INvited lectures
AAAS President’s Address: Science @ Scale
Theresa Maldonado
AAAS President
Chair of the 2026 AAAS Annual Meeting
An Evening with Brian Greene
Brian Greene
Columbia University
SNAP: Science Network for Advancing Policy
Speakers
Miles Arnett, University of Pennsylvania
Isako Di Tomassi, Cornell University
JP Flores, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Erin Morrow, University of California, Los Angeles
Alex Rich, Yale University
Neural Operators for AI+Science: Pushing the Frontiers of Scientific Discovery
Anima Anandkumar
California Institute of Technology
Storytelling Apes: Gesture
Catherine Hobaiter
University of St. Andrews
Science-Focused Foundations in Tumultuous Times
Eric Isaacs
Research Corporation for Science Advancement
Nurturing Diversity in Science Is Resistance
Mao-Mei Liu
University of California, Berkeley
From Discovery to Impact: A Framework for Research That Strengthens Communities
Sally Morton
Arizona State University
Bioengineering to Improve Global Newborn Health: Lessons for Impact at Scale
Rebecca Richards–Kortum
Rice University
SPECIAL LECTURES
Indigenizing Conservation Science and Restoration: Collaborative Perspectives from Brazil
Speakers:
Bárbara Flores Borum-Kren, Serrapilheira Institute
Marina Hirota, Federal University of Santa Catarina
Silvio Sanches Barreto, Federal University of Amazonas
Justino Sarmento Rezende Tuyuka, Federal University of Amazonas
McGovern Lecture: Essentialist Beliefs: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Susan Gelman
University of Michigan
Sarton Lecture: America’s Cold War Science Experiment
Jacob Darwin Hamblin
Oregon State University
