Plenary Speaker: Lynn Margulis | Keynote Panel: Dorion Sagan and Eric Schneider

Special Presentation: Neil deGrasse Tyson

Site Chair: Victoria N. Alexander, Dactyl Foundation for the Arts & Humanities

Program Chair: Bruce Clarke, Texas Tech University

The Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts fosters the multi-disciplinary study of the relations among literature and language, the arts, science, medicine, and technology. This year's conference will be held in conjuction with the first annual New York Science+Art Festival. The hub of the conference will be the Dactyl Foundation for the Arts & Humanities on Grand St. in SoHo, which will host registration, the opening reception and one panel stream. Other regular panels and lectures will take place in nearby university, and studio spaces, with forays to midtown for evening events. See map.