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XI PAPS Annual Forum | Registration is open!
on Thursday, 25/02/2010 — Anabela Maria Resende da Maia

It is my pleasure to announce that the XI PAPS Annual Forum will take place at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA on April 10-11. This year's forum focuses on the impacts of Science and Technology in other disciplines. Hope the program is of your interest and that you will be able to join us! Please register for the forum as soon as possible. In order to do that you will need to sign in (http://www.papsonline.org/auth/login) and then choose Register for Forum 2010 (on the right tab, or http://www.papsonline.org/forum2010_signups/new). If some of your contact information changed please take the time to update it under Edit User Account (tab on the right).

 

XI PAPS Annual Forum

Theme: "Science, Technology and ..."
Location: Pittsburgh (Carnegie Mellon University)
Dates: April 10-11, 2010

Tentative Program

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

8:30 Registration / Breakfast

9:00 Welcoming Remarks

Anabela Maia - President PAPS

Prof. José Moura - President CMU-Portugal Program

9:30 Session I - Science, Technology and Art

Artist Joana Ricou

10:30 Coffee Break

11:00 Session II - Science, Technology and Economics

TBA

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Session III - Science, Technology and Society

Dr. Douglas Wheeler

2:30 Session IV - Science, Technology and Politics

TBA

3:30 Coffee Break

4:00 Session V - Science, Technology and I - round table

TBA

5:30 Closing Remarks

7:00 Cocktail / Dinner

 

Sunday, April 11th, 2010

8:30 - 10:30 PAPS General Meeting

 

Other people that have been invited and have not confirmed yet: Dr. Mariano Gago, Maria da Conceição, Dr. Frank Sousa, Dr. Manuela Veloso, Dr. Luís Rocha.