2006 SLA-PAM Conference Schedule
- Saturday, June 10, 2006
- 6:30 – 9:00 PM
PAM Early Bird Dinner at Paolo’s Harborplace Restaurant
Host: Zahra Kamarei, zkamarei@email.unc.edu
- Sunday, June 11, 2006
- EXHIBIT HOURS: Noon – 6:00pm
- 12:00 – 1:30 PM
Science Divisions Newcomers Luncheon
Host: Cynthia Holt, holt@gwu.edu
Sponsored by: Turpion
- 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Exhibit Hall Networking Reception
- 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Opening General Session
- 8:00 – 11:00 PM
PAM Open House
Sponsored by: American Institute of Physics
- Monday, June 12, 2006
- EXHIBIT HOURS: 10:00am – 5:00pm
- 7:30 – 9:00 AM
Networking Breakfast
Sponsored by: SIAM
- 9:00am – 4:00pm
PAM Suite Daily Retreat
Sponsored by: Institute of Physics
- 9:30 – 11:00 AM
PAM-wide Roundtable
Moderator: Karen Andrews, klandrews@ucdavis.edu
Sponsored by: ACM and Wiley
- 11:30 – 1:00 PM
Vendor Update
Speakers: Representatives from Scopus/Elsevier, Optical Society of America, Nature Publishing, and Mathematical Science Publishers
Moderator: Ken Harper, kharper@library.rochester.edu
Sponsored by: Thomson Scientific
- Poster Session
Interacting with Non-traditional User Groups, Materials, Spaces, and Resources
Coordinator: Bill Armstrong, notwwa@lsu.edu
Cosponsored with the Chemistry and Science-Technology Divisions
- 3:30 – 5:00 PM
Accessibility and Universal Design
Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Harrison
Moderator: Jane Kinkus, jkinkus@purdue.edu
Cosponsored with the Information Technology and Science-Technology Divisions
- NOAA: Observing the Earth from Top to Bottom
Speaker: Mary Ellen Kicza
Moderator: Marcia Rodney, mrodney@ball.com
Sponsored by: SPIE
- 5:30 – 7:00 PM
PAM Board Meeting:
Chair: Laurel Kristick, laurel.kristick@oregonstate.edu
- 8:00 – 11:00 PM
PAM Open House
Sponsored by: Institue of Physics
- Tuesday, June 13, 2006
- 7:30 – 9:00 AM
PAM Annual Business Meeting and Breakfast:
Sponsored by: American Physical Society
- 9:00am – 4:00pm
PAM Suite Daily Retreat
Sponsored by: Institute of Physics
- 11:30 – 1:00 PM
Physics Roundtable
Speakers: Dana Roth, A. Ben Wagner, and Ken Lillywhite.
Moderator: Zahra Kamarei, zkamarei@email.unc.edu
Sponsored by: Nature Publishing and IEE/INSPEC
- 1:30 – 3:00 PM
Mathematics Roundtable (Summary Notes)
Speakers: Dr. Andrew Sommese, Nisa Bakkalbasi, and Parker Ladwig
Moderators: Hilary Davis, hmdavis4@ncsu.edu, and Parker Ladwig, ladwig.1@nd.edu
Sponsored by: SIAM
- 5:00 – 7:00 PM
Juggling Work and Family
Speakers: Elana Broch and Pauline Steinhorn
Moderator: Karen Shaines, kshaines@imf.org
Sponsored by: CSA and Proquest
Cosponsored with the Social Sciences Division
- 7:00 – 9:00 PM
One Division/One Book Dutch Treat Dinner and Book Discussion at Luna Del Sea
Host: Laurel Kristick, laurel.kristick@oregonstate.edu
- Wednesday, June 14, 2006
- 7:30 – 9:00 AM
Computer Science Roundtable
Moderator: Christine Whitaker, whitaker@gwm.sc.edu
Sponsored by: ACM
Cosponsored with the Science-Technology DivisionAstronomy Roundtable I
Moderator: Pete Banholzer, Gordon.S.Banholzer@nasa.gov
Sponsored by: SCOPUS/Elsevier
- 9:15 – 10:45 AM
Astronomy Roundtable II
Moderator: Pete Banholzer, pbanholz@library.gsfc.nasa.gov
Sponsored by: SPIE
- 11:00am – 12:30pm
Closing General Session
- 1:00 – 2:30 PM
International Issues in Developing Countries
Speakers: Demissew T. Gebryhannes and Cornelius A. Ngang
Moderator: Debra Bailey, dbailey@rice.edu
Sponsored by: American Institute of PhysicsValue of Information: The Future of Open Access
Speakers: Bonnie Osif, Julia Blixrud, and Rea Devakos
Moderator: Susan Cardinal, scardinal@library.rochester.edu
Sponsored by: IEE and Elsevier