November 20-23, 2008
Marriott Renaissance Hotel
Washington, D.C.

Each November, Sigma Xi leaders and highly motivated college students gather to share ideas, information and camaraderie at the Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference. Delegates from Sigma Xi chapters decide key governance questions of the Society and attend sessions on leadership, chapter management and major issues facing the research enterprise. Concurrently, undergraduates from institutions around the world present their research, attend career-focused workshops, meet graduate school recruiters and network with Sigma Xi members.

Listen to the Awards Lectures from the 2008 Annual Meeting

• Conference Program
  • Panel - The Global Water Crisis
    Peter H. Gleick, president of the Pacific Institute, will join Andras Szollosi-Nagy, director of UNESCO’s Division of Water Sciences, Peter Thum, founder of Ethos Water, and Thomas G. Mattia, senior vice president of the Coca Cola Company, for a special panel discussion November 22.

• Children's Day of Science
  • At the 2008 Sigma Xi Annual Meeting, we are working to extend the outreach of science even farther by inviting 100 local elementary school students and their teachers for "a hands-on day of science."

• Society Business
  • Assemblies and Caucuses provide essential time for chapter delegates to discuss issues impacting the research enterprise and to vote on matters of Society business.

• Research Presentations
  • Student Research Conference showcases some of the premier student research in the world, and connects senior researchers with students. (November 21-22, 2008)
  • Science Sessions maintain Sigma Xi's mission to enhance the health of the research enterprise and to promote public engagement in science. Formats include workshop, seminar, panel, roundtable and lecture

• Networking and Social Activities include informal roundtables, poster presentations, organized group dining and catered receptions—all of which offer opportunities for collegial exchange as researchers, leaders and colleagues.

Featured guests include:

William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement
	Charles Elachi, Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Vice President, California Institute of Technology
John P. McGovern Science and Society Award
	Robert Boily, President and founder of Inforex
Walston Chubb Award for Innovation
	Patrick Usoro, Technical Fellow at the General Motors R&D Center
Young Investigator Award
	Mason Porter, University of Oxford faculty member in applied mathematics and a Tutorial Fellow at Somerville College in Oxford.
Honorary Members
	Natalie Angier, The New York Times
	Sherwood "Sherry" Boehlert, former Congressman and chair of the House Science Committee

E-mail: meeting@sigmaxi.org