This year's conference theme is: Communicating Time Use Research to the Public. Even the highest quality academic research often sits behind journal paywalls and impenetrable professional jargon. This is a shame, particularly when it comes to interdisciplinary time-use research, which has the potential to inform policy debates, public perceptions, and professions, sectors, and academic disciplines outside the mainstream time-use community. The 2019 IATUR conference theme is about conducting and communicating research to policy makers and the broader public. Plenary sessions will include discussions of effective presentations and data visualization, translating academic research and writing for the general public, and developing productive cross-sector collaborations between academic researchers and non-profit and government institutions that wish to use data to make evidence-based policy and decisions.
Full Conference Program [downloadable pdf]
Remember, conference activities are located in the Spring Valley Building, 4801 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE NW 20016. There is a parking garage under the building. AU's RED SHUTTLE runs to SVB every 15 minutes from main campus and from the Tenleytown Metro Stop.
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Wednesday July 10th
9:00- Registration Desk Opens
9:30-10:00 Opening Remarks
10:00-11:00 Plenary Session 1: How to make everyone else find your research as interesting as you do
--With Libby Nelson, news editor of Vox.com
11-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-1:00 Parallel Break-Out Session 1
1:00-2:30 Lunch [generously provided by the Maryland Population Research Center]
2:30-4 Plenary 2: Special session in tribute to John Robinson’s contributions to time-use research, hosted by Professor Liana Sayer of the University of Maryland
4-5 Main Poster Session
5-6 Opening Reception [generously provided by AU’s School of Public Affairs]
~ 7:30 Trolley Tour of D.C.’s Monuments at Night [information forthcoming]
Thursday July 11th
8:00-9:00 Registration
9:00-10:30 Parallel Break-Out Session 2
10:30-11 Coffee Break & Poster Session 1
11-12:30 Parallel Break-Out Session 3
12:30-2 Lunch
2:00-3:00 Plenary 3: How to give an effective presentation,
--With Mark Ellwood and Jon Schwabish
3-3:30 Coffee Break & Poster Session 2
3:30-5 Parallel Break-Out Session 4
5-6:30 Break
6:30-8:30 Gala Dinner at Maggiano’s (Chevy Chase)
Friday July 12th
8:00-9:00 Registration
9:00-10:30 Parallel Break-Out Session 5
10:40-12:10 Parallel Break-Out Session 6
12:10-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:00 Parallel Break-Out Session 7; Conference concludes
Registration for the 41st International Association for Time Use Research Conference is now open. Click here to register.
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