Report on the 171st National Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

摘要

The theme of this year's AAAS Annual Meeting was "The Nexus: Where Science Meets Society". Held in Washington, DC from 17-21 February 2005, it was attended by 4,000 registrants; 105 exhibitors and 900 members of the press. The meeting of four full days (Thursday night through Monday) appears to have been composed of quite a few less "Symposia" (each typically with three to six authors' presentations) than in previous years; e.g. when compared to 2003 and most earlier years, the symposia then filled most of a fifth day (a Tuesday). Possible reasons for such a reduction of the symposia may be shrinking budgets for conference travel or the stress accompanying the many security checks and delays currently in place at airports for travelers.