2006 Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research
Conference Program of Events

November 2-5, 2006
Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center
Detroit, Michigan

Green –  open to all participants

Blue –  designated for Chapter Delegates and Sigma Xi Leaders

Yellow  –  designated for Student participants

THURSDAY, November 2, 2006

Time	Delegates, Sigma Xi Leaders	Students
1:15– 2:45 p.m.	Delegate Information Session and Assembly of Delegates I
2:45– 3:00 p.m.	Break
3:00– 4:15 p.m.	Regional Caucuses
4:15– 4:30 p.m.	Break
4:30– 5:45 p.m.	Constituency Caucuses
5:45- 6:00 p.m.	Break
6:00– 7:00 p.m.	Opening Reception light refreshments, cash bar
6:00– 7:00 p.m.	Detroit Science Café Presented at the Detroit Science Center by The Wayne State University Chapter of Sigma Xi
7:00 p.m.	Dinner on your own

FRIDAY, November 3, 2006

Time	Delegates, Sigma Xi Leaders	Students
8:00– 9:15 a.m.	Regional Caucuses
9:15- 9:30 a.m.	Break
9:30– 10:45 a.m.	Chapter Sessions Taking Science to the Streets The Nuts and Bolts of SX Science Cafés Chapter Leadership Skills
10:45- 11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m.– 12:15 p.m.	Constituency Caucuses
11:45 a.m.- 12:15 p.m.		Student Orientation
12:15– 1:45 p.m.	Networking Lunch (Included in student registration fee. Available for purchase by other participants.)
1:45– 3:00 p.m.	Assembly of Delegates II Judge Orientation (immediately following Assembly)	Student Networking with Exhibitors
3:00– 3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15– 4:15 p.m.	Chapter Session Outstanding Chapter Programs and Awards	Student Workshops Picturing Science 2-3 additional TBA
4:15– 4:30 p.m.	Break
4:30– 5:30 p.m.	William Procter Prize Lecture – Susan Lindquist Prion Proteins: One Surprise After Another
5:30– 8:00 p.m.	Dinner on your own
Evening 8:00– 10:00 p.m.	Sigma Xi Café after dinner enjoy light refreshments and a cash bar

SATURDAY, November 4, 2006

Time	Delegates, Sigma Xi Leaders	Students
7:30– 8:00 a.m.	Breakfast (Included in student registration fee. Available for purchase by other participants.)
8:00– 8:45 a.m.	Young Investigator Award Lecture - W. Raphael Hix The Story Your Atoms Could Tell
8:45– 9:00 a.m.	Break
9:00– 10:45 a.m.	Student Poster Presentations and Judging
10:45– 11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m.– 12:15 p.m.	Chapter Sessions Chapters as Agents of Change in Colleges and Universities. An Opportunity for Chapter Revitalization Chapters 101/102 and Chapter Templates Is Sigma Xi Really an International Scientific Society?	Student Oral Presentations
12:15– 12:45 p.m.	Lunch (Included in student registration fee. Available for purchase by other participants.)
12:45– 1:45 p.m.	Walston Chubb Award for Innovation Lecture - Mark T. Holtzapple Sustainable Energy and Transportation: Engineering the 21st Century
1:45– 2:00 p.m.	Break
2:00– 3:15 p.m.	Science Sessions Brains, Planes and Automobiles Reaching for the Stars Fractals on the Land, and Beyond Nanoreactors in Life Science and Medicine
3:15– 3:30 p.m.	Break
3:30– 4:45 p.m.	Science Sessions Fueling the Future From Bench to Bedside - Session Sponsor X Waves Science as Story: A Conversation with Claudia Dreifus, Richard Hill and Alan Lightman
4:45– 5:00 p.m.	Break
5:00– 6:00 p.m.	John P. McGovern Lecture - Alan Lightman The Physicist as Novelist Presentation of Student Research Conference Awards
7:00 & 7:15 p.m.	Bus transportation to The Henry Ford Museum for the Sigma Xi Banquet
7:30 p.m.	Sigma Xi Banquet at The Henry Ford Museum

SUNDAY, November 5, 2006

Time	Delegates, Sigma Xi Leaders	Students
8:00– 9:00 a.m.	Assembly of Delegates III
9:15- 9:45 a.m.	Complimentary buses to the airport. The first bus starts loading at 9:15. The third and last bus leaves at 9:45.