The PAM Division Suite - Sheraton Seattle Hotel Room 2602

Saturday, June 14, 2008

5:00 – 10:00 pm                                      Madoka Pan-Pacific Rstrnt

Early Bird Dinner                                      Bainbridge Island

Contact: Martha Tucker                                            Meet at Ferry Terminal Bainbridge waiting area Pier 52

Sunday, June 15, 2008

EXHIBIT HOURS: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm PAM members are encouraged to visit the exhibit hall—most of our sponsors will be there!

12:00 – 1:30 pm                                      Tulio

PAM Newcomers’ Luncheon                      1100 Fifth Avenue

Host: Joe Kraus                                      Sponsors:  Turpion

1:30 – 3:00 pm                                        Tulio

PAM Board Meeting                                 1100 Fifth Avenue

Chair: Parker Ladwig

5:00 - 7:00 pm                                         Convention Center, 6ABC

Opening General Session and Awards Presentation

Dr. Vint Cerf and Charlie Rose                  Sponsors: LexisNexis

Monday, June 16, 2008

EXHIBIT HOURS: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm  PAM members are   encouraged to visit the exhibit hall--most of our sponsors will be there!

9:00 – 10:30 am                                     Convention Center 619-620

Science of Coffee                                   Sponsors:  Annual Reviews, Blackwell, John Wiley & Sons, Nature Publishing Group, New England Journal of Medicine, Prenax, Inc.

Speakers: Dr. Joe Vinson

1:30 – 3:30 pm                                      Convention Center 613-614

PAM-Wide Roundtable

Moderator: William Jacobs                      Sponsor: SIAM

Speaker: Mandy Taha, International Membership Award Winner

Sponsor: East View Information Services.

3:30 – 5:30 pm                                      Convention Center, 618

E-Lab Notebooks

Moderator: Rachel Ellison                       Sponsors: Thomson Scientific

Speakers: Michael H. Elliott, Jean-Claude Bradley, Carl Voigt

3:30 - 5:30 pm                                       Convention Center, 2AB
Spotlight Session - Games for Training: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Speakers: Ralph E. Chatham                  Sponsors: Thomson Scientific

6:00 – 7:30 pm                                         Von's Grand City Cafe

Book Group                                                              1531 Seventh Ave

Moderator: Ruth Kneale

7:00 - 10:00 pm                                      Sheraton Hotel, PAM Suite

PAM Open House

Moderator: Susan Koskinen                       Sponsors:  AIP

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

EXHIBIT HOURS: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm  PAM members are encouraged to visit the exhibit hall--most of our sponsors will be there!

7:00 – 9:00 am                                     Sheraton Hotel, Metropolitan B

PAM Business Meeting and Networking Breakfast

Moderator: Parker Ladwig                       Sponsors: APS

9:00 – 11:00 am                                    Convention Center, 615-616

[BIO] Informatics

Moderator: Ruth Gustafson                     Sponsors:  Elsevier, Inc, IEEE

Speakers: Dr. Quentin B. Wheeler, Neil Rambo, Catherine N. Norton, Dr. William Michener

10:00 am – 5:00 pm                               Sheraton Hotel, PAM Suite

Daily Retreat

Moderator: Susan Koskinen                     Sponsors: IOP Publishing

11:00 am – 12:30 pm                             Convention Center, 304

Computer Science Roundtable

Moderator: Brian Quigley, Nancy Kellett       Sponsors: ACM, IEEE

3:15 – 4:45 pm                                     Convention Center, 618

Mathematics Roundtable

Moderator: Sara Rutter                                          Sponsors: SIAM, AMS

Speakers: Carol Hutchins, JoAnn Sears, Erich Staib

7:00 – 9:00 pm                                     Sheraton Hotel, Metropolitan B

All Sciences Poster Session & Reception

Sponsors: ACS Publications, ASME, H.W. Wilson, IET/INSPEC, Knovel Corporation, SPIE Digital Library, Springer

9:00 pm – 12:00 am                              Sheraton Hotel, Grand C

Under the Sea Ball Dance Party - PAM/IT/LMD Open House

Moderator: Juliane Schneider                  Sponsors: IOP, Thomson Scientific

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

EXHIBIT HOURS: 8:00 am – 12:00 pm  PAM members are encouraged to visit the exhibit hall--most of our sponsors will be there!

8:00 – 10:00 am                                   Convention Center room 602 

Astronomy Roundtable

Moderator: Ruth Kneale, Michael Blake.     Sponsors:  SPIE

Speakers: Kerry Kroffe, Chris Biemesderfer, Karrie Berglund, Donna Thompson

10:00 am – 3:00 pm                              Sheraton Hotel, PAM Suite

PAM Daily Retreat

Moderator: Susan Koskinen                    Sponsors:  IOP Publishing

12:15 – 1:45 pm                                   Convention Center, 307-308

Physics Roundtable

Moderator: Elizabeth Brown                    Sponsors:  IET/INSPEC, World Scientific

Speakers:  Pat Viele, Dr. John Gardner, Sara Tompson, Dr. Bruce Mason, Michael Fosmire, Robert Kelly

Get the latest SLA 2008 conference updates and information with these 2.0 tools! -

PAM Conference Blog http://dpam.blogspot.com

PAM Facebook group www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2382038915&ref=ts 

Check out neat resources and news, add comments and pictures, and stay in touch with conference friends!  

The 2008 SLA Annual Conference Facebook ‘event’ page www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=9851351374&ref=ts

The SLA2008 Twitter account http://twitter.com/sla2008

Quick conference updates from this micro-blog, even have posts sent to your cell phone!

The PAM Flickr group http://flickr.com/groups/398828@N23/

Add your photos from the conference (and tag ‘em with “sla2008”)

 - See you in Seattle!

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