| 26Friday | 11:00 am - 6:00 pm | RDU Airport-RTP Headquarters-Marriott Shuttles | | F |
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| 11:30 am - 5:00 pm | RTP Headquarters Open House | | F |
| 12:00 - 3:00 pm | Lunch Truck Rodeo Location: RTP Parking Lot | | |
| 1:30 - 4:30 pm | Chapel Hill - University of North Carolina Nanotechnology Tour | | F |
| 1:30 - 4:30 pm | Duke University Tour - Research at the Duke Lemur Center | | F |
| 1:30 - 4:30 pm | Research Triangle Park Tour A - RTI International, Medicago | | F |
| 1:30 - 4:30 pm | Research Triangle Park Tour B - Medicago, US-EPA | | F |
| 5:00 - 7:00 pm | Reception at RTP Headquarters | | F |
| 7:00 - 8:30 pm | Shuttle from RTP Headquarters to Marriott City Center | | F |
| 9:00 - 11:00 pm | Afterglow Location: Marriott City Center | | |
| 28Sunday | 7:30 - 9:00 am | Continental Breakfast Location: Raleigh Convention Center, Room 305AB | | F |
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| 7:30 am - 12:00 pm | Check-In Location: Raleigh Convention Center-3rd Floor Hallway South | | F |
| 8:30 - 9:30 am | Finding evolution's footprints in the "regulome" Location: Room 306ABC | | F |
| 9:30 - 10:30 am | Can fat-derived stem cells rebuild bone and muscle? Location: Room 301AB | | F |
| 9:30 - 10:30 am | Poverty, health and industrial hog production Location: Room 302BC | | F |
| 10:30 - 11:00 am | Morning Break Location: Room 302A | | F |
| 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Evolution-based genetic pest control Location: Room 301AB | | F |
| 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | What's the universe made of? I. Dark particles and dark stars Location: Room 302BC | | F |
| 12:00 - 2:00 pm | Lunch with a Scientist at NC State University Centennial Campus Location: Shuttle bus pickup on Salisbury Street, front of Convention Center | | F |
| 2:00 - 3:00 pm | Smart materials to treat uterine fibroids Location: Room 301AB | | F |
| 2:00 - 3:00 pm | What's the universe made of? II. Higgsmania Location: Room 302BC | | F |
| 3:00 - 3:30 pm | Afternoon Break Location: Room 302A | | F |
| 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Cognitive aging: using games to explore strategies to keep brains healthy Location: Room 301AB | | F |
| 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Systems, sustainability and how we do (and talk about) science Location: Room 302BC | | F |
| 4:30 - 5:30 pm | Predicting and understanding the 2012 election with the social web Location: Room 306ABC | | F |
| 6:30 - 11:00 pm | SCONC Hallowe'en Party Location: The Oxford at 319 Fayetteville Street | | |
| 29Monday | 7:30 - 9:00 am | Continental Breakfast Location: Room 301AB | | F |
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| 8:30 - 10:30 am | New energy sources I: Solar fuels Location: Room 305AB | | F |
| 8:30 - 10:30 am | New energy sources II: Microbial fuel cells Location: Room 305AB | | F |
| 8:30 - 10:30 am | New vaccines I: Synthetic biology and the fight against pathogens Location: Room 306ABC | | F |
| 8:30 - 10:30 am | New vaccines II: Delivering oral immunization in a soybean Location: Room 306ABC | | F |
| 10:30 - 11:00 am | Morning Break Location: Room 301AB | | F |
| 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | From Mauritania to Mars: Earth scientists invade the red planet Location: Room 306ABC | | F |
| 12:00 - 1:00 pm | One Medicine: how dogs are accelerating human cancer research Location: Room 306ABC | | F |
| 12:00 - 1:00 pm | To make new nanotherapeutics, just press PRINT Location: Room 305AB | | F |
| 1:00 - 2:00 pm | Buffet Luncheon and Chemistry Demo Location: Room 301AB | | F |
| 2:00 - 2:50 pm | Melding mind and machine: robotic limbs controlled by thought Location: Room 306ABC | | F |
| 2:50 - 3:30 pm | Air pollution, brain development and behavior Location: Room 306ABC | | F |
| 3:30 - 3:40 pm | Afternoon Break Location: Room 301AB | | F |
| 3:40 - 4:30 pm | How lives unfold: the childhood roots of adult health and life success Location: Room 306ABC | | F |
| 4:30 - 5:30 pm | Dark energy, zombie stars and how robots control the future of astronomy Location: Room 306ABC | | F |
| 6:30 - 11:00 pm | Restaurant crawl or dinner on your own | | |
| 30Tuesday | 7:30 am - 4:00 pm | Piedmont Tour Location: Depart from Marriott | | F |
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| 7:30 am - 12:00 pm | Overnight Tour: Coastal and Marine Science Location: Depart from Marriott | | |
| 8:00 am - 12:00 pm | Triangle Tour - Smart Energy (Half-Day) Location: Depart from Marriott | | F |
