St. Louis, MO

"International Gender Issues in Physics" (Panel Discussion)

Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:30 PM - 3:18 PM
Physics Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront Promenade D
Co-sponsor: FPS
Chair: Arthur Bienenstock, APS President, Stanford University

• Women Physicists in the European Union : how Brussels is moving toward gender equality
  Giulia Pancheri, INFN Frascati National Laboratories, Italy
• Keeping Women in Physics
  Meg Urry, Yale University
• Women in Physics in Latin America: why so few in leadership positions?
  Marcia Barbosa, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
• Panel and audience discussion

FIP Business Meeting

Saturday, April 12, 2008, 3:30 - 4:30 PM
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront , Boardroom 23

• Meet the FIP Executive Commitee
• Update of FIP programs, and financial and membership status
• Opportunity to share your suggestions for future programs and activities.

"Impact of Major Accelerator Projects on the Development of Emergent Countries"

Saturday, April 13, 2008 8:30AM - 10:18AM
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront, Promenade D
Co-sponsor: DBP

• Indian Participation in LHC and a Glimpse of the Road Ahead
  Vinod Chandra Sahni, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology & Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India
• Impact of Pohang Accelerator on Large-scale Science Programs in Korea
  Won Namkung, POSTECH, Korea
• The Impact of the SESAME Project on Science and Society in the Middle East
  Herman Winick, SLAC/SSRL/Stanford University