2010 Schedule Draft   Print Friendly Version Notes: The acronyms used in the schedule correspond to the various NSBP sections listed here Important: Student Posters Judging: will happen on Thursday & Friday Saturday, February 6 0800-1600 Pre-College Program Committee Physics Day Camp TBD Monday, February 8 0830-1830 Pre-College Program Committee Science Ambassadors at Local Schools Tuesday, February 9 0830-1830 Pre-College Program Committee Science Ambassadors at Local Schools Wednesday, February 10 1000-1230 Physics Diversity Summit Science Policy and the President's FY11 Budget TBD 1200-1830 NIST Leave Hotel  at 1200 and return at 1830 1200-1830 Naval Research Lab Bus leaves from Omni Shoreham Hotel  at 1200 and returns at 1830 1300-1700 Physics Diversity Summit Congressional Office Visits Capitol Hill 1500-1700  Physics Diversity Summit Research Poster Session and Reception Capitol Hill 1700-1900   Poster Session Set-up Exhibit Hall 1900-2100 Conference Opening Reception Exhibit Hall 2100-2300  REU & Grad School Application Coaching Physics Jeopardy Game Find a Mentor Homework Clinic Thursday, February 11 Congressional A Congressional B Cabinet Room Forum Room Senate Room Executive Room 0730-0815 Mandatory Breakfast for Students Regency Ball Room  0830-1000 CBP I Doing Business with DOE ACOU I Geant4 Workshop Preparing for Graduate School Introduction to Physics Research l Student Focus Group Interviews 1000-1030 Coffee Break - Exhibit Hall 1030-1200 Plenary Session I: Energy, Education and Environment Diplomat Room 1215-1345 Lunch Regency Ball Room  1400-1530 CBP II NREL Workshop on Photovoltaics ACOU II Geant4 Workshop Physics GRE Tutorial Introduction to Physics Research II Student Focus Group Interviews 1530-1700 Acoustics Demos Diplomat Room 1530-1600 Coffee Break - Exhibit Hall 1600-1730 CBP III NREL Workshop on Photovoltaics HEA I Geant4 Workshop Funding Graduate School Introduction to Physics Research III Student Focus Group Interviews 1700-1800 Cool Acoustics Student Competition Diplomat Room 1730-1830 Reception with Exhibitors plus Prizes Exhibit Hall 1730-1830 Students Poster Judging Period - Exhibit Hall 1900-2100 Opening Banquet Regency Ball Room  2100-2300 After Dinner Student/Mentor Mixer 2100-2300 Acoustics (ACOU) Section  Meeting Nuclear and Particle Physics (NPP) Section  Meetings Cosmology, Gravitation and Relativity (CGR) Section  Meetings Chemical and Biological Physics (CBP) Section  Meetings Photonics and Optics (POP) Section  Meetings Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (CMMP) Section Meeting   Friday, February 12 Congressional A Congressional B Cabinet Room Forum Room Senate Room Executive Room 0730-0815 Mandatory Breakfast for Students Regency Ball Room  0830-1000 MED I CGR I EPSS I PER I ASTRO I Introduction to Physics Research IV Student Focus Group Interviews 1000-1030 Coffee Break - Exhibit Hall 1030-1200  Plenary Session II: Optical-electronics, Extrasolar Planets, Bouchet Award Winner Diplomat Room 1215-1345 Lunch Regency Ball Room  1400-1500  Exhibitors' Reception West Exhibit Hall 1400-1500 General Poster Session and Student Judging Period - Exhibit Hall 1500-1630 MED II CGR II EPSS II PER II ASTRO II Science Diplomacy Workshop I: Foreign Policy, Development and Science Student Focus Group Interviews 1630-1700 Coffee Break - Exhibit Hall 1700-1830 MED III CGR III EPSS III NPP I ASTRO III Science Diplomacy Workshop II: Study Abroad Opportunities for Physicists and Astronomers Student Focus Group Interviews 1915-2000 Networking Events                   Dinner On Own 2100-2300 Medical Physics (MED) Section  Meeting Earth and Planetary Systems Science (EPSS) Section   Meeting Women in Physics (WIP) Committee Meeting Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASTRO) Section  Meeting Fluid and Plasma Physics (FPP) Section  Meeting Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (AMO) Section  Meeting NSHP Board Meeting Saturday, February 13 Congressional A Congressional B Cabinet Room Forum Room Senate Room Executive Room 0730-0815 Mandatory Breakfast for Students Regency Ball Room  0800-1530 Physics Teacher Workshop Diplomat Room     0830-1015  Computational Physics Workshop   CMMP I  AMO I  Physics in the Caribbean         0830-1018  MCP I NPP II FPP I           1045-1230 Computational Physics Workshop Guaranteed 4.0 Workshop CMMP II Quantum Mechanics Review AMO II                 1045-1233  MCP II NPP IIi FPP II Physics in Africa                   1230-1330 Networking and Mentoring Lunch   Regency Ball Room                 1330-1530 Computational Physics Workshop Guaranteed 4.0 Workshop  CMMP III Quantum Mechanics Review K-12 & Community Outreach Projects for Physicists                 1330-1518 MCP III NPP IV FPP III Focus Session: SKA and Radio astronomy                   1530-1718                         1600-1800 NSBP/NSHP/AAPT/APS Bridging Session Diplomat Room 1900-2100 Closing Banquet Renaissance Grand Ball Room 2100-0200 Reception and Social Event