This year at the American Psychological Association’s 119th Convention in Washington, DC, the APA Board of Scientific Affairs (BSA) and its related governance bodies are sponsoring or co-sponsoring a broad range of programming of interest to the psychological science community.

Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards

Barry Everitt—Neuropsychological Mechanisms Underlying Drug Addiction: Insights from Behavioral Neuroscience
Friday, August 5, 12:00 noon – 12:50 pm
Convention Center, Room 143B

Trevor Robbins—The Neuropsychopharmacology of Decision-Making: Implications for Psychopathology
Friday, August 5, 1:00 – 1:50 pm
Convention Center, Room 143B

Carol Dweck—Mindsets: Understanding People and Promoting Change
Friday, August 5, 2:00 – 2:50 pm
Convention Center, Room 145B

Daniel Wegner—Setting Free the Bears: Escape from Thought Suppression
Saturday, August 6, 3:00 – 3:50 pm
Convention Center, Room 151B

Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology

Alan E. Kazdin—Evidence-Based Treatment Research: Advances, Limitations, and Next Steps
Saturday, August 6, 2:00 – 2:50 pm
Convention Center, 146C

Neal Miller Lecture

Michael Fanselow—Neural Circuits for Remembering and Inhibiting Fear
Saturday, August 6, 3:00 – 3:50 pm
Convention Center, Room 144C

Master Lectures

Kent Berridge—Delight, Desire and Dread: Limbic Brain Generators
Friday, August 5, 3:00 – 3:50 pm 
Convention Center, Room 144A

Sam Gosling—Snoop Dreams: The Expression of Personality in Everyday Contexts
Saturday, August 6, 3:00 – 3:50 pm
Convention Center, Room 145B

Marcia Johnson—The Cognitive Neuroscience of True and False Memories
Saturday, August 6, 4:00 – 4:50 pm
Convention Center, Room 144C

Gary Klein—The Naturalistic Decision Making Perspective 
Saturday, August 6, 5:00 – 5:50 pm
Convention Center, Room 144B

Douglas Massey—The Sociology of Stereotype Threat  
Saturday, August 6, 5:00 – 5:50 pm
Convention Center, Room 144C

Board of Scientific Affairs – Sessions on K-12 STEM Education

Invited Address: Robert Hauser—Including Psychology in K-12 STEM Education
Friday, August 5, 12:00 Noon – 12:50 pm
Convention Center, Room 144A

Conversation Hour: K-12 STEM Education and Psychology
Friday, August 5, 1:00 – 1:50 pm
Convention Center, Room 209B

Committee on Animal Research and Ethics - Invited Address

Yvon Delville—Hamster and Human Bullies  
Saturday, August 6, 2:00 – 2:50 pm
Convention Center, Room 143B

Committee on Human Research - Invited Address

Daniel Marson—Incidental Findings in Human Research: What Ethical Standards and Guidelines Should Apply
Saturday, August 6, 4:00 – 4:50 pm
Convention Center, Room 143A

Committee on Psychological Tests and Assessment - Invited Symposium

Symposium—Cultural Adaptation of Psychological Tests in the 21st Century: Challenges, Perils, and Promising Strategies 
Friday, August 5, 2:00 – 2:50 pm 
Convention Center, Room 149B

Science Student Council Sessions

Mentoring Roundtable for Science Graduate Students 
(sponsored by BSA) (featuring Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek, Kristopher Preacher, David Barlow, June Tangney, Susan Fiske, Ken Sher, Gail Goodman, Charles Snowdon)
Friday, August 5, 12:00 Noon – 12:50 pm
Renaissance Washington Hotel, Grand Ballroom North

Symposium—Non-Traditional Careers Options in Psychological Science: Do I Really Have to Graduate? 
(sponsored by the APA Membership Board)
Friday, August 5, 2:00 – 2:50 pm
Convention Center, Room 209B

Symposium—Research Funding for Science Graduate Students: Where Is It and How Do I Get It?
(sponsored by the APA Policy and Planning Board)
Friday, August 5, 3:00 – 3:50 pm
Convention Center, Room 158

5th Annual Psychological Science Graduate Student Superstars – Datablitz!
(sponsored by BSA)
Saturday, August 6, 2:00 – 2:50 pm
Convention Center, Room 152B

Symposium—A Cultural Mosaic in Psychological Science: Examining Diversity in Psychological Research and Within Organizations
Saturday, August 6, 3:00 – 3:350 pm
Convention Center, Room 154B

Symposium—How and Why to Advocate for Disseminating Research Findings
(sponsored by Division 1)
Sunday, August 7, 10:00 – 10:50 am
Convention Center, Room 158