Meeting schedule

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Included with workshops fee
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Free, registration required
14Friday8:00 am - 6:00 pmForest and Range Science Management around Flagstaff, AZ
Location: Field Trip
9:00 am - 5:00 pmAudio Storytelling: Pre-conference workshop
Location: School of Communication Computer Lab
9:00 am - 5:00 pmVideo for the Web: Pre-conference workshop
Location: School of Communication Computer Lab
10:30 am - 3:00 pmNASW Board Meeting
Location: HCCC Ponderosa Boardroom
6:00 - 9:00 pmCheck-In
Location: HCCC Lobby
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6:00 - 9:00 pmNASW Welcome Reception
Location: HCCC Lobby
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7:00 - 9:00 pmIgnite! Session
Location: HCCC Agassiz
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8:00 - 9:00 pmFriday Social at ScienceWriters2011 for First-Timers, Students and ‘Sci-Buddies’
Location: HCCC Fremont
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15Saturday7:30 am - 6:00 pmCheck-In
Location: HCCC Lobby
8:00 - 9:00 amNASW Business Meeting
Location: HCCC Humphreys
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9:15 - 10:30 amPlenary Session: The Digital News Consumer
Location: HCCC Humphreys
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10:45 am - 12:15 pmA1) DIY Data Visualization
Location: HCCC Humphreys
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10:45 am - 12:15 pmA2) 1001 Questions about Freelancing
Location: HCCC Fremont
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10:45 am - 12:15 pmA3) Writing about Science for Non-Science Publications
Location: 1899 Ballroom
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10:45 am - 12:15 pmA4) Straight to the Source: Helping Scientists Speak Directly to the Press
Location: HCCC Agassiz
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12:15 - 1:30 pmCreating Connections with Latin American Science Writers
Location: HCCC Ponderosa Boardroom
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12:15 - 1:30 pmLunch
Location: HCCC Lobby and Humphreys
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1:30 - 3:00 pmB1) Covering Scientific Controversies
Location: Wettaw Auditorium
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1:30 - 3:00 pmB2) The Seven Deadly Sins of the Science PIO (and How to Avoid Them)
Location: HCCC Fremont
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1:30 - 3:00 pmB3) How to Sell That Story You Can't Let Go
Location: HCCC Agassiz
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1:30 - 3:00 pmB4) Pitch Slam: Meet the Editors
Location: 1899 Ballroom
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3:00 - 3:30 pmAfternoon Break
Location: HCCC Lobby
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3:30 - 5:00 pmC1) Science News, Spot News, or Both? Managing and Covering Science Protests
Location: HCCC Agassiz
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3:30 - 5:00 pmC2) Get a Life: I Tweet, I Blog, But Do I Sleep?
Location: HCCC Fremont
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3:30 - 5:00 pmC3) You're Not Going to Print That, Are You? Handling Difficult Interviewees
Location: HCCC Humphreys
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3:30 - 5:00 pmC4) Beat It: To Specialize or Not to Specialize?
Location: Wettaw Auditorium
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3:30 - 5:00 pmC5) Going Long: How to Structure the Longform Narrative - with Help from Music, Theater, and Film
Location: 1899 Ballroom
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6:00 - 7:00 pmNAU Evening Reception
Location: HCCC Lobby
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7:00 - 10:00 pm Awards Dinner
Location: HCCC Humphreys
16Sunday8:00 - 10:00 amBiohunters: How genomic analysis is aiding the fight against bioweapons, global epidemics and deadly food contaminants
Location: Agassiz/Fremont
10:15 - 11:15 amHuman microbiomes: How bacteria affect our behavior, our weight and our brains
Location: Agassiz/Fremont
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12:00 - 1:30 pmLunch with Scientists
Location: Various locations
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2:00 - 3:00 pmApplied anthropology: Using research tools to help transmit Native American and Latino culture to a new generation
Location: Doyle/Rees
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2:00 - 3:00 pmRestoration ecology: Guiding the destruction of a century-old dam in Arizona
Location: Agassiz/Fremont
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3:00 - 4:00 pmAre environmental pollutants contributing to the nation’s epidemic of obesity and diabetes?
Location: Agassiz/Fremont
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3:00 - 4:00 pmReconciling ranching and conservation on public lands—is it possible?
Location: Doyle/Rees
4:15 - 5:15 pmBoosting intelligence
Location: Agassiz/Fremont
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4:15 - 5:15 pmDoes taking away guns reduce crime?
Location: Doyle/Rees
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7:00 - 9:00 pmReception at Lowell Observatory
Location: Buses begin leaving from in front of the Drury Hotel at 5:45 p.m.
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17Monday8:00 - 9:30 amA history of violence
Location: Agassiz/Freemont
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9:45 - 10:45 amFrom particles to people: The laws of nature and the meaning of life
Location: Agassiz/Freemont
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10:45 - 11:45 amUndocumented immigration across the Sonoran Desert of southern Arizona: A long-term analysis of clandestine border crossings
Location: Agassiz/Freemont
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12:00 - 1:00 pmWriting about climate change: Listening to the “voices from the field"
Location: Agassiz/Freemont
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1:00 - 2:30 pmLunch
Location: Humphreys
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2:30 - 3:30 pmNew caves, new species, new genera—and caves on Mars
Location: Agassiz/Fremont
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2:30 - 3:30 pmThe Goldilocks Zone: Searching for planets outside the solar system
Location: Doyle/Rees
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3:30 - 4:30 pmReconstructing an ancient cataclysmic event: The Sunset Crater eruption
Location: Doyle/Rees
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3:30 - 4:30 pmThe “quiet ego:
Location: Agassiz/Fremont
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4:45 - 6:30 pmSleights of mind: The neuroscience of magic
Location: Agassiz/Fremont
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7:00 - 9:00 pmParty
Location: Informal gathering at the Weatherford Hotel
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18Tuesday7:00 am - 6:00 pmGlen Canyon Dam and River Trip
Location: Leaving from the entrance of the Drury Inn promptly at 7 AM