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All events except field trips and dinners take place at
Keck Center of the National Academies
500 Fifth St. NW, Washington, DC
Thursday, April 12, 2007 |
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| 5:00 pm |
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Opening Reception, Atrium (3rd Floor)
Honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs; Poster Contest entries on display |
| 7:00 pm |
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Opening Keynote Remarks
Richard Garwin
National Medal of Science Laureate, Scientific Advisor to U.S. Presidents
Pugwash at 50: Much To Do and How To Do It
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| 8:00 pm |
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Evening on your own |
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Friday, April 13, 2007
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8:15am |
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Registration and Breakfast |
| 9:00 am |
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Introductions |
| 9:15 am |
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What are the Pressures on Science?
Political Pressures: Jack Gibbons, former Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
Research Pressures: Stephanie Bird, Co-Editor of Science & Engineering Ethics
Industry Pressures: Marc Brodsky, Immediate Past Director/CEO of the
American Institute of Physics; former IBM T. J. Watson Research Center |
| 10:30 am |
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Break |
| 11:00 am |
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Why is This a Unique Time for Science?
Student Moderated Question and Answer Session with Rita Colwell,
former Director of the National Science Foundation |
| 12:00 pm |
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Lunch
Regional Networking and Chapter Organizing |
| 1:30 pm |
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Lecture on Science and Social Responsibility
Albert Teich, Director, Science and Policy Programs,
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
| 2:30 pm |
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Break, travel to organizations |
| 3:30pm |
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Science Policy in DC!
A unique opportunity to meet DC science policymakers. Visit Capitol Hill, a science nonprofit, or a U.S. government agency |
| 6:00pm |
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Dinner
Working group meetings |
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Saturday, April 14, 2007
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8:15 am |
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Breakfast |
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| 9:00 am |
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Working Group #2
Conflicts of Interest Discussion |
| 10:15 am |
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Break |
| 10:30 am |
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Making the Choice: When Scientists Have to Choose
Bruce Buckheit, former Environmental Protection Agency
Thomas Budinger, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Louis Clark, Government Accountability Project
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| 11:45 am |
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Break |
| 12:10 pm |
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Working Group #3
Discuss ways that science can interact with public sphere to combat problems in issue area |
| 1:15 pm |
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Lunch |
| 2:00 pm |
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Promoting Integrity in Science: Ways that Science Can Help Itself
Kay Fields, Office of Research Integrity
Benn Tannenbaum, American Association for the Advancement of Science
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| 3:30 pm |
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Break |
| 3:50 pm |
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Working Group #4
Proposals for possible student action on scientific integrity using previous working group meetings and panel discussions |
| 6:00 pm |
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Banquet
Reports from working groups |
| 8:00 pm |
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Q&A for students interested in becoming SPUSA Student Board Members |
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Sunday, April 15
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| 10:30 am |
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Brunch
Assess working group ideas, agree on student initiative to uphold integrity in science |
| 12:30 pm |
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