2007 Assembly of Society Officers

As an umbrella society with 10 Member Societies and 23 Affiliated Societies, the American Institute of Physics (AIP) is continually seeking ways to support the missions and goals of our societies and of the physics community. The Assembly of Society Officers is one very effective means by which AIP informs its Member and Affiliated Societies about important issues in science policy and trends in scientific publishing.

Program - Assembly of Society Officers
Thursday, 29 March 2007
American Center for Physics, College Park, MD 20740

Session I. Enhancing Interactions with Emerging Asian Communities
Chair: Anthony Atchley

Survey of Member Society Activities PDF
   Marc H. Brodsky, Executive Director, AIP

National Science Foundation Office in Beijing
   Kathryn Sullivan, Deputy Director, Office Intern. Science & Engineering NSF

Proposed Asian Scholarly Exchange Office in Beijing PDF
   Lee Pit Teong, CEO, iGroup Asia Pacific Ltd.

Use of Unicode for Authors’ Native Language Names PDF
   Gene Sprouse, Editor-in-Chief, APS

Session II. Diversity: How to Make Society Programs Relevant
Background on the Issue PDF - Chair: Quinton L. Williams

No Child Left Behind: Intentions and Implications for Science PDF
   Patricia O’Connell Johnson, Department of Education

What the Numbers Tell Us PDF
   Roman Czujko, Statistical Research Center, AIP

Successful Minority Program at a Minority Serving Institution
   Joseph A Johnson, III, Florida A&M University

Successful Minority Program at a Research University
   Brad Orr, Director, Applied Physics, University of Michigan

Session III. The New Congress: Its Implications for Science
Chair: Millie Dresselhaus

Science Agenda for the New Congress
   Jim Turner, Chief Counsel, House Science Committee (majority staff)

Congressional Fellows: Donald Engel, APS and Kevin Whittlesey, OSA/MRS

What Societies Are Doing to Shape Policy Debate?
   Task Force on Innovation
   John Palafoutas, Sr VP, AEA (American Electronics Association)

Targeting Policy Makers with Relevant Research
   Francis Slakey, APS Associate Director, Public Affairs

Session IV.
Chair: Leo Kadanoff

Science Education Under Attack - Results and Strategic Recommendations of Multi Society Research Effort
   Greg Strimple, Director of Public Opinion Research, Mercury Public Affairs

Outlook for Funding: FY 2007 What has happened; FY 2008 The President’s Budget and Its Prospects PDF
   Kei Koizumi, Director of the R&D Budget and Policy Program, AAAS