The Rightful Place of Science?
Conference activities will include...
- Prominent keynote speakers
- Exemplar Panels & Discussion
- Next Generation of Science & Technology Policy Leaders presentations and discussions
- Roundtable discussions, where all participants are "discussants"
- Optional pre- and post-conference workshops and field trips (additional fees)
- Music, art, readings, performance, and more
- Multiple receptions for fun and more ad hoc discussion
The Rightful Place of Science?
May 16-19, 2010
Preliminary Program
(subject to change)
Sunday, May 16
| 5:00am - 5:00pm: | Optional Field Trips (more information) |
| 3:00 - 7:00pm: | Registration Open (Abby Patio) |
| 5:00 - 6:30pm: | Welcome & Reception (Rooftop Terrace) |
Monday, May 17 (8am - 6:30pm)
| 7:00am - 7:00pm: | Registration Open (Abby Patio) |
| 7:00 - 8:00am: | Continental Breakfast (Courtyard) |
| 8:00 - 9:00am: | Welcome and Announcement of CSPO Prize Winners (Abby Room)Michael Crow, President of Arizona State University (bio) |
| 9:00 - 10: 30am: | Exemplar Panel #1 (Abby Room) Moderated panel with discussion Susan Fitzpatrick, Vice President, James S. McDonnell Foundation
Richard Jefferson, Chief Executive Officer, Cambia, Canberra, Australia
Neal Woodbury, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, ASU |
| 10:30 - 11:00am: | Break |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm: | Keynote Address (Abby Room)Gina Kolata, science writer at The New York Times (bio) Introduced by: Lee Gutkind, CSPO professor and distinguished writer in residence |
| 12:30 - 2:00pm: | Lunch Break |
| 2:00 - 3:30pm: | Tabletop Salons #1 (Abby Room) Participants present and discuss topics, and designate items to be part of the developing research, education and outreach agenda to enhance linkages between scientific and technological research and beneficial societal outcomes. |
| 3:30 - 4:00pm: | Break |
| 4:00 - 5:30pm: |
Roundtables #1-4: Next Generation of Science and Technology Policy Leaders
Presentations, followed by response and roundtable discussions
1. Augustine Room: Dean Nieusma, assistant professor, Science & Technology Studies, School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2. Capistrano Room: Jennifer A. Liu, Freeman Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, University of Illinois 3. Ironstone Room: Florian Kern, research fellow, SPRU - Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex 4. Jokake Room: Adam Briggle, assistant professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies, University of North Texas
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| 5:30 - 6:00pm: | Day 1 Wrap-up Plenary (Abby Room) |
| 6:00 - 7:00pm: | Reception (Abby Patio)
Sponsored by ASU's Origins Project |
Tuesday, May 18 (8:30am - 6:30pm)
| 7:30am - 6:45pm: | Registration Open (Abby Patio) |
| 7:00 - 8:30am: | Continental Breakfast (Courtyard) |
| 8:30 - 10:00am: | Keynote Address (Abby Room)Monsignor Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, Chancellor, Pontifical Academy of Sciences (bio) |
| 10:00 - 10:30am: | Break |
| 10:30 - 12 Noon: | Exemplar Panel #2 (Abby Room) Moderated panel with discussion Margaret Davidson, Director, NOAA Coastal Services Center
Shirley Laska, Professor Emerita of Sociology, Center for Hazards Assessment, Response & Technology, University of New Orleans
Ramesh Singh, Chief Executive, ActionAid International, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| 12 Noon - 1:45pm: | Buffet Lunch & Tabletop Salons #2 (Courtyard) Participants present and discuss topics, and designate items to be part of the developing research, education and outreach agenda to enhance linkages between scientific and technological research and beneficial societal outcomes. |
| 1:45 - 3:15pm: |
Roundtables #5-8: Next Generation of Science and Technology Policy Leaders
Presentations, followed by response and roundtable discussions
5. Augustine Room: Elizabeth Popp Berman, assistant professor, Department of Sociology and Department of Public Policy, University at Albany, SUNY 6. Capistrano Room: Mark Shafer, director of Climate Services, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, The University of Oklahoma 7. Ironstone Room: Jeannette Sutton, disaster sociologist, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado at Boulder, and assistant research professor, Trauma, Health and Hazards Center, National Institute for Space, Science and Security Centers, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs 8. Jokake Room: Sonja D. Schmid, assistant professor, Department of Science & Technology in Society, Virginia Tech
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| 3:15 - 3:45pm: | Break |
| 3:30 - 5:00pm: | Table Top Salons #3 (Abby Room) Participants present and discuss topics, and designate items to be part of the developing research, education and outreach agenda to enhance linkages between scientific and technological research and beneficial societal outcomes. |
| 5:15 - 5:50pm: | Day 2 Wrap-Up Plenary (Abby Room) |
| 5:50 - 6:45pm: | Reception (Abby Patio) |
Wednesday, May 19 (8am - 12 Noon)
| 7:30am - 12 Noon: | Registration Open (Abby Patio) |
| 7:00 - 8:00am: | Continental Breakfast (Courtyard) |
| 8:00 - 9:30am: |
Roundtables #9-12: Next Generation of Science and Technology Policy Leaders
Presentations, followed by response and roundtable discussions
9. Augustine Room: Jeremy S. Littell, research scientist, JISAO CSES Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington 10. Capistrano Room: Lekelia "Kiki" Jenkins, postdoctoral scholar and research associate, School of Marine Affairs, University of Washington 11. Ironstone Room: Gwen Ottinger, program researcher, Center for Contemporary History and Policy, Chemical Heritage Foundation 12. Jokake Room: Samuel A. Evans, postdoctoral fellow, Program on Science, Technology, and Society and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
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| 9:30 - 9:55am: | Break |
| 9:55 - 10:00am: | Door Prizes |
| 10:00 - 11:30am: |
Plenary Session (Abby Room)
What have we learned? Where do we go from here?
Moderated panel with discussion
Kevin Finneran, Editor-in-Chief, Issues in Science and Technology
Laura Helmuth, Senior Editor, Smithsonian
Lawrence Krauss, Director of ASU's Origins Project, theoretical physicist and cosmologist
Leslie Meredith, Vice President and Senior Editor, Free Press/Simon & Schuster
Elba Serrano, Director, Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement, New Mexico State University
Jameson Wetmore, Assistant Professor, ASU's School of Human Evolution and Social Change
Moderator: David Guston, CSPO co-director
(panelist bios)
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| 11:30am - 12 Noon: | Conference Wrap-Up, with summary of outcomes (Abby Room) |
| 12 Noon: | Conference adjourns |
| 1:00 - 5:00pm: | Optional Field Trips (more information) |
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