Program

 Quebec’s Research Future: Economy and Society

 Friday September 23rd 2011

French/English translation available (except for the Biodiversity panel and activities occuring outside of the Faculty Club)

Place: Faculty Club of McGill University (3450 McTavish, Montreal, H3A 3X9)

8:30AM-8:40AM :       Welcome address

  • Ameur Manceur and Monika Rak, Co-chairs of the organizing committee 2011, Science & Policy Exchange

8:40AM-9:00AM :       Opening Keynote

  • Pierre Noreau, President, Association francophone pour le savoir

9:00AM-10:30AM:      Funding: innovative sources of revenue for research

WHO SHOULD FUND RESEARCH? WHO SHOULD PROFIT?

  • Paul Dufour (moderator), Fellow, Institute for Science, Society and Policy, University of Ottawa
  • Yves Gingras, Canada Research Chair in the History and Sociology of Science, UQÀM
  • Jacques Hendlisz, Director General, Douglas Hospital
  • Victoria Kaspi, Professor, Physics Department, McGill University
  • Kam Ng, Deputy Director of Research, Office of Naval Research (Discovery & Invention), United States Navy

10:30AM-11:00AM:    Coffee

11:00AM-12:30PM:    Partnership: university, industry, and small business

HOW DOES THE UNIVERSITY CULTURE NEED TO ADAPT TO FAVOUR WEALTH GENERATION?

  • Anton Allahar, Full Professor, Sociology Department, University of Western Ontario
  • Andre Bazergui, former President and CEO, Consortium for Research and Innovation in Aerospace in Quebec
  • David Burns, Professor, Chemistry Department, McGill University
  • Rose Goldstein, Vice Principal Research and International Relations, McGill University
  • Laurent Viau (moderator), Former president, Conseil national des cycles supérieurs of the Fédération étudiante universitaire du Québec

12:30PM-2:00PM:       Lunch

 2:00PM-3:30PM:         Simultaneous Panel 1: Energy:  Quebec’s energy independence

HOW CAN WE LEVERAGE OUR RENEWABLE ENERGY TO ELECTRIFY PUBLIC TRANSPORT?

  • Rita Dionne-Marsolais, former Minister of Energy (Québec), former member of the Senior Management at  Hydro-Québec
  • Yves Lavoie, Président, Réseau des ingénieurs du Québec 
  • Normand Mousseau (moderator), Canada Research Chair in Computational Physics of Complex Materials, University of Montréal
  • Dominique Sorel, Board member, Montréal Urban Ecology Center
  • Michael Uhlarik, Founder, Amarok Consultants

2:00PM-3:30PM:         Simultaneous Panel  2: Biodiversity: ecosystem services and forestry

WHAT IS THE VALUE OF OUR ECOYSTEMS? IS IT ETHICAL TO PUT A DOLLAR SIGN ON NATURE?

  • Elena Bennett, Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Resource Sciences and McGill School of Environment, McGill University & member of Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science
  • Andrew Gonzalez (moderator), Canada Research Chair in Biodiversity, McGill University
  • Sylvain Labbé, Director, Bureau de promotion des produits du bois du Québec
  • Benoît Limoges, Biodiversity Coordinator, Direction du patrimoine écologique et des parcs, Ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et des Parcs du Québec
  • Christian Messier, Professor, Écologie forestière appliquée, UQÀM

3:30PM-4:00PM:         Coffee

 4:00PM-5:30PM:         Assisted Reproduction: legal, social and ethical implications

WHAT IS POSSIBLE AND WHAT IS ETHICAL IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH TECHNOLOGY?

  • Angela Campbell, Director, McGill Institute of Comparative Law, McGill University
  • Michael Dahan, Assistant Professor, Department of obstetrics and gynecology, McGill University; Physician, McGill Reproductive Center
  • Raywat Deonandan, Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa; formerly Chief Scientific Advisor (Assisted Reproduction) to the Government of Canada
  • Carolyn Ells, Associate Professor, Biomedical Ethics Unit, McGill University; Clinical Ethicist, Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital
  • Abby Lippman (moderator), Professor Emerita, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University
  • Rob Whitley, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University

Place: PGSS Thomson House Ballroom, 3650 McTavish, Montreal, H3A 1Y2

6:00PM-6:25PM:         Closing Keynote

  • Thomas Mulcair, B.C.L., LL. B., Member of Parliament for Outremont, House Leader of the Official Opposition, Deputy-Leader, New Democratic Party of Canada

6:25PM-6:30PM:          Closing remarks

  • Ameur Manceur and Monika Rak, Co-chairs of the organizing committee 2011, Science & Policy Exchange

 6:30PM-9:00PM:         Closing Mixer 

> also available in French