Wednesday, 16 February
Thursday, 17 February
Friday, 18 February
Saturday, 19 February
Sunday, 20 February
Monday, 21 February

Sunday, 20 February

7:30AM-8:30AM
SEMINAR

• Forum for School Science: Policies for Practice: National, Statewide and Local (Breakfast)
  Marriott Wardman Park, Mezzanine Level, Wilson C
  By invitation only

7:30AM-9:30AM
AAAS COMMITTEE

• Mass Media Science and Engineering Breakfast
  Marriott Wardman Park, Mezzanine Level, Harding
  By invitation only

8:00AM-5:00PM
AAAS AFFILIATES

• AWIS Executive Board Meeting, Day Two
  Marriott Wardman Park, Wardman Tower, Nathan Hale
  Closed meeting

8:30AM-9:00PM
SPECIAL EVENTS

• World Year of Physics Activities
  Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
  

8:30AM-10:00AM
SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIA

• Einstein in Historical and Philosophical Perspective
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Marriott Ballroom Salon 2
• Emerging Approaches for Expanding Access to Scientific Data
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Marriott Ballroom Salon 1
• Finding and Keeping Graduate Students in the Mathematical Sciences
  Omni Shoreham Hotel, Lobby Level, Congressional A
• From Wildfires to Paleoceanography: Visualizing the Three- and Four-Dimensional World
  Omni Shoreham Hotel, Level 2B, Empire
• Internationalizing the Public Understanding of Research: Emerging Collaborations Between Japan and the United States
  Marriott Wardman Park, Mezzanine Level, Wilson B
• Public Perceptions of Biotechnology in 10 Countries
  Omni Shoreham Hotel, Lobby Level, Congressional B
• Rethinking High School Science Education
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Virginia Suite B
• What Cousteau Never Knew About Whales: New Technologies Reveal Surprising Tales
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Virginia Suite A

8:30AM-11:30AM
SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIA

• Biological Perturbations in the Melting World Oceans: Impacts of Climate Change
  Omni Shoreham Hotel, Lobby Level, Palladian
• Cancer Screening and Its Impact on Cancer Mortality
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Maryland Suite C
• Cyberinfrastructure for Social Sciences, Humanities and Education
  Omni Shoreham Hotel, Lobby Level, Diplomat
• Fundamental Health and Environmental Impacts of Nanotechnology
  Marriott Wardman Park, Mezzanine Level, Wilson A
• GeoSystems: Alternative-Earth Climates and Linked Systems Through Time
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Virginia Suite C
• National Strategic Planning and Assessment for Science and Technology
  Marriott Wardman Park, Exhibit Hall B North, Workshop Room E
• The Prognosis for Science in the Next Four Years: Strategies for Preventing the Misuse of Science
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Marriott Ballroom Salon 3
• The Science and Technology Agenda for Visual Analytics: Threat Vulnerability Needs and Summary Technology Recommendations
  Marriott Wardman Park, Exhibit Hall B North, Workshop Room F

8:30AM-5:00PM
SPECIAL SESSION

• World Year of Physics
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Marriott Ballroom Salon 2

9:00AM-11:30AM
SEMINAR

• Forum for School Science: Building a Seamless Education System
  Marriott Wardman Park, Mezzanine Level, Wilson C
  Open to all registrants

9:00AM-NOON
SPECIAL EVENT

• National Association of Science Writers (NASW) Internship Fair
  Marriott Wardman Park, Mezzanine Level, Marriott Balcony A
  By invitation only

9:00AM-1:00PM
AAAS GOVERNANCE

• Meeting of the AAAS Council
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Delaware
  Open to all registrants

AAAS COMMITTEE

• AAAS and American Bar Association (ABA) National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists
  AAAS Headquarters, 1200 New York Avenue NW, Revelle Room; use entrance at 12th and H Streets
  By invitation only

10:00AM-5:00PM

• Exhibit Hall Open
  Marriott Wardman Park, Exhibition Level, Exhibit Hall ABC
  Open to all registrants

10:15AM-11:45AM
CAREER AND EXHIBITOR WORKSHOPS

• A Recruiter’s Guide to Resumé Writing
  Marriott Wardman Park, Exhibit Hall B North, Workshop Room D
• Communicating Science in Plain Language
  Marriott Wardman Park, Exhibit Hall B North, Workshop Room B
• Disseminating Your Biological Sciences Teaching and Learning Resources
  Marriott Wardman Park, Exhibit Hall B North, Workshop Room A

10:30AM-NOON
SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIA

• Can the Mesopotamian Marsh’s Garden of Eden in Iraq Be Restored?
  Omni Shoreham Hotel, Lobby Level, Executive
• Complex Adaptive Systems: Advances in Theory and Practice
  Omni Shoreham Hotel, Lobby Level, Congressional B
• From Lab to Farm: What’s Next in Agricultural Genomics?
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Marriott Ballroom Salon 1
• Microbes: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Virginia Suite B
• One Decade in the Life of Einstein: The Impact of 1905-1915 on Physics
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Marriott Ballroom Salon 2
• Powerful Partnerships To Improve Environmental Public Health
  Omni Shoreham Hotel, Level 2B, Empire
• Science in Federal Natural Resources Agencies: Aging Workforces and Challenges to Future Roles
  Omni Shoreham Hotel, Lobby Level, Congressional A
• When Is a Classroom Not a Classroom? Transformations in Undergraduate Education
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Virginia Suite A
• Why People Belong in Natural History Museums: A Vision for Museum-Based Anthropology in the 21st Century
  Marriott Wardman Park, Mezzanine Level, Wilson B

11:00AM-1:00PM
AAAS AFFILIATES

• NOGLSTP Business Meeting
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Park Tower Suite 8211
  Closed meeting

11:00AM-5:00PM
SPECIAL EVENT

• Family Science Day
  Marriott Wardman Park, Exhibition Level, Exhibit Hall ABC
  Free and open to the general public

NOON-1:30PM
CAREER AND EXHIBITOR WORKSHOPS

• Pathways to Multiple Career Opportunities
  Marriott Wardman Park, Exhibit Hall B North, Workshop Room B
• Public Misunderstanding of Engineering and Science
  Marriott Wardman Park, Exhibit Hall B North, Workshop Room D

NOON-1:30PM
CAREER AND EXHIBITOR WORKSHOPS

• AAAS Fellowship Programs in Public Policy and Mass Media, Part 1
  Marriott Wardman Park, Exhibit Hall B North, Workshop Room C

12:30PM-1:15PM
TOPICAL LECTURES

• Julia King, Imperial College London
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Marriott Ballroom Salon 1
• Steve E. Koonin, British Petroleum
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Marriott Ballroom Salon 2
• The Honorable Richard A. Posner, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Marriott Marriott Ballroom Salon 3

1:00PM-5:00PM
POSTER SESSION

• General Poster Session
  Marriott Wardman Park, Exhibition Level, Exhibit Hall ABC
  Open to all registrants

1:45PM-3:00PM
CAREER AND EXHIBITOR WORKSHOPS

• AAAS Fellowship Programs in Public Policy and Mass Media, Part 2
  Marriott Wardman Park, Exhibit Hall B North, Workshop Room C

1:45PM-3:15PM
SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIA

• Behavioral Research on Nutrition and Obesity
  Omni Shoreham Hotel, Lobby Level, Empire
• Encouraging Risk-Taking in Research: American and European Perspectives
  Omni Shoreham Hotel, Lobby Level, Palladian
• The Impact of 20th Century Physics
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Marriott Ballroom Salon 2
• Tissue Engineering for the Head and Neck
  Omni Shoreham Hotel, Lobby Level, Congressional A

1:45PM-3:15PM
CAREER AND EXHIBITOR WORKSHOPS

• HINARI, AGORA and TEEAL: Bridging the Scientific Information Divide in the Developing World
  Marriott Wardman Park, Exhibit Hall B North, Workshop Room D
• How To Fire-Up Your Presentation
  Marriott Wardman Park, Exhibit Hall B North, Workshop Room A
• How To Get Published in Science
  Marriott Wardman Park, Exhibit Hall B North, Workshop Room B

1:45PM-4:45PM
SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIA

• Adapting to Climate Variability and Climate Change
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Maryland Suite AB
• Brain Imaging and the “Cognitive Paparazzi”: Viewing Snapshots of Mental Life Out of Context
  Omni Shoreham Hotel, Lobby Level, Executive
• The CSI Effect: Forensic Science in the Public Imagination
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Marriott Ballroom Salon 1
• Frontiers of Cold Atom Research and Applications
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Maryland Suite C
• The Future of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime
  Marriott Wardman Park, Mezzanine Level, Wilson A
• The Greatest Solar Storms
  Marriott Wardman Park, Mezzanine Level, Wilson B
• Pharmacogenomics: Ethical, Social and Regulatory Issues
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Maryland Suite B
• The Prognosis for Science in the Next Four Years: What Does the Future Hold for Environmental Science and Policy?
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Maryland Ballroom Salon 3
• Recovering Our Lost Legacy: Science and Policy To Restore Overfished Seas
  Marriott Wardman Park, Exhibit Hall B North, Workshop Room E
• Rising to the Challenge: Scientific Educators and Educator Scientists
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Virginia Suite A
• The Science and Technology Agenda for Visual Analytics: Science and Technology Recommendations
  Marriott Wardman Park, Exhibit Hall B North, Workshop Room F
• The Science of Agriculture and Food in Times of Crisis
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Maryland Suite A
• Transcending Boundaries: Challenges for Holistic Restoration in the Chesapeake Watershed
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Virginia Suite C
• Translation by the Numbers
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Virginia Suite B

2:00PM-4:30PM
SEMINAR

• Forum for School Science: Engaging Key Communities in Fostering Change
  Marriott Wardman Park, Mezzanine Level, Wilson C
  Open to all registrants

2:00PM-5:00PM
AAAS SECTIONS

• Planning Meeting for the 2006 AAAS Annual Meeting
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Delaware
  Closed meeting

3:30PM-5:00PM
SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIA

• Cross-National Perspectives on Issues in Science and Technology Policy
  Omni Shoreham Hotel, Level 2B, Empire
• Frontiers of 21st Century Physics
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Marriott Ballroom Salon 2
• Policy Issues and Priorities in Precollege Science Education
  Omni Shoreham Hotel, Lobby Level, Palladian
• Top-Down, Bottom-Up Growth of a Global Invasive Species Information Network
  Omni Shoreham Hotel, Lobby Level, Congressional A

3:30PM-5:00PM
CAREER AND EXHIBITOR WORKSHOPS

• Plug into Canada! Why Leading Scientists Are Choosing Canada for R&D
  Marriott Wardman Park, Exhibit Hall B North, Workshop Room C
• Winning Strategies for the Interviewing Process in the Sciences
  Marriott Wardman Park, Exhibit Hall B North, Workshop Room D
• Writing, Illustrating and Teaching Science: Careers in Science Education Do Not Always Lead to the Classroom
  Marriott Wardman Park, Exhibit Hall B North, Workshop Room A

4:30PM-5:00PM
SEMINAR

• Forum for School Science: Wrap Up Discussion
  Marriott Wardman Park, Mezzanine Level, Wilson C
  Open to all registrants

5:00PM-6:30PM
SPECIAL EVENTS

• AAAS Council and Section Officers Reception
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Medici Restaurant
  By invitation only
• AWIS Reception
  Omni Shoreham Hotel, Lobby Level, Diplomat
  Open to all registrants

5:00PM-7:00PM
SPECIAL EVENT

• Knight Fellowships Reunion and Reception
  Marriott Wardman Park, Mezzanine Level, Hoover

6:30PM-7:30PM
PLENARY LECTURE

• S. James Gates Jr., University of Maryland
  Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Marriott Ballroom Salon 2 and 3
  Open to all registrants

7:30PM-10:00PM
SPECIAL EVENT

• World Year of Physics Reception: Einstein International Gala
  Marriott Wardman Park, Mezzanine Level, Cotillion Ballroom
  Open to all registrants