This schedule of events is designed to help attendees in the planning of their travel. The timing of most events, such as field trips, special dinners, etc., are unlikely to change. However, the timing for certain sessions, such as symposia, may change as the program develops. If your travel plans depend on the timing of a particular presentation or symposium, it is imperative that you contact the AAASPD office (541-552-6869 or e-mail aaaspd@sou.edu) for current information prior to making your plans.

More specific information may be found on the following web pages:

Tuesday, 19 April

• Last day to receive Super-Saver registration rates.
  Form must be in the Pacific Division office today. Saver rates begin tomorrow.
  
  
  

Monday, 31 May

• Last day to receive Saver registration rates. Advance registration closes.
  On-site registration available starting Sunday, 12 June.
  
  

Saturday, 11 June

• AAAS Pacific Division Executive Committee Lunch Meeting
  10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the Hampton Inn Sea World/Airport, 3888 Greenwood Street, San Diego, CA.
  
  
• Registration
  5:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m., Rotunda, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice
  
  

Sunday, 12 June

• Registration
  8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Rotunda, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice
  
  
• World Congress on Mummy Studies Technical Program
  10:00 a.m. Welcome
  10:15 a.m. Symposium: Applied Ethics of Ancient Mummy Research
  1:30 p.m. Papers, Session A
  5:30 p.m. Poster Presentations
  
  
• Field Trips:
  
  San Diego Coastal Geology and Hazards
  San Diego Botanic Garden
  
  
• Evening Public Plenary Lecture, 7:00 p.m. in the KIPJ Theater:
  
  Dr. Ichiro Nishimura (School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA) NeuroEngineering: Evolution of Biopsychosocial Networks in Humans
  
  
• Reception, following the Evening Public Plenary Lecture
  
  

Monday, 13 June

• Registration
  7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., main entrance, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice (IPJ).
  
  
• World Congress on Mummy Studies Technical Program
  8:00 a.m. Papers, Session B
  
  
• Symposia
  
  Advances in Materials Science and Nanotechnology Don't Sign Your Life Away: Author's Rights, Scientific Publishing, Digital Repositories, and the Case for Open Access
  Forensic Science of Clinical Mental Health in Death Penalty Cases: Theresa Lewis Case
  Literature and Science: Exploring the Confluence
  New Humanities and Sciences Convergences: Poetry and Science
  Panama Canal Expansion
  Quantum Retrocausation: Theory and Experiment
  
  
• Contributed Paper Sessions
  
  
• Poster Sessions
  
  
• Workshop
Finding Information in Open Access Journals


• Noon Public Lecture, 12:15 p.m. in the KIPJ Theater
  
  Dr. Harindra Joseph Fernando (Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, and Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN), Journeying Through Stressed Urban Systems.
  
  
• Evening Public Plenary Lecture, 7:00 p.m in the KIPJ Theater
  
  Dr. David Hunt (Physical and Forensic Anthropologist, and Collections Manager, Physical Anthropology Division, Department of Anthropolog, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.), Multi-disciplinary Approach to the Study of Human Remains.
  
  
• USD President's Reception, following the Evening Public Plenary Lecture
  
  

• Registration
  7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Rotunda, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice
  
  
• World Congress on Mummy Studies Technical Program
  8:00 a.m. Human Leishmaniasis in Mummified Remains: From Iconographical Sources to Modern Day Techniques
  10:30 a.m. Technical Studies on the Head of an Egyptian Child Mummy
  1:30 p.m. Human Experimental Mummification
  4:15 p.m. Mummy Research in the Electronic Age
  5:15 p.m. aDNA and Associated Biomolecules
  
  
• Symposia
Antarctic Ice Is Nice

Fragile-X Syndrome
Geophysical Turbulance
Quantum Retrocausation: Theory and Experiment
Music and the Sciences
Science Education and Civic Engagement
Second Law of Thermodynamics: Status and Challenges


• Contributed Paper Sessions
  
  
• Noon public lecture, 12:15 p.m. in the KIPJ Theater:
  John J. Cannell, M.D. (Executive Director, Vitamin D Council, San Louis Obispo, CA) Vitamin D
  
  
• Division Banquet
Reception 6:15 p.m.
Dinner 7:00 p.m.
Announcement of Student Awards
AAASPD Presidential Lecture, Dr. Alissa Arp (Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR)

Wednesday, 15 June

• Breakfast meeting of AAAS, Pacific Division Council
  7:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.


• Registration
  7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Rotunda, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice


• World Congress on Mummy Studies Technical Program
  8:00 a.m. Princess Takabuti – Analysis, Interpretation, and Visualization
  9:15 a.m. Facial Analysis and Depiction of Preserved Remains
  11:00 a.m. The Rio Muerto Project: Mummies of the Tiwanaku Culture from Moquegua, Peru
  1:30 p.m. State-of-the-art Ancient Mummy Research


• Field Trip
San Diego Museum of Man


• Symposia
Second Law of Thermodynamics: Status and Challenges
United States and World's Fairs
Changing Role of Research Universities in K-12 Science Education
Pathways to Science: Promoting Inquiry-based Learning Beyond the Classroom


• Contributed Paper Sessions
  
  
• Workshops
Vitamin D


• Noon Public Lecture, 12:15 p.m. in KIPJ Theater
  
  Ms. Sharon Levy (Science writer, Arcata, CA) Once and Future Giants: What Ice Age Extinctins Tell Us about the Fate of Earth's Largest Animals
  
  Immediately following her lecture, Ms. Levy will participate in a book signing for her newly published book with the same title as her talk.
  
  

Thursday, 16 June

• Registration
  7:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., Rotunda, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice
  
  
• World Congress on Mummy Studies Technical Program
  8:00 a.m. Mexican Mummy Studies (concurrent with Field and Advanced Paleoimaging (FAP) workshop)
  10:30 a.m. Studies on an Old Kingdom Mummy (concurrent with FAP workshop)
  11:30 a.m. Heart Disease and Atheroslerosis in Ancient Egyptian Mummies (concurrent with FAP and Artefact Annotation workshops NOTE: Artefact Annotation workshop was cancelled by the planner)
  1:30 p.m. Mummies as Cultural Heritage
  3:30 p.m. A Multidisciplinary Collaboration for Tissue Analysis: The case of Kwäday Dän Ts'ínchi
  4:30 p.m. Internatinal Journal of Paleopathology
  4:45 p.m. Hair in Archaeology
  5:30 p.m. Closing Convocation
  
  
• Field trips
Come See the Wonders of the Fairs: A Walking Tour
Tidepooling at Cabrillo National Monument
Mission Bay Aquatic Center Lesson in Sailing or Kayaking