fThursday, Feb. 14 (Northeastern University - Egan Center)
1:00 – 4:30 pm -- Workshop on Science Diplomacy & North African – Egan Center, Room 340
4:00 – 7:00 pm -- Registration – Egan Center/ Outside Raytheon Room (by Ruggles MBTA stop)
4:30 – 6:30 pm -- Reception / Cash Bar / Poster Session – Egan Center, Room 440
Tours of the Nanotechnology Research Program at Northeastern Workshop on Origami with Michael LaFosse & Richard Alexander
6:30 – 9:30 pm -- Opening Banquet and Welcome – Egan Center, Raytheon Amphitheater
Dr. Dan McCLEESE – Chief Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Beyond Earth to Explore Mars.

Friday, Feb. 15
7:30 am – 9:00 pm Fulbright Stories: Collecting and telling stories about Fulbright experiences
8:00 am – noon Science & Technology Tours - Boston & Cambridge institutions
8:30 departure - US DOT Volpe Tranporatation Research Center
9:00 departure - Boston University Medical School - Forensics Program
9:30 departure - National Braille Press
Noon – 1:00 pm Roundtable Discussions & Lunch at Northeastern University - African-American Institute
Economic Development, Nursing/Health, Soils/Bacteria, Education, Origami, Social Science, Environmental Valuation, Undergraduate Research
1:15 – 1:30 pm Official Welcome, Egan Center, Raytheon Amphitheater
1:30 - 3:00 pm Panel on Social Science & Innovation
Dr. Joseph AOUN – Linguist & President of Northeastern
Mr. LIM Chuan Poh – Chairman, Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR) Singapore
Dr. David LIGHTFOOT – Head of NSF Social Sciences Program (this NSF division includes Behavioral
and Cognitive Sciences, Social and Economic Sciences, and Science Resources Statistics)
Discussion on the importance of math, economic & social sciences in innovation today –
how people communicate (linguistics, behavioral science) and work (economics, business management)
3:00 – 3:30 pm Poster Session & Coffee Break
3:45 – 5:15 pm Panel on Microbiology & Energy
Dr. Rita COLWELL, Former Director of NSF
Dr. Bruce LOGAN, Director of the Hydrogen Energy Center at Penn State.
Discussion about use of microbes to create energy.

Saturday, Feb. 16
9:30 am – noon -- Science & Technology Tours - Boston & Cambridge institutions
9:30 departure - Boston Public Library - exhibit on regional planning & maps
9:30 departure - Fenway Park ($12 fee)
9:00 am – noon -- FAST Board Meeting & International Advisory Council (invitation only)
Noon – 1:30 pm -- Lunch – Egan Center, Raytheon Amphitheater
1:30 – 2:45 pm -- Workshops / Panel discussions, Egan Center
Panel on Urban Planning & Sustainable Cities  
Panel on Environmental & Science Policy
Panel on the Fulbright Futures
2:45 – 3:30 pm -- Coffee Break
3:30 – 5:15 pm -- Workshops / Panel discussions
Panel on Urban Planning #2 – continued from the early afternoon.
Panel on Women in Science  

Sunday, Feb 17
9:30 – Noon -- Closing Plenary & Annual Meeting, Egan Center, Raytheon Amphitheater
Dr, Stanley BULL, National Renewable Energy Lab
Mr. Keith ELLENBOGEN, Parsons School of Design - Inner Space – the Oceans
Mr. David NOTHMANN, Monsanto & President of FAST Board of Directors
12:30 am – 5:00 pm -- Science & Technology Tours - Boston & Cambridge institutions