The Aaas 2008 Annual Meeting: Science And Technology From A Global Perspective Danielle Mihram, G. Arthur Mihram

摘要

The 174th annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) was held 14-18 February 2008 in Boston at the Hynes Convention Center and at three hotels: the Boston Marriott Copley Place; Sheraton Boston; and Hilton Back Bay. Over approximately 7,600 registered for the meeting including 1,500 registrants, mostly from the local area, attending the two-day Family Science Days on Saturday and Sunday. The Meeting included a 1 h (4-5 pm) Science Librarian Orientation as a Special Event on Friday, 15 February 2008. The theme of this year's meeting was "Science and Technology from a Global Perspective," and, according to David Baltimore (AAAS President), it emphasized "the power of science and technology as well as education to assist less-developed segments of the world society, to improve partnerships among already developed countries, and to spur knowledge-driven transformations across a host of fields" (p. 4 of the Program Book).