AAAS Square

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Member Appreciation Breakfast

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Everything You Need to Know About AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellows Program
Dione L. Rossiter, PhD, Director, AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellows Program

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Using Pop Culture to Teach Science,
James Kakalios, PhD, AAAS 2014 Public Engagement Prize winner, Taylor Distinguished Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota, author of The Physics of Superheroes

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Trellis Demo-the new, online communication and collaboration platform built and operated by AAAS 
(Lou Woodley/Josh Freeman)

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Science Advances Launch Event,
Marcia McNutt, Editor-in-Chief, Science, and the editors ofScience Advances

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

AAAS-Lemelson Invention Ambassadors, Meet and Greet

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Trellis Demo-the new, online communication and collaboration platform built and operated by AAAS 
(Lou Woodley/Josh Freeman)

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Communicating Science to Small Children,
Nicola Davies/Emily Sutton, author/illustrator for Tiny Creatures, 2015 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize winner

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Talking Physics-Shane Bergen, PhD, School of Physics & CRANN, Trinity College Dublin, Early Career Award-outreach/public engagement

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Writing to Get Published: The Dos and Don'ts
of Manuscript Preparation, Raeka Aiyar, PhD, Communications and Engagement Manager, Genetics Society of America

2:15 PM - 2:45 PM

My Life on Mars: Adventures of a Planetary Scientist on Planet Earth,
Pascal Lee, PhD, Planetary Scientist, SETI Institute, 
co-founder of the Mars Institute, 2015 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize winner

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Trellis Demo-the new, online communication and collaboration platform built and operated by AAAS 
(Lou Woodley/Josh Freeman)

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Trellis Demo-the new, online communication and collaboration platform built and operated by AAAS 
(Lou Woodley/Josh Freeman)

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Career Options and Job Resources for Scientists
Tianna Hicklin, PhD, Assistant Editor, Custom Publishing-Science/AAAS

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Public Engagement with Science
(Jeanne Braha, Public Engagement Manager, AAAS)

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Career Advice for Minority Students in STEM
Dione L. Rossiter, PhD, Project Director, AAAS Education and Human Resources

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Trellis Demo-the new, online communication and collaboration platform built and operated by AAAS 
(Lou Woodley/Josh Freeman)

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

How to Make an Effective Scientific Presentation,
Raeka Aiyar, PhD, Communications and Engagement Manager,Genetics Society of America