AUTUMN GENERAL MEETING
November 8 - November 10, 2007
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HALL
427 CHESTNUT STREET
PHILADELPHIA
PARTICULARS
ACCOMMODATIONS: Members, their spouses (or one family member) and invitees are guests of the Society while attending the Meeting. The Society will pay room and tax charges for members and Society guests at the Omni Hotel (4th and Chestnut Streets) for two nights. Those who wish to include additional persons will be billed for their guests’ hotel and meal expenses. Check-in time is 4:00 p.m.; checkout time is 11:00 a.m. When checking out, please pay all charges except the two-night allowance. Valet and self-parking are available at the Omni.
RESERVATIONS, CHANGES, CANCELLATIONS: Room reservations must be made directly by you with the Omni. Please call 1-215-925-0000 or 1-800-843-6664. Also, please register online at www.apsmeetings.org or complete and return the enclosed registration form to the Society. Should your plans change and you or your guests are unable to use all or part of your reservation, please cancel room reservations directly with the Omni. Please cancel meal reservations by contacting Annie Westcott at 1-215-440-3441 or at www.westcott@amphilsoc.org. You will be billed for room reservations and meals not canceled 72 hours before your scheduled arrival.
REGISTRATION: Registration will open in Benjamin Franklin Hall at 12:00 noon on Thursday, November 8. It will reopen each morning of the Meeting at 7:45 a.m. Please sign in and receive your program, list of those expected to attend, name badge, and other related Meeting materials.
CELL PHONES: As a courtesy to our speakers and audience, please silence cell phones upon entering the Auditorium.
ACOUSTICS: Earphones are available at the registration desk to enhance hearing as necessary. Participation in the discussion to follow each presentation or symposium is encouraged. To ensure that everyone will be able to hear and appreciate your question or brief comment, please stand upon being recognized by the Chair, wait for the arrival of a microphone, and introduce yourself to the audience.
DINING: A continental breakfast will be served in Benjamin Franklin Hall on Friday and Saturday mornings from 7:45 to 9:00 a.m. Luncheon will be served in Benjamin Franklin Hall on both days. Friday evening’s dinner (business attire) will be held at the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel. Please choose a table in advance for dinner by signing the reservation sheets located in the registration room of Benjamin Franklin Hall. Table selections will be available for review during cocktails that evening.
RECEPTION: Members and guests of the Society are cordially invited to attend the annual reception of the Friends of the Library on Wednesday, November 7 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. in Benjamin Franklin Hall.
EXHIBITION: During the Meeting, members and guests are heartily encouraged to view the Society’s new exhibition – “UNDAUNTED: Five American Explorers, 1760-2007” – located in Philosophical Hall. The exhibition will be open between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. on Friday, November 9 to welcome Meeting attendees. In addition, books recently published by the Society or by its members will be on display in the registration room.
MEETINGS
THE CLASS COMMITTEES ON MEMBERSHIP will meet at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 7, in Philosophical Hall.
THE STATED MEETING OF COUNCIL will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 8, in Benjamin Franklin Hall.
NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 8, in Library Hall.
THE BUSINESS MEETING will begin at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, November 9, in Benjamin Franklin Hall.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 8
1:15 p.m.
Admission of New Members
(New members will be formally admitted at the beginning of each session.)
CONRAD K. HARPER
Vice President, in the Chair
PUTTING THE CONSTITUTION INTO PRACTICE
MAEVA MARCUS
Director and Research Professor of Law
The George Washington University School of Law
John Marshall Was Not the First Chief Justice
and
LINDA K. KERBER
May Brodbeck Professor in the Liberal Arts
University of Iowa
Why Diamonds Really are a Girl’s Best Friend
Intermission
STEPHEN S. MORSE
Founding Director, Center for Public Health Preparedness
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Columbia University
The Next Influenza Pandemic?
JOTHAM W. COE
Research Fellow, Pfizer Global Research and Development
Nicotine Meets Its Match?
FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 9
7:45 to 9:00 a.m.
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST FOR MEMBERS
AND INVITED GUESTS
Benjamin Franklin Hall
9:15 a.m.
BARUCH S. BLUMBERG
President, in the Chair
PETER SINGER
Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, University Center for Human Values
Princeton University
Our Obligation to Aid the Poor
FRANCES E. ALLEN
Fellow Emerita, IBM Research
Parallelism: Can It Solve the Computer Performance Bottleneck?
Intermission
HENRY LA BARRE JAYNE LECTURE
CLYDE F. BARKER
Donald Guthrie Professor of Surgery
University of Pennsylvania
Thomas Eakins and His Medical Clinics
11:45 a.m.
LUNCHEON FOR MEMBERS AND INVITED GUESTS
Benjamin Franklin Hall
On this occasion, we gratefully remember the services to the Society of I. Minis Hays, Secretary and Librarian, 1897-1922, whose generous bequest included a modest sum for entertainment at our stated Meetings.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 9
1:15 p.m.
CLYDE F. BARKER
Vice President, in the Chair
THE FUTURE OF INFORMATION
LINDA GREENHOUSE
Moderator
Supreme Court Correspondent, The New York Times
BILL KOVACH
Founding Chairman of Concerned Journalists
The Future of News
MARK THOMPSON
Director-General, The British Broadcasting Corporation
Digital Media and the Future of Quality Broadcasting
Intermission
MATT STOLLER
Blogger/Organizer, OpenLeft.com
The Rise of the Open Left
JANE C. GINSBURG
Morton L. Janklow Professor of Literary and Artistic Property Law
Columbia University School of Law
The Author’s Place in the Future of Copyright
3:30 p.m.
BUSINESS MEETING
(Members Only)
Benjamin Franklin Hall
BARUCH S. BLUMBERG
President, in the Chair
Necrology
Proceedings of the Council
Report of the President
Report of the Executive Officer
Reports of the Committees
Other Business
FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9
5:30 p.m.
COCKTAILS AND DINNER
Sheraton Society Hill
2nd and Walnut Streets
Buses will depart from the Omni Hotel beginning at 5:15 p.m.
AWARDS PRESENTATION
At the conclusion, all buses will return to the Omni Hotel and Benjamin Franklin Hall
8:45 p.m.
THE CONCERT OF 1789
The Felsted Project Orchestra
Bryan W. Jones, Director
SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 10
7:45 to 9:00 a.m.
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST FOR MEMBERS
AND INVITED GUESTS
Benjamin Franklin Hall
9:15 a.m.
HARRIET ZUCKERMAN
Vice President, in the Chair
BURTON G. MALKIEL
Chemical Bank Chairman’s Professor of Economics
Princeton University
The Chinese Economy: Growth, Prospects and Risks
PAUL GEWIRTZ
Potter Stewart Professor of Constitutional Law, Yale Law School
Director of the China Law Center, Yale University
The Rule of Law in China
Intermission
RICHARD A.F. PENROSE LECTURE
BRIGHT SHENG
The Leonard Bernstein Distinguished University Professor of Music
University of Michigan
A Brief History of Chinese Music Through the Story of Pipa
(Yang Wei Accompanying on the Pipa)
11:45 a.m.
LUNCHEON FOR MEMBERS AND INVITED GUESTS
Benjamin Franklin Hall
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