Day 1

 

Time	Session	Speakers
9:30 – 9:40 AM	Territory Acknowledgement	Elder Doug Lafortune
9:40 – 9:55 AM	Welcome Remarks	Dr. Alejandro Adem (President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada- NSERC)
10:00 – 11:00 AM	Keynote	Dr. Deborah McGregor
11:00 – 11:15 AM	Break
11:15 – 12:30 PM	Session 1: Introduction to Science Communication 101	Farah Qaiser
12:30 – 12:45 PM	Break
12:45 – 1:45 PM	Workshop 1: Science as a Story	Abeer Siddiqui
1:45 – 2:00 PM	Break
2:00 – 3:00 PM	Workshop 2: Introduction to Podcasting	Dr. Asma Bashir, Rich McCue
3:00 – 3:15 PM	Break
3:15 – 4:15 PM	Workshop 3: Effective Scientific Presentation Skills	Nancy Ami, Faria Athar
4:30 – 6:00 PM	Career Networking Evening	Monty Raisinghani (UVic Engineering recruitment), Kyle Price (Career Advisor), Jerome Etwaroo (CCIC), Dr. Nolan Beise (MITACS), Dr. Khristine Carino (SCWIST)

 

Day 2

 

Time	Session	Speakers
9:00 – 9:45 AM	Welcome Remarks	Dr. Mina Hoorfar, Dean, Faculty of Engineering & Computer Science; Dr. Hans-Peter Loock, Dean, Faculty of Science; Jonathan Bengtson, University Librarian, UVic Libraries
9:45 – 10:00 AM	Break
10:00 – 11:00 AM	Session 2: My Journey Into Science Communication	Dalmeet Singh Chawla
11:00 – 11:15 AM	Break
11:15 – 12:15 PM	Session 3: The angel complex in academia	Dr. Ninan Abraham
12:15 – 12:30 PM	Break
12:30 – 1:45 PM	Elevator Pitch Competition	Judges: Monty Raisinghani; Dr. Ilamparithi Chelvan; Dr. Karun Thanjavur
1:45 – 2:00 PM	Break
2:00 – 3:30 PM	Panel Discussion: Marginalization, Bias, Power, and Privilege in STEM	Dr. Mina Hoorfar, Dr. Krishana Sankar, Ella Chan, Dr. Lawrence Goodridge. Moderator: Dr Rishi Gupta
3:30 – 4:00 PM	Closing Remarks	Aditi Gupta