Wednesday,
May 12, 2010
Thursday,
May 13, 2010
8:00 am – 8:45
am
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Registration
and Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:45 am – 8:55
am |
Welcoming Remarks
Gary
Corbett |
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| 8:55 am – 9:00
am |
Introduction
of Keynote Speaker
Chad Gaffield, President
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council |
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| 9:00 am – 10:00
am |
Opening Keynote
Science and global issues
I
Reflections
on Science, Sustainable Development and Social Justice
Stephen
Lewis, Chair of the Board
of the Stephen Lewis Foundation
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| 10:00 am – 10:30
am |
Break |
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| 10:30 am – 12:15
pm |
Concurrent Sessions |
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Session
A1 |
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Delivering
public science: Who, where and with what resources?
Moderator:
Jeff
Kinder, Manager S&T Strategy,
Natural Resources Canada
Panelists
Dr.
Christiane Deslauriers, Director
General, Science Policy and Planning, Agriculture
and Agri-Food Canada
Dr. Allen Curry, Director,
Canadian Rivers Institute
Jennifer
Jackman, Director General,
CANMET Materials
Technology Labratory, Natural Resources Canada
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Session
A2 |
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Taking
the measure of federal S&T
Moderator:
Benoît Godin, Professor, Institut National de
la Recherche Scientifique
Panelists
Éric
Gagné, A/Director, Science
Policy Division, Environment Canada
Frederick Kijek, Senior Economist
Strategy and Development Branch, National Research
Council Canada
Dr.
Karim Dahel, Head
of Corporate Program,
Defence Research and Development Canada
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Session
A3 |
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Scanning
the horizon: S&T and foresight
Moderator:
Louise Shaxson, Director, Delta Partnership,
UK
Panelists
Dr. Marc Fortin, Assistant Deputy
Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Dr.
Shane Renwick, Director,
Animal Health Science Foresight, Canadian Food
Inspection Agency
Leah Soroka, Director of S&T
Foresight and Science, Health Canada
Jack Smith, Adjunct
Professor of Technology Management and Business Strategy
at the Telfer School of Management, University
of Ottawa
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| 12:15 pm – 1:15
pm |
Lunch and Networking |
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| 1:15 pm – 3:00
pm |
Concurrent Sessions |
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Session
B1 |
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The
impact of public science: The triple bottom line
Moderator
Paul Noon, General Secretary, Prospect Union for Professionals,
UK
Panelists
Dr. Andrew Weaver,
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences,
University of Victoria
Dr.
Rob Stephenson, Research
Scientist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Tom
McElroy, Senior Research Scientist,
Environment Canada
Sonia
Talwar, Ph.D., Associate
Sub Division Head,
Natural Resources Canada
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Session
B2 |
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Defending
integrity: The role of public science
Moderator
Dr.
Francesca Grifo, (Lic. Jur.,
LLM, DCL), Associate Professor,
Faculties of Law and Medicine, University of Toronto
Panelists
Trudo Lemmens, Faculties
of Law and Medicine, University of Toronto
Larissa
Boettger, Policy Analyst,
Health Canada
Zubin
Master, Senior Policy Adviser,
Health Canada
Dr.
Tijs Creutzberg, Hickling
Arthurs Low
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Session
B3 |
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Getting
the message: Approaches to science advice
Moderator
Ray Lauzier, Chair, Science Advisory Committee,
PIPSC
Panelists
Jeff
Kinder, Manager S&T Strategy,
Natural Resources Canada
Dr.
Philip Enros, Environment
Canada and Public Servant in Residence School
of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton
University
Louise
Shaxson, Director, Delta
Partnership, UK
Dr. John Leggat, Member
of the Council’s Board of Governors,
Council of Canadian Academies |
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| 3:00 pm – 3:15
pm |
Break |
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| 3:15 pm – 4:45
pm |
Deputy Minister Panel
Federal
Science in the 21st Century: Meeting the challenge
Panelists
Claire
Dansereau, Deputy Minister, Fisheries
and Oceans Canada
Cassie
Doyle, Deputy Minister, Natural
Resources Canada
Glenda Yeates, Deputy Minister,
Health Canada
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| 6:00 pm – 7:00
pm |
Reception
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| 7:00 pm – 9:00
pm |
Dinner and Networking
Remarks from
Geoff
Munro, S&T Integration Board Co-Chair
Veronique
Morin, Moderator, 2010 Symposium |
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Friday,
May 14, 2010
8:00 am – 8:30
am
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Registration
and Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:30
am – 8:40
am |
Welcoming Remarks
Gary
Corbett, Chair
Veronique
Morin, Moderator, 2010 Symposium |
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| 8:40
am – 9:15
am |
Science and
global issues II:
Blue
helmets and white coats: Canadian innovation
and global challenges
Dr.
Peter A. Singer, Professor of Medicine,
Director at the McLaughlin- Rotman Centre for Global Health
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| 9:15 am – 10:45
am |
International
Panel
Lessons
for Canada: International perspectives on
public science
Moderator
Veronique
Morin, Moderator, 2010 Symposium
Panelists
Dr. Anders Buch, Danish Society
of Engineers
Gary
Corbett, The Professional
Institute of the Public Service of Canada
Dr.
Francesca Grifo, Senior
Scientist, Union of Concerned Scientists, USA
Paul Noon, General Secretary,
Prospect Union for Professionals, UK |
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| 10:45 am – 11:00
am |
Break |
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| 11:00 am – 12:30
pm |
Concurrent Sessions |
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Session
C1 |
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Science
and policy: Closing the gap
Moderator
Paul Dufour, President, Paulicyworks, Gatineau, Quebec
Panelists
Jay
Van Oostdam, Senior Epidemiological
Advisor, Health Canada
Dr.
Pierre Charest, Director
General of the Science Policy Directorate, Health
Canada
Dr.
Albert Simard, Defense Research
and Development,
Centre for Security Science
Karl
Schaefer, Head
of Strategic Science Policy, Environment Canada
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Session
C2 |
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Telling
the science story: Communicating federal S&T
Moderator
Dr.
Alex Bielak, Director, Science
and Technology Liaison, S&T Strategies Directorate,
Environment Canada
Panelists
Chantal
Barriault, Co-Director Science Communication
and Senior Scientist,
Research and Evaluation, Science North , Science North
Peter
Calamai, Adjunct Research Professor,
School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton
University
Frank Graves, President, Ekos
Research
Anton
Holland, Senior
Vice-President and Director, Science Communication,
NIVA Inc.
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Session
C3 |
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Fostering
innovation: The role of public S&T
Moderator
Dr. Javier Gracia-Garza, Director General, Science and
Technology Strategies, Environment Canada
Panelists
Ron
Freedman, Co-founder, The
Impact Group
Professor
Adam Holbrook, Professor,
Simon Fraser University
Dr.
Andrew Sharpe, Executive
Director, Centre for the Study of Living Standards Michael
Thicke, Institute for the
History and Philosophy of Science, University
of Toronto
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| 12:30 pm – 1:30pm |
Lunch and Networking |
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| 1:30 pm – 3:00
pm |
Getting science
back on the agenda: Signposts for collaboration
Moderator
Veronique Morin, Moderator, 2010 Symposium
Panelists
Mehrdad Hariri,
Chair, Canadian Science Policy Conference
(CSPC)
Rees Kassen,
Chair, The Partnership Group for Science and Engineering
(PAGSE)
Penny Park,
Executive Director, Science Media Centre of Canada
(SMCC)
Tracy Ross,
Executive Director, Canadian Association of Science
Centres (CASC) |
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| 3:00 pm |
Closing Remarks
Gary
Corbett
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