| Time |
Delegates, Sigma Xi
Leaders |
Students |
2:00
3:30 p.m. |
Delegate Information Session and Assembly of Delegates I |
|
3:30
4:00 p.m. |
Break |
|
4:00
5:30 p.m. |
Regional Caucuses |
|
| 5:30 p.m. |
Dinner on your own
| |
8:00-
9:30 p.m. |
Special showing of Irena Salina's award-winning documentary Flow
|
| Time |
Delegates, Sigma Xi Leaders |
Students |
8:00
9:30 a.m. |
Constituency Caucuses |
|
9:30-
10:00 a.m. |
Break - Exhibit Hall |
10:00
11:15 a.m. |
Chapter Awards Sessions
Honorary Member Induction
|
Student Posters go up through noon |
11:15 a.m.-
12:45 p.m. |
Lunch Open Sessions
(Grab a quick lunch then join us for one of these sessions beginning at
11:45 a.m.)
|
12:00-1:30 p.m.
Student and Exhibitor Welcome/Orientation and Networking Lunch
(Lunch included with
student registration fee.)
|
12:30
2:00 p.m. |
Children's Day of Science
Sigma Xi has invited 100 local elementary school children to attend the Sigma Xi Annual Meeting. The fourth and fifth graders will participate in hands-on science activities and take a tour of the exhibit hall featuring poster presentations by graduate and undergraduate students. Meeting attendees are welcome to observe the children conducting their science activities.
|
12:45-
1:00 p.m. |
Break |
1:30-3:00 p.m.
Student Networking in
Exhibit Hall
|
1:00
2:30 p.m. |
Assembly of
Delegates II
Judge Orientation (Immediately following Assembly.)
|
2:30
3:00 p.m. |
Break - Exhibit Hall |
3:00
5:00 p.m. |
Student Poster Presentations + Judging
|
5:15
6:00 p.m. |
William Procter Prize Award & Lecture Charles Elachi
Excitement and Challenges of Robotic Space Exploration
|
6:00
8:00 p.m. |
Dinner on your own |
8:00
10:00 p.m. |
Sigma Xi Cafι
Enjoy dessert, music and a cash bar |
8:30
9:30 p.m. |
Science Cafι sponsored by the DC Chapter
Pfisteria/Hysteria and the Chesapeake: The Burden of Skepticism by Dan Terlizzi, Water Quality Specialist, University of Maryland Sea Grant Extension Program
|
| Time |
Delegates, Sigma Xi Leaders |
Students |
8:00
8:45 a.m. |
Chubb Innovation Award Lecture - Patrick Usoro
Driving Innovation with Mechamatronics |
Continental Breakfast - Exhibit Hall
Student Raffle Drawing
(Included with student registration fee.) |
8:45
9:00 a.m. |
Break |
9:00
10:00 a.m. |
H2008 Panel - The Global Water Crisis
Peter H. Gleick (Pacific Institute), Andras Szollosi-Nagy (UNESCO's Division of Water Sciences), Peter Thum (Ethos Water) and Thomas G. Mattia (Coca Cola Company)
Moderator, Michael Crosby, interim vice chancellor for research at the University of Hawaii at Hilo
|
10:00
10:15 a.m. |
Break |
10:15
11:15 a.m. |
H2008 Breakouts
Following the panel discussion, participants will divide into four break-out groups, each facilitated by one of the panelists/moderator.
|
11:15 a.m.
12:15 p.m. |
H2008 Plenary - Call to Action
|
12:30
2:00 p.m. |
Young Investigator Award Luncheon and Lecture -
Mason Porter
Communities in Networks
(Lunch followed by award lecture. Lunch included with delegate registration fee.)
|
Lunch on Your Own
(Students welcome to attend the Young Investigator Lecture starting around 1:00 p.m. A $40 lunch ticket may also be purchased.) |
2:15
3:30 p.m. |
H2008 Science Sessions
|
3:30
4:00 p.m. |
Break
|
4:00
5:30 p.m. |
John P. McGovern Lecture - Robert Boily
Challenges Facing Science & Technology Knowledge at the Dawn of the XXIst Century
Presentation of Student Research Conference Awards
Presentation of Student Film Competition Awards |
7:00
10:00 p.m. |
Sigma Xi Banquet
($75 ticket required. Reception 7:00-7:30 p.m. Cash bar)
|
| 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 airports. Two buses will go to Reagan National and one bus to Dulles. |
