AIBS 2009 Annual Meeting, May 18 - 19. Onsite and webcast
Sustainable Agriculture: Greening the Global Food Supply
Register to attend in person or watch key portions by live-streaming
webcast at:
http://www.aibs.org/annual-meeting/annual_meeting_2009.html
Webcast participants will have video / audio feeds of speakers, will
see the speakers' slides (if applicable), and will be able to submit
questions to the moderator in real time.
Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel, 801 North Glebe Road, Arlington,
Virginia 22203 (two blocks from NSF Headquarters)
The 2009 annual meeting of the American Institute of Biological
Sciences brings together plenary speakers, panelists, and discussion
groups, from both the basic and applied life sciences to examine
cross cutting topics. This year's meeting, the theme of which
addresses food sustainability, supply, and security, is a Year of
Science 2009 event and will also feature presentations on public
understanding of science.
Year of Science 2009 Presentations:
- Bruce Alberts, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics,
University of California, San Francisco; Science editor-in-chief
Title: "Why Redefining Science Education is the Key to Enhancing the
Public Understanding of Science"
- Chris Mooney, Princeton University
Title: "Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future"
Scientific Plenary Presentations:
- May R. Berenbaum, Department of Entomology, University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign, 2009 AIBS President
Title: "Americas Agricultural Future: Soylent Green + 25"
- Louise E. Jackson, University of California, Davis
Title: "Biodiversity-friendly Agriculture: Why Scale Matters" (in
collaboration with the National Council for Science and the Environment)
- Fred Gould, Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University
Title: "From Transgenic Crops to Transgenic Pests: How Can AgBiotech Be Green?"
- Hans R. Herren, Millennium Institute, Arlington Virginia
Title: "Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security: The Wake-up Call for Change"
- Scott M. Swinton, Department of Agriculture, Food, and Resource
Economics, Michigan State University and co-presenter, Taylor H.
Ricketts, Conservation Science Program, World Wildlife Fund-USA
Title: "Cultivating Agricultural Landscapes for Ecosystem Services"
- Pedro Sanchez, Tropical Agriculture and the Rural Environment
Program, Earth Institute at Columbia University
Title: "The African Green Revolution Moves Forward"
- Robert Tauxe, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne, and
Enteric Diseases; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Topic: Foodborne diseases
Special Reception and Lecture:
- Robert T. Pennock, Philosophy and Computer Science departments,
Michigan State University
Title: "Reason Enough for Scientific Researches: Darwin and the
Scientific Virtues" (Pennock's talk will be at the Keck Center of the
National Academies and will not be available by webcast.)
Breakout sessions and workshops:
Registrants at the live meeting will enjoy breakout sessions on
biofuels and the professional science masters program (these sessions
also available by webcast), plus sessions on public understanding of
science, media-training, and biology education; book signings with
Bruce Alberts, Chris Mooney, and Robert Pennock; posters; and
workshops. See the full program, submit a poster or register at:
http://www.aibs.org/annual-meeting/annual_meeting_2009.html .
Richard T. O'Grady, Ph.D.
Executive Director
American Institute of Biological Sciences
1444 Eye St. NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005
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