Ohio State Welcome Reception

Ohio State Welcome Reception

Time:
Friday, October 17th, 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Location:
Buses depart from Hilton, High St Entrance, Main Level

Click here for details on the opening event.

Busses will be running a continuous shuttle. If you arrive after check-in has closed and don't get a name tag, you can still join the reception. Just hop on the shuttle.

Meeting schedule

Friday, Oct. 17

11:00 am to 5:00 pm

Friday, Oct. 17
11:00 am to 5:00 pm
NASW Board Meeting
Hayden Room, Hilton Columbus Downtown

12:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Friday, Oct. 17
12:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Check-In
Main Lobby, Hilton Columbus Downtown

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Friday, Oct. 17
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Data Crunching and Visualization Hands-on Workshop
King Room, Hilton Columbus Downtown
Friday, Oct. 17
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Podcasting Hands-on Workshop
Hopkins Room, Hilton Columbus Downtown

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Friday, Oct. 17
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Ohio State Welcome Reception
Buses depart from Hilton, High St Entrance, Main Level

8:30 pm to 11:00 pm

Friday, Oct. 17
8:30 pm to 11:00 pm
Culture Dish Diversity Mixer
Barley's Brewing Company
Saturday, Oct. 18

7:30 am to 8:00 am

Saturday, Oct. 18
7:30 am to 8:00 am
Newcomer meet and greet
Bellows ABCD

7:30 am to 9:00 am

Saturday, Oct. 18
7:30 am to 9:00 am
Continental Breakfast
Bellows ABCD, Hilton Columbus Downtown

7:30 am to 5:30 pm

Saturday, Oct. 18
7:30 am to 5:30 pm
Check-In
Lower Level, Prefunction Hallway, Hilton Columbus Downtown

8:00 am to 9:00 am

Saturday, Oct. 18
8:00 am to 9:00 am
NASW Membership Meeting
Bellows ABCD, Hilton Columbus Downtown

9:15 am to 10:45 am

Saturday, Oct. 18
9:15 am to 10:45 am
A1) Innovation on a Budget
Burkhart A, Hilton Columbus Downtown
Saturday, Oct. 18
9:15 am to 10:45 am
A2) Building a Roadmap for Your Freelance Career
Bellows EF, Hilton Columbus Downtown
Saturday, Oct. 18
9:15 am to 10:45 am
A3) Media Law: How to Get Your Information and Protect Your Work From Plagiarists
Burkhart B, Hilton Columbus Downtown

10:45 am to 11:15 am

Saturday, Oct. 18
10:45 am to 11:15 am
Morning Break
Prefunction Hallway, Hilton Columbus Downtown

11:15 am to 12:45 pm

Saturday, Oct. 18
11:15 am to 12:45 pm
B1) Supporting Diversity in Science Writing
Burkhart A, Hilton Columbus Downtown
Saturday, Oct. 18
11:15 am to 12:45 pm
B2) Making Passion Projects Happen
Bellows EF, Hilton Columbus Downtown
Saturday, Oct. 18
11:15 am to 12:45 pm
B3) Science Blogging for Institutions: How to Make Your #OrgBlog the Best it Can Be
Burkhart B, Hilton Columbus Downtown

12:45 pm to 2:00 pm

Saturday, Oct. 18
12:45 pm to 2:00 pm
Lunch
Bellows ABCD, Hilton Columbus Downtown

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Saturday, Oct. 18
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Contracts Boot Camp
Pierce Room, Hilton Columbus Downtown

2:00 pm to 3:30 pm

Saturday, Oct. 18
2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
C1) Hot Button Science Writing: Diving into Controversy & Politics
Burkhart A, Hilton Columbus Downtown
Saturday, Oct. 18
2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
C2) Beyond the News Release Grind: Connecting with the Public as PIOs
Bellows EF, Hilton Columbus Downtown
Saturday, Oct. 18
2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
C3) Think Small: How to Write for Local and Non-Science Publications
Burkhart B, Hilton Columbus Downtown

3:30 pm to 3:45 pm

Saturday, Oct. 18
3:30 pm to 3:45 pm
Afternoon Break  
Prefunction Hallway, Hilton Columbus Downtown

3:45 pm to 5:15 pm

Saturday, Oct. 18
3:45 pm to 5:15 pm
D1) International Reporting: How NOT to screw it up
Burkhart A, Hilton Columbus Downtown
Saturday, Oct. 18
3:45 pm to 5:15 pm
D2) Back to School: How to Start Writing about Science for Kids
Burkhart B, Hilton Columbus Downtown
Saturday, Oct. 18
3:45 pm to 5:15 pm
D3) The Perils of P Values: How to Be Smart When Writing about Stats
Bellows EF, Hilton Columbus Downtown
Saturday, Oct. 18
3:45 pm to 5:15 pm
D4) Pitch Slam: Get Feedback from Editors in Real Time
Bellows ABCD, Hilton Columbus Downtown

5:45 pm to 9:30 pm

Saturday, Oct. 18
5:45 pm to 9:30 pm
Awards Night
COSI (Board buses promptly at 5:45)
Sunday, Oct. 19

7:00 am to 8:15 am

Sunday, Oct. 19
7:00 am to 8:15 am
Breakfast
Bellows Ballroom Prefunction Area, Hilton Columbus Downtown

8:15 am to 9:30 am

Sunday, Oct. 19
8:15 am to 9:30 am
Guns, gender, race and violent video games: Searching for the roots of modern aggression
Bellows ABCD, Hilton Columbus Downtown

9:30 am to 10:30 am

Sunday, Oct. 19
9:30 am to 10:30 am
Here comes CRISPR: The game-changing power of genome engineering
Bellows ABCD, Hilton Columbus Downtown

10:30 am to 11:00 am

Sunday, Oct. 19
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Break
Bellows Ballroom Prefunction Area, Hilton Columbus Downtown

10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Sunday, Oct. 19
10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Byrd Polar Research Center tour
Bus departs from Hilton and drops off at the Ohio Union for Lunch with a Scientist

11:00 am to 12:15 pm

Sunday, Oct. 19
11:00 am to 12:15 pm
Billions and billions of molecules: Exploring chemical space
Emerson Burkhart AB, Hilton Columbus Downtown
Sunday, Oct. 19
11:00 am to 12:15 pm
Navigating a minefield: Seeking and telling the truth about genetically modified crops
Bellows ABCD, Hilton Columbus Downtown

12:15 pm to 2:15 pm

Sunday, Oct. 19
12:15 pm to 2:15 pm
Lunch With a Scientist
Board buses at Hilton

2:15 pm to 3:15 pm

Sunday, Oct. 19
2:15 pm to 3:15 pm
2014 Patrusky Lecture: The human evolutionary journey
Bellows ABCD, Hilton Columbus Downtown

3:15 pm to 3:30 pm

Sunday, Oct. 19
3:15 pm to 3:30 pm
Break
Bellows Ballroom Prefunction Area, Hilton Columbus Downtown

3:15 pm to 5:15 pm

Sunday, Oct. 19
3:15 pm to 5:15 pm
Olentangy River Wetland Research Park tour
Board bus at Hilton

3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

Sunday, Oct. 19
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Personal transportation for sustainable megacities
Emerson Burkhart AB, Hilton Columbus Downtown
Sunday, Oct. 19
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Shaking the bird family tree
Bellows ABCD, Hilton Columbus Downtown

4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Sunday, Oct. 19
4:30 pm to 5:30 pm
The long-awaited dawn of neutrino astronomy
Emerson Burkhart AB, Hilton Columbus Downtown
Sunday, Oct. 19
4:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Updating the HPV story: A cancer’s shifting “behavioral genomics”
Bellows ABCD, Hilton Columbus Downtown

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Sunday, Oct. 19
7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
ScienceWriters Party
Barley’s Brewing Company
Monday, Oct. 20

7:00 am to 8:30 am

Monday, Oct. 20
7:00 am to 8:30 am
Breakfast
Bellows Ballroom Prefunction Area

8:30 am to 9:30 am

Monday, Oct. 20
8:30 am to 9:30 am
El Niño and human history: The record written in tropical glaciers
Bellows ABCD, Hilton Columbus Downtown

9:30 am to 10:30 am

Monday, Oct. 20
9:30 am to 10:30 am
Beyond graphene: Tunable one-atom-thick materials for tomorrow’s technology
Emerson Burkhart AB, Hilton Columbus Downtown
Monday, Oct. 20
9:30 am to 10:30 am
Metabolism: A new link between marital stress, depression and health
Bellows ABCD, Hilton Columbus Downtown

10:30 am to 11:00 am

Monday, Oct. 20
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Break
Bellows Ballroom Prefunction Area, Hilton Columbus Downtown

11:00 am to 12:00 pm

Monday, Oct. 20
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Coyotes in the Loop: A close-up view of survival in the urban core
Bellows ABCD, Hilton Columbus Downtown
Monday, Oct. 20
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Not just flocking: “Active matter” studies aim to understand wound healing, metastasis
Emerson Burkhart AB, Hilton Columbus Downtown

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Monday, Oct. 20
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Lunch
Bellows EF, Hilton Columbus Downtown

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Monday, Oct. 20
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
BICEP2: Strong support for inflationary cosmology, or a cloud of dust?
Bellows ABCD, Hilton Columbus Downtown

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Monday, Oct. 20
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Sports Health & Performance Institute tour
Board bus at Hilton

2:00 pm to 2:30 pm

Monday, Oct. 20
2:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Lessons in the communication of science from the BICEP2 story
Bellows ABCD, Hilton Columbus Downtown

2:30 pm to 3:00 pm

Monday, Oct. 20
2:30 pm to 3:00 pm
Break
Bellows Ballroom Prefunction Area, Hilton Columbus Downtown

2:30 pm to 5:00 pm

Monday, Oct. 20
2:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Center for Automotive Research/Driving Simulation Lab tour
Board bus at Hilton

3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Monday, Oct. 20
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Progress toward targeted cancer therapies: A new role for microRNA
Bellows ABCD, Hilton Columbus Downtown

4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Monday, Oct. 20
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Prediction, perception and how we shape memory
Bellows ABCD, Hilton Columbus Downtown

6:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Monday, Oct. 20
6:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Short North Dine Around
Varies
Tuesday, Oct. 21

7:30 am to 4:00 pm

Tuesday, Oct. 21
7:30 am to 4:00 pm
The Wilds tour
Board bus at Hilton

9:00 am to 11:00 am

Tuesday, Oct. 21
9:00 am to 11:00 am
Byrd Polar Research Center tour
Board bus at Hilton
Tuesday, Oct. 21
9:00 am to 11:00 am
Cartoon Library and Museum tour
Board bus at Hilton

9:45 am to 11:45 am

Tuesday, Oct. 21
9:45 am to 11:45 am
The James Cancer Hospital tour
Board bus at Hilton
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