Program Committee
Chair-Elect is the chair of the committee. There is one member that shall be appointed by the Executive Committee of the Forum on Outreach and Engaging the Public. Chair-Elect should solicit them for their appointee after the Jan. 15th meeting. There is an early rate benefit offered to Invited Speakers who register for the meeting, and a Special Forum Rate offered to Session Chairs.
March Meeting:
By June 15th the committee submits the topics for 2 FEd Focus Sessions and 1 Symposium Session for the March Meeting to the APS. Then, the APS collects speaker nominations through July 15. The committee then looks through the nominations and can also nominate their own speakers. By September 1 (or close) the committee needs to send APS the list of Invited Speakers for the March Meeting sessions.
April Meeting:
Finding Speakers:
How do we find speakers? You can use the APS directory search, but that has limited searches. You can search the FEd directory as many times as you wish. You can look at our award winners for the Excellence in Physics Education, Reichert Award, Award for Improving Undergraduate Education, Past Award Winners of the Mini-Grants, or our APS Fellows. You can put out calls on the FEd forum for nominations during the time when the APS is gathering nominations.
Important Dates:
April 15 -- Secretary/Treasurer emails each committee with the following information:
Committee members
Committee charge
Important dates
May – sorting categories are due for March Meeting
June 15 – Program Committee submits topics for 2 FEd Focus Sessions and 1 Symposium Session for the March Meeting
July – deadline to submit theme for April Meeting
July 15 – Program Committee receives nominations for the March Meeting sessions from APS
September 1 – Program Committee sends APS the list of invited speakers for the March Meeting
October 1 – Program Committee deadline for sorting categories for April Meeting
October 5 (or close) – March Meeting contributed abstract deadline
October 31 – Programming Committee deadline for sessions and invited speakers for April Meeting
January 5 (or close) – April Meeting contributed abstract deadline
March and April of the following year – Attend the meeting.
Members:
FEd Exec Committee decided on 2024/02/21 that committee would in practice be the following people:
Chair of Committee - Chair Elect FEd
Vice Chair of Committee - Vice-Chair FEd
1 person from FOEP
General and APS/AAPT member at large in 1st and 3rd year
Info from Bylaws:
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Program Committee: The Program Committee shall consist of the ChairElect, and up to nine members appointed by the Chair, in consultation with the Chair-Elect, no later than June 1 of each year. In addition, one member shall be appointed by the Executive Committee of the Forum on Outreach and Engaging the Public. The Chair-Elect shall serve as the Chair of the Program Committee. The Chair-Elect will remain Chair of the Program Committee until the April Meeting which he or she planned is complete. The Program Committee shall be responsible for the solicitation and selection of invited papers for Forum sponsored sessions at meetings of the Society and for the arrangement of the programs of such meetings. The term of office for members of the Program Committee shall be one year.
Article IX - Programs and Activities
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The Program Committee shall work with the Society Director of Meetings, or his or her designee, in arranging Forum-sponsored sessions at meetings of the Society. This activity shall include the scheduling of invited and contributed papers at meetings of the Society and organizing of Forum-sponsored conferences. The programs of the Forum shall be developed in consultation with the Committee on Education and AAPT as appropriate.
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