50th Preliminary = Program

Thursday, October=20 26th

=20

12:30-2:30 PM

Pre-Conference Field = Trip: Mari-Mann Herb=20 Farm

=20 Led by Maribeth King, Mari-Mann=20 founder

Meet at Registration = Area

1^st = Floor=20 Leighty-Tabor Science Building=20 (LTSC)

3:00-5:00=20 PM

Pre-Conference=20 Field Trip: Rock = Springs Conservation Area

=20 Led=20 by Dr. Judy Parrish, Millikin=20 University

Continue from Mari-Mann or meet at registration=20 area

3:00 -=20 5:00 PM

Steering Committee=20 Meeting

LTSC=20 301

6:00 -=20 8:00 PM

Registration and=20 Reception

H'ors d'oerves

Registration:=20 1^st floor LTSC

Reception: LTSC=20 115

8:00 -=20 9:00 PM

Opening = Session

Welcome = to=20 ACUBE:

ACUBE = President: Ethel Stanley, Beloit=20 College

Welcome = to Millikin University

Greetings from the=20 Conference Chairpersons

     =20 Program = Chair:=20 Conrad Toepfer, Brescia University  =20
      Local Arrangements Chairs:=20 Harold Wilkinson, Neil Baird,
  =20 =            &nbs= p; =20 Millikin University

OPENING = PRESENTATION (Public = Welcome=20 to Attend)

Marc Abrahams,=20 Editor

Annals of Improbable=20 Research

=93Improbable Research = and the Ig Nobel Awards=94

LTSC=20 001

9:15 -=20 10:15 PM

Steering Committee=20 Meeting

LTSC=20 301

Friday, October 27th

7:00 AM - 5:00=20 PM

Registration table=20

(Register, pay=20 dues, buy T shirts, = etc.)

1^st=20 Floor LTSC

7:15 -=20 8:20 AM

Hot=20 Breakfast =

(Mentors = and Mentees meeting or by Interest = Group)

Richards Treat=20 University Center (RTUC): Fireplace and Parquet = Rooms

7:30 -=20 10:30 AM

Field=20 Trip: Birding, Macon County Conservation = District

=20 Led=20 by Dr. David Horn, Millikin=20 University

Meet at = Registration Area

1^st Floor=20 LTSC

9:00 AM -=20 Noon and 2:00 - 5:00 PM

SUSTAINING MEMBER=20 EXHIBITS

LTSC=20 224

8:30-=20 10:00 AM

CONCURRENT WORKSHOP=20 SESSION 1

10:00 -=20 10:30 AM

POSTER = SESSION=20 1

= =20 Refreshments provided

Posters: LTSC=20 221

Refreshments: =20 Located between LTSC 224 and 221

10:30 -=20 11:15 AM

CONCURRENT PAPER=20 SESSION 1

11:30 -=20 12:30 PM

Luncheon and First = Business=20 Meeting

=20 First and Final Call for Nominations!!=20
Out=20 of this World Teaching Idea contributions =

RTUC = Fireplace and=20 Parquet Rooms

12:30 -=20 1:30 PM

Luncheon=20 Program

=20

=20 Celeste Carter, Foothills Community = College

RTUC = Fireplace and=20 Parquet Rooms

1:45 -=20 2:30 PM

CONCURRENT PAPER SESSIONS = 2

2:45 -=20 3:15 PM

POSTER SESSION 2

Refreshments provided

Posters from morning available = for=20 review:

Posters: LTSC=20 221

Refreshments: =20 Between LTSC 224 and 221

3:00 -=20 5:00 PM

Field=20 Trip 1: Wabash Railroad Depot Antique Mall and Merchant = Street=20 shops

=20 Led=20 by Karen Baird, Richland Community College

Field=20 Trip 2: Behind the scenes tour of Scovill Zoo

=20 Led=20 by David Webster, Assistant Director Scovill=20 Zoo

Meet at = Registration Area

3:30 -=20 4:15 PM

CONCURRENT PAPER=20 SESSION 3

5:00=20 PM

ACUBE Committee=20 Meetings

Web Committee=20 Meeting

LTSC=20 202

6:00 -=20 7:00 PM

Social=20 Hour

Cash=20 bar

RTUC = Fireplace and=20 Parquet Rooms

7:00 -=20 9:00 PM

Dinner and Second Business=20 Meeting

(two-minute speeches = prior to=20 dinner; balloting after dinner, new officers announced at end = of =20 presentation)

The 2006 Out of = this World=20 Teaching Idea Award

=20 =20

RTUC = Fireplace and=20 Parquet Rooms

8:00 =96=20 9:00 PM

Dinner=20 Program

= Malcolm Campbell, Davidson=20 College

=20 Director, Genome=20 Consortium for Active Teaching

= =93Biology=20 education 2056: balancing innovation

=20 with = improvement.=94

RTUC = Fireplace and=20 Parquet Rooms

Saturday, October 28th

7:30 -=20 8:45 AM

Continental=20 Breakfast (by = Interest=20 Group)

RTUC = Fireplace and=20 Parquet Rooms

7:45 -=20 8:45 AM

Bioscene Editorial Board=20 Meeting

RTUC = Fireplace and=20 Parquet Rooms

9:00 AM =96=20 11:15 PM and 12:15 =96 1:30 PM

SUSTAINING MEMBER=20 EXHIBITS

LTSC=20 224

8:45 -=20 9:30 AM

CONCURRENT PAPER SESSION = 4

9:45 =96=20 11:15 AM

CONCURRENT WORKSHOP=20 SESSION 2

11:15 AM=20 - 12:15 PM

Luncheon and Third = Business=20 Meeting

Resolutions:

Brenda=20 Moore, = Truman State=20 University

Executive=20 Secretary Report:

Tom=20 Davis, Loras College

Bioscene:

Tim = Mulkey, = Indiana=20 State University and Steve Daggett, Avila=20 University

= Presidential=20 Address: Ethel Stanley, Beloit College

2007 = Meeting=20 (51st) at Loras College:

Program = Chair: Pres Martin, Hamline=20 University

Adjournment: =20 Ethel Stanley, President

RTUC = Fireplace and=20 Parquet Rooms

12:30=20 =96 1:30 PM

Steering Committee=20 Meeting

Includes newly = elected=20 members!

LTSC=20 301

1:30=20 =96 4:30 PM

BIOQUEST Workshop=20

LTSC=20 001

Introduction to=20 BioQUEST

Choose = two of=20 these sessions

featuring current=20 projects:

Session =20 = 1 = =20 Session 2

2:00 - = 3:00=20 PM =20 3:00 =96 = 4:00=20 PM

Bioinformatics=20

Stephen=20 Everse

University of=20 Vermont

Excel = Simulations and=20 Tools

Tony=20 Weisstein

Truman State=20 University

The = BioQUEST Library=20 VII

Models, Simulations, Tools, = and=20 Data

John = R.=20 Jungck

Beloit=20 College

=

Investigative=20 Cases

Margaret=20 Waterman

Southeast=20 Missouri State University

Ethel = Stanley

Beloit=20 College

Evolution

Sam=20 Donovan

University of=20 Pittsburgh

Microbiology
Marion=20 Fass

Beloit=20 College

All=20 Participants

4:00 =96 = 4:30=20 PM

Future=20 Directions