Sunday, November 24, 1996, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Drawing Room, Château Laurier Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario
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Opening Remarks |
Robert H. Haynes, OC, FRSC
President, Royal Society of Canada |
SESSION I (10:10 - 11:10)
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Chaired by |
Lawrence A. Mysak, FRSC
Past-President, Academy of Science,
Royal Society of Canada |
| 10:10 |
John Smol, FRSC
Queen's University |
sponsor: Canadian Quaternary Association |
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"A window on the past: lake sediments and environmental change"
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| 10:40 |
René Laprise
Université du Québec à Montréal |
sponsor: Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
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"Numerical modelling of the atmosphere and ocean"
Co-authors: Robert Benoît, Atmospheric Environment Service; Charles Lin, McGill University
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| 11:10 |
Break |
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SESSION II (11:20 - 12:50)
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Chaired by |
Peter Calamai |
| 11:20 |
David Fraser
Central Experimental Farm |
sponsor: Canadian Society of Animal Science |
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"Understanding animal welfare: common sense, uncommon science"
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| 11:50 |
Martin Moskovits, FRSC
University of Toronto |
sponsor: Canadian Society for Chemistry |
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"A giant future for nano-structures"
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| 12:20 |
Donald Dawson, FRSC
Fields Institute, Toronto |
sponsor: Canadian Mathematical Society |
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"The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics -- the continuing story"
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| 12:50 |
Lunch |
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SESSION III (13:50 - 15:20)
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Chaired by |
Suzanne Fortier
Queen's University |
| 13:50 |
Ronald Worton, FRSC
Ottawa General Hospital |
sponsor: Genetics Society of Canada |
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"Understanding the muscular dystrophies: Mind over matter"
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| 14:20 |
Martha Salcudean, FRSC
The University of British Columbia |
sponsor: Academy of Science,
Royal Society of Canada |
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"Mathematical modelling of industrial processes,
a promising area of university/industry collaboration"
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| 14:50 |
David Andrews
University of Toronto |
sponsor: Statistical Society of Canada |
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"Statistical science in the age of computers"
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| 15:20 |
Break |
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SESSION IV (15:30 - 17:00)
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Chaired by |
Peter Adams, M.P. |
| 15:30 |
Eric Svensson, FRSC
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. |
sponsor: Canadian Association of Physicists |
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"Ice and neutrons, a marvellous mixture"
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| 16:00 |
Arthur Dyke
Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa |
sponsor: Canadian Geoscience Council |
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"Changes in Arctic marine environments in the last 10,000 years"
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| 16:30 |
Graham Strachan, President
Allelix Biopharmaceuticals Inc. |
sponsor: Canadian Institute of Biotechnology |
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"Impact of modern biotechnology on the health care sector"
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| 17:00 |
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