2008 Invitational Conference on
K-12 Outreach from University Science Departments

Tentative Conference Program

Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Time	Event	Speaker	Location
6:00 PM on	Arrival of out-of-town participants		Conference Hotel
6:30 - 8:00 PM	Wecoming Reception		Conference Hotel
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Time	Event	Speaker	Location
6:45 - 8:15 AM	Breakfast at hotel for out-town attendees		Conference Hotel
8:30 AM	Transportation to BWF Center (provided by Carolina Livery)		Conference Hotel
8:30 AM	Registration at BWF Center		BWF Center
9:00 AM	Opening Session: Welcoming and Introductions	Conference Co-Chairs, Carr Thompson or Queta Bond	BWF Center
9:20 AM	Invited Talk 1	Dr. William McCallum, Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona	BWF Center
10:20 AM	Panel Discussion	Respondent 1 - Respondent 2 -	BWF Center
10:40 AM	Break		BWF Center
11:00 AM	Discussion Session	Discussion Outline	BWF Center
Noon	Box lunches and discussions		BWF Center
1:00 PM	Invited Talk 2	Dr. Virginia L. Shepherd, Professor of Pathology and Medicine and Director of Science Education Outreach for Vanderbilt University Medical Center "Breaking Down the Barriers: Creating Effective University-K-12 Partnerships"	BWF Center
2:00 PM	Panel Discussion	Respondent 1 - Respondent 2 -	BWF Center
2:40 PM	Break		BWF Center
3:00 PM	Discussion Session	Discussion Outline	BWF Center
4:30 PM	Conclusion of the Day		BWF Center
6:00 PM	Reception and Poster Session at Hotel/Cash Bar		Conference Hotel
7:00 PM	Dinner at hotel/No program		Conference Hotel
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Time	Event	Speaker	Location
6:45 - 8:15 AM	Breakfast at hotel for out-town attendees		Conference Hotel
8:30 AM	Transportation to BWF Center (provided by Carolina Livery)		Conference Hotel
9:00 AM	Invited Talk 3	Dr. Diandra L. Leslie-Pelecky, University of Texas at Dallas "The Education/Outreach Figure of Merit: Making a Difference without Making Yourself Crazy."	BWF Center
10:00 AM	Panel Discussion	Respondent 1 -  Respondent 2 -	BWF Center
10:30 AM	Break		BWF Center
11:00	Invited Talk 4	Dr. Marllin Simon, Carr Professor of Physics at Auburn University "It Only Takes One"	BWF Center
Noon	Box lunches and discussion No agenda for lunch		BWF Center
1:00 PM	Invited Talk 5	Dr. Carl Batt, Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor, Cornell University "Telling a story about the world that is too small to see."	BWF Center
2:00 PM	Discussion Session	Discussion Outline	BWF Center
2:50 PM	Concluding Statements/ summary and farewell	Conference Co-Chairs	BWF Center
3:00 PM	Conclusion of the Conference		BWF Center
	Depart to hotel, airport, home