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The APS Annual Leadership Meeting will feature talks by prominent science leaders, including APS CEO Jonathan Bagger, 2021 APS President Jim Gates, and more. Registration is free and connection information will be available on February 3.
Jonathan Bagger
APS CEO
Sylvester James Gates, Jr.
2021 APS President
Alan Alda
Stony Brook University, founder of Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science
William M. Jackson
Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize Recipient
Vedika Khemani
George E. Valley, Jr. Prize Recipient
April Burke
Lewis-Burke Associates LLC
Cailin O’Connor
University of California, Irvine, author The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread
Brian Greene
Columbia University
Kip Thorne
California Institute of Technology
11:30 a.m. | Opening Address Jonathan Bagger, APS CEO Sylvester James Gates, Jr., APS President |
12:00 Noon |
Thriving physics departments: Proactive steps to take in difficult economic times This 2-part session will include a moderated panel, followed by topical breakout discussions. Panel Moderators:
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2:00 p.m. | Break |
2:30 p.m. | Effecting Change: Individual Actions and Leadership Interactive Webinar This webinar, designed as part of the American Physical Society Annual Leadership Meeting, focuses on how individuals can lead to effect change, particularly to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The discussion will begin with motivation—in this case, self-reflections on the value of diversity. We will then learn from the experiences of individual activists who have worked to increase DEI in physics, and will end with a discussion of how individuals can support organizational change. Co-chairs: Ed Bertschinger, TEAM-UP & APS-IDEA Nadya Mason, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Speakers: Lance Cooper, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Jessica Esquivel, Fermilab Arlene Knowles, American Institute of Physics Michelle Lollie, Louisiana State University Brian Nord, Fermilab Gina Quan, San Jose State University Brian Shuve, Harvey Mudd College Risa Wechsler, Stanford University |
4:30 p.m. | Break |
5:00 p.m. |
APS Medal & Society Prize Ceremony Gordon Baym, 2021 APS Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research William M. Jackson, 2021 Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize Vedika Khemani, 2021 George E. Valley, Jr. Prize |
6:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
12:00 Noon |
Communicating Science to Nonscientists in Post-Election & Post-Pandemic America Webinar - Speaker: Panel Discussion - Panelists:
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1:15 p.m | Break |
1:45 p.m. |
Physics Slam Speakers:
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2:30 p.m. | Break |
3:00 p.m. | Federal Policies to Strengthen Science in Service to the Nation Moderator: Miles O'Brien, Science Correspondent, PBS NewsHour Panelists: Representative Bill Foster (IL, 11th District) Former Representative Bart Gordon (TN, 6th District) Sir Peter Knight, Imperial College London Neal Lane, Rice University, former OSTP Director/Science Advisor to President Clinton, former NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan, Director of the National Science Foundation Ellen Williams, University of Maryland, former Director of ARPA-E |
5:00 p.m. | Adjourn |