PhysCon 2012 by the Numbers

AUG 25, 2015

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People
830 attendees
580 students
189 poster presenters
60 exhibitors
48 poster judges
42 additional Florida scientists at
“Breakfast with the Scientists”
9 workshop leaders
8 speakers
15 workshop wizards

NASA Tours
776 attendees
776 lunches
39 student reporters
16 tour buses
16 bus captains
16 NASA tour guides
6 lab tours for SPS Reporters
3 tour stops

Awards
19 chapter reporter awards
11 outstanding poster awards
8 Sigma Pi Sigma Outstanding Service Awards
6 Honorary Members Inducted
5 art awards
4 new at-large members of Sigma Pi Sigma
1 Worth Seagondollar Award

Logistics
3,314 meals served
1,800 cookies and brownies
550+ pounds of snacks
184 gallons of drinks (not including at meals)
160 schools represented
39 foamboard meeting signs
20 pieces of art displayed
1 mobile app

Support & Volunteers
628 donors
42 SPS Council Members
11 planning committee members
10 sponsors (see page 37)
7 SPS/Sigma Pi Sigma staff members
3 AIP Development staff
1 generous subsidy from the
American Institute of Physics

PhysCon 2016
3 reconnaissance missions to San Jose, CA
1 confirmation from our tours host, the
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Stay tuned...