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NASW 2004 Seattle Conference
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NASW 2004 Seattle Conference

Dear NASW Member,

The NASW Board and Workshop Committee are pleased to invite you to NASW 2004 Seattle.

This year, we are featuring field trips on Wednesday, February 11th, 2004. A full day of workshops follows on Thursday, February 12th. Thursday begins with a continental breakfast, followed by our plenary session "Science in the New World Order/Disorder."

Following the plenary, we will have a series of breakout panel sessions on science writing for freelances, staffers, and public information officers, with both "pro" and "rookie" tracks.

As always, panelists include scientists, reporters, authors, and public information officers from the nation's top research institutions and media. The Thursday workshops also feature our popular network luncheon, with dozens of topic tables for discussions and networking with colleagues.

For the first time, NASW will be accepting up to 50 people who are not NASW members to attend our annual workshops. For more details, please see the registration page.

This year's workshops are held in the same site as AAAS. Register for discounted lodging and check out the AAAS program.

We suggest you make plans now to join us in Seattle in February. We expect you'll find the field trips and workshops full of opportunity both for professional development and for socializing with colleagues.

As always, we'll be seeking ideas and volunteers to help plan the following year's workshops. Please look for the workshop survey form to provide feedback and suggestions, and to offer your assistance in organizing panels for NASW 2005 Washington, D.C.

Meanwhile, we'd like to thank our speakers, panel organizers, NASW Executive Director Diane McGurgan, NASW President Deborah Blum, NASW Vice President and chair of the workshops committee Laura van Dam, and NASW workshops committee members Katherine Arnold, Janet Basu, John D. Cox, Tinsley H. Davis, Carol Ezzell, Michael Fitzsousa, Stephen H. Hart, Staci Maloof, Tom Paulson, and Pamela L. Sowers. A special thanks to Bob Finn, NASW cybrarian, and to Leslie Warrick of AAAS.

We are also grateful for assistance from Walter Neary from the University of Washington Health Sciences and Medical Affairs, Ben Sherman of NOAA's National Ocean Service, Gretchen Sorenson from The Institute of Systems Biology, web/database assistant Darcie Gurley, our student volunteers, and many others who make the workshops possible.

— Brian Lavendel and Kimberly Wilson
NASW Workshop Coordinators

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