2012 SLA-PAM Conference Schedule

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Saturday, July 14, 2012
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Early Bird Dinner
Contact: Jill Postma (708-539-8612)
Location: Blackie’s
755 South Clark Street
http://www.blackieschicago.com/
No transportation provided. Meet at the restaurant. RSVP required. Update: Full.  Reservation is now closed.
Sunday, July 15, 2012
11:00 am – 1:00 pm Newcomers’ Lunch
Sponsor: Turpion
Contact: Ruth Kneale (520-471-1319)
Location: Russian Tea Time
77 E. Adams, across from the Art Institute
http://www.russianteatime.com/index2.html
No transportation provided. Meet at the restaurant. By invitation only.
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Board Meeting
Chair: Nisa Bakkalbasi (203-393-5825)
Location: Convention Center, Room E253D.
Agenda available here
Monday, July 16 2012
9:00 am – 5:00 pm PAM Suite Daily Retreat
Sponsor: IOP
Location: PAM Division Hospitality Suite (S404A, in the South Building of the Convention Center)
7:30 am – 9:30 am Astronomy Roundtable
Sponsor: SPIE Digital Library
Moderators: Marsha Bishop & Margaret Lam
Location: Convention Center, Room S401A
Lance’s Speaker Notes
Chris’s Speaker Notes
10:00 am – 11:30 am PAM-wide Roundtable
Sponsor: AIP
Moderator: Zahra Kamarei
Location: Convention Center, Room 403A
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Business Meeting and Lunch
Sponsor: APS
Chair: Nisa Bakkalbasi (203-393-5825)
Location: Convention Center, Room S401A
Agenda available here
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Computer Science Roundtable
Sponsor: ACM and Morgan & Claypool
Moderators:Helen Josephine & Kathleen Robertson
Location: Convention Center, Room S403B
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM Book Discussion Group
Moderator: Elizabeth Brown (607- 237-2917)
Location: Division Hospitality Suite (S404A)
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM PAM Division Open House
Sponsor: AIP
Location: Hilton Chicago – Williford Room A
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
9:30 am – 5:00 pm PAM Suite Daily Retreat
Sponsor: IOP
Location: PAM Division Suite (S404A, Convention Center)
8:00 am – 9:30 am Vendor Update & Networking Breakfast
Sponsor: SIAM
Moderators: Julie Arendt & Kim Hukill
Location: Convention Center, Room S401A
Presentations by:
John Haynes, AIP
Olaf Ernst, IOP
David Marshall, SIAM
Eric Pepper, SPIE
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Physics Roundtable
Sponsor: OSA
Moderators: Michael Chesnes & Kathleen Lehman
Location: Convention Center, Room S402B
by Kathleen Lehman & Michael Chesnes
Everyone will have the opportunity to engage in small group discussions on two separate topics of their choice and hear summaries from the other groups. Currently scheduled topics are: Physics Library Instruction, Non-traditional Services, Institutional Repositories, Historical Exhibits, Faculty Interaction & Outreach, and Space Planning & Redesign.
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Publisher Relations/Liaison Committee Meeting
Sponsor: IOP
Moderator: Linda Yamamoto
Location: PAM Division Suite (S404A, Convention Center)
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
8:00 am – 1:00 pm PAM Suite Daily Retreat
Sponsor: IOP
Location: PAM Division Suite (S404A, Convention Center)
8:00 am – 9:30 am UX (User Experience) for Non-UXers
Sponsor:  Thomson Reuters
Speakers: Christopher Erdmann, Gretchen McNeely, Jennifer Melinn (Thomson Reuters), Debra Kolah
Location: Convention Center, Room E253C
10:00 am – 11:30 am Mathematics Roundtable
Sponsor: AMS
Moderators: Jane Holmquist & Andy Shimp
Location: Convention Center, Room E267
Thursday, July 19, 2012
10:00 am – 12:00 pm Tour of the Adler Planetarium
Contact: Jill Postma (708-539-8612)
Location:  1300 South Lake Shore Drive
http://www.adlerplanetarium.org
No transportation provided. Meet at the South Entrance at 9:45 am. RSVP required. Update: Full. Reservation is now closed.

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