The Origin
For nearly 2 years, the SC2001 technical program team has contributed
time for planning behind the scenes, enlisting our industry's leaders,
brainstorming ideas, and soliciting technical content. It has certainly
been a busy time, but it has also been rewarding —even fun sometimes!
The Results
We believe we have crafted a stimulating, engaging program which is
in concert with the timely challenges of our industry. By leveraging
the strengths of past SC programs, we offer a stable foundation of technical
content. But we also offer some experiments to add to the excitement
and controversy! We hope you will always find something of particular
interest throughout our program.
A Quick Summary
• At the core, 60 strongly refereed Papers chosen from 240 submissions
by an exceptional committee of diverse, well-known professionals
throughout our industry.
• For your education, 28 informative Tutorials
from which to choose
—each offered by leaders in their topic areas. These
are high-quality
tutorials selected from 52 submissions.
• Stellar Plenary
Sessions featuring well-known leaders who will offer
visions of the
state of their fields of expertise. Don't miss these
opportunities!
• For your active engagement, 6 hand-crafted Panels
that will offer
information and stimulate discussion and,
quite likely, a bit of
controversy.
• The return of MasterWorks,
with 20 invited speakers who will star in the second annual performance
of this speaking series. These sessions showcase novel, innovative
practices in solving challenging, real-world problems
in areas of interest from the biosciences to Hollywood.
• For your participation, 3 timely Workshops
held in conjunction with
SC2001
(2 full-day and 1 half-day). These are quality productions,
and
we will be interested in knowing if you want this
type of venue to
continue and grow within the SC series.
• And much more—award winners, birds-of-a-feather sessions,
video proceedings, global participation...
More Details
For the important details within each of the program components listed
in this overview, please click on the specific items on the sidebar
to see topics, speakers, and times.
Acknowledgements
I would like to offer my sincere thanks to all members of the SC2001
Program Committee for their exceptional dedication to quality and excellence
in creating this program. Clearly, my most significant contribution
to the program was enlisting these professionals to be on our team.
The Judgment
This would be you! Come to Denver and see for yourself. Please be vocal
about what works for you and what does not. We promise to listen and
pass along your input to improve the SC conference series.
Sally D. Haerer, Technical Program Chair
Oregon State University
