Featured Speakers

Featured Speakers


Bruce Alberts
Editor-in-Chief
Science Magazine
The Hon. Dr. Gary Goodyear, PC, MP
Minister of State
(Science and Technology)
Preston Manning, CC
Manning Centre for Building Democracy
The Hon. John Milloy
Minister of Training
Colleges and Universities
Minister of Research and Innovation

Panel Speakers

Eric Archambault
President and Founder
Science-Metrix		 Chantal Barriault
Co-Director of the Science Communication Program
Science North		 Alain Beaudet
President
Canadian Institutes of Health Research		 Alex Bielak
Director, Science and Technology Liaison
Environment Canada
Kathleen Bloom
President and CEO
Knowledge Impact Strategies Consulting Ltd.		 Elana Brief
President
The Society of Canadian
Women in Science and Technology		 Deb de Bruijn
Executive Director
Canadian Research Knowledge Network		 Tom Brzustowski
RBC Financial Group Professor in the Commercialization of Innovation, University of Ottawa
Christian Burks
President and CEO
Ontario Genomics Institute		 Peter Calamai
Science Reporter
The Toronto Star		 David Castle
Canada Research Chair in Science and Society
University of Ottawa		 Margaret Dalziel
Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa
Hadi Dowlatabadi
Canada Research Chair & Professor of Applied Mathematics and Global Change
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
University of British Columbia		 Paul Dufour
International Development Research Centreon exchange as Senior International S&T Advisor to Natural Resources Canada		 Ronald J. Dyck
Assistant Deputy Minister, Research, Alberta Advanced Education and Technology		 Eleanor Fast, MSc
Program Director
Council of Canadian Academies
Kevin Fitzgibbons
Director
Foreign Affairs and International trade Canada		 Suzanne Fortier
President
Natural Science and Engineering Research Council		 Marc Fortin
Assistant Deputy Minister, Research Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)		 Peter R. Frise
Professor of Automotive Engineering, AUTO21 Program Leader & CEO, The University of Windsor
Dr. Kamiel Gabriel
Science & Research, Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation		 Chad Gaffield
President
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)		 Randall Goodfellow
 Senior VP, Government Relations, Ensyn		 Jeremy Grushcow
 Business Law
Olgivy Renault LLP
Peter Hackett
 Executive Professor, School of Business, Special Advisor to the Vice-president Research, University of Alberta		 Mark Henderson
Managing Editor
Research Money		 J. Adam Holbrook
Adjunct Professor and Associate Director, Centre for Policy Research on Science and Technology, Simon Fraser University		 Ramin Jahanbegloo
Professor of Political Science
University of Toronto
Nicola Jones
Commissioning Editor
Nature Magazine
Adjunct professor, University of British Columbia School of Journalism		 Rees Kassen
Chair of The Partnership Group for Science and Engineering (PAGSE)
University Research Chair in Experimental Evolution, University of Ottawa		 Jeff Kinder
Manager, S&T Strategy
Natural Resources Canada		 Patricia Kosseim
Patricia Kosseim, Genome Canada
John Leggat
Past President
Canadian Academy of Engineering
and President
International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences		 Mark Lievonen
President
Sanofi Pasteur Limited		 Alidad Mafinezam
Co-founder
Mosaic Institute		 Robert Mann
President
Canadian Association of Physicists
Sunny Marche
Associate Dean of Graduate Studies
Dalhousie University		 Hiromi Matsui
Former President
Canadian Coalition of Women in
Engineering, Science, Trades & Technology		 Tony McBride
Head of Strategy, Science Policy Centre (UK)		 Ann McMillan
Former President
Canadian Coalition of Women in
Engineering, Science, Trades & Technology
Andrew Miall
President
Academy of the Royal Society of Canada		 John P. Molloy
President & CEO
PARTEQ Innovations		 Geoff Munro
Chief Scientist and Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation and Energy Technology Sector, Natural Resources Canada		 Heather Munroe-Blum
President
McGill University
Peter Nicholson
President, Council of Canadian Academies		 Jorge Niosi
Canada Research Chair in Management of Technology, Université du Québec à Montréal		 Christopher Paige
Vice-President, Research
University Health Network		 Nils Petersen
Director General of the NRC National Institute for Nanotechnology
Reinhart Reithmeier
Past President, Canadian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Professor and Chair, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto		 Mark Romoff
President and CEO
Ontario Centres of Excellence Inc.		 David Rose
Chair
Department of Biology
University of Waterloo		 Marc Saner
Director of Research
Regulatory Governance
Carleton University
Bonnie Schmidt
Founder and President
Let's Talk Science		 Philip Schwab
Vice-President for Industry Relations
BIOTECanada		 Kevin Shortt
President
Canadian Space Society		 Peter Singer
Director
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health
Rachel Woen Tjoen
Bombardier		 Halla Thorsteinsdóttir
Associate Professor
Dalla Lana School of Public Health		 Valérie LaTraverse
Science and Technology Counsellor
Embassy of Canada
Washington, DC		 Brian Underdown
Lumira Capital
Peter van der Velden
CEO, Lumira Capital		 Caroline Wagner
Research Scientist
Center for International Science and Technology Policy
George Washington University		 Paul Wells
Senior Columnist
Macleans Magazine		 Bryn Williams-Jones
Professeur
Programmes de bioethiques
Université de Montréal
Sun Yongjian
S & T Consul, People's Republic of China Consulate, Toronto

 

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