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Events: Seminars
Seminars are provided for current AAAS Fellows.
On occasion, seminars are open to the broader DC science
policy community and the public. For more information
about the seminars, please contact Emily
McGillivray.
22 January 2008
Advocacy in the Profession of Science
William
R. Brinkley
Senior Vice-president for Graduate Sciences at Baylor
College of Medicine
4 June 2007
Equality as an Issue in Designing S&T Policies
Susan
E. Cozzens
Professor of Public Policy at Georgia Tech
Stephen
D. Nelson
Associate Director, AAAS Science and Policy Programs
30 May 2007
The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence
for Belief
Francis
S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, National Human Genome Research Institute
15 May 2007
Sharing Technical Expertise with Developing Countries:
A Conversation with Engineers Without Borders (EWB)
and Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
Craig Farkos
President, Engineers
Without Borders DC
Johanne Sekkenes
Program Officer, Doctors
Without Borders
24 April 2007
The National Children's Study: Do Environmental
Factors Influence Health and Development?
A discussion featuring Dr. Peter Scheidt, Director
of the National Children's Study; Dr. Jim Swanson, Principal
Investigator for the Orange County, CA,
Vanguard Center of the National Children's Study; and
Dr.
Leo Trasande, Site Director of the Queens Vanguard
Center for the National Children's Study
4 April 2007
Tour of the US
Naval Observatory
Dr. Ken Johnson
Scientific Director, USN
8 March 2007
Politicization of Science for Public Policy
Panel discussion featuring U.S.
Rep. Rush Holt (NJ-12), 1982-83 APS Congressional
Fellow; David Goldston, Chief of Staff for Retired U.S.
Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (NY-24) on the House Committee
on Science; Chris Mooney, author of The
Republican War on Science; and Henry
Kelly, President of the Federation of American Scientists.
Moderated by Eli Kintisch, science and science policy
writer.
7 February 2007
Overview of the Most Important Swedish Policy
Initiatives on Science and Technology (hosted by
the Embassy of Sweden)
Ambassador
Gunnar Lund, Sweden's Ambassador to the U.S.; Magnus
Härviden, Counselor for Science and Technology;
and Peter Gottstein, Science Counselor from the Embassy
of Germany
11 January 2007
25 Years of AIDS: Science and Policy
Dr.
Anthony Fauci
Director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases, National Institutes of Health
7 November 2006
Engineering and Africa's Development: Challenges
and Opportunities for Science and Technology Diplomacy
Dr.
Calestous Juma
Professor of the Practice of International Development
at John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
31 July 2006
Science, Migration and Development
Prof. Katepalli
R. Sreenivasan
Director of the Abdus Salam International Center for
Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy
20 July 2006
An evening with Newt
Gingrich Former Speaker of the House
8 June 2006
Are We Expecting Too Much From Science?
Don
Kennedy
Editor of Science
25 May 2006
Supply, Demand, and Something Else: Preparing
the Future Science and Technology Workforce
Shirley
M. Malcom, PhD
Head, AAAS Education and Human Resources
Daryl
E. Chubin
Director, AAAS Center for Advancing Science & Engineering
Capacity
View the Power Point
presentation from the seminar.
24 April 2006
Neuroscience and the Law
Stephen
J. Morse
Professor of Law / Professor of Psychology and Law in
Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
29 March 2006
Moving Forward on Climate Change Policy (Panel
Discussion)
Panelists: Andrew
Dessler, Texas A&M University; Roger
Pielke Jr., University of Colorado; Vicki
Arroyo, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
22 March 2006
Facilitating Research for Neglected Diseases: Making
Science and Technology Relevant to the Needs of Communities
Around the World
Dr.
Melinda Moree
Director, Malaria Vaccine Initiative, PATH
28 February 2006
Tour of the US
Naval Observatory
Dr. Ken Johnson
Scientific Director, USNO
4 January 2006
How to Say…Maybe: A Conversation about Principles,
Priorities, and Politics
Dr.
Raynard Kington
Deputy Director, NIH
6 December 2005
Voodoo Science
Dr.
Robert Park
Professor of Physics, University of Maryland
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