This year, the group expects 180 teamsandmore than 1,800 participants to take part in performing "cutting edge research in a field that is continually evolving."
Meanwhile, the pro-Obama Culinary Workers Union fought to keep a caucus plan that allowed the nearly 200, 000 casino and hotel employees on the Las Vegas strip to takepart at caucus sites in their workplaces -- a plan thought to give Obama an edge after the union endorsed him last week.