Tour: Natural Bridge Caverns

Tour: Natural Bridge Caverns

Time:
Tuesday, November 1st, 8:30 am to 12:30 pm
Location:
Buses depart from Omni

Join us for a Discovery Tour of Natural Bridge Caverns. Guests will travel 180 feet underground through a half-mile of the largest show cavern in Texas. “See awe-inspiring, ancient formations centuries in the making and still growing today, such as amazing stalagmites, stalactites, flowstones, chandeliers and soda straws.” The Cavern’s on-site geologist is providing this personalized tour for ScienceWriters attendees. Advance registration required. Fee is $35.00.

Meeting schedule

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Friday, Oct. 28
Saturday, Oct. 29
Sunday, Oct. 30
Monday, Oct. 31
Tuesday, Nov. 1

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Friday, Oct. 28

11:00 am to 5:00 pm

W NASW Board meeting
San José, Omni La Mansión

12:00 pm to 6:00 pm

W Check-in
Outside the Iberian Ballroom, Omni La Mansión

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

W Pre-conference Session: How to make awesome science video (…and get people to watch it)
Espada, Omni La Mansión
W Pre-conference Session: Interactive graphics for people with no free time
Concepión, Omni La Mansión

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

F “Cowboy Up” welcome reception at the Lonesome Dove Room, San Antonio's Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
Buses depart from Omni

9:00 pm to 10:30 pm

W Diversity mixer
Barriba Cantina, 111 W. Crockett St. #214
Saturday, Oct. 29

7:00 am to 8:00 am

Meet and greet for newcomers/students
Madero

7:30 am to 5:30 pm

W Check-in
Lobby, Omni La Mansión

8:00 am to 9:15 am

NASW membership meeting and continental breakfast
Iberian Ballroom, Omni La Mansión

9:30 am to 10:45 am

W A1) Communicating ciencia: Adapting to the changing voices of mass media
Concepción, Omni La Mansión
W A2) How to increase your social media reach when you’re a one-person shop
Iberian BC, Omni La Mansión
W A3) First aid for editors
Veramendi, Omni La Mansión
W A4) Turning on the lightbulb: How to generate great feature ideas
Iberian A, Omni La Mansión

10:45 am to 11:15 am

W Break
Madero lobby and El Cabildo

11:15 am to 12:30 pm

W B1) Writing when you have a strong opinion
Veramendi, Omni La Mansión
W B2) How to ask and answer tough questions
Iberian BC, Omni La Mansión
W B3) Against ableism: Writing about disability
Iberian A, Omni La Mansión

12:30 pm to 2:00 pm

W Informal Networking Lunch
Madero, Concepción, El Capistrano, San Jose
W Special Lunch Session on The World Conference: International Science Journalism in the Spotlight
Espada
W Special Lunch Table: #OneMinuteMentor
Table will be in El Capistrano
W Special Lunch Table: How to Win an NASW Idea Grant
Table will be in Table will be in El Capistrano (sunroom side)

2:00 pm to 3:15 pm

W C1) Investigative reporting: Uncovering the seedy side of science
Iberian BC, Omni La Mansión
W C2) 5 secrets to get your editor begging for more
Veramendi, Omni La Mansión
W C3) Byline Counting project: Data and solutions
Iberian A, Omni La Mansión

3:15 pm to 3:45 pm

W Break
Madero lobby and El Cabildo

3:45 pm to 5:00 pm

W D1) Practical strategies for science & health journalism diversity
Veramendi, Omni La Mansión
W D2) Reaching "the front page of the Internet": How to work with reddit to make science go viral
Concepción, Omni La Mansión
W D3) Hit the streets: How to bring non-scientists into science stories
Iberian A, Omni La Mansión
W D4) Pitch Slam 2016: Get feedback from editors in real time
Iberian BC, Omni La Mansión

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

F Awards reception at The Witte Museum
The Witte Museum, buses depart Omni at 5:45
Sunday, Oct. 30

7:00 am to 8:15 am

F Breakfast
Iberian Foyer, Omni La Mansión del Rio

8:15 am to 8:30 am

F Welcome
Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio

8:30 am to 9:30 am

F The faces behind digital crime and cyberterrorism
Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio

9:30 am to 10:30 am

F How neurons build networks: A scientist mashes up smartphone data, graph theory and biochemistry
Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio
F Nonhuman primate research in the post-chimpanzee era
Madero, Omni la Mansión del Rio

10:30 am to 11:00 am

F Break
Iberian Foyer, Omni La Mansión del Rio

11:00 am to 12:00 pm

F Patrusky Lecture: What's the matter with quantum mechanics?
Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio

12:00 pm to 2:00 pm

F El Día de los Científicos: Have lunch with a scientist
Various rooms, Omni la Mansión del Rio

1:30 pm to 3:15 pm

F Tour: 20% renewable by 2020 with CPS Energy
Buses depart from Omni

1:30 pm to 3:30 pm

F Tour: Making better products to save limbs and lives at Acelity
Buses depart from Omni

2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

F Science + Science Writing: The next Flint crisis (and why there will be one)
Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio

3:00 pm to 3:30 pm

F Break
Iberian Foyer, Omni La Mansión del Rio

3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

F Traumatic brain injury, stroke and aging: Novel insights from biology
Madero, Omni la Mansión del Rio
F What artificial intelligence is and isn't: Programming creativity
Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio

3:30 pm to 5:30 pm

F Tour: Infectious diseases, genomics and animal science at Texas Biomed
Texas Biomedical Research Institute and Southwest National Primate Research Center

4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

F Age, sex and meddling microbes: An update on cancer immunotherapy
Madero, Omni la Mansión del Rio
F Science + Science Writing: Inside AI
Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio

6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

F ¡Viva San Antonio! mixer at Sunset Station
Buses depart from Omni
Monday, Oct. 31

7:15 am to 8:30 am

F Breakfast
Iberian Foyer, Omni La Mansión del Rio

8:00 am to 10:30 am

F Tour: University Hospital and UT Health Science Center
Buses depart from Omni

8:30 am to 9:30 am

F Cultivating citizen science to reduce environmental risks
Madero, Omni la Mansión del Rio
F New insights into the secret lives of dinosaurs
Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio

9:30 am to 10:30 am

F Self-driving cars and smart highways: A reality check
Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio
F What lizard sex tells us about behavioral evolution
Madero, Omni la Mansión del Rio

10:30 am to 11:00 am

F Break
Iberian Foyer, Omni La Mansión del Rio

10:30 am to 12:45 pm

F Tour: Sustainability, robotics and visualization at UTSA
Buses depart from Omni
F Tour: Tissue printing, Lyme disease and photodynamic therapy at UTSA
Buses depart from Omni

11:00 am to 12:00 pm

F A "bully planet" unmasked: Insights from the Juno mission
Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio

12:00 pm to 1:15 pm

Lunch on your own

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

F Tour: Children and mental health at Clarity
Buses depart from Omni

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

F Tour: Southwest Research Institute
Buses depart from Omni

1:15 pm to 2:30 pm

F Science + Science Writing: Science, climate change and the 2016 presidential election
Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio

2:30 pm to 3:00 pm

Break
Iberian Foyer, Omni La Mansión del Rio

3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

F Genomic parasitology: New weapons against malaria and other tropical diseases
Iberian, Omni la Mansión

4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

F The human genome's 3-D code
Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio

5:30 pm to 9:00 pm

F Tour and reception: Trinity University science facility and Carl Wieman lecture
Buses depart from Omni
Tuesday, Nov. 1

8:30 am to 12:30 pm

$ Tour: Natural Bridge Caverns
Buses depart from Omni

9:00 am to 10:30 am

F Tour: Inside San Antonio’s icons
Tour will begin and end in lobby of Omni
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