November 20-23, 2008
Marriott Renaissance Hotel
Washington, D.C.

Each November, Sigma Xi leaders and highly motivated college students gather to share ideas, information and camaraderie at the Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference. Delegates from Sigma Xi chapters decide key governance questions of the Society and attend sessions on leadership, chapter management and major issues facing the research enterprise. Concurrently, undergraduates from institutions around the world present their research, attend career-focused workshops, meet graduate school recruiters and network with Sigma Xi members.

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• Conference Program
  • Panel to Discuss Water Issues
    Peter H. Gleick, president of the Pacific Institute, will join Andras Szollosi-Nagy, director of UNESCO’s Division of Water Sciences, and Peter Thum, founder of Ethos Water, for a special panel discussion November 22.

• Society Business
  • Assemblies and Caucuses provide essential time for chapter delegates to discuss issues impacting the research enterprise and to vote on matters of Society business.
  • Chapter Sessions empower delegates to build and maintain successful chapters through a combination of basic training, resource delivery, best-practice sharing and informative case studies.

• Research Presentations
  • Student Research Conference showcases some of the premier student research in the world, and connects senior researchers with students. (November 21-22, 2008)
  • Research-inspired Presentations by prize winners showcase excellence in science, engineering and the communication of both.

• Networking and Social Activities include informal roundtables, poster presentations, organized group dining and catered receptions—all of which offer opportunities for collegial exchange as researchers, leaders and colleagues.

Featured guests include:

William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement
	Charles Elachi, Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Vice President, California Institute of Technology
John P. McGovern Science and Society Award
	Robert Boily, President and founder of Inforex
Walston Chubb Award for Innovation
	Patrick Usoro, Technical Fellow at the General Motors R&D Center
Young Investigator Award
	Mason Porter, University of Oxford faculty member in applied mathematics and a Tutorial Fellow at Somerville College in Oxford.
Honorary Members
	Natalie Angier, The New York Times
	Sherwood "Sherry" Boehlert, former Congressman and chair of the House Science Committee

E-mail: meeting@sigmaxi.org