Science Boot Camp 2011

3:00 – 5:00
Conference check-in – East Hall reception area

5:00 – 6:30
Welcome Reception – East Hall Courtyard

6:30 – 6:45
Dine-Around Meet Ups – East Hall reception area
Individuals wishing to still have dinner following the reception can meet up and walk to local restaurants.

NOTE: Registrants who arrive after 6PM on Wednesday will check-in at the Police Station located in the parking garage.

Bring your musical instruments
to the Reception!

7:30 - 8:30am
Check-in for Thurs arrivals - East Hall Reception Area

Registrants arriving after 8:30 can still check-in at East Hall and will receive directions to Olin Hall from the staff there.

7:30 - 8:30am
Breakfast - at Goat’s Head restaurant/café (adjacent to East Hall)

9-noon
Welcome, and Session I, Robotics - Olin Hall

• Michael A. Gennert, Director of the Robotics Engineering Program, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
   
• Ken Stafford, Director of the Robotics Resource Center and Associate Director of the Robotics Engineering Program, WPI

Noon - 1pm
Lunch - Odeum, Campus Center (next door to Olin Hall)

1pm - 4pm
Session II, Astronomy - Olin Hall

• Stephen E. Schneider, Professor, Department of Astronomy, UMass Amherst

• Alexandra Pope, Assistant Professor, Department of Astronomy, UMass Amherst

4 -6:30pm
Free time - tours and cap-making supplies on offer.

6:30pm - ?
Cookout and fun and games, including
the All-New Thinking Cap Contest!

7:30 – 8:30am
Check-in for Friday arrivals - East Hall Reception Area

Registrants arriving after 8:30 can still check-in at East Hall and will receive directions to Olin Hall from the staff there.

8 - 9am
Breakfast - at Goat’s Head restaurant/café (adjacent to East Hall)

9am-noon
Session III, Epidemiology - Olin Hall

• Joel A. Tickner, Associate Professor, Community Health and Sustainability, School of Health and Envoronment, University of Massachusetts Lowell

• Michael D. Kneeland, MD, MPH, Associate Dean for Allied Health and Inter-professional Education Programs, and Interim Associate Dean for Continuing Medical Education

Noon - 1pm
Lunch - Odeum, Campus Center (next door to Olin Hall)

1- 3pm
Capstone - Olin Hall

• Holly Miller, Director, MBLWHOI Library and Associate Director, Center for Library and Informatics at MBL
• Nathan Wilson, Director, Center for Library and Informatics at MBL, and Director,  Biodiversity Informatics Component of the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)