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 ($)   
12Friday12:00 - 6:00 pmCheck-in
Location: Marvin Center, Great Hall (street level)
1:00 - 5:00 pmGetting Real: Science Writing in AR and VR
Location: Marvin Center, Room 307
$
1:00 - 5:00 pmSciWriUnited: A regional SciWri groups congress
Location: Marvin Center, Continental Ballroom
W
3:00 - 5:00 pmInteractive workshop: How to submit a successful pitch
Location: Marvin Center, Room 405
$
3:30 - 4:15 pmButterfly CRISPR workshop at the GW Department of Biological Sciences
Location: Science and Engineering Hall, 8th floor; check in at the SEH lobby infodesk at 3:15.
F
3:30 - 4:15 pmTour of the Harlan Greenhouse at the GW Department of Biological Sciences
Location: Science and Engineering Hall, 8th floor; check in at the SEH infodesk at 3:15.
F
4:30 - 5:15 pmButterfly CRISPR workshop at the GW Department of Biological Sciences
Location: Science and Engineering Hall, 8th floor; check in at the SEH lobby infodesk at 4:15.
F
4:30 - 5:15 pmTour of the Harlan Greenhouse at the GW Department of Biological Sciences
Location: Science and Engineering Hall, 8th floor; check in at the SEH lobby infodesk at 4:15.
F
5:30 - 7:30 pmWelcome reception
Location: Science and Engineering Hall
F
8:00 - 11:00 pmDiversity mixer
Location: Stoney’s on L, 2101 L St. NW #103
13Saturday7:30 - 8:15 amNASW membership meeting + light breakfast
Location: Marvin Center, Grand Ballroom
8:00 am - 6:00 pmCheck-in
Location: Marvin Center, Great Hall (street level)
8:30 - 9:45 amPlenary: In the Trump era, whose job is it to build public trust in science?
Location: Lisner Auditorium
W
10:15 - 11:45 amApocalypse how? The challenge of writing freshly about huge intractable problems
Location: Lisner Auditorium
W
10:15 - 11:45 amCommunicating ciencia II: Engaging the changing faces and voices of mass media
Location: Marvin Center, Continental Ballroom
W
10:15 - 11:45 amCongratulations, you're a manager! Now what?
Location: Marvin Center, Grand Ballroom
W
10:15 - 11:45 amHow to get paid: Dealing with delinquent clients
Location: Marvin Center, Room 309
W
10:15 - 11:45 amOptimizing Twitter for science communication
Location: Jack Morton Auditorium
W
11:45 am - 2:00 pmLunch break
Location: Visit your choice of multiple local establishments for good eats + good company
W
12:00 - 1:30 pmLunch Roundtable: Balancing Parenting and Freelancing
Location: Marvin Center, 402-404
$
12:45 - 1:45 pm#SciWriMentoring
Location: Marvin Center, Continental Ballroom
W
12:45 - 1:45 pmCoping strategies for the stressed-out science writer
Location: Marvin Center, Room 309
W
2:00 - 3:15 pmPreprints: Best practices for science journalists and communicators
Location: Marvin Center, Continental Ballroom
W
2:00 - 3:15 pmRaising your voice: Using essay techniques in science writing
Location: Lisner Auditorium
W
2:00 - 3:15 pmShow, not tell: The art of writing science videos
Location: Jack Morton Auditorium
W
2:00 - 3:15 pmTalking with young people about science in the age of #fakenews
Location: Marvin Center, Room 309
W
2:00 - 3:15 pmWe've got the beat: How to create an area of expertise as a science writer
Location: Marvin Center, Grand Ballroom
W
3:15 - 3:45 pmAfternoon Break
Location: Marvin Center: Grand and Continental Ballrooms
W
3:45 - 5:00 pmLive interviewing: Science up close and personal
Location: Jack Morton Auditorium
W
3:45 - 5:00 pmOh now I get it: Training scientists to communicate clearly
Location: Marvin Center, Grand Ballroom
W
3:45 - 5:00 pmPitch Slam 2018: Get feedback from editors in real time
Location: Lisner Auditorium
W
3:45 - 5:00 pmSo you think you want to edit?
Location: Marvin Center, Continental Ballroom
W
5:15 - 6:30 pmScience writer for hire: A freelancer-editor-PIO meet-and-greet
Location: Marvin Center, Room 309
W
7:00 - 10:00 pmScienceWriters Annual Awards Night
Location: Washington Marriott Georgetown
F
14Sunday7:45 - 8:45 amContinental breakfast
Location: Marvin Center Grand Ballroom and Continental Ballroom
F
7:45 am - 7:00 pmExhibit Hall open
Location: Marvin Center Grand Ballroom and Continental Ballroom
F
8:00 - 11:00 amCheck-in
Location: Marvin Center Third Floor
F
8:45 - 10:00 amPreventing violence against women and girls: What is the role of science?
Location: Lisner Auditorium
F
10:05 - 11:05 amScience + Science Writing: The Wild West of stem cell therapy
Location: Lisner Auditorium
F
10:05 - 11:05 amWounds, plants, and poisons: Zooming in on cellular processes to solve problems on the farm and battlefield
Location: Jack Morton Auditorium
F
11:05 - 11:30 amCoffee break
Location: Marvin Center Grand Ballroom and Continental Ballroom
F
11:30 am - 12:30 pmKilauea: High-tech observation gives scientists a look inside a restless planet
Location: Lisner Auditorium
F
11:30 am - 12:30 pmScience + Science Writing: Weird science: Case studies in communicating quantum physics
Location: Jack Morton Auditorium
F
12:30 - 2:30 pmLunch with a Scientist
Location: Various
F
2:30 - 3:30 pmPatrusky Lecture: Systemic flaws in the biomedical research enterprise
Location: Lisner Auditorium
F
3:30 - 4:00 pmCoffee break
Location: Marvin Center Grand Ballroom and Continental Ballroom
F
4:00 - 5:00 pmDiscovery, retraction, and crisis: How and why press reporting on science matters
Location: Jack Morton Auditorium
F
4:00 - 5:00 pmTroubled intersections: Police violence, gentrification, and HIV/AIDS prevention
Location: Lisner Auditorium
F
5:00 - 7:00 pmScienceWriters reception
Location: Marvin Center Grand Ballroom and Continental Ballroom
F
15Monday7:45 - 8:30 amContinental breakfast
Location: Marvin Center Grand Ballroom and Continental Ballroom
F
7:45 am - 5:00 pmExhibit Hall open
Location: Marvin Center Grand Ballroom and Continental Ballroom
F
8:30 - 9:30 amA detailed X-ray map of the galactic plane
Location: Jack Morton Auditorium
F
8:30 - 9:30 amDifferential privacy: Science provides researchers and census-takers a better way to protect personal data
Location: Lisner Auditorium
F
9:00 - 10:40 amTour of GW Nanofabrication and Imaging Center with emphasis on biomedical microscopy
Location: Science and Engineering Hall, check in at lobby infodesk
F
9:35 - 10:35 amDams in Amazonia: A developing climate threat
Location: Jack Morton Auditorium
F
9:35 - 10:35 amFrom no return: The Slave Wrecks Project and the 221-year journey of the slave ship São José
Location: Lisner Auditorium
F
10:35 - 10:50 amCoffee break
Location: Marvin Center Grand Ballroom and Continental Ballroom
F
10:50 - 11:50 amApollo plus 50: The past, present, and future of the space program
Location: Lisner Auditorium
F
11:50 am - 1:00 pmLunch break
Location: Visit your choice of multiple local establishments for good eats + good company
12:00 - 12:45 pmLunchtime yoga
Location: GW Milken Institute School of Public Health
12:15 - 2:00 pmTour of GW Nanofabrication and Imaging Center with emphasis on nanofabrication techniques
Location: Science and Engineering Hall, check in at lobby infodesk
F
1:00 - 2:00 pmAutism research: New questions about the developing brain
Location: Lisner Auditorium
F
2:00 - 3:00 pmScience + Science Writing: The Amazon in crisis
Location: Lisner Auditorium
F
3:00 - 3:15 pmCoffee break
Location: Marvin Center Grand Ballroom and Continental Ballroom
F
3:00 - 4:45 pmTour of GW Nanofabrication and Imaging Center with emphasis on biomedical microscopy
Location: Science and Engineering Hall, check in at lobby infodesk
F
3:15 - 4:05 pmClimate science on trial
Location: Lisner Auditorium
F
4:05 - 4:55 pmChemical exposures and consumer health: The case of uterine fibroids
Location: Lisner Auditorium
F
16Tuesday8:00 am - 12:30 pmUSP field trip: The science of quality standards
Location: Rockville, MD. Van will depart from/return to the Washington Marriott GeorgetownD
F
8:00 am - 5:00 pmNational Association of Science Writers Information Access Summit
Location: Marvin Center (800 21st Street NW) Room 309
$
8:30 am - 12:30 pmMedImmune field trip: Beyond biotech
Location: Gaithersburg, MD. Bus will depart from/return to the Washington Marriott Georgetown.
F
9:00 am - 12:00 pmGeorgetown University Medical Center field trip: Just because we can, should we?
Location: Washington, DC. Bus will depart from/return to the Washington Marriott Georgetown.
F
9:00 am - 12:00 pmUniversity of Maryland: Next-generation engineering
Location: College Park, MD. Bus will depart from/return to the Washington Marriott Georgetown.
F
9:00 am - 12:00 pmUniversity of Maryland: Quantum computing
Location: College Park, MD. Bus will depart from/return to the Washington Marriott Georgetown.
F
9:00 am - 12:00 pmUniversity of Maryland: Virtual and augmented reality
Location: College Park, Md. Bus will depart/return to the Washington Marriott Georgetown.
F
9:00 am - 4:00 pmNational Institute of Standards and Technology field trip: Not your standard tour
Location: Gaithersburg, MD. Bus will depart from/return to the Washington Marriott Georgetown.
F

Meeting schedule

Friday, Oct. 12

12:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Check-in
Marvin Center, Great Hall (street level)

1:00 pm to 5:00 pm

$ Getting Real: Science Writing in AR and VR
Marvin Center, Room 307
W SciWriUnited: A regional SciWri groups congress
Marvin Center, Continental Ballroom

3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

3:30 pm to 4:15 pm

F Butterfly CRISPR workshop at the GW Department of Biological Sciences
Science and Engineering Hall, 8th floor; check in at the SEH lobby infodesk at 3:15.
F Tour of the Harlan Greenhouse at the GW Department of Biological Sciences
Science and Engineering Hall, 8th floor; check in at the SEH infodesk at 3:15.

4:30 pm to 5:15 pm

F Butterfly CRISPR workshop at the GW Department of Biological Sciences
Science and Engineering Hall, 8th floor; check in at the SEH lobby infodesk at 4:15.
F Tour of the Harlan Greenhouse at the GW Department of Biological Sciences
Science and Engineering Hall, 8th floor; check in at the SEH lobby infodesk at 4:15.

5:30 pm to 7:30 pm

F Welcome reception
Science and Engineering Hall

8:00 pm to 11:00 pm

Diversity mixer
Stoney’s on L, 2101 L St. NW #103
Saturday, Oct. 13

7:30 am to 8:15 am

NASW membership meeting + light breakfast
Marvin Center, Grand Ballroom

8:00 am to 6:00 pm

Check-in
Marvin Center, Great Hall (street level)

8:30 am to 9:45 am

10:15 am to 11:45 am

W Congratulations, you're a manager! Now what?
Marvin Center, Grand Ballroom

11:45 am to 2:00 pm

W Lunch break
Visit your choice of multiple local establishments for good eats + good company

12:00 pm to 1:30 pm

12:45 pm to 1:45 pm

W #SciWriMentoring
Marvin Center, Continental Ballroom

2:00 pm to 3:15 pm

3:15 pm to 3:45 pm

W Afternoon Break
Marvin Center: Grand and Continental Ballrooms

3:45 pm to 5:00 pm

W So you think you want to edit?
Marvin Center, Continental Ballroom

5:15 pm to 6:30 pm

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

F ScienceWriters Annual Awards Night
Washington Marriott Georgetown
Sunday, Oct. 14

7:45 am to 8:45 am

F Continental breakfast
Marvin Center Grand Ballroom and Continental Ballroom

7:45 am to 7:00 pm

F Exhibit Hall open
Marvin Center Grand Ballroom and Continental Ballroom

8:00 am to 11:00 am

F Check-in
Marvin Center Third Floor

8:45 am to 10:00 am

10:05 am to 11:05 am

11:05 am to 11:30 am

F Coffee break
Marvin Center Grand Ballroom and Continental Ballroom

11:30 am to 12:30 pm

12:30 pm to 2:30 pm

2:30 pm to 3:30 pm

3:30 pm to 4:00 pm

F Coffee break
Marvin Center Grand Ballroom and Continental Ballroom

4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

5:00 pm to 7:00 pm

F ScienceWriters reception
Marvin Center Grand Ballroom and Continental Ballroom
Monday, Oct. 15

7:45 am to 8:30 am

F Continental breakfast
Marvin Center Grand Ballroom and Continental Ballroom

7:45 am to 5:00 pm

F Exhibit Hall open
Marvin Center Grand Ballroom and Continental Ballroom

8:30 am to 9:30 am

9:00 am to 10:40 am

F Tour of GW Nanofabrication and Imaging Center with emphasis on biomedical microscopy
Science and Engineering Hall, check in at lobby infodesk

9:35 am to 10:35 am

10:35 am to 10:50 am

F Coffee break
Marvin Center Grand Ballroom and Continental Ballroom

10:50 am to 11:50 am

11:50 am to 1:00 pm

Lunch break
Visit your choice of multiple local establishments for good eats + good company

12:00 pm to 12:45 pm

F Lunchtime yoga
GW Milken Institute School of Public Health

12:15 pm to 2:00 pm

F Tour of GW Nanofabrication and Imaging Center with emphasis on nanofabrication techniques
Science and Engineering Hall, check in at lobby infodesk

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

3:00 pm to 3:15 pm

F Coffee break
Marvin Center Grand Ballroom and Continental Ballroom

3:00 pm to 4:45 pm

F Tour of GW Nanofabrication and Imaging Center with emphasis on biomedical microscopy
Science and Engineering Hall, check in at lobby infodesk

3:15 pm to 4:05 pm

F Climate science on trial
Lisner Auditorium

4:05 pm to 4:55 pm

Tuesday, Oct. 16

8:00 am to 12:30 pm

F USP field trip: The science of quality standards
Rockville, MD. Van will depart from/return to the Washington Marriott GeorgetownD

8:00 am to 5:00 pm

$ National Association of Science Writers Information Access Summit
Marvin Center (800 21st Street NW) Room 309

8:30 am to 12:30 pm

F MedImmune field trip: Beyond biotech
Gaithersburg, MD. Bus will depart from/return to the Washington Marriott Georgetown.

9:00 am to 12:00 pm

F Georgetown University Medical Center field trip: Just because we can, should we?
Washington, DC. Bus will depart from/return to the Washington Marriott Georgetown.
F University of Maryland: Next-generation engineering
College Park, MD. Bus will depart from/return to the Washington Marriott Georgetown.
F University of Maryland: Quantum computing
College Park, MD. Bus will depart from/return to the Washington Marriott Georgetown.
F University of Maryland: Virtual and augmented reality
College Park, Md. Bus will depart/return to the Washington Marriott Georgetown.

9:00 am to 4:00 pm

F National Institute of Standards and Technology field trip: Not your standard tour
Gaithersburg, MD. Bus will depart from/return to the Washington Marriott Georgetown.

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