Scripps2008 - FAU
Scripps Howard
Institute on the Environment and Science
May 21-26, 2012
APRIL 1 DRAFT AGENDA
Sunday, May 20
| |Participants Arrive |
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|8:30 – 10:30 pm |Optional Greetings and Icebreaker at Jumby Bay Island Grill, Abacoa Town Center |
Monday, May 21 -- Emerging Contaminants / Endocrine Disruptors /Conservation Medicine
|10:30 – 11:30 am |Welcome Reception and Brunch at The Burrow |
| |Noemi Marin, Director, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies, Florida Atlantic University; Leonard Berry, |
| |Director, Florida Center for Environmental Studies; Neil Santaniello, Director, Scripps Howard Institute on the |
| |Environment and Science, Florida Atlantic University |
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|11:30 – 12:30 pm |Fellowship Introductions |
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|12:30 – 1:30 pm |From Your Home to Your Water Resources: Emerging Contaminants |
| |and Environmental Health Concerns |
| |Herb Buxton, Coordinator, U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substance Hydrology |
| |Program |
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|1:30 – 2:30 pm |Endocrine Disruptors: Decades-old Science, Controversy and Regulatory Challenges |
| |Dr. R. Thomas Zoeller, Professor, Biology Department, University of Massachusetts/Amherst |
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|2:30 – 3:00 pm |Break |
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|3:00 – 3:30 pm |Travel to Canoe Outfitters and the Loxahatchee River’s Northwest Fork |
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|3:30 – 5:15 pm |Canoe Trip |
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|5:15 – 6:15 pm |Dinner at Riverbend Park |
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|6:15 – 6:45 pm |Return to Campus |
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|6:45 -- 7:30 pm |Break |
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|7:30 – 8:30 pm |Keynote Address: |
| |The Human Hand and Disease Emergence: Why Ebola, Nipah and SARS Outbreaks Are Our Fault |
| |Dr. Jonathan Epstein, Associate Vice President of Conservation Medicine Programs, EcoHealth Alliance/Executive |
| |Director, Consortium for Conservation Medicine |
Tuesday, May 22 –Drugs from the Sea / Coral Science / Water Pollution
|7:00 – 7:45 am |Breakfast on Campus |
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|7:45 – 8:45 am |Travel to Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, Port St. Lucie |
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|8:45 – 10:30 am |Drug Discovery in the 21st Century |
| |Dr. Richard A. Houghten, Founder / CEO / President, Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies |
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| |Turning Marine Toxins into Medicine: Conotoxins as Pain-killers and Smoking |
| |Cessation Drugs |
| |Dr. Christopher Armishaw, Medicinal Chemistry, Torrey Pines Institute |
| |for Molecular Study |
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|10:30 – 11:15 am |Travel to Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Fort Pierce |
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|11:15 – 12:00 pm |Harbor Branch Laboratory Tour |
| |Dr. Amy Wright, Director, Center for Marine Biomedical and Biotechnology |
| |Research, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution |
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|12:00 – 1:00 pm |Lunch at Harbor Branch, Johnson Education Center Gallery |
| |(Invited) Dr. Margaret S. Leinen, Executive Director, Harbor Branch Oceanographic |
| |Institute/Associate Provost, Marine and Environmental Issues, |
| |Florida Atlantic University |
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|1:00 pm – 2:30 pm |Coral Reef Ecology and Health: New Molecular Technologies and Applications |
| |Dr. Sara Edge, Assistant Research Professor, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution; Dr. Joshua Voss, Assistant |
| |Research Professor, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution |
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|2:30 – 3:00 pm |Travel to the Duerr Laboratory for Marine Conservation, Fort Pierce |
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|3:00 – 5:00 pm |Wiring the Waters: Using Technology to Map Water Pollution Gradients and |
| |Avert Aquatic Ecosystem Collapse |
| |Dr. Edith Widder, CEO, President and Senior Scientist, Ocean Research Conservation Association |
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|5:00 – 6:00 pm |Travel to Guanabanas, Jupiter |
|6:00 – 7:30 pm |Dinner at Gaunabanas |
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|7:30 – 8:00 pm |Return to campus |
Wednesday, May 23 -- Climate Change / Fake Science /Alternative Energy
|7:00 – 8:00 am |Breakfast on Campus |
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|8:00 - 9:15 am |Global Change and Planetary Tipping Points |
| |Dr. Anthony Barnosky, Professor, Department of Integrative Ecology, Curator, |
| |Museum of Paleontology, University of California-Berkeley |
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|9:15 – 10:30 am |Climate Change, Sea Level Rise and Low-Lying Wetlands |
| |Virginia Van-Sickle Burkett, Chief Scientist, Climate and Land-Use Change, US |
| |Geological Survey |
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|10:30 – 10:45 am |Break |
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|10:45 – 11:45 pm |Reaping What You Sow: Climate Change, CO2 and Global Food Security |
| |Lewis Ziska, Research Plant Physiologist, Crop Systems and Global Change, |
| |Agricultural Research Service |
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|11:45 – 12:15 pm |Travel to Loggerhead Park |
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|12:15 – 1:30 pm |Lunch by the Sea |
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|1:30 – 1:45 pm |Return to campus |
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|1:45 – 2:00 pm |Break |
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|2:00 – 3:30 pm |Fraud and Reasons Why Studies Are Flawed: Should Journalists Trust Peer Review? |
| |Dr. Ivan Oransky, M.D., Executive Editor, Reuters Health/Blogger, Embargo Watch and Retraction Watch |
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|3:30 – 5:30 pm |Alternative Energy |
| |A) A Florida Power Company’s Approach to Solar and Wind Energy Development |
| |David Bates, Manager, Project Development, /Florida Power and Light Co. |
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| |B) Designing Next Generation Batteries for Solar and Transportation |
| |Dr. Roy Periana, Professor and Director, Scripps Energy Laboratories, Scripps Research Institute |
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|5:30 pm |Dinner on Your Own |
Thursday, May 24 – Wetland Restoration/ Invasive Species /Video Journalism/Bioscience Breakthroughs
|7:00 – 7:45 am |Breakfast on Campus |
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|7:45 – 8:30 am |Travel to the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge |
| |(northern Everglades) |
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|8:30 – 9:45 am |A Living Lab for the Everglades – Insights from Project LILA |
| |Eric Cline, Environmental Scientist, South Florida Water Management |
| |District |
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|9:45 – 11:30 am |Restoring a Wetland: Water Quality, Quantity and Snakes in the Sawgrass |
| |Panel Discussion: Dr. Melissa Martin, Senior Ecologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Dr. Tom Dreschel, Section |
| |Leader/Senior Environmental Scientist, Everglades Division, South Florida Water Management District, Dr. Donatto |
| |Surratt, Senior Ecologist, National Park Service; Lisa Jameson, Invasive Species Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife |
| |Service |
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|11:30 – 12:00 pm |Lunch at the Refuge |
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|12:00 – 12:45 pm |Return to Campus |
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|12:45 – 1:00 pm |Break |
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|1:00 – 2:45 pm |Video Journalism: Tools of the Trade and Stories from the Field |
| |Erik Olsen, Reporter and Video Journalist, The New York Times |
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|2:45 – 3:00 pm |Walk to Scripps Florida |
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|3:00 -- 6:00 pm |Bioscience Breakthroughs |
| |Scripps Florida -- B159 |
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| |Overview: Developments in Neuroscience at the Max Planck Florida Institute |
| |Dr. Claudia Hillinger, Vice President for Institute Development, Max Planck/President, Max Planck Florida Foundation |
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| |Researcher Presentation: Dr. Samuel Young, Jr., Research Group Leader, Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Function |
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| |Overview: Biotech Research at Scripps Florida |
| |Dr. Deborah Leach Scampavia, Director of Education and Outreach, Scripps Florida |
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| |Researcher Presentation: Dr. Matt Gill, Assistant Professor, Department of Metabolism and Aging; Dr. Paul Thompson, |
| |Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry |
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| |Wine and Cheese and Science Mixer |
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|6:00 – 7:00 pm |Pizza and a Movie: There Once Was an Island |
| |(Invited) Briar March, Documentary Filmmaker and Instructor, Florida Atlantic University |
Friday, May 25 -- Ecosystem Spotlight / Social Media in Science Reporting / Sea Turtle Conservation
|7:30 – 9:30 am |Breakfast on the Bus |
| |Travel to Archbold Biological Station and the Lake Wales Ridge |
| |The Kissimmee-Okeechobee-Everglades System |
| |Paul Gray, Okeechobee Science Coordinator, Audubon of Florida |
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|9:30 – 10:00 am |Overview |
| |Dr. Hilary Swain, Executive Director, Archbold Expeditions and Senior Research |
| |Biologist, Archbold Biological Station |
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|10:00 – 11:00 am |Scrub Habitat Hike |
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|11:00 –12:00 pm |Endangered Species, Fire Management, Carbon and Water Cycles and |
| |Establishing Connectivity Among Protected Natural Areas |
| |Dr. Hilary Swain |
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|12:00 – 1:30 pm |Lunch at Archbold Biological Station |
| |Question-and-Answer Session with Staff Scientists |
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|1:30 – 3:30 pm |Return to campus |
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|3:30 – 3:45 pm |Break |
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|3:45 -- 5:15 pm |Using Social Medial to Get Story Ideas, Save Time and Connect with |
| |Colleagues and Readers |
| |Paul Raeburn, Blogger at the Knight Science Journalism Tracker/Freelance Journalist/Book Author |
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|5:15 – 6:15 p |Break |
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|6:15 – 6:30 pm |Travel to Dinner |
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|6:30 –11:00 pm |Dinner, talk and walk -- John D. MacArthur Beach State Park |
| |How Sea Turtles Reveal Our World |
| |Dr. Blair Witherington, Research Scientist, Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute |
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|11:00 -- 11:15 pm |Return to campus |
Saturday, May 26 – Science Journalism / Hurricane Research
|8:30 -- 9:30 am |Breakfast on Campus |
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|9:30 – 11:00 am |Panel Discussion: Science Journalism Blogging |
| |Paul Raeburn, author, blogger at the Knight Science Journalism Tracker, freelance journalist; Curtis Brainard, Science|
| |and Climate Reporter, Columbia Journalism Review; Jeanne Erdmann, Medical Science Writer/Co-Founder, The Open Notebook;|
| |Stacey Singer, Health Writer, Palm Beach Post |
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|11:00 – 12:15 pm |Nature’s Huffs and Puffs: The Latest Developments in Hurricane Science |
| |Dr. Frank Marks, Jr., Research Meteorologist and Director, NOAA/AOML |
| |Hurricane Research Division |
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|12:15 – 1:00 pm |Lunch on Campus and Closing |
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