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AGENDA

As of 05/16/08
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Sunday, May 18, 2008
6:30 p.m. – whenever Meet & Greet at Capitol City Brewing Company
(1100 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC - (202) 628-2222)
NCER will provide information about this gathering on the Fellow Forum Web Site prior to the conference. Please note that NCER staff may not be available on Sunday evening. No advance reservations are necessary to attend this event and note that it will be at your own expense. This is an informal gathering for those fellows who wish to network on the first day of arrival.
 

Monday, May 19, 2008

7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Registration
(Lobby – 12th and H Street Entrance, AAAS Building)
8:30 a.m. – 8:40 a.m. Welcome Introduction – (Auditorium)
Cynthia Robinson, Director, AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships
Stephanie H. Willett, Team Leader, EPA Graduate Fellowship Program,
National Center for Environmental Research (NCER)
(Reminder to attend the Science Forum May 20 - 22, 2008)
8:40 a.m. – 8:50 a.m. Opening Address
William H. Sanders III, Dr.P.H., Director, National Center for Environmental Research
8:50 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Questions-and-Answers Session – Stephanie H. Willett
9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Break
   

PANEL SESSIONS

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Successful EPA Grant Writing (Auditorium)
Moderator: Bronda Harrison, Ph.D.
Panelists: Ron Turco, Ph.D., and Denice Heller Wardrop, P.E., Ph.D.

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Careers Other Than Academia (Auditorium)
Moderator:  M. Brandon Jones, Ph.D.
Panelists: Emilie Stander, Ph.D., Daniel McGarvey, Ph.D., Caroline Baier-Anderson, Ph.D.,and Michael Smith, Ph.D., AAAS Fellow
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Break
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Working Lunch by Groups/Categories
(Second Floor – Conference Rooms:  Abelson, Haskins, Revelle, Room 207, and Foyer Area)
  • Group 1 - Aquatic Systems Ecology (Yellow)
  • Group 2 - Environmental Decisionmaking (Orange)
  • Group 3 - Oceanography and Coastal Processes (Red)
  • Group 4 - Environmental Engineering (Green)
  • Group 5 - Terrestrial Systems Ecology (Blue)
  • Group 6 - Health (Purple)
  • Group 7 - Toxicology (Pink)
  • Group 8 - Chemistry (Brown)
  • Group 9 - Land Use (Gold)
  • Group 10 - Bio (Light Blue)
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

An Introduction to the Science of Bibliometrics and Its Current Popular Uses (Auditorium)
Presenters:  Beverly Campbell, The Scientific Consulting Group, Inc., and Myles Morse, EPA, NCER
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Effecting Change:  The Role of Science in Policy (Auditorium)
Presenter:  Alan I. Leshner, Ph.D., CEO, AAAS
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Exhibits and Reception (Sponsored by AAAS) – Second Floor Lobby
Exhibitors – Sean Abell, American Chemical Society Publications, and Dan Poux, AAAS