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Frames versus Narratives: A Framework for Ethical Articulation in Science Communication - Michael Dahlstrom
1:00 PM – Cardinal Room, Memorial Union - Michael Dahlstrom is assistant professor in the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication at Iowa State. Part of theSummer Symposium on the Ethical Challenges of Communicating Science within Political Controversies.

Ethics and Risk Communication - Paul Thompson
11:00 AM – Cardinal Room, Memorial Union - Professor Thompson is the author of 13 books and editions, such as The Spirit of the Soil: Agriculture and Environmental Ethics; The Ethics of Aid and Trade; Food Biotechnology in Ethical Perspective, and co-editor of The Agrarian Roots of Pragmatism. He has served on many national and international committees on agricultural biotechnology and contributed to the National Research Council report The Environmental Effects of Transgenic Plants. He is a Past President of the Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society and the Society for Philosophy and Technology, and is Secretary of the International Society for Environmental Ethics. He has continuing interests in environmental and agricultural ethics. Part of the Summer Symposium on the Ethical Challenges of Communicating Science within Political Controversies.

Debating Science: Ethics Education and Deliberation - Dane Scott
9:45 AM – Cardinal Room, Memorial Union - Dr. Dane Scott is the Director of The Center for Ethics at The University of Montana. He holds a doctorate in philosophy from Vanderbilt University, an M.A. in philosophical theology from the Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley, and a B.S. from the University of California, Riverside. Prior to moving to Montana, Dr. Scott was Associate Dean of the Honors College at Western Carolina University, as well as director of the Humanities program. He has taught at Western Carolina University, Wake Forest University, and Vanderbilt University. Part of the Summer Symposium on the Ethical Challenges of Communicating Science within Political Controversies.

Symposium on the Ethical Challenges of Communicating Science - Matthew C. Nisbet
7:30 PM – Cardinal Room, Memorial Union - Matthew Nisbet is a social scientist who studies strategic communication in policymaking and public affairs, focusing on debates over science, the environment and public health. His keynote address is titled "Climate Shift: Clear Vision for the Next Decade of Public Debate." Nisbet will present the findings of a study of the financial resources, strategies, and communication activities of environmental groups and scientists working to mobilize societal action on climate change and compare them to a comparable study of conservative groups and industry associations that oppose action. A discussion of the implications for universities, as institutions engaged in research, education, and public engagement, will follow. Matthew Nisbet is an associate professor in the School of Communication at the American University in Washington, DC. Keynote Address - Summer Symposium on the Ethical Challenges of Communicating Science within Political Controversies. A dessert reception will follow the talk. For more information, click here.

Role of Physical Activity in the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity - Steven Blair
7:00 PM – North Central Prairie Room, Gateway Hotel & Conference Center - Steven Blair is a recognized authority on exercise and its health benefits. He is coauthor of Fitness after 50, Active Living Every Day, and Physical Activity and Health and was the senior scientific editor for the first U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health. He has done extensive research using the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study, which examines the impact of diet, physical activity and other lifestyle factors on mortality. Blair is currently on the faculty at the University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, where he holds joint appointments in the Department of Exercise Science and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Prior to that, he was a researcher and then president and CEO of the Cooper Institute, a nonprofit research and education center recognized as a leader in exercise science. The 2010-11 Helen LeBaron Hilton Chair in Human Sciences

Web Accessibility: Recent Research and Policy Activity - Jonathan Lazar
4:00 PM – Alliant-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Jonathan Lazar is the founder and director of the Universal Usability Laboratory at Towson University, where he is a professor of computer and information sciences and director of the undergraduate program in information systems. His research interests are web usability, web accessibility for people with disabilities, and public policy in Human Computer Interaction. Lazar will discuss the federal requirement that all websites be accessible to persons with disabilities as well as research findings on such topics as web-based e-mail applications for blind users and web browsing for expert users with Down's Syndrome. He is the author of Web Usability: A User-Centered Design Approach, coauthor of Research Methods in Human-Computer Interaction and editor of Universal Usability.

Cultural Night continues CANCELLED! Andrew Garcia
8:30 PM – Benton Auditorium, Scheman Building, Iowa State Center - Part of Asian Pacific American Heritage Week. Even though Andrew Garcia's appearance has been cancelled, the Cultural Night program will continue. The Cultural Night program begins at 7:00 p.m. and features a varieties show. Doors open at 6:00 p.m.

Spelling It Out: The Communication Roles of a Game Designer - Nathan Sumsion
7:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Nathan Sumsion is a senior game designer at Avalanche-Disney Interactive Studios. Most recently, he was senior designer on Toy Story 3 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii, released in summer 2010, and on Meet the Robinsons for PlayStation 2, GameCube, Wii and Xbox 360, released in spring 2007. He also taught Game Design Process and Visual Interface Design in the game design program at ITT Tech in Salt Lake City. Sumsion will be the primary judge for the ISU Game Development Competition, funded by a Motorola Foundation grant. The teams will display their work in the Great Hall throughout the day, with the awards announced following Mr. Sumsion's lecture.

Truth Is on the Way - Nikki Giovanni
7:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Nikki Giovanni, a product of the 1960s Black Arts Movement, remains one of America's most distinguished and widely read African American poets, authors, and essayists. Her outspokenness has spanned a quarter century, and the human rights activist remains as determined and committed as ever to fighting for civil rights and equality in education. All but one of Giovanni's twenty books remains in print. They include Black Feeling, Black Talk; Black Judgment; and the 2003 releases, The Collected Poems of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1998 and The Prosaic Soul of Nikki Giovanni. She is currently on the faculty at Virginia Tech, where she is a University Distinguished Professor. She is also a lung cancer survivor and a contributor to the book Breaking the Silence: Inspirational Stories of Black Cancer Survivors.

The Dance of Identities: Korean Adoptees and Their Journey toward Empowerment - John D. Palmer
3:30 PM – Gold Room, Memorial Union - John D. Palmer takes an honest look at the complex nature of race and how we can begin to address race and racism from a fresh perspective in his new book The Dance of Identities. This book looks at how Korean adoptees "dance," or engage, with their various identities - white, Korean, Korean adoptee, and those in between and beyond - and begin the journey toward self-discovery and empowerment. John D. Palmer is an Associate Professor of Educational Studies at Colgate University, who grew up in Iowa. His specialties include racial and ethnic identity development, social and cultural foundations of education; social justice education, anti-racist curriculum and pedagogy, Korean globalization, and race and education.