Speakers

Plenary Speakers

	Prof. Alessandra Corsi Texas Tech University Astrophysics, LIGO     Plenary I*			Professor Claudia Ratti University of Houston Lattice QCD Relativistic Heavy Ions & Quark Gluon Plasmas
	Professor Kelly Nash University of Texas at San Antonio Nanobio Interfaces     Plenary II*			Professor Ruth Chabay University of North Texas PER, Integrating Computation into Introductory Physics
*In the APS Newsletter, it was stated that Plenary I would be given by Kelly Nash and Plenary II would be given by Alessandra Corsi. In the actual program, due to scheduling constraints, Alessandra Corsi will give the first Plenary talk and Kelly Nash will give the second plenary talk.

Banquet Speaker

Marc Abrahams is the editor and co-founder of Annals of Improbable Research (AIR). He also founded the Ig Noble Prize Ceremony and serves as Master of Ceremonies for same. Marc has written the librettos for twenty-three funny, science mini-operas in the tradition of the classic Bugs Bunny cartoons "What's Opera Doc?" and "Rabbit of Seville".