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Saturday, June 11th
- 6:30pm: Early Bird Dinner
- Location: Lee How Fook
- Hosted by: The Liberty Belles
Sunday, June 12th
- 11:30am-1:30pm: Newcomer’s Lunch
- Location: Garces Trading Company
- Hosted by: Emily Poworoznek
- Sponsored by: Turpion
- 1:30-3:30pm: Division Board Meeting
- Location: Convention Center 105A
- Moderated by: Ruth Kneale
- 3:30-5:00 pm: INFO-EXPO Opening Reception
- 5:00-7:00pm: Opening General Session
Monday, June 13th
- Division Suite/Daily Retreat, sponsored by IOP Publishing: Philadelphia Marriott
- Transportation Tokens sponsored by Eastern Book Company
- 7:30-9:30am: Astronomy Roundtable
- Location: Convention Center 108AB
- Moderated by: Kathleen Robertson, Lisa Johnston
- Sponsored by: SPIE
- Speakers:
- Lisa Johnston, University of Minnesota
- Marsha Bishop, NRAO: “Everyone wants to Publish, but No one wants to Pay“
- Uta Grothkopf, ESO: “LISA VII Update“
- David Ruddy, arXiv
- 10:00-11:30am: PAMwide Roundtable
- Location: Convention Center 107B
- Moderated by: Donna Thompson, Jeff Bond
- Sponsored by: AIP
- 12:00-1:30pm: INFO-EXPO Networking Lunch
- 2:00-3:30pm: Physics Roundtable
- Location: Convention Center 106A
- Moderated by: Michiko Tanaka, Karen Andrews
- Sponsored by: INSPEC
- Speakers:
- Mark Cassar, AIP
- Joseph Serene, APS
- Olaf Ernst, IOP Publishing
- Elizabeth Nolan, OSA
- Thurston Miller, University of Notre Dame
- Michael Peper, Duke University
- James Taylor, APS
- 4:00-5:30pm: Ontologies & the Semantic Web
- Co-sponsored session led by Taxonomy, with Government Information
- Location: Convention Center 203A
- Moderated by: Christine Connors
- Sponsored by:
- Speakers:
- Denise Bedford, Kent State University
- Donna Slawsky, Time Inc.
- 5:30-7:00pm: Book Group
- Location: Division Suite
- Book: “Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void,” by Mary Roach
- Moderated by: Julie Arendt
- 7:00pm: Division Open House
- Location: Marriott Salon L
- Sponsored by: AIP
Tuesday, June 14th
- Division Suite/Daily Retreat, sponsored by IOP Publishing: Philadelphia Marriott
- Transportation Tokens sponsored by Eastern Book Company
- 8:00-9:30am: Vendor Update & Networking Breakfast
- Location: Convention Center 113C
- Moderated by: Jeffra Bussman
- Sponsored by: SIAM
- Speakers:
- David Marshall, SIAM: “The Future of Scholarly Publishing“
- James Taylor, APS: “Tier Pricing Update“
- Steve Moss, IOP Publishing: “Scholarly Publishing (STM) Changes Over The Next 5 Years“
- Darrell Gunter, AIP “Looking Towards the Future“
- 10:00-11:30am: ABCs of Informatics
- Co-sponsored session led by Chemistry, with Sci-Tech
- Location: Convention Center 109B
- Moderated by: Bill Armstrong
- Sponsored by: OSA
- Speakers:
- Alberto Accomazzi, ADS “When e-Science Meets Astronomy“
- Diane Rein, Buffalo University
- Steve Heller, InChI Trust “Why Librarians will love InChI“
- 12:00-1:30pm: Division Business Meeting & Networking Lunch
- Location: Convention Center 107B
- Moderated by: Ruth Kneale
- Sponsored by: APS
- 2:00-3:30pm: The Science of Ice Cream
- Co-sponsored session led by Sci-Tech, with FAN and Chemistry
- Location: Convention Center 203B
- Moderated by: Christine Whitaker
- Sponsored by:
- Speaker: Thomas Palchak, Pennsylvania State University Creamery
- 3:30-5:30pm: INFO-EXPO time
- 3:35-4:55pm: PAM Publisher Liaison Meeting
- Location: Division Suite
- Moderated by: Linda Yamamoto
- 5:30-7:30pm: All-Sciences Poster Session
- Co-sponsored session led by FAN, with BIO, Chemistry, Engineering, and Sci-Tech
- Location: Marriott Salon AB
- Moderated by: Rebecca Godwin
- Sponsored by: Annual Reviews
Wednesday, June 15th
- Division Suite/Daily Retreat, sponsored by IOP Publishing: Philadelphia Marriott
- Transportation Tokens sponsored by Eastern Book Company
- 8:00-9:30am: Science 2.1: New Forms of Scholarly Communication in the Sciences
- Co-sponsored session led by Sci-Tech, with Academic
- Location: Convention Center 203A
- Moderated by: Khue Dong
- Sponsored by:
- Speakers:
- Donald Hagen, NTIS
- Dorothea Salo, UW-Madison
- Jean-Claude Bradley, Drexel University
- 10:00-11:30am: Mathematics Roundtable
- Location: Convention Center 108AB
- Moderated by: Deborah Kegel, Khue Dong
- Sponsored by: AMS
- Speakers:
- Kristine Fowler, University of Minnesota: “Mathematicians’ Views on Current Publishing Issues: Survey Results“
- David Ruddy, arXiv
- Lori Sprague, AMS
- 12:00-1:30pm: Computer Science Roundtable
- Co-sponsored session, with Sci-Tech
- Location: Convention Center 108AB
- Moderated by: Robin Dasler
- Sponsored by: IEEE, ACM
- Speakers:
- Dr. Lyle Ungar, University of Pennsylvania
- Pradeep Teregowda, Pennsylvania State University
- 2:00-4:30pm: Closing General Session
Thursday, June 16th
- Division-Only Tour of the Franklin Institute



