French/English translation will be available.
Place: Faculty Club of McGill University (3450 McTavish, Montreal, H3A 3X9)
8:50AM-9:00AM : Welcome Address
9:00AM-9:20AM : Opening Keynote:
Denis Leclerc, President and CEO, Écotech Québec _________________________________________
9:20AM-09:45AM: Coffee
09:45AM-11:15AM: A Blueprint for Sustainable Policymaking: Advancing green technology
Roger Gaudreault, Corporate director, Scientific Development & Innovation, Cascades Canada
Michel Lachance, Director, Industrial Bioproducts and Green Technologies, Centre québécois de valorisation des biotechnologies (CQVB)
Velma McColl, Principal, Earnscliffe Strategy Group ___________________
Paul Dufour (Moderator), Fellow, Institute for Science, Society and Policy, University of Ottawa
11:15AM-11:35PM: Featured Speaker:
Nobina Robinson, CEO, Polytechnics Canada, and member of the 2011 Jenkins panel
11:35PM-1:05PM: Lunch
1:05PM-2:35PM: The 2014 Healthcare Reform: Solutions for a changing society
Dr. Lee Soderstrom, Associate Professor (Retired), Department of Economics, McGill University
Louis Thériault, Director, Health Economics, The Conference Board of Canada
Dr. Astrid Brousselle, Associate Professor, Community Health Department, Université de Sherbrooke, and Canada Research Chair in Evaluation and Health Care System Improvement
Dr. Jennifer Raven (Moderator), Associate, Strategic Initiatives, CIHR Institute of Infection and Immunity
2:35PM-3:15PM: Coffee
3:15PM-4:45PM: Being science literate in the 21st century: Are Quebec’s policies in science education effective?
Dr. Gale Seiler, Associate Professor, Department of Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University
Prof. Tino Bordonaro, Secondary social sciences consultant at the English Montreal School Board and an Adjunct Professor at McGill University
Dr. Johanne Patry, Expert in education and pedagogical approaches in sciences
Dr. Silvia d’Apollonia, Researcher and teacher, Dawson College ___________
Dr. David Secko (Moderator), Associate Professor, Department of Journalism, Concordia University
4:45PM-5:15PM: Closing Keynote:
Dr. Rémi Quirion, Chief Scientist of Quebec, and Chair of the Boards of Directors of the three Fonds de recherche du Québec
5:15PM-5:20PM: Closing Remarks
5:20PM-8:00PM: Closing Mixer
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