Program

Science and innovation are aimed at change—new knowledge, new techniques, and fresh approaches to addressing the major challenges facing humanity. The 2010 Canadian Science Policy Conference will focus on ways in which science policies can shape the future.

Themes of the conference will include, but are not limited to, the following:

THEME: Increasing the Productivity of Canada’s Economy Using Science and Technology
Panels:
  • Universities as Economic Powerhouses: Industry-Academic Collaborations
  • Encouraging Investment in Science and Innovation
  • Science and Technology as Agents of Economic Recovery

THEME: Global Perspectives in Science and Technology

Panels:
  • Canada's Role in Science Diplomacy - Applying Science to International Challenges
  • Global Research Infrastructures, Research Collaboratories and Network-Enabled Science
  • Advancing Science and Fostering Innovation through International Cooperation

THEME: Creating and Retaining Scientific Talent in Canada
Panels:
  • Educating Socially Engaged Scientists and Engineers
Workshops:
  • The Making of a Science Entrepreneur 
  • Human Capital Planning

THEME: Major Issues in Canadian Science policy
Panels:
  • Arctic and Northern Science Policy: Canadian Responsibilities
  • Federal-Provincial-Municipal Governments: Where is the science policy nexus?
  • Science Policy in a Diverse Society: Canadian Challenges, Canadian Solutions
Workshops:
  • Knowledge Brokering and Knowledge Translation

THEME: A Glance at Bioscience in Canada
Panels:
  • Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industry: Challenges, Opportunities, and Policy Options
  • Biodiversity: Are Existing Policies Adapting to Current Challenges?
  • Bioenergy as an Emerging Field: Is it the Coming Revolution in Energy Production? 
DAY 1 Wednesday. October 20, 2010
8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
 Registration
9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Workshop I
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Workshops II : Career Development Workshop
3:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Workshops III: The Making of a Science Entrepreneur
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Opening Remarks
Keynote Presentation I
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Networking Reception
DAY 2 Thursday. October 21, 2010
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Registration
Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Plenary Session I: Science and Technology as Agents of Economic Recovery
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 am Coffee Break
10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Panel Presentations I (3 concurrent sessions)
Panel 3: Canada's Role in Science Diplomacy - Applying Science to International Challenges
Panel 4: Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industry: Challenges, Opportunities,and Policy Options
Panel 5: Arctic and Northern Science Policy: Canadian Responsibilities
12:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Panel Presentations II (3 concurrent sessions)
Panel 6: Educating Socially Engaged Scientists and Engineers
Panel 7: Bioenergy is an emerging field: Is it the coming revolution in energy production?
Panel 8: The Global Research Infrastructures, Research Collaboratories, Network-Enabled Science
3:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Coffee Break, Exhibit Shows
4:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Room 1: Scientific Associations
Room 2: Science Journalists
Room 3: Private Sector
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Keynote Presentation II
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Parliamentary Cocktail Party
DAY 3 Friday October 22, 2010
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast & Exhibits
8:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Plenary Session II: Advancing Science and Fostering Innovation through International Cooperation
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. – 12:15 a.m. Panel Presentations III (3 concurrent sessions)

Panel 9: Universities as economic powerhouses: industry academic collaborations

Panel 10: Biodiversity: Are existing policies adapting to current challenges?

Panel 11: Federal-Provincial-Municipal Governments: Where is the science policy nexus?
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Networking Lunch & Exhibition
1:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Panel Presentations IV (2 concurrent sessions)
Panel 12: Science policy in a diverse society - Canadian challenges, Canadian solutions
Panel 13: Encouraging investment in Science and Innovation
3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Coffee Break
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks