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Friday Oct 25
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1:00 – 4:00
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Registration
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1:00 – 6:00
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Vendor Exhibition
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2:30 – 3:00
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Welcome
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3:00 – 4:30
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APS and AAPT Invited Session
1) Dr. Alyssa A. Goodman, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Title: A Dynamic View of Star Formation
2) Dr. Owen Gingerich, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Title: "The scale of the universe before parallax"
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Break
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4:45 – 5:30
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APS and AAPT Invited Session
1) Dr. David Hall, Amherst College
Title: Looking for Large Quantum Objects at a Small College
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5:30 – 6:15
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Poster Session and Wine/Cheese (cash bar)
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6:15 – 7:00
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Banquet
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7:00 – 8:30
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Dessert and Invited Banquet
Speaker – Dr. Neil deGrass Tyson
Pluto: The Dog, the Planet, the Legend
Recent controversy over the classification of Pluto in the solar system has valid scientific arguments on both sides. On balance, however, with the persistent discovery of icy objects in the outer solar system that resemble Pluto, Pluto's planethood is clearly at risk, if not deserving to be rescinded altogether. In this illustrated talk, Tyson will discuss and debate the scientific as well as sociological issues regarding Pluto's status in the solar system.
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9:00
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Viewing at BSC Observatory (weather permitting)
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Saturday Oct 26
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7:00
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Continental Breakfast
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7:30 – 8:30
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AAPT executive meeting
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7:30 – 12:00
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Registration
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8:00 – 4:00
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Vendor Exhibition
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8:30 – 10:30
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APS Contributed Papers
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8:30 – 10:30
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AAPT Contributed Papers
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10:30 – 11:00
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Break
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11:00 – 12:30
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APS Invited Session-
1) Dr. Willie Soon, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Solar Variability and Climate Change: The Quest for Physical Mechanisms
2) Dave DeMille, Associate Professor, Yale University
"Tabletop probes for TeV physics: search for the electric dipole moment of the electron"
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11:45 – 12:30
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New Teachers Panel Discussion
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12:30 – 1:30
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Lunch and Favorite Labs/Demo Session
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1:30 – 3:30
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Workshops
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3:30 – 3:45
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Break
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3:45 – 5:45
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Workshops
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6:00 – 6:30
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Reception (open cash bar)
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6:30 – 8:30
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Banquet
Janet Guernsey Award
Banquet Speaker - Paul Hewitt
"Physics as a Study of Nature's Rules"
When physics is taught as a study of nature's rules, it becomes relevant to all people. When the mathematical roadblock is lowered, it becomes accessible to all people. Being the most central of the sciences, good sense suggests that physics be a part of the general education mainstream. A side effect to this emphasis is greater interest in science and greater enrollments in science classes.
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9:00
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Viewing at BSC Observatory if Friday night cancelled
due to weather
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Sunday Oct 27
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8:00
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Continental Breakfast
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9:00 – 11:00
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Workshops
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11:00 – 1:00
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Workshops
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