The AAAS, Pacific Division and its affiliated societies will hold its 89^th annual meeting, at the Hawaii Preparatory Academy in Waimea, on the Big Island of Hawaii. Membership in AAAS or its affiliated societies is not required to participate in the meeting. All scientists, as well as graduate and undergraduate students, are invited to present their research results either orally or as posters. Anyone paying the registration fee may attend all scientific sessions as well as participate in many other activities (field trips require advance registration and payment of additional fees). Dr. William B.N. Berry, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, is chairing the organizing committee for the Pacific Division.

Plan to join us for a full schedule of activities:

• contributed paper sessions
  
• contributed poster sessions
  
• symposia, such as
  
  • current research at the Palmyra Atoll
    
  • the impact of avian malaria on native bird populations
    
  • new humanities and science convergences: paradise lost and.....recoverable?
    
  • developments in materials science
    
  • status and conservation of Hawaiian land snails
    
  • infectious diseases
  • neuroscience research programs in the Pacific
    
  • putting the science in informal science education
  • anachialine pool ecosystems
  • soil and crop sciences of the Hawai`ian Islands
    
  • forensic chemistry
    
  • colonial and pre-WWII east Asian anthropology
    
  • cold war anthropology
    
  • U.S. world's fairs: celebration and politics
    
  • archives of science
    
  • health and welfare issues relating to Asian American women
    
  • CALL for SYMPOSIA and WORKSHOPS
    
• field trips, such as
  
  • exploration of the Kilauea Volcano
    
  • reef snorkeling
    
  • observatories and stargazing on Mauna Kea
    
  • visit to the Pu`uhonua o Honauanau National Historic Park
    
  • Kona coffee tour
  • visit to the Kaloko-Honokohau National Park
• pu pu reception/dinner
• beach barbeque
  
• division banquet
  
• and more!

The following societies and Pacific Division sections will sponsor symposia and/or contributed paper and poster sessions at the meeting:

o Western Society of Crop Science

o Agriculture and Horticulture Section

o Anthropology and Archaeology Section

o Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Section

o Chemistry and Biochemistry Section

o Computer and Information Sciences Section

o Earth Sciences Section

(Geology, Physical Geography, Geophysics, Paleobiology)

o Ecology, Organismal Biology, and Environmental Sciences Section

o Education Section

o General and Interdisciplinary Section

o Health Sciences Section

o History & Philosophy of Science Section

o Industrial Science and Technology Section

o Mathematics Section

o Molecular and Cell Biology Section

o Physics and Materials Science Section

o Psychology Section

o Social, Economic & Political Sciences Section

 

Meeting Rooms

This year's technical sessions will be held at the Upper Campus of the Hawaii Preparatory Academy in Waimea, HI. Meeting rooms will be equipped with a computer and computer projector. Speakers requiring other equipment, such as a 35mm slide projector, an overhead projector, or a T.V. must make their requests known on the e-mail abstract submission form. Specialized equipment will be provided if available, and may incur an expense for the presenter.

Presentation Dates, Times and Rooms

The meeting rooms and presentation time schedule will be published in the "Program with Abstracts" issue of the Proceedings (vol. 27, pt. 1), which will be provided to all meeting registrants at registration. Speakers will be able to download the schedule, which shows their time and place to present, from this and from the AAAS Pacific Division homepage approximately two weeks prior to the start of the meeting.

Poster Sessions

Each poster will be assigned a display space of 60" W x 40" H (1.5 m x 1.0 m). Posters will be grouped by discipline and subject matter. Each presenter will be given at least four hours for poster display, although more time may be available. Presenters should set up their posters no later than 15 minutes before the beginning of their presentation session and are expected to be available to discuss their work for at least one hour while their poster is on display. Posters should be removed within 15 minutes of the close of the session. Student posters will be judged for Awards of Excellence. Therefore, students must be available for questions until all of the judges have seen their posters.

With the permission of Dr. Carol Waite Conner and the Geological Society of America, the Pacific Division has reprinted Dr. Conner’s article, "The Poster Session: A Guide for Preparation." Click here to download a copy of this helpful article.

For Students

The AAAS Pacific Division is pleased to offer a number of programs to encourage students to attend its annual meetings and to help further their career goals. These include:

for students presenting their original research at an annual meeting:

• grants to help defray the costs of attending the meeting
  
• complimentary ticket to the divisional banquet, at which student presentation awards are presented
  
• sectional and divisional awards for excellence in student presentations at the meeting, which include
  
  • certificates of award
    
  • cash awards
    
  • one year student memberships to AAAS, including print copies of Science magazine
    

to aid research projects leading to students' advanced degrees:

• AAAS, Pacific Division Alan E. Leviton Student Research Awards
  

Additional information for students...click here.

Affiliated Societies and Sections
Participating in the Meetings

WESTERN SOCIETY OF CROP SCIENCE. Section Chair and Program Coordinator: , ; phone: []; fax: []; e-mail: .

AGRICULTURE and HORTICULTURE. Section Chair and Program Coordinator: Michael D. MacNeil, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory, 243 Fort Keogh Road, Miles City, MT 59301; phone: [406] 874-8213; fax: [406] 874-8289; e-mail: Mike.MacNeil@ars.usda.gov.

ANTHROPOLOGY and ARCHAEOLOGY. Section Chair and Program Coordinator: Walter Carl Hartwig, Division of Basic Medical Sciences, Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Mare Island, CA 94592; phone [707] 638-5238; e-mail: whartwig@touro.edu. Co-chair and Co-program Coordinator: Stephen Frost, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403; phone: [541] 346-5161; e-mail: sfrost@uoregon.edu.

ATMOSPHERIC and OCEANOGRAPHIC SCIENCES. Section Chair and Program Coordinator: Anne E. Sturz, Department of Marine Science and Environmental Sciences, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA 92110-2492; phone [619] 260-2702; e-mail: asturz@sandiego.edu.

MOLECULAR and CELL BIOLOGY. Section Chair and Program Coordinator: Kenneth A. Cornell, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725; phone: [208] 426-5429; e-mail: kencornell@boisestate.edu.

CHEMISTRY and BIOCHEMISTRY. Section Chair and Program Coordinator: Owen M. McDougal, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725; phone: [208] 426-3964; e-mail: owenmcdougal@boisestate.edu.

COMPUTER and INFORMATION SCIENCES. Section Chair and Program Coordinator: Alan E. Leviton, California Academy of Sciences, 875 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94103; phone: [415] 321-8276; e-mail: aleviton@calacademy.org.

EARTH SCIENCES. Section Chair and Program Coordinator: J. Thomas Dutro, Jr., U.S. Geological Survey (E-308), National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560-0137; phone: [202] 633-1322; e-mail: dutrot@si.edu.

ECOLOGY, ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY and ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES. Section Chair and Program Coordinator: Michael Parker, Department of Biology, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR 97520; phone: [541] 552-6796; e-mail: parker@sou.edu. Section Co-chair and Program Co-coordinator: Richard Van Buskirk, Environmental Studies, Pacific University, 2043 College Way, Forest Grove, OR 97116; phone: [503] 352-2251; fax [503] 352-2933; e-mail: vanbuskirk@pacificu.edu.

EDUCATION. Section Chair and Program Coordinator: William B.N. Berry, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 307 McCone Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-4767; phone: [510] 642-3925; e-mail: bberry@uclink4.berkeley.edu.

GENERAL and INTERDISCIPLINARY. Section Chair and Program Coordinator: Robert Chianese, Department of English, California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA 91330; phone: [805] 653-2520; e-mail: robert.chianese@csun.edu.

HEALTH SCIENCES. Section Chair and Program Coordinator: H.K. Choi, Department of Biology, California State Univesity, Dominguez Hills, 1000 East Victoria Street, Carson, CA 90747; phone: [310] 243-3985; fax [310] 243-2350; e-mail: hchoi@csudh.edu.

HISTORY and PHILOSOPHY of SCIENCE. Section Chair and Program Coordinator: Donald J. McGraw, 824 Shoreline Drive, Chula Vista, CA91913; e-mail: granttree@yahoo.com.

INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY. Section Chair and Program Coordinator: Henry Oman, Boeing Company (retired), 19221 Normandy Park Drive SW, Seattle, WA 98166; phone [206] 878-4458; e-mail: h.oman@ieee.org. Section Co-Chair and Program Co-Coordinator: Frank Jacobitz, Department of Engineering, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, 92110; e-mail: jacobitz@SanDiego.edu.

PHYSICS and MATERIALS SCIENCE . Section Chair and Program Coordinator: Panos Photinos, Department of Physics and Engineering, Southern Oregon University, 1250 Siskiyou Boulevard, Ashland, OR 97520; phone: [541] 552-6475; e-mail: photinos@sou.edu.

PSYCHOLOGY. Section Chair and Program Coordinator: J. Ken Nishita, California State University, Monterey Bay, 100 Campus Center, Seaside, CA 93955; phone: [831] 582-3563; e-mail: ken_nishita@csumb.edu.

SOCIAL, ECONOMIC and POLITICAL SCIENCES. Section Chair and Program Coordinator: Carl A. Maida, UCLA Schools of Dentistry and Medicine, University of California, P.O. Box 951668, 63-023 CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095; phone [805] 492-5613; e-mail: cmaida@ucla.edu.