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Thursday,
October 14, 2004
(pre-conference; optional; limited spaces—first
come first served) |
Trinity
Site Visit—Bus departure from host hotels: |
7:00am |
Chilè
Cheeseburger Lunch included—see
Trinity Site page for details. |
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Friday,
October 15, 2004 (starting at 12:15 pm) |
Welcoming
remarks |
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Steve
Feller, Sigma Pi Sigma President |
12:15pm |
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Marc
Brodsky , Executive Director & CEO, American
Institute of Physics |
12:20pm |
Ethics
in Physics: A Personal Perspective |
12:30pm |
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Mildred
Dresselhaus, Chair, AIP Governing Board |
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Keynote
Address: Pulsars and Extreme Physics |
12:45pm |
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Jocelyn
Bell Burnell, Dean of Science, University of Bath
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Ethics
in Physics I: Career Choices & Weapons Research (workshop) |
1:45pm |
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Moderator:
Ken Ford,
Author & former Executive Director of American Institute
of Physics |
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Break/Snack |
3:05pm |
Einstein,
1905, 1999: Legacy and Hope |
3:15pm |
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John
Rigden, Author & Historian of Science |
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Ethics
in Physics II: Professional Integrity in Research & Authorship
(workshop) |
4:15pm |
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Moderator:
Lydia Sohn,
Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley |
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2005
World Year of Physics Session & Reception |
5:40pm |
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Friday
Poster Abstracts
Kick-off celebration for the 2005 World Year
of Physics! Presentations from association leaders on 2005
plans across the United States and around the globe; SPS chapter
demonstrations; research posters.
*Deadline
for abstract submission: October 1, 2004
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Lead
Speaker: Alan Chodos, Associate
Executive Officer, American Physical Society |
5:40pm |
Moderator:
Karen Williams, President,
Society of Physics Students |
6:20pm |
Dinner
& Speaker |
7:00pm |
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Science
Ethics: A Governmental Perspective
John Marburger,
Science Advisor to the President |
8:00pm |
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Saturday,
October 16, 2004 (starting at 6:30am) |
Shuttle
Bus Schedule |
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Breakfast
at Hotel |
6:30-7:30am |
Ethics
in Physics III: Our Collective Role in Achieving Diversity (workshop) |
8:30am |
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Moderator:
James Stith,
Vice President, Physics Resources, American Institute of Physics
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Taking
the Ethics of Einstein into the 21st Century |
9:45am |
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Dwight
Neuenschwander, Editor, Radiations Magazine, Southern
Nazarene University |
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The
Architects of Modern Physics & Sigma Pi Sigma Heritage |
10:25am |
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Gary
White, Director, Sigma Pi Sigma & Society of
Physics Students (SPS) |
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Ethics
in Physics IV: Tenure & Academic Freedom (workshop) |
10:45am |
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Moderator:
Diandra Leslie-Pelecky,
Associate Professor, University of Nebraska – Lincoln |
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Lunch |
12:00-1:00pm |
Bose-Einstein
Condensation: Quantum Weirdness at the Lowest Temperature in
the Universe |
1:15pm |
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Carl
Wieman, Nobel Laureate, University of Colorado |
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Pursuing
Einstein's Promise in the Four Corners |
2:30pm |
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APS
Four-Corners’ hosted Plenary Session; 4 invited speakers |
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Ethics
in Physics: Debate of Resolutions for Sigma Pi Sigma Action
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4:30pm |
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Moderator:
Philip Hammer, Vice President,
The Franklin
Institute
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Reception
& Poster Session* |
6:00pm |
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Saturday
Poster Abstracts
Topics include research from any field of physics or applied
physics, reports on the career trajectories of “hidden”
physicists, science education activities or outreach endeavors.
*Deadline
for abstract submission: October 1, 2004
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Closing
Banquet & Presentation of Awards |
6:30pm |
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Moderator:
Thomas Olsen, Former President
of Sigma Pi Sigma |
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Banquet
Speech: The First Man-Made Nuclear Explosion |
7:30pm |
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L.
Worth Seagondollar, Former President of Sigma Pi
Sigma |
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Adjourn |
8:30pm |
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