Meeting schedule

Meeting schedule

   NASW workshop       CASW New Horizons in Science       Hosted event, trip or tour   

W  NASW workshop registration required ($)    F  CASW New Horizons or hosted event (free)    $  Separate registration required ($)   
28Friday11:00 am - 5:00 pmNASW Board meeting
Location: San José, Omni La Mansión
W
12:00 - 6:00 pmCheck-in
Location: Outside the Iberian Ballroom, Omni La Mansión
W
1:00 - 4:00 pmPre-conference Session: How to make awesome science video (…and get people to watch it)
Location: Espada, Omni La Mansión
W
1:00 - 4:00 pmPre-conference Session: Interactive graphics for people with no free time
Location: Concepión, Omni La Mansión
W
6:00 - 9:00 pm“Cowboy Up” welcome reception at the Lonesome Dove Room, San Antonio's Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
Location: Buses depart from Omni
F
9:00 - 10:30 pmDiversity mixer
Location: Barriba Cantina, 111 W. Crockett St. #214
W
29Saturday7:00 - 8:00 amMeet and greet for newcomers/students
Location: Madero
7:30 am - 5:30 pmCheck-in
Location: Lobby, Omni La Mansión
W
8:00 - 9:15 amNASW membership meeting and continental breakfast
Location: Iberian Ballroom, Omni La Mansión
9:30 - 10:45 amA1) Communicating ciencia: Adapting to the changing voices of mass media
Location: Concepción, Omni La Mansión
W
9:30 - 10:45 amA2) How to increase your social media reach when you’re a one-person shop
Location: Iberian BC, Omni La Mansión
W
9:30 - 10:45 amA3) First aid for editors
Location: Veramendi, Omni La Mansión
W
9:30 - 10:45 amA4) Turning on the lightbulb: How to generate great feature ideas
Location: Iberian A, Omni La Mansión
W
10:45 - 11:15 amBreak
Location: Madero lobby and El Cabildo
W
11:15 am - 12:30 pmB1) Writing when you have a strong opinion
Location: Veramendi, Omni La Mansión
W
11:15 am - 12:30 pmB2) How to ask and answer tough questions
Location: Iberian BC, Omni La Mansión
W
11:15 am - 12:30 pmB3) Against ableism: Writing about disability
Location: Iberian A, Omni La Mansión
W
12:30 - 2:00 pmInformal Networking Lunch
Location: Madero, Concepción, El Capistrano, San Jose
W
12:30 - 2:00 pmSpecial Lunch Session on The World Conference: International Science Journalism in the Spotlight
Location: Espada
W
12:30 - 2:00 pmSpecial Lunch Table: #OneMinuteMentor
Location: Table will be in El Capistrano
W
12:30 - 2:00 pmSpecial Lunch Table: How to Win an NASW Idea Grant
Location: Table will be in Table will be in El Capistrano (sunroom side)
W
2:00 - 3:15 pmC1) Investigative reporting: Uncovering the seedy side of science
Location: Iberian BC, Omni La Mansión
W
2:00 - 3:15 pmC2) 5 secrets to get your editor begging for more
Location: Veramendi, Omni La Mansión
W
2:00 - 3:15 pmC3) Byline Counting project: Data and solutions
Location: Iberian A, Omni La Mansión
W
3:15 - 3:45 pmBreak
Location: Madero lobby and El Cabildo
W
3:45 - 5:00 pmD1) Practical strategies for science & health journalism diversity
Location: Veramendi, Omni La Mansión
W
3:45 - 5:00 pmD2) Reaching "the front page of the Internet": How to work with reddit to make science go viral
Location: Concepción, Omni La Mansión
W
3:45 - 5:00 pmD3) Hit the streets: How to bring non-scientists into science stories
Location: Iberian A, Omni La Mansión
W
3:45 - 5:00 pmD4) Pitch Slam 2016: Get feedback from editors in real time
Location: Iberian BC, Omni La Mansión
W
6:00 - 9:00 pmAwards reception at The Witte Museum
Location: The Witte Museum, buses depart Omni at 5:45
F
30Sunday7:00 - 8:15 amBreakfast
Location: Iberian Foyer, Omni La Mansión del Rio
F
8:15 - 8:30 amWelcome
Location: Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio
F
8:30 - 9:30 amThe faces behind digital crime and cyberterrorism
Location: Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio
F
9:30 - 10:30 amHow neurons build networks: A scientist mashes up smartphone data, graph theory and biochemistry
Location: Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio
F
9:30 - 10:30 amNonhuman primate research in the post-chimpanzee era
Location: Madero, Omni la Mansión del Rio
F
10:30 - 11:00 amBreak
Location: Iberian Foyer, Omni La Mansión del Rio
F
11:00 am - 12:00 pmPatrusky Lecture: What's the matter with quantum mechanics?
Location: Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio
F
12:00 - 2:00 pmEl Día de los Científicos: Have lunch with a scientist
Location: Various rooms, Omni la Mansión del Rio
F
1:30 - 3:15 pmTour: 20% renewable by 2020 with CPS Energy
Location: Buses depart from Omni
F
1:30 - 3:30 pmTour: Making better products to save limbs and lives at Acelity
Location: Buses depart from Omni
F
2:00 - 3:00 pmScience + Science Writing: The next Flint crisis (and why there will be one)
Location: Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio
F
3:00 - 3:30 pmBreak
Location: Iberian Foyer, Omni La Mansión del Rio
F
3:30 - 4:30 pmTraumatic brain injury, stroke and aging: Novel insights from biology
Location: Madero, Omni la Mansión del Rio
F
3:30 - 4:30 pmWhat artificial intelligence is and isn't: Programming creativity
Location: Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio
F
3:30 - 5:30 pmTour: Infectious diseases, genomics and animal science at Texas Biomed
Location: Texas Biomedical Research Institute and Southwest National Primate Research Center
F
4:30 - 5:30 pmAge, sex and meddling microbes: An update on cancer immunotherapy
Location: Madero, Omni la Mansión del Rio
F
4:30 - 5:30 pmScience + Science Writing: Inside AI
Location: Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio
F
6:30 - 9:00 pm¡Viva San Antonio! mixer at Sunset Station
Location: Buses depart from Omni
F
31Monday7:15 - 8:30 amBreakfast
Location: Iberian Foyer, Omni La Mansión del Rio
F
8:00 - 10:30 amTour: University Hospital and UT Health Science Center
Location: Buses depart from Omni
F
8:30 - 9:30 amCultivating citizen science to reduce environmental risks
Location: Madero, Omni la Mansión del Rio
F
8:30 - 9:30 amNew insights into the secret lives of dinosaurs
Location: Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio
F
9:30 - 10:30 amSelf-driving cars and smart highways: A reality check
Location: Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio
F
9:30 - 10:30 amWhat lizard sex tells us about behavioral evolution
Location: Madero, Omni la Mansión del Rio
F
10:30 - 11:00 amBreak
Location: Iberian Foyer, Omni La Mansión del Rio
F
10:30 am - 12:45 pmTour: Sustainability, robotics and visualization at UTSA
Location: Buses depart from Omni
F
10:30 am - 12:45 pmTour: Tissue printing, Lyme disease and photodynamic therapy at UTSA
Location: Buses depart from Omni
F
11:00 am - 12:00 pmA "bully planet" unmasked: Insights from the Juno mission
Location: Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio
F
12:00 - 1:15 pmLunch on your own
1:00 - 3:00 pmTour: Children and mental health at Clarity
Location: Buses depart from Omni
F
1:00 - 4:00 pmTour: Southwest Research Institute
Location: Buses depart from Omni
F
1:15 - 2:30 pmScience + Science Writing: Science, climate change and the 2016 presidential election
Location: Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio
F
2:30 - 3:00 pmBreak
Location: Iberian Foyer, Omni La Mansión del Rio
3:00 - 4:00 pmGenomic parasitology: New weapons against malaria and other tropical diseases
Location: Iberian, Omni la Mansión
F
4:00 - 5:00 pmThe human genome's 3-D code
Location: Iberian, Omni la Mansión del Rio
F
5:30 - 9:00 pmTour and reception: Trinity University science facility and Carl Wieman lecture
Location: Buses depart from Omni
F
1Tuesday8:30 am - 12:30 pmTour: Natural Bridge Caverns
Location: Buses depart from Omni
$
9:00 - 10:30 amTour: Inside San Antonio’s icons
Location: Tour will begin and end in lobby of Omni
F

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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