| 14Friday | 8:00 am - 6:00 pm | Forest and Range Science Management around Flagstaff, AZ Location: Field Trip | | |
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| 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | Audio Storytelling: Pre-conference workshop Location: School of Communication Computer Lab | | |
| 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | Video for the Web: Pre-conference workshop Location: School of Communication Computer Lab | | |
| 10:30 am - 3:00 pm | NASW Board Meeting Location: HCCC Ponderosa Boardroom | | |
| 6:00 - 9:00 pm | Check-In Location: HCCC Lobby | W | |
| 6:00 - 9:00 pm | NASW Welcome Reception Location: HCCC Lobby | W | |
| 7:00 - 9:00 pm | Ignite! Session Location: HCCC Agassiz | W | |
| 8:00 - 9:00 pm | Friday Social at ScienceWriters2011 for First-Timers, Students and ‘Sci-Buddies’ Location: HCCC Fremont | W | |
| 15Saturday | 7:30 am - 6:00 pm | Check-In Location: HCCC Lobby | | |
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| 8:00 - 9:00 am | NASW Business Meeting Location: HCCC Humphreys | W | F |
| 9:15 - 10:30 am | Plenary Session: The Digital News Consumer Location: HCCC Humphreys | W | |
| 10:45 am - 12:15 pm | A1) DIY Data Visualization Location: HCCC Humphreys | W | |
| 10:45 am - 12:15 pm | A2) 1001 Questions about Freelancing Location: HCCC Fremont | W | |
| 10:45 am - 12:15 pm | A3) Writing about Science for Non-Science Publications Location: 1899 Ballroom | W | |
| 10:45 am - 12:15 pm | A4) Straight to the Source: Helping Scientists Speak Directly to the Press Location: HCCC Agassiz | W | |
| 12:15 - 1:30 pm | Creating Connections with Latin American Science Writers Location: HCCC Ponderosa Boardroom | W | |
| 12:15 - 1:30 pm | Lunch Location: HCCC Lobby and Humphreys | W | |
| 1:30 - 3:00 pm | B1) Covering Scientific Controversies Location: Wettaw Auditorium | W | |
| 1:30 - 3:00 pm | B2) The Seven Deadly Sins of the Science PIO (and How to Avoid Them) Location: HCCC Fremont | W | |
| 1:30 - 3:00 pm | B3) How to Sell That Story You Can't Let Go Location: HCCC Agassiz | W | |
| 1:30 - 3:00 pm | B4) Pitch Slam: Meet the Editors Location: 1899 Ballroom | W | |
| 3:00 - 3:30 pm | Afternoon Break Location: HCCC Lobby | W | |
| 3:30 - 5:00 pm | C1) Science News, Spot News, or Both? Managing and Covering Science Protests Location: HCCC Agassiz | W | |
| 3:30 - 5:00 pm | C2) Get a Life: I Tweet, I Blog, But Do I Sleep? Location: HCCC Fremont | W | |
| 3:30 - 5:00 pm | C3) You're Not Going to Print That, Are You? Handling Difficult Interviewees Location: HCCC Humphreys | W | |
| 3:30 - 5:00 pm | C4) Beat It: To Specialize or Not to Specialize? Location: Wettaw Auditorium | W | |
| 3:30 - 5:00 pm | C5) Going Long: How to Structure the Longform Narrative - with Help from Music, Theater, and Film Location: 1899 Ballroom | W | |
| 6:00 - 7:00 pm | NAU Evening Reception Location: HCCC Lobby | | F |
| 7:00 - 10:00 pm | Awards Dinner Location: HCCC Humphreys | | |
| 16Sunday | 8:00 - 10:00 am | Biohunters: How genomic analysis is aiding the fight against bioweapons, global epidemics and deadly food contaminants Location: Agassiz/Fremont | | |
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| 10:15 - 11:15 am | Human microbiomes: How bacteria affect our behavior, our weight and our brains Location: Agassiz/Fremont | | F |
| 12:00 - 1:30 pm | Lunch with Scientists Location: Various locations | | F |
| 2:00 - 3:00 pm | Applied anthropology: Using research tools to help transmit Native American and Latino culture to a new generation Location: Doyle/Rees | | F |
| 2:00 - 3:00 pm | Restoration ecology: Guiding the destruction of a century-old dam in Arizona Location: Agassiz/Fremont | | F |
| 3:00 - 4:00 pm | Are environmental pollutants contributing to the nation’s epidemic of obesity and diabetes? Location: Agassiz/Fremont | | F |
| 3:00 - 4:00 pm | Reconciling ranching and conservation on public lands—is it possible? Location: Doyle/Rees | | |
| 4:15 - 5:15 pm | Boosting intelligence Location: Agassiz/Fremont | | F |
| 4:15 - 5:15 pm | Does taking away guns reduce crime? Location: Doyle/Rees | | F |
| 7:00 - 9:00 pm | Reception at Lowell Observatory Location: Buses begin leaving from in front of the Drury Hotel at 5:45 p.m. | | F |
| 17Monday | 8:00 - 9:30 am | A history of violence Location: Agassiz/Freemont | | F |
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| 9:45 - 10:45 am | From particles to people: The laws of nature and the meaning of life Location: Agassiz/Freemont | | F |
| 10:45 - 11:45 am | Undocumented immigration across the Sonoran Desert of southern Arizona: A long-term analysis of clandestine border crossings Location: Agassiz/Freemont | | F |
| 12:00 - 1:00 pm | Writing about climate change: Listening to the “voices from the field" Location: Agassiz/Freemont | | F |
| 1:00 - 2:30 pm | Lunch Location: Humphreys | | F |
| 2:30 - 3:30 pm | New caves, new species, new genera—and caves on Mars Location: Agassiz/Fremont | | F |
| 2:30 - 3:30 pm | The Goldilocks Zone: Searching for planets outside the solar system Location: Doyle/Rees | | F |
| 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Reconstructing an ancient cataclysmic event: The Sunset Crater eruption Location: Doyle/Rees | | F |
| 3:30 - 4:30 pm | The “quiet ego: Location: Agassiz/Fremont | | F |
| 4:45 - 6:30 pm | Sleights of mind: The neuroscience of magic Location: Agassiz/Fremont | | F |
| 7:00 - 9:00 pm | Party Location: Informal gathering at the Weatherford Hotel | | F |
| 18Tuesday | 7:00 am - 6:00 pm | Glen Canyon Dam and River Trip Location: Leaving from the entrance of the Drury Inn promptly at 7 AM | | |
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