Guest Thinkers — August 16, 2010

Speaking Science 2.0 Tour Hits the Nation’s Capital

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On Monday, we will be doing our first Speaking Science 2.0presentation for the DC-area community as part of the annual meetings of the American Institute of Biological Sciences. The talk is open to the public, so we hope several inside-the-Beltway readers are able to make it out. (It follows the inaugural presentation we will be giving at the Stowers Institute in Kansas City on Thursday night of this week.)

Here are the details on the AIBS presentation (PDF flyer):

Monday, May 14
5:00 PM-6:00 PM
American Institute of Biological Sciences Annual Meeting
Capital Hilton Hotel
Washington, DC

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