2007 Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research
Conference Program of Events

November 1-4, 2007
Rosen Shingle Creek Resort and Golf Club
Orlando, Florida

Green –  open to all participants

Blue –  designated for Chapter Delegates and Sigma Xi Leaders

Yellow  –  designated for Student participants

THURSDAY, November 1, 2007

Time	Delegates, Sigma Xi Leaders	Students
2:00– 3:30 p.m.	Delegate Information Session and Assembly of Delegates I Judge Orientation (immediately following Assembly)
3:30– 4:00 p.m.	Break
4:00– 5:30 p.m.	Regional Caucuses
5:30 p.m.	Dinner on your own

FRIDAY, November 2, 2007

Time	Delegates, Sigma Xi Leaders	Students
8:00– 9:30 a.m.	Constituency Caucuses
9:30- 10:00 a.m.	Break
10:00– 11:15 a.m.	Chapter Sessions Chapters 101: Chapter Management A Scientist Walks Into a Bar—Sigma Xi Café What Actions should Sigma Xi undertake in order to become a truly International Scientific Society?
11:15- 11:30 a.m.	Break
	11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Outstanding Chapter Programs and Awards Luncheon	12:00-1:30 p.m. Student and Exhibitor Welcome/Orientation and Networking Lunch (Lunch included with registration fee.)
	1:00-1:15 p.m. Break
	1:15–2:30 p.m. Chapter Session The Unique Role of Chapters in Our Society - Retention, Retaining, Electing	1:30-3:00 p.m. Student Networking in Exhibit Hall Posters go up through 3:00
2:30– 3:00 p.m.	Break
3:00– 4:30 p.m.	Assembly of Delegates II	Student Workshop Presenting Your Research
4:30– 5:00 p.m.	Break
5:00– 6:00 p.m.	William Procter Prize Lecture – Stuart L. Pimm Does the variety of life have a future?
6:00– 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 3, 2007

Time	Delegates, Sigma Xi Leaders	Students
7:00– 8:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast in Poster Session Room/ Exhibit Hall (Included with registration fee.)
8:00– 9:15 a.m.	Science Sessions The Science of Flavor: A Glimpse into the Molecular Basis of Our Taste Worlds It is Toxic - It was on the News What Can Butterflyfishes Teach Us About Community Ecology Addressing the Public about Science and Religion
9:15– 9:30 a.m.	Break
9:30– 11:30 a.m.	Workshop Brainstorming the Next Blockbuster: TV Drama as the Recruitment Tool for Women and Minorities in the STEM Disciplines	Student Poster Presentations and Judging
11:45– 1:15 p.m.	Young Investigator Award Luncheon and Lecture - Lise Abrams Activating Phonology When Word Retrieval Fails: What Tip-of-the-Tongue States Tell About Language Production (Lunch followed by award lecture. Lunch included with registration fee.)
1:30– 3:00 p.m.	Student Oral Presentations and Judging
3:00– 3:30 p.m.	Break
3:30– 4:45 p.m.	Science Sessions Impact of Recreational Boating on Oyster Reefs and Community-Based Restoration in Areas with Intense Boating Activity Marine Mammal Strandings: What Can They Tell Us? Cleaning Contaminated Groundwater, Current Work and Future Hopes Ultrafast Lasers—Techniques and Applications
4:45– 5:00 p.m.	Break
5:00– 6:30 p.m.	John P. McGovern Lecture - Russell A. Mittermeier Presentation of Student Research Conference Awards
7:00– 7:30 p.m.	Sigma Xi Banquet Reception (cash bar)
7:30– 10:00 p.m.	Sigma Xi Banquet and Honorary Member Recognition

SUNDAY, November 4, 2007

Time	Delegates, Sigma Xi Leaders	Students
8:00– 8:45 a.m.	Regional Caucuses
8:45– 9:00 a.m.	Break
9:00– 9:45 a.m.	Constituency Caucuses
9:45– 10:15 a.m.	Break
10:15– 11:00 a.m.	Assembly of Delegates III
11:00 a.m.	Complimentary buses to the airport. The first bus starts loading at 11:00. The third and last bus leaves at 11:45.