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Mentoring/Networking Events

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

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7:00 PM-9:00 PM

UCLA Sponsor Reception
USC Sponsor Reception

Thursday, October 16, 2014

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8:00 AM-6:00 PM

Native American Gathering Room

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Student Presenters Peer Mentoring

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

Networking Lunch
SACNAS Leadership Lunch

1:00 PM-3:00 PM

Native Welcome Gathering

1:30 PM-5:00 PM

Exhibitor: Move-in

1:45 PM-3:15 PM

Insights to Success: Real-Life Adventures of SACNAS Scientists
Navigating NSF
Lina Patino, PhD, Sonia Ortega, PhD, Sally O'Connor, PhD, Terry Woodin, PhD and Yaihara Fortis-Santiago, PhD
Opportunities and Challenges in Nigms Student Development Programs
Alison Hall, PhD, Robin Broughton, PhD, Mona Trempe, PhD and Lori Burge, BA

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Student Presentations: Judges Orientation for Graduate Student Scientific Symposia (Orals)

2:00 PM-5:00 PM

Student Presenters Peer Mentoring**

4:00 PM-6:15 PM

SACNAS Welcome Ceremony and Keynote Address: Janet Napolitano and Sylvia Hurtado, PhD, Dinner & Cultural Performance

6:30 PM-8:00 PM

Graduate Student Oral Presentations

7:00 PM-9:00 PM

VIP Reception

8:30 PM-10:00 PM

Native Community Reception
Out and up: Building a LGBTQA Network with Pride
Brit Ventura, MS, David Bradley, PhD, Scottie Henderson, PhD and Rochelle Diamond, BA

8:45 PM-10:00 PM

SACNAS Chapter Recognition Ceremony

Friday, October 17, 2014

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7:00 AM-8:30 AM

Student Presentations: Judges Orientation and Breakfast

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Exhibitor Orientation & Networking Activity

8:00 AM-9:15 AM

Exhibitor: Move in (Friday morning)

8:00 AM-6:00 PM

Native American Gathering Room (Friday)

8:30 AM-9:00 AM

Poster Set-up: Undergraduate & Graduate Student Poster Session 1

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Student Presentations Peer Mentoring

9:30 AM-12:00 PM

Exhibit Hall Open

12:00 PM-1:15 PM

Luncheon & Keynote Address: Lucy Jones, PhD

1:30 PM-3:00 PM

Conversations with Scientists – Bio/Agr/Env Life Sci: Animal Sciences, Zoology/Entomology, General Biology, & Other Biological Sciences
Conversations with Scientists – Bio/Agr/Env Life Sci: Biochemistry/ Biophysics
Conversations with Scientists – Bio/Agr/Env Life Sci: Botany, Forestry, Plant Sciences, Other Agricultural Sciences
Conversations with Scientists – Bio/Agr/Env Life Sci: Cell/ Molecular Biology and Microbiology
Conversations with Scientists – Bio/Agr/Env Life Sci: Ecology and Evolution
Conversations with Scientists – Bio/Agr/Env Life Sci: Environmental Science/Studies and Marine Studies
Conversations with Scientists – Bio/Agr/Env Life Sci: Food Sciences, Nutrition Sciences, and General Biology
Conversations with Scientists – Bio/Agr/Env Life Sci: Genetics
Conversations with Scientists – Bio/Agr/Env Life Sci: Pharmacology, Physiology/Pathology, and Other Biological Sciences
Conversations with Scientists – Computer & Information Sciences
Conversations with Scientists – Discipline Based Education Research & Traditional Knowledge
Conversations with Scientists – Engineering
Conversations with Scientists – Health
Conversations with Scientists – Industry
Conversations with Scientists – Mathematics & Statistics: Applied Mathematics, General Mathematics, Operations Research, and Other Mathematics
Conversations with Scientists – Mathematics & Statistics: Statistics
Conversations with Scientists – Physical Sciences: Atmospheric Sciences/Meteorology, Earth Science/Other Physical Sciences, Oceanography, and Other Geological Sciences
Conversations with Scientists – Physical Sciences: Chemistry (Except Biochemistry)
Conversations with Scientists – Physical Sciences: Physics and Astronomy/Astrophysics
Conversations with Scientists – Psychology & Social Sciences

3:15 PM-6:15 PM

Exhibit Hall Open (Friday Afternoon)

3:30 PM-5:30 PM

Undergraduate & Graduate Student Poster Session 1

5:30 PM-6:00 PM

Poster Take-Down: Undergraduate & Graduate Student Poster Session 1

6:30 PM-7:45 PM

Dinner & Keynote Address: Jack Farmer, PhD (Cherokee)

8:15 PM-9:45 PM

Annual SACNAS Pow Wow

Saturday, October 18, 2014

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8:00 AM-9:15 AM

Student Presentations: Saturday Judges Orientation and Breakfast

8:00 AM-6:00 PM

Native American Gathering Room - Saturday

9:00 AM-9:30 AM

Poster Set-up: Undergraduate, Graduate & Postdoc Poster Session 2

9:00 AM-12:30 PM

Exhibit Hall Open – Saturday

9:30 AM-11:30 AM

Undergraduate, Graduate, & Postdoc Poster Session 2

11:00 AM-12:30 PM

JUST ADDED!! Postdoc and Professional Networking Session

11:30 AM-12:00 PM

Poster Take-Down: Undergraduate & Graduate Student Poster Session 2

12:00 PM-2:00 PM

Judges Tally & Lunch

12:30 PM-1:45 PM

Luncheon & Keynote Address: Ahna Skop, PhD (Cherokee) “Too creative for science”

12:30 PM-2:30 PM

Family Engagement in STEM

12:30 PM-3:00 PM

Exhibitor: Move-out

4:00 PM-5:00 PM

2015 SACNAS Local Organizing Committee (LOC) Meeting

5:30 PM-7:00 PM

Dinner & Keynote Address: James Leckie, PhD

7:00 PM-8:15 PM

SACNAS Awards Ceremony

9:00 PM-11:00 PM

Movie Night at SACNAS: Exploring Issues in Evolution and Ecology through Film
Jory Weintraub, PhD and Jonathan Lombard, PhD

9:00 PM-11:30 PM

SACNAS Dance – ‘Pachanga!