The PAM Division Suite – Sheraton Seattle Hotel Room 2602

Saturday, June 14, 2008

5:00 – 10:00 pm                                      Madoka Pan-Pacific Rstrnt
Early Bird Dinner                                      Bainbridge Island
Contact: Martha Tucker                            Meet at Ferry Terminal Bainbridge waiting area Pier 52

Sunday, June 15, 2008
EXHIBIT HOURS: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm PAM members are encouraged to visit the exhibit hall—most of our sponsors will be there!

12:00 – 1:30 pm                                      Tulio
PAM Newcomers’ Luncheon                      1100 Fifth Avenue
Host: Joe Kraus                                      Sponsors:  Turpion<

1:30 – 3:00 pm                                        Tulio
PAM Board Meeting 1100 Fifth Avenue
Chair: Parker Ladwig

5:00 - 7:00 pm Convention Center, 6ABC
Opening General Session and Awards Presentation
Dr. Vint Cerf and Charlie Rose
Sponsors: LexisNexis

Monday, June 16, 2008
EXHIBIT HOURS: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm PAM members are encouraged to visit the exhibit hall–most of our sponsors will be there!

9:00 – 10:30 am                                     Convention Center 619-620
Science of Coffee
Sponsors:  Annual Reviews, Blackwell, John Wiley & Sons, Nature Publishing Group, New England Journal of Medicine, Prenax, Inc.
Speakers: Dr. Joe Vinson

1:30 – 3:30 pm                                      Convention Center 613-614
PAM-Wide Roundtable
Moderator: William Jacobs                      Sponsor: SIAM
Speaker: Mandy Taha, International Membership Award Winner
Sponsor: East View Information Services.

3:30 – 5:30 pm                                      Convention Center, 618
E-Lab Notebooks
Moderator: Rachel Ellison                       Sponsors: Thomson Scientific
Speakers: Michael H. Elliott, Jean-Claude Bradley, Carl Voigt

3:30 – 5:30 pm                                       Convention Center, 2AB
Spotlight Session – Games for Training: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Speakers: Ralph E. Chatham                  Sponsors: Thomson Scientific

6:00 – 7:30 pm                                         Von’s Grand City Cafe
Book Group 1531 Seventh Ave
Moderator: Ruth Kneale

7:00 – 10:00 pm                                      Sheraton Hotel, PAM Suite
PAM Open House
Moderator: Susan Koskinen                       Sponsors:  AIP

Tuesday, June 17, 2008
EXHIBIT HOURS: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm PAM members are encouraged to visit the exhibit hall–most of our sponsors will be there!

7:00 – 9:00 am                                     Sheraton Hotel, Metropolitan B
PAM Business Meeting and Networking Breakfast
Moderator: Parker Ladwig                       Sponsors: APS

9:00 – 11:00 am                                    Convention Center, 615-616
[BIO] Informatics
Moderator: Ruth Gustafson                     Sponsors:  Elsevier, Inc, IEEE
Speakers: Dr. Quentin B. Wheeler, Neil Rambo, Catherine N. Norton, Dr. William Michener

10:00 am – 5:00 pm                               Sheraton Hotel, PAM Suite
Daily Retreat
Moderator: Susan Koskinen                     Sponsors: IOP Publishing

11:00 am – 12:30 pm                             Convention Center, 304
Computer Science Roundtable
Moderator: Brian Quigley, Nancy Kellett       Sponsors: ACM, IEEE

3:15 – 4:45 pm                                     Convention Center, 618
Mathematics Roundtable
Moderator: Sara Rutter                                          Sponsors: SIAM, AMS
Speakers: Carol Hutchins, JoAnn Sears, Erich Staib

7:00 – 9:00 pm                                     Sheraton Hotel, Metropolitan B
All Sciences Poster Session & Reception
Sponsors: ACS Publications, ASME, H.W. Wilson, IET/INSPEC, Knovel Corporation, SPIE Digital Library, Springer

9:00 pm – 12:00 am                              Sheraton Hotel, Grand C
Under the Sea Ball Dance Party – PAM/IT/LMD Open House
Moderator: Juliane Schneider                  Sponsors: IOP, Thomson Scientific

Wednesday, June 18, 2008
EXHIBIT HOURS: 8:00 am – 12:00 pm PAM members are encouraged to visit the exhibit hall–most of our sponsors will be there!

8:00 – 10:00 am                                   Convention Center room 602
Astronomy Roundtable
Moderator: Ruth Kneale, Michael Blake.     Sponsors:  SPIE
Speakers: Kerry Kroffe, Chris Biemesderfer, Karrie Berglund, Donna Thompson

10:00 am – 3:00 pm                              Sheraton Hotel, PAM Suite
PAM Daily Retreat
Moderator: Susan Koskinen                    Sponsors:  IOP Publishing

12:15 – 1:45 pm                                   Convention Center, 307-308
Physics Roundtable
Moderator: Elizabeth Brown                    Sponsors:  IET INSPEC, World Scientific
Speakers: Pat Viele, Dr. John Gardner, Sara Tompson, Dr. Bruce Mason, Michael Fosmire, Robert Kelly

Get the latest SLA 2008 conference updates and information with these 2.0 tools! –

PAM Conference Blog http://dpam.blogspot.com

PAM Facebook group www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2382038915&ref=ts

Check out neat resources and news, add comments and pictures, and stay in touch with conference friends!

The 2008 SLA Annual Conference Facebook ‘event’ page www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=9851351374&ref=ts

The SLA2008 Twitter account http://twitter.com/sla2008

Quick conference updates from this micro-blog, even have posts sent to your cell phone!

The PAM Flickr group http://flickr.com/groups/398828@N23/ Add your photos from the conference (and tag ‘em with “sla2008”)

- See you in Seattle!