The AAAS 2007 Annual Meeting: Science and Technology for Sustainable Well Being

Abstract

Purpose

To provide coverage and insights about the annual meeting of the AAAS where this year's theme was “Science and Technology for Sustainable Well‐Being.”

Design/methodology/approach

Environmental scan of annual national meeting. Of particular interest due to the range of backgrounds different attendees from all avenues of the scientific community.

Findings

Sustainable well being has wide applications in different arenas but the informatics component was not as strong as at past conferences.

Practical Implications

Much of the conference focused on intersections of theory and application and new ways of responding to sustainability. Particularly strong in the physical sciences.

Originality value

Provides information of value to information professionals.

Citation

Mihram, D. and Arthur Mihram, G. (2007), "The AAAS 2007 Annual Meeting: Science and Technology for Sustainable Well Being", Library Hi Tech News, Vol. 24 No. 3, pp. 13-18. https://doi.org/10.1108/07419050710755072