Come to the Fourth Annual International Citizen Science Conference

Join the world's most accomplished citizen scientists in Providence, Rhode Island, to celebrate the scientific genius of the common citizen.  Learn from, network with, and enjoy the fellowship of people who love science as much as you do.

You may register today at: http://www.sas.org/conference2006/index.html

Come to the Fourth Annual International Citizen Science Conference*
August 24 - 27, 2006 in Providence, Rhode Island

This year's conference promises to be the best ever!

Featuring...

NEW Hands-On Workshops: Learn nature drawing from Aleta Karstad and how to build you own working sun photometer from Forrest Mims personally!

Stimulating Lectures: Citizen science is really coming of age. Hear some of the world's leading citizen scientists reveal their extraordinary accomplishments, and learn about all the extraordinary opportunities that are now exploding for you and your family to get your hands-on real science.

Labrats: Meet the Labrats development team, and maybe even some live Labrats from our pilot Synergy, Triple-Alpha, and find out how your children can get involved in this exciting new educational program. 

Field Trip: Take a behind-the-scenes tour of the Mystic Aquarium. Learn how they grow tons of plankton, farm jellyfish, nurse sick creatures back to health, and support their own vast underwater ecosystem. Plus visit whales, penguins, Dr. Bob Ballard's undersea world and more!

Doing Well by Doing Good: Attend this special seminar by SAS's founder, Dr. Shawn Carlson, and learn how you can make money in your spare time by supporting our Society. Are you involved with another science group? Learn how affiliating with SAS can help raise money for your group's projects! 

Local Chapter Support: Find out how easy it now is to organize a local SAS chapter in your neighborhood. 

Special Seminar on the HOBO Data Logger: Learn how simple it now is to collect all kinds of data electronically and analyze it on your computer.

Poster Session: Find out all the cool things that your fellow citizen scientists are doing during our informal poster session. This is a great chance to share your own work, network or find people to collaborate with. STUDENT POSTERS ARE MOST WELCOME!

Keynote Speaker: One of our country's great citizen scientists, Joe Nichols, will share some of his incredible experiences during his many years as a paranormal investigator for CSICOP—the world-famous Committee for Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal. 

Franklin Awards Banquet: And of course, you'll enjoy our awards banquet and special lecture by this year's winner of the coveted Benjamin Franklin Citizen Scientist Award. 

Plus, Meet the SAS Cast: Shawn Carlson, Forrest Mims, Lynn Costa and Sheldon Greaves.

Would you like to be a presenter? Then please contact Lynn Costa right away. We have just a few spots left and they are filling fast! 

Here's the Registration Page Again: http://www.sas.org/conference2006/index.html 

We'll see you there!

Yours for great science,

Shawn Carlson, Ph.D.
Founder and Executive Director
Society for Amateur Scientists

P.S. Don't forget, if you want to present either a talk or a poster, please contact Lynn Costa right away. 

*Sponsored by the Society for Amateur Scientists