2022 Physics Congress Schedule (Final)

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Wednesday, October 5, 2022

1:30 pm Greenbank Tour Line up time (only tour to leave on Wednesday)
2:00 pm Greenbank Tour Leaves (only tour to leave on Wednesday)
3:00 pm – 8:00 pm Registration - Exhibitors and Attendees
3:00 pm – 8:00 pm SPS and Sigma Pi Sigma Store

 

Thursday, October 6, 2022

6:30 am - 8:45 am

Tour Departure Schedule

  • NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (6:30am line up time)
  • NIST Gaithersburg - (7:15am line up time)
  • Georgetown University - Medical Center (8:00am line up time) - SPONSORED BY PHYSICS TODAY
  • University of Maryland - College Park Physics Department (8:00am line up time)
  • Air and Space Museum - Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center (8:30am line up time)
6:45 am – 5:00 pm Registration
7:00 am – 7:00 pm SPS and Sigma Pi Sigma Store
12:00 pm – 1:45 pm Expo & Career Fair w/ coffee Sponsored by GradSchoolShopper
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Opening Events and Awards

  • Director of SPS and Sigma Pi Sigma
  • AIP CEO
  • Davidson College
  • George Washington University
  • 2022 Congress Chairs
  • Special Guests
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm Honorary Chair Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell
2:45 pm – 4:30 pm Centennial Plenary - Each speaker will answer the question "Where will Physics and Astronomy go over the next 100 years?"
  • Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell
  • John Mather
  • Jim Gates
  • Eric Cornell
4:30 pm – 4:45 pm Break
4:45 pm – 6:30 pm 2022 Physics and Astronomy Congress Workshop
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Dinner on your own
8:00 pm – 12:00 am (Optional) SPS Lounge, study room, and game room in Omni Shoreham Hotel

 

Friday, October 7, 2022

8:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration Open
8:00 am - 6:30 pm SPS and Sigma Pi Sigma Store Open

8:30 am – 10:00 am

 Plenary: Julianne Pollard-Larkin, Section Chief for Thoracic Radiation Physics at MD Anderson Cancer Center Sponsored by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
10:00 am – 1:00 pm  Expo & Career Fair w/ Coffee Sponsored by GradSchoolShopper
10:15 am – 11:45 am Poster Session & Physics Phine Art I
11:45 am – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Plenary: K. Renee Horton, Space Launch System (SLS) Quality Engineer at NASA
2:45 pm – 4:15 pm

Breakout session I

  • Physics for Humans: Entrepreneurship with Physics and Astronomy Workshop
  • Life as a Physics & Astronomy Grad Student (Panel)
  • Reaching for the Stars, Literally: easy, cheap, and meaningful ways to bring astronomy to your SPS chapter
  • Becoming a Change Agent for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Careers In Physics and Astronomy (Panel)
  • Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon - Improving Visibility of Physicists and Astronomers
  • Faculty Session - Fostering Leadership in Your SPS Chapter Sponsored by the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
  • #SPSSplat: Art, Physics, and Outreach Workshop
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Breakout session II

  • Physics for Humans: Entrepreneurship with Physics and Astronomy Workshop
  • Careers In Physics and Astronomy (Panel)
  • Do You Know What I See: Visualization Tools for Physics Workshop
  • Becoming a Change Agent for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Grad School in Physical Sciences (Panel)
  • Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon - Improving Visibility of Physicists and Astronomers
  • Faculty Session - Building Strong Undergraduate Departments Sponsored by the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
  • Be a Shark
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm  Dinner on your own
8:00 pm – 12:00 am (Optional) SPS Lounge, study room, and game room in Omni Shoreham Hotel
8:00 pm - 11:00 pm (Optional but a ton of fun) High Energy Hot Chocolate and Game Night at GWU Sponsored by GWU

 

Saturday, October 8, 2022

8:00 am - 8:00 pm Registration Open
8:00 am - 8:00 pm SPS and Sigma Pi Sigma Store Open ">
8:30 am – 10:00 am  Plenary: Sarah Hörst, Associate Professor of Planetary Sciences at Johns Hopkins University
10:00 am – 12:00 pm  Expo & Career Fair w/ Coffee Sponsored by GradSchoolShopper
10:00 am – 11:30 am  Posters & Art Session II
11:30 am – 12:45 pm Lunch with Scientists
12:45 pm – 2:15 pm Plenary: Rush Holt Jr., Scientist, Politician, and former CEO of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Sponsored by Optica
2:15 pm – 2:30 pm Awards
2:45 pm – 4:15 pm

Breakout session III

  • Science Policy for Scientists
  • Careers in National Labs and Industry
  • Reaching for the Stars, Literally: easy, cheap, and meaningful ways to bring astronomy to your SPS chapter
  • Iron Chef Science - Science is something that anyone can cook-up!
  • Do You Know What I See: Visualization Tools for Physics Workshop
  • Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon - Improving Visibility of Physicists and Astronomers
  • Faculty Session - Undergraduate Research and Your SPS Chapter
  • #SPSSplat: Art, Physics, and Outreach
2:45 pm – 4:15 pm Sigma Pi Sigma Member and Donor Event
4:30 pm – 5:45 pm Breaking Boundaries - Chapter Showcase
5:45 pm – 6:15 pm Break - to "dress up"
6:15 pm – 7:15 pm  Dinner 
7:00 pm – 7:15 pm 

Closing remarks by Centennial Chairs

  • Willie Rockward
  • DJ Wagner
  • Gary White
  • Jack Hehn
  • Toni Sauncy
  • Alina Gearba-Sell
  • Earl Blodgett
7:15 pm – 8:45 pm Physics & Astronomy Centennial Festival - Dress up as your favorite Physics and Astronomy equation, concept, or person. Or Just dress up!
8:45 pm – 12:00 am (Optional) SPS Lounge, study room, and trivia/game room in Omni Shoreham Hotel
8:45 pm – 12:00 am Dance Party sponsored by the American Physical Society (APS)