2000 HSS/PSA Program 1 - History of Science Society

HSS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Much excitement has accompanied the Vancouver meeting since the site was
announced several years ago. Prior meetings on the west coast, in Seattle and
in San Diego, were heavily attended, and this will be true for Vancouver, as
we expect almost 1000 delegates for the 2000 meeting. The popularity of the
largest city in British Columbia became evident early on as evidenced by the
reception of a record number of session and paper proposals. The HSS was
extremely fortunate to have the likes of Tom Broman, Lynn Nyhart, and John
Harley Warner–HSS program chairs–to assemble and shape the many HSS
submissions into a program that has generated countless comments on its
breadth, depth, and intellectual quality. The Philosophy of Science Association,
received a similar response from its members, and the PSA program chair,
Jeff Barrett, has organized this large number of proposals into a dynamic
program. The conference will begin on Thursday afternoon with the first PSA
sessions and will continue through that evening with the HSS plenary session
and a special reception at the Museum of Anthropology. The museum reception
has proven so popular that tickets were sold out almost six weeks before the
event. We wish to offer a special thank you to the President’s Office of the
University of British Columbia for their sponsorship of this event.
Many individuals and groups have worked to bring this meeting together. Site
selection and preparation were handled by Keith Benson and our local organizer,
Stephen Straker, who was the driving force behind the museum reception. George
Gale, Executive Secretary of PSA, has worked tirelessly to help tie together the
many loose strings that always accompany such meetings, and Jeff Barrett has
proven to be an exemplary chair. The staff in the HSS Executive Office, which
has handled all the registrations, program printing, requests, and thousands of
other details, has been a real pleasure to work with. My special thanks to Gail
Alexander, Carson Burrington, Melissa Oliver, and Ben Stenberg.
Robert␣ J. Malone
HSS Executive Director
PSA ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I would like to thank the members of the PSA Program Committee and the
referees who helped us for their excellent work. I would especially like to
thank Jason Alexander (University of California, San Diego), who assisted
in the construction of the PSA program at every step.
Jeffrey␣ A. Barrett
PSA Program Chair
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