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
11:30 – 12:30 pm
Fellowship Introductions
12:30 – 1:30 pm
From Your Home to Your Water Resources: Emerging Contaminants
Dr. R. Thomas Zoeller, Professor, Biology Department, University of Massachusetts/Amherst
2:30 – 3:00 pm
Break
3:00 – 3:30 pm
Travel to Canoe Outfitters and Loxahatchee River
3:30 – 5:15 pm
Loxahatchee River Northwest Fork Canoe Trip
5:15 – 6:15 pm
Dinner at Riverbend Park
6:15 – 6:45 pm
Return to Campus
6:45 -- 7:30 pm
Break
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 (formerly Wildlife Trust), 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
7:45 – 8:45 am
Travel to Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, Port St. Lucie
8:45 – 10:30 am
Drug Discovery in the 21st Century
Dr. Richard A. Houghten, Founder/CEO/ President, Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies
Turning Marine Toxins into Medicine: Conotoxins as Pain-killers and Smoking
Cessation Drugs
Dr. Christopher Armishaw, Medicinal Chemistry, Torrey Pines Institute
for Molecular Study
10:30 – 11:15 am
Travel to Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Fort Pierce
11:15 – 12:00 pm
Harbor Branch Laboratory Tour
Dr. Amy Wright, Director, Center for Marine Biomedical and Biotechnology
Research
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,
Climate Change, Sea Level Rise and Low-Lying Wetlands
Virginia Van-Sickle Burkett, Chief Scientist, Climate and Land-Use Change, US
Geological Survey
10:30 – 10:45 am
Break
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
11:45 – 12:15 pm
Travel to Loggerhead Park
12:15 – 1:30 pm
Lunch by the Sea
1:30 – 1:45 pm
Return to campus
1:45 – 2:00 pm
Break
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
3:30 – 5:30 pm
Alternative Energy
A) A Power Company’s Approach to Solar and Wind Energy Development
David Bates, Manager, Project Development, /Florida Power and Light Co. B) Designing Next Generation Batteries for Solar and Transportation
Dr. Roy Periana, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research Institute
5:30 pm
Dinner on Your Own
Thursday, May 24–Wetlands/ Invasive Species /Video Journalism/Bioscience Breakthroughs
7:00 – 7:45 am
Breakfast on Campus
7:45 – 8:30 am
Travel to the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
(northern Everglades)
8:30 – 9:45 am
A Living Lab for the Everglades – Insights from Project LILA
(Invited) Eric Cline, Environmental Scientist 3, South Florida Water Management
District
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; (Invited) Fred Sklar, Section Administrator, Everglades Systems, South Florida Water Management District, Dr. Donatto Surratt, Senior Ecologist, National Park Service; Lisa Jameson, Invasive Species Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
11:30 – 12:00 pm
Lunch at the Refuge
12:00 – 12:45 pm
Return to Campus
12:45 – 1:00 pm
Break
1:00 – 2:45 pm
Video Journalism: Tools of the Trade and Stories from the Field
Erik Olsen, Reporter / Video Journalist, The New York Times
2:45 – 3:00 pm
Walk to Scripps Florida
3:00 -- 6:00 pm
Bioscience Breakthroughs
Scripps Florida -- B159
Overview of Biotech Research at the Scripps Research Institute, Florida
Deborah Leach Scampavia, Director of Education and Outreach, Scripps
Florida
Researcher presentations:
Department of Chemistry – Dr. Brian Paegel, Assistant Professor
Department of Metabolism and Aging – Dr. William Ja, Assistant Professor
(Invited) Claudia Hillinger, Vice President for Institute Development, Max Planck; President, Max Planck Florida Foundation
Wine and Cheese and Science Mixer with Researchers
6:00 – 7:00 pm
Pizza and A Movie: There Once Was an Island
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
9:30 – 10:00 am
Overview
Dr. Hilary Swain, Executive Director, Archbold Expeditions and Senior Research
Biologist, Archbold Biological Station
10:00 – 11:00 am
Scrub Habitat Hike
11:00 –12:00 pm
Endangered Species, Fire Management, Carbon and Water Cycles and
Establishing Connectivity Among Protected Natural Areas
Dr. Hilary Swain
12:00 – 1:30 pm
Lunch at Archbold Biological Station
Question-and-Answer Session with Staff Scientists
1:30 – 3:30 pm
Return to campus
3:30 – 3:45 pm
Break
3:45 -- 5:15 pm
Using Social Medial to Get Story Ideas, Save Time and Connect with
Colleagues and Readers
Paul Raeburn, author, blogger at the Knight Science Journalism Tracker, freelance journalist
5:15 – 6:15 p
Break
6:15 – 6:30 pm
Travel to Dinner
6:30 –11:00 pm
Dinner at John D. MacArthur Beach State Park / Sea Turtle Walk
11:00 -- 11:15 pm
Return to campus
Saturday, May 26–Science Journalism / Hurricane Research
8:30 -- 9:30 am
Breakfast on Campus
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; (Invited) Stacey Singer, Health Writer, Palm Beach Post
11:00 – 12:15 pm
Nature’s Huffs and Puffs: The Latest Developments in Hurricane Science
Dr. Frank Marks, Research Meteorologist and Director, NOAA/AOML
