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2007 Agenda
8:00
Bus leaves Argonaut Hotel/Tuscan Inn for lower Fort Mason Center
8:15-9:00
Breakfast and registration
9:00
Welcome and introduction
9:20-10:30
KEYNOTE: Andrew Maynard - "Please Don't Shout. We're Not Deaf, We're Just Not Interested"
10:30-10:45
Break
10:45-12:00
CONCURRENT SESSIONS: WHAT'S GOING ON IN NANO RESEARCH AND OUTREACH?
- "Religious Reactions to Nanotechnology (and what Science Museums Might Expect in this Area)"
- "The Stem Cell Network: Experiments in Science Communication"
- "Creating a Public "Stakeholdership" in Science and Technology"
- "Hot Springs, Viruses, and Nanomaterials"
- "Communicating with the Public: Nanoscience, Nanotechnology, and Education and Outreach from Research Centers" )
- "Science Communication Training Roundtable"
12:00-1:30
LUNCH: Exhibit Viewing and Feedback
1:30-2:45
CONCURRENT SESSIONS: WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT FOSTERING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH NANO?
- "Interpreting Nano for the Public: What We've Learned about Exhibits and Programs"
- "Using Forums as a Model for Public Engagement"
- "The Role of Art in Science Museums"
- "Act Locally: Forging Effective Research Center-Museum Partnerships"
- "Lateral Thinking"
3:05-3:40
What Can We Learn from Analysis of Social Movements? (Sue Koch/David Walls)
3:45-4:45
Small group discussions about NanoDays
4:45
Adjourn; bus leaves lower Fort Mason Center for the Argonaut Hotel/Tuscan Inn
Thursday, November 8, 2007
8:00
Bus leaves Argonaut Hotel/Tuscan Inn for Lower Fort Mason Center
8:30-9:00
Breakfast
9:00-9:45
KEYNOTE: Rick Borchelt
9:45-10:30
Larry Bell - "The NISE Net Roadmap"
10:45-12:00
CONCURRENT SESSIONS: NEXT STEPS FOR NISE NET
- "Creating the Best Nano Workshops Ever"
- "Getting It Out There and Keeping It Growing: Developing a Dissemination Model That Builds and Sustains the Network"
- "ASTC and NISE Net: Building Informal Learning Networks"
- "NanoDays Planning Party"
- "32 Short Films about Nano"
12:00-1:30
LUNCH, exhibit viewing and feedback
1:30-2:30
Overview of Learning Goals
2:45-3:45
Small group discussions
3:45-4:15
Plenary and closing comments
4:30
Adjourn; bus leaves lower Fort Mason Center for the Argonaut Hotel/Tuscan Inn
Note: All large-group events are in the Cowell Theater.