Earth, Water, Sky
Sudbury, Ontario

Keynotes, panels, events, tours
May 23-26 2009

Programme

Saturday, May 23rd, 2009

1:00 pm to 5:00 pm:  Registration, Science North                      

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm:  Early-Bird Activities
                                    Visit Science North (unguided)
                                    Visit Dynamic Earth (unguided)
                     
6:30 pm to 7:15 pm:   Sanofi Pasteur Medal Award reception      
                                    Inco Cavern, Science North

7:15 pm to 10:00 pm:  CSWA 37th annual awards Gala, Inco Cavern, Science North + special First Nations International Year of Astronomy musical presentation
                                   
10:00 pm to 11:00 pm  Star Party (weather permitting) Science North Grounds, with guest interpreters Wilfred Buck, Rockford McKay, and Ron Hallock, Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre (*in the event of a cloudly sky, this event will take place, the same location and time, May 24. In the event the sky is cloudy on May 24, a First Nations sky show will take place in Science North in an inflatable planetarium dome.)

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

8:00 am to 8:30 am:   Shuttle bus to Dynamic Earth from Science North, hotels, and
                                    Laurentian residences

8:30 am to 9:00 am:   Continental breakfast, Dynamic Earth lobby                                                

                      Morning Theme:   “This is NOT Science Fiction”

9:00 am to 9:15 am:   Welcoming Address, Atlas Copco Theatre
                                    Tim Lougheed and Dr. David Pearson

9:15 am to 10:15 am:  Panel Presentation: Creatures of the Abyss, the Most Unknown
                                    Life on Earth
                      Peter Batson, Deep Ocean Expeditions
                      Franco Mariotti, Science North, Creatures of Abyss Exhibition

10:15 am to 10:35 am: Break                             

10:35 am to 11:35 am: Panel Presentation: Space – The Final Frontier in Sudbury                                            
                      Understanding Dark Matter: Chris Jillings, Staff Scientist, SNOLab
                      Extraterrestrial Use of Mining Technology: Dale Boucher, NORCAT

11:35 am to 12:00 pm: Shuttle bus to Science North

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm:  Lunch, Inco Cavern, Science North.  Sponsored by Vale Inco
                                                        
                      Afternoon Theme: “Science Communication Behind the Scenes”
                     
1:00 pm to 2:40 pm   
Viewing of Genomics Object Theatre – 30 people per group, 20 minute show

Sunday, May 24 1:00 pm to 1:50 pm
Symbiosis in Science Communication
Presented by Dr. Maria Trainer, Lisa Lambert, and Alison Crone of the Council of Canadian Academies

 1:50 pm to 2:40 pm  Parallel sessions

1) Communicating science knowledge in the First Nations world, with Wilfred Buck, Rockford McKay, and Ron Hallock, Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre

2) Genomics:  Communicating Difficult Science Through Immersive Theatres                 
                      Shane Green, Ontario Genomics Institute
                      Lowell Cochrane, Writer/Producer, Show Communications

2:40 pm to 3:00 pm:   BREAK                              Gold Room

3:00 pm to 3:45 pm:   Parallel Sessions

1) Viewing of IMAX film “Mysteries of the Great Lakes”    Imax Theatre 

2)  Getting your science NOTICED through social media, with Peter McMahon  - presented by NSERC

3:45 pm to 4:15 pm    The Science Behind and Within Large Format Films
                      David Lickley, Director, Large Form Imax Theatre, Science North

4:15 pm to 5:00 pm:   CSWA AGM in Exhibit Boardroom
                                                  
6:00 pm to 7:15 pm:   Keynote:  Lawrence Krauss, Inco Cavern, Science North 
----------------------------Open to Public                                                      

7:15 to 7:30 pm       Welcome by Science North CEO Jim Marchbank and the Mayor of
                                    Sudbury

7:30 pm to 10 pm      Progressive Dinner throughout science Exhibit Floors
                                   Special Guest: Captain Meagan McGrath,
----------------------------mountain-climber and adventurer extraordinaire

10:00pm                      alternate time for Star Party

Monday, May 25, 2009

8:00 am to 8:30 am    Shuttle bus to Laurentian University from Science North and hotels

8:30 am to 9:00 am:   Continental breakfast outside New Media Room

      Morning Theme: “Icons and Oddities of Northern Ontario"

9:00 am to 9:15 am:   Opening Announcements, LU New Media Room

9:15 am to 10:00 am:  Keynote Speaker:  Dr. John Gunn, Canada Research Chair in
                                    Stressed Aquatic Systems

10:00 am to 10:30 am: BREAK    Science II Cafeteria

10:30 am to 12:00 am: Panel Presentation: "The Boreal Forest and the Hudson Bay
                                    Lowlands: Understanding the Issues"
                     
Dr. David Pearson, Co-chair of Ontario’s Expert Panel on Climate Change
Frank Mallory Adaptation: Woodland Caribou                 
Dr. Stewart Hamilton: Forest Circles
              
12:00 am to 1:00 pm:  BBQ Lunch       Science II Cafeteria Patio
                                                        
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm:   Parallel sessions

1) Big Science in Canada – Benefits and challenges for Canada’s Major Research Facilities

          Moderator: Christopher Jillings, Research Scientist, SNOLab
          Panel Members:
          Tim Meyer, Director of Strategic Communications, TRIUMF, Vancouver
          Chris Barnes, Director, NEPTUNE Canada Project, Victoria
          Matthew Dalzell, Communications Coordinator, Canadian Light Source Inc., Saskatoon
           Daniel Banks, Strategic Planning and Communications Officer, National Research Council Canadian Neutron Beam Centre, Chalk River

2) Panel Presentation: Regreening the Sudbury Landscape
                      Peter Beckett, Research Scientist, Laurentian
                      Bill Lautenbach, City of Greater Sudbury
                     
2:30 pm to 3:00 pm    BREAK                              Science II Cafeteria
                                                                           
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm:   Professional development
How to make your press release stick - presented by NSERC
Matthew Dalzell, Canadian Light Source synchrotron, Saskatoon
Jennifer Osborne, Vice-President Marketing, Search Engine People
Dan Smythe, Senior Media Relations, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa       

4:00 pm to 4:45 pm  Keynote: Robert Sawyer, internationally-renowned award-winning Canadian science fiction author

4:45 pm to 5:00 pm    Closing Remarks, New CSWA president

Dinner suggestion:   Eat at Simon’s Gallery Grill in downtown Sudbury and stick around for the café scientifique.

Simon's Gallery Grill
86 Durham Street
Sudbury ON P3E 3M6
705-522-5649

7:30 pm to 9:00 pm CIHR Cafe Scientifique, Simon's Gallery Grill, 86 Durham Street

"Latest Developments in Cancer Research and Anti-Cancer Treatments" (open to public)
- Dr. Amadeo Parissenti, Chair of Cancer Research, Sudbury Regional Hospital
- Dr. Hoyun Lee, Senior Scientist, Sudbury Regional Hospital

Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Tours (all require pre-registration):
1)      “Healing the Landscape: The Regreening of Sudbury” – Dr. Peter Beckett, Laurentian University - Full day tour with picnic lunch at Jane Goodall trail
Description:  A guided tour of the Wahnapitae and Coniston areas of Sudbury. This trip will build upon the Monday afternoon conference session.  Visit the site of an old roast bed.  Witness areas of blackened rock (Sudbury’s past moonscape) and compare to areas that have been reclaimed.  Walk the Jane Goodall Reclamation Trail.  Hear from the scientists involved in the regreening project – what has been done, what has worked, what has not and what they are doing differently now. 

2)      “The Impact that Wobbled the Planet: A Geological Tour of the Sudbury Basin” – Brenda Koziol, Senior Scientist, Science North; Dan Farrow, District Geologist, Ontario Geological Survey - Full day tour with picnic lunch at Onaping Falls
Description: The Sudbury Basin was formed from a massive meteorite impact 1.8 billion years ago. Tour around the Sudbury Basin and find shattercones, Sudbury Breccia and other geological wonders of the remnant Sudbury crater. Take a walk at Onaping Falls near the northern edge of the basin and explore the fascinating rock formations and beautiful waterfalls where the Apollo astronauts trained. The falls are also the site of a famous Group of Seven painting by A.Y. Jackson.

3)      “Path of Discovery: The 100 Year History of Mining around the Sudbury Basin” – David Pearson, Science North/Laurentian University - Full day tour with picnic lunch
Description: Visit the O’Donnell Roast Yard site which operated for 30 years in the early 1900s and see how nature has reclaimed itself, naturally. 

4)      SNOLab 2 (maximum 16 people) – led by SNOLab staff - Half-day tour with boxed lunch
Description:  Four groups of four people will be led deep underground into the former Creighton Mine for a 3 hour tour of SNOLab.  All visitors will be suited up in full mining gear (provided) and descend 2 km beneath the earth’s surface.  After a 20 minute walk down the drift, they will arrive at another change room where they will be required to remove all clothing, shower and change into clean clothing (provided).  Visitors will be given a full guided tour of the SNOLab facilities.  After the tour, the visitors will don mining gear again for the ascent.  A boxed lunch will be provided.