Schedule 2026

• 🍝8:00-9:00 AM

Early Arrivals Breakfast (not-hosted)

• 9:30-11:00

Check-in

• 🚶‍♀️9:30-11:00

Wander, includes pop-up Sciences Collection of Rare Books and Manuscripts at the IU Lilly Library, the IU Art Museum, the IU Libraries' Creator Commons

• 11:00-11:15

Welcome

• 💬11:15-12:15 PM

Science Talk #1 - Catherine A. Pilachowski, Astronomy: 

"Searching for Gold, Silver, and Platinum among the Stars"

• 12:15-12:45

Gather for lunch

• 🍝12:45-1:45

Lunch w/ IU Sciences Librarians Information Literacy Grants Panel

• 🚶‍♀️1:45-2:15

Travel to IU Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology

• 🌩️2:15 - 3:15

Librarian Lightning Talks #1

• 🍪3:15-4:00

Fancy Snack break and museum introduction

• 🚶‍♀️4:00 - 5:30

IUMAA Tours

• 🍝6:00 - 9:00

Dine Arounds, sign-ups will be at the Welcome Table upon arrival (no-hosted)

• 🍝8:30-9:30 AM

Breakfast

• 💬9:30-10:30

Science Talk #2: Lee R. Cambrea, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division: Materials Science: 

"A Flare's Life"

• 🍪10:30 - 10:45

Snack break

• 💬10:45 - 11:45

Science Talk #3: Timothy Reinholz, IU Jacobs School of Music: Neuroscience & Music 

"Hearing Data: Sonification from Model to Music"

• 🍝11:45 - 1:00PM

Lunch

• 💬1:00 - 2:00

Science Talk #4: Drew Capone, IU School of Public Health, Department: Environmental and Occupational Health

• 🚶‍♀️2:00 - 4:00

Tours + Snacks:
ZooArchaelogy Lab, Gross Anatomy Lab, IU Supercomputing Center, Drosophila Stock Center, and more!

• 4:00 - 4:45

Free time

• 4:45-5:00

Arrive at Indiana Memorial Union

• 💬5:00

KEYNOTE: Krista Longtin, IU School of Medicine, Science Communication, 

"Mindsets  from improv and how we communicate information"

• 🍝6:00-8:00

Banquet Dinner, IMU Tudor Room

• 🍝8:30 - 9:30 AM

Breakfast

• 🌩️9:30 - 10:45

Librarian Lightning Talks 2

• 🍪10:45 - 11:00

Snack Break

• 💬11:00 - 12:00 PM

Science Talk #5: Orie Shafer

"Where do you find the time?"

• 12:00 - 12:15

Closing Remarks/Thank yous/Survey

• 🍝12:15 - 1:00

Boxed Lunches & Farewells

• 🚶‍♀️1:00

Tour IU Research and Teaching Preserve, optional. Learn about our field research center in town and projects like ForestGEO, the Smithsonian Institute’s Forest Global Earth Observatory Network.   Tour Guide: Michael Chitwood

• 📋10:00 - 10:05

Opening

• 💬10:05 - 11:00

Storytelling the Profession - Retired STEM Librarians’ Perspective

• 🌩️11:00 - 12:10

Lightning Talks

• ☕12:10 - 12:30

Break

• 👄12:30 - 1:30

Small Group Discussions

• 💬1:30 - 2:30

OSU's Museum of Biological Diversity (Nathan Whelan)

• ☕2:30 - 2:45

Break

• 2:45 - 3:45

TBD

• 📋3:45 - 4:00

Wrap up