AAAS - Annual Meeting

Business Meetings

Monday, 21 February

7:30AM-12:30PM
AAAS AFFILIATE

8:30AM-9:30AM
PLENARY LECTURE

Julie Louise Gerberding, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Marriott Ballroom Salon 2 and 3
Open to all registrants

9:00AM-4:00PM

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

9:45AM-12:45PM
SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIA

Climate Change: Assessing Risks and Exploring Solutions
Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Virginia Suite C
Comparative Perspectives on Brain and Behavior
Omni Shoreham Hotel, Lobby Level, Diplomat
Emerging Science and Engineering Technologies for Homeland Security
Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Marriott Ballroom Salon 1
Engineering and Physical Sciences for Improved Health-Care Delivery
Omni Shoreham Hotel, Lobby Level, Palladian
Extreme Energy Efficiency: Possible? Profitable? Essential.
Omni Shoreham Hotel, Level 2B, Empire
Grids: At the Frontiers of Science and Global Collaboration
Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Virginia Suite A
Low-Activity Radioactive Waste: The Problem Is Everywhere
Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Virginia Suite B
New Fisheries: Science and Management Sustaining Fisheries
Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Maryland Suite A
Privacy and Security: Making Intelligent Tradeoffs
Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Marriott Ballroom Salon 3
Science, Technology and Inequalities
Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Maryland Suite B
Systematics: Vanishing Safety Net for Food Security and the Environment
Omni Shoreham Hotel, Lobby Level, Executive

9:45AM-12:45PM
SPECIAL SESSION

Tutorial on Microarray Gene Expression Data (MGED): Hands-On Data Analysis, Part 1
Marriott Wardman Park, Mezzanine Level, Wilson C

11:00AM-4:00PM
SPECIAL EVENT

AAAS/Science Career Fair
Marriott Wardman Park, Exhibition Level, Exhibit Hall ABC
Open to all registrants

NOON-2:00PM
SPECIAL EVENT

Global Voices: Women, Science and Sustainable Development�Global Alliance Luncheon
Marriott Wardman Park, Mezzanine Level, Wilson AB
By invitation only

2:00PM-3:30PM
SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIA

Aeropropulsion in the 21st Century
Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Virginia Suite B
Because the Federal Government Said So: When Scholarship and Politics Clash
Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Marriott Ballroom Salon 1
Biodiversity in Mud and Dirt: Ecosystem Services for People
Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Virginia Suite C
Biofortification: Science for Better Nutrition
Omni Shoreham Hotel, Lobby Level, Palladian
Coastal Non-Point Source Pollution: Assessment Tools, Models and Control Measures
Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Virginia Suite A
The Future of Newborn Screening: Science, Policy and Technology
Omni Shoreham Hotel, Level 2B, Empire
Globalization and AIDS Vaccine Development
Omni Shoreham Hotel, Lobby Level, Executive
How Close Are We to Predicting Earthquakes?
Omni Shoreham Hotel, Lobby Level, Diplomat
Math and Bio 2010: Linking Undergraduate Disciplines
Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Maryland Suite B
The Pervasiveness of Extreme Events in Science, Economics and Engineering
Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Maryland Suite C
Race and Ethnic Inequality in College Enrollment: New Data on Old Questions
Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Maryland Suite A
Will High-Quality Scientific Research Survive Fears About Lost Privacy?
Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level, Marriott Ballroom Salon 3