson Rockwood Professor of Energy, Harvard University

Career Development Workshop: Communication Skills

Career Development Workshop: Career Management, Resources, and Tools

12:00 PM-3:00 PM

AAAS Section Business Meetings

Industrial Science and Technology
Open to all registrants

12:00 PM-4:30 PM

Share Your Science, Day One
Open to all registrants

12:00 PM-5:00 PM

AAAS Committees

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

Symposium Track: Information Technology and Computing

Seminar: Gene Editing: Science and Policy Implications

Symposium Track: Environment and Ecology

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Symposium Track: Climate Change

Symposium Track: Biology and Neuroscience

Symposium Track: Agriculture and Food

Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy

Symposium Track: Information Technology and Computing

1:00 PM-3:00 PM

1:30 PM-1:45 PM

Communicating Science Stories: Flash Talks

1:30 PM-2:30 PM

Career Development Workshop: Career Enhancement

1:30 PM-4:30 PM

1:45 PM-2:00 PM

Communicating Science Stories: Flash Talks

2:00 PM-2:15 PM

Communicating Science Stories: Flash Talks

2:30 PM-3:00 PM

Friday Afternoon Tea and Coffee Break
Open to all registrants

3:00 PM-4:00 PM

Career Development Workshop: Career Pathways

Career Development Workshop: Communication Skills

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs

Symposium Track: Engineering, Industry, and Technology

Symposium Track: Medical Sciences and Public Health

Symposium Track: Biology and Neuroscience

Symposium Track: Climate Change

Symposium Track: Climate Change

Symposium Track: Climate Change

Seminar: Gene Editing: Science and Policy Implications

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Symposium Track: Behavioral and Social Sciences

Symposium Track: Public Policy

3:00 PM-5:00 PM

4:00 PM-5:00 PM

5:00 PM-6:00 PM

Naomi Oreskes: The Scientist as Sentinel
Professor of the History of Science Harvard University

6:30 PM-7:45 PM

AAAS Awards Ceremony and Reception
Open to all registrants

7:00 PM-7:30 PM

7:00 PM-8:30 PM

AAAS Anthropology Section Reception
Open to all registrants

7:30 PM-9:30 PM

AAAS Section Business Meetings

AAAS Section Business Meetings

Astronomy
Open to all registrants

AAAS Section Business Meetings

Chemistry
Open to all registrants

AAAS Section Business Meetings

Education
Open to all registrants

AAAS Section Business Meetings

AAAS Section Business Meetings

Linguistics and Language Science
Open to all registrants

AAAS Section Business Meetings

Mathematics
Open to all registrants

AAAS Section Business Meetings

Neuroscience
Open to all registrants

AAAS Section Business Meetings

Physics
Open to all registrants

AAAS Section Business Meetings