Special Symposium on Educational and Public Outreach
Jointly sponsored by the RHIC & AGS Users' Executive Committee and the National User Facility Organization (NUFO)
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Thursday | Friday | Overview
Meeting Location:
Berkner Hall
Auditorium, Bldg. 488
| Moderator: Brant Johnson | ||
| 08:30 | Continental Breakfast | |
| 09:00 - 09:10 | Welcome | Chi-Chang Kao, Chair, National Synchrotron Light Source, Director of the Joint Photon Sciences Institute, BNL |
| 09:10 - 09:30 | Overview of Education Programs at BNL | Scott Bronson, Office of Educational Programs, BNL |
| 09:30 - 09:50 | High School Outreach at the NSLS | Tony Lanzirotti, University of Chicago |
| 09:50 - 10:10 | MARIACHI- High School Students Help Researchers Study Cosmic Rays | Helio Takai, BNL |
| 10:10 - 10:40 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Inspiring the Next Generation of Innovators | Paul Gudonis, President of FIRST |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Adopt-A-Physicist Program | Kendra Rand, American Institute of Physics |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | SciVee Media Solutions for Scientific, Technical, and Medical Marketing | Ken Liu, SciVee |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Establishment of Annual Physics Olympics and First Responder Outreach | Cornelius (Con) Beausang, University of Richmond |
| 12:30 | No-host Lunch | |
| Moderator: Tony Lanzirotti | ||
| 2:00 - 2:30 | NSF Outreach Initiatives | Dana Topousis, NSF Office of Legislative and Public Affairs Group Leader for Media and Public Information |
| 2:30 - 3:00 | Workforce Development at the DOE Office of Science | Kirk A. Janowiak, Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow, Office of Science |
| 3:00 - 3:30 | How to Get Your Science in the News | Glenn Ruskin, Director of Public Affairs, American Chemical Society |
| 3:30 - 3:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 3:45 - 4:15 | Outreach at CERN | James Gillies, Head of Communication and Spokesman, CERN Press Office |
| 4:15 - 4:45 | NUFO Agenda on Education and Outreach | Katherine Kantardjieff, California Polytechnic Univerisity of Pomona |
| 4:45 | Meeting Adjourned - to be followed by Cocktail Hour - Compliments of Brookhaven Science Associates | |
Last Modified: March 2, 2011
