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

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

Time:
Friday, October 28th, 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Location:
Buses depart from Omni

After a long day of traveling or pre-ScienceWriters2016 meetings, San Antonio wants to help you rally, so Cowboy Up and join us for an evening of down-home fun. Guests will enjoy BBQ hors d'oeuvres, prickly pear margaritas and musical and trick roping entertainment to kick off the weekend of festivities and learning. Try your hand at trick roping, or simply network and enjoy the sounds of Jeffrey Charles, a rising country music star. Shuttles will transport guests to and from the Omni to the convention center. Guests will have the option of enjoying a river barge transport back to the hotel after the event between 9 and 10 p.m.

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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