Program for Wednesday, May 3, 2006

DIVERSE FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM - WASHINGTON DC

Buffet Lunch 11:30 am

Diverse Frontiers: Mildred Dresshaus, Chair

Opening Remarks, Marc Brodsky, American Institute of Physics 12:45 pm
Historical Trends, Spencer Weart, American Institute of Physics 1:00 pm
Astronomy & Cosmology, Martin Rees, Cambridge University 1:30 pm
Optics & Biophysics, Steven Chu, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory 2:00 pm
Condensed Matter, Marvin Cohen, University of California, Berkeley 2:30 pm
Acoustics, Lawrence Crum, University of Washington 3:00 pm
Break 3:30 pm

Demographics and Diversity - James Stith, Chair

Demographics and Diversity, Shirley Malcom, AAAS 4:00 pm

PERSPECTIVE FROM RESEARCHERS AT DIVERSE FRONTIERS: A PANEL, Hans Frauenfelder, Chair

  • Nanotechnology: Evelyn Hu, University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Biological Engineering: Angela Belcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Photo Optics: Philip Bucksbaum, University of Michigan
  • String Theory: Jim Gates, University of Maryland
  • Planetary Geophysics: Raymond Jeanloz, University of California, Berkeley
 4:30 pm

Featured Speaker

Future of Science and Government, John H. Marburger III, Office of Science and Technology Policy 5:45 pm
RECEPTION 6:15 pm
BANQUET 7:00 pm
HISTORICAL VIDEO OF AIP 7:30 pm

AWARDS CEREMONY
  • Tate Medal for International Leadership, Erio Tosatti, International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Presenter: Marc Brodsky)
 8:00 pm
Science Writing (Presenter: James Stith)
  • Broadcaster: Jon Palfreman, WNET New York
  • Journalist: Michael Moyer, Popular Science
  • Scientist: Neil DeGrasse Tyson, American Museum of Natural History
  • Children: Bea Uusma Schyffert, Author and Illustrator
 8:05 pm

BANQUET SPEECH - Mildred Dresselhaus, Chair

Science Tomorrow - Ralph Cicerone, National Academy of Sciences 8:40 pm