Programme

Saturday, June 24

Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN)
Hatcher House (MUN residences/conference accomodation)

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10:00 - 5:00 pm Registration Desk Open

2:00 - 4:00 pm Tour of Signal Hill (maximum: 20 people) departs from Hatcher House

6:00 pm Bus leaves Memorial University of Newfoundland (Hatcher House) for St. John’s Harbour Cruise and Science In Society Awards Gala

7:00 - 11:00 pm Harbour cruise & 34th annual gala awards banquet aboard the Nouvelle Orleans

11:15 pm Bus returns to MUN, Hatcher House

Sunday, June 25, 2006

INCO Innovation Centre Main Lecture Theatre

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8:00 - 8:30 am
Official welcome, introductory remarks by Axel Meisen, MUN President, and Tim Lougheed, CSWA President

8:35 - 9:15 am
KEYNOTE
Seeing Geology
Jeremy Hall

9:20 - 10:00 am Sending and receiving the science message
Moderator: Leslie Gratton

10:00 - 10:15 am
Nutrition Break

10:15 - 11:10 am
Tailoring science for different media outlets
Moderator: Alex Bielak
Natasha Stillwell
Peter Calamai
Michael Smith

11:15 – 11:45 Michael Delevante, Appleton Estates’ "Rum Doctor"

11:50 – 12:20 Is Federal Science Important?
Release of a study on the ranking of Canada’s output in environmental research

Presented by Frédéric Bertrand and Alex T. Bielak

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Institute of Ocean Technology
Buffet Lunch/Luncheon Speaker
Rob Pallard, speaking on the science of an America's Cup contender

1:30 pm - 2:25 pm
Tour of Institute of Ocean Technology

2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
On-going tours of Landmark Graphics Visualization Centre

Return to INCO Innovation Centre Main Lecture Theatre

2:40 – 3:30 Guy Narbonne, "Earth's earliest animals: The Mistaken Point fossils of Newfoundland".

Guy Narbonne is a Professor and Research Chair in paleontology at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He is best known for his work on the origin and early evolution of animals and their ecosystems. Prof. Narbonne will speak to us on the world-famous fossil sites at Mistaken Point in southern Newfoundland and will run a field trip to these sites on Tuesday, June 27th.

3:30 – 3:45 Nutrition Break

3:45 – 4:45 Sea Monsters, Apes, and Beer Labels: A Fun Side of Research

Moderator: Gord Leathers
Steve Carr - Genetics, Evolution, and Molecular Systematics Laboratory
Julie LeBlanc – PhD candidate, MUN Folklore
Jack Rink -- Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster

5:00 Buffet Supper

5:45 pm - 6:30 pm
34th Annual General Meeting and Election of Officers

6:45 pm
Bus leaves for tour of Johnson GEO Centre

7:00 - 8:00 pm
Delegates tour GEO Centre

8:00 pm
Public lecture at Johnson GEO Centre in Reception Hall
The Geology of 'The Rock'
Derek Wilton

Bus returns to MUN, Hatcher House at conclusion

Monday, June 26

6:00 am - 8:00 am
Breakfast at Cape Spear. Start the day by standing on this beautifully rugged most easterly point in North America. No other North American will be closer to Europe than you! (Max. 20 participants)

Departs from Hatcher House

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INCO Innovation Centre Main Lecture Theatre

8:30 am - 9:15 am
KEYNOTE
George Rose

9:25 am - 10:15 am
Ice-Prone Water Engineering
Ian Jordaan
Tony King
Moderator: Mario Masson

10:15 am - 10:30 am
Nutrition Break

10:30 am - 11:30 am Health Links and Emerging Medicine
Michael Mayne - Director, NRC (in PEI) - Alzheimers'
Terry Lynne Young - genomics research (deafness)
Brian Staveley - Parkisons disease (cured in fruit flies)

11:40 am - 12:30 pm
Offshore Safety and Survival: The Latest
Brian Veitch, Petro Canada/Terra Nova Project Junior Research Chair in Ocean Environmental Risk Engineering
Randy Billard, Virtual Marine Technology
Dean Pelley, President, Mad Rock Marine Solutions Inc
Moderator: Peter McMahon

12:45 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch at the Marine Institute

1:30 pm - 2:20 pm
KEYNOTE
Glenn Blackwood, Director.

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Tour of Marine Institute (includes world's largest flume tank and ship simulator)

Return to INCO Innovation Centre Main Lecture Theatre

3:45 pm - 4:45 pm Poster Session

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Screening of The Score and genomics panel

The Score presentation will be followed by a panel discussion of approximately 30-45 minutes.

The panellists will be:

Fern Brunger (invited)
Assistant professor of ethics and humanities in medicine
Memorial University of Newfoundland

Kathy Hodgkinson (confirmed)
Discipline of Genetics
Genetics councellor, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Terry Lynn Young (confirmed)
Assistant Professor,
Discipline of Genetics (scientist)
Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Tuesday, June 27

8:30 am - late evening

Guided tour of Mistaken Point fossil bed, with Queen's University professor and Research Chair in paleontology Guy Narbon.

Mistaken Point is famous as the oldest and perhaps most spectacular assemblage of Ediacaran (late Precambrian) animal fossils anywhere in the world.

Bus departs and returns via MUN, Hatcher House

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