March 10, 2018
University of Houston
Classroom and Business Building
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Time |
Event |
Location |
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8:30-9:00 AM |
Breakfast and Registration |
Room 238 |
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9:00-9:15 AM |
Welcome and Introduction ComSciCon-Houston Co-chairs |
Room 238 |
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9:15-10:15 AM |
Keynote Speaker Dr. Neal Lane |
Room 238 |
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10:15-10:25 AM |
Break |
Room 238 |
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10:30-11:45 AM |
Panel 1: Communicating science through print media Jade Boyd, Susan Marriott, & Laura Beil |
Room 238 |
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11:45-12:45 PM |
Lunch |
Room 238 |
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12:45-2:00 PM |
Writeathon: Expert Review Session |
Room 238 |
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2:00-2:10 PM |
Break |
Room 238 |
|
2:15-3:45 PM |
Workshop 1: How to deliver a compelling pop talk Dr. Elizabeth Festa |
Room 238 |
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3:45-5:00 PM |
Participant Pop Talks (live) Amrita Anand Iyer, Laura Carter, Sriparna Saha, Uchenna Emenaha, Elizabeth Leass, Natalie Biel, Emily Fulk, Pedro Correa de Sampaio, Jennifer Zieba, Manav Bhati, Jovanka Gencel Augusto, Danielle Little, & Amanda Webb |
Room 238 |
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3:45-5:00 PM |
Participant Pop Talks (live) Sanam Soomro, Jordin Metz, Fatima Saldana Morales, Greshma Nair, Odemaris Narvaez del Pilar, Eric Smith, Cecilia Lantos, Yunwen Zhou, Thomas Clements, Christian Boada, Gaurav Harsha, Ramya GP, & Khanh Nguyen |
Room 228 |
March 17, 2018
Rice University
Brockman Hall
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Time |
Event |
Location |
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8:45-9:15 AM |
Breakfast and Registration |
Room 101 |
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9:15-10:30 AM |
Panel 2: Communicating science to policy-makers Peter Hotez, Tim Garson, & Rekha Lakshmanan |
Room 101 |
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10:30-10:40 AM |
Break |
Room 101 |
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10:45-12:00 PM |
Panel 3: Communicating science through electronic media Eric Berger, Andy Boyd, & Alberto Roca |
Room 101 |
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12:00-1:00 PM |
Lunch |
Room 101 |
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1:00-2:30 PM |
Workshop 2: How to present a compelling research poster Kyung-Hee Bae |
Room 101 |
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2:30-2:40 PM |
Break |
Room 101 |
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2:45-4:15 PM |
Writeathon: Peer Review Session |
Room 101 |
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2:45-4:15 PM |
Participant Pop talks (recorded) |
Room 103 |
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4:15-5:30 PM |
Reception |
Keith-Weiss Patio |