March / April 2005
Stellar line-up of speakers for 2005 Ontario R&E Summit
Looking at commercialization and research trends
A stellar line-up of 39 speakers, from CFI’s new President and CEO Dr. Eliot Phillipson, to the brilliant experimental mathematician Dr. Jonathan Borwein, is expected to draw top researchers and scientists to Toronto June 13-14, for the Second Annual Ontario Research and Education (R&E) Summit.
This year’s theme - “Powering Ontario's Research Advantage" - has a strong emphasis on commercialization as it looks at future directions in research, including trends in new technologies and leveraging research capacity to drive economic development and scientific discovery.
Presented by ORION and its partners, the Ontario R&E Summit brings together leaders in science, research, education and information technology from universities, colleges, teaching hospitals, government and industry.
This year, the Summit presents many of the country's most accomplished and exciting scientists and researchers, including keynotes and presentations from the Ontario Centres of Excellence, the National Research Council (NRC), the Ontario Council on University Research, Science and Engineering Research Canada (NSERC), Nortel Networks, the Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR), the Ontario Genomics Institute, SHARCNET, the Office of the National Science Advisor, CANARIE, MaRS, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, and many more.
The first of the new ORION Awards, launched this year, will be also presented to Ontario’s advanced networking pioneers.
Nortel Networks’ VP of Advanced Technology Research Ryan Stark is scheduled to give the June 14 afternoon keynote.
Among the highlights is a plenary session featuring Dr. Jonathan Borwein, Canada Research Chair, Computer Sciences Faculty, Dalhousie University. The WestGrid researcher has just teamed up with colleague Dr. David Bailey, Chief Technologist, Computational Research Dept. at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, to publish a hot new book - “Mathematics by Experiment: Plausible Reasoning in the 21st Century”, which has been gathering rave reviews in scientific and academic circles.
Other Summit highlights include a two-part session looking at research directions at Ontario’s colleges and universities. Among the presentations are several applied research initiatives at a number of Ontario colleges, which are becoming more aggressive in positioning their growing capabilities within the broad research landscape.
Other sessions will focus on “Commercializing Discovery”, “Applications and Innovations”, “Grid and High Performance Computing”, “Research in Support of Life Sciences” and “Connecting Research with Industry”.
The summit wraps up with a Roundtable and 10-Year Outlook and key directions in research, with an all-star cast including Jack Smith, Director, Science and Technology Foresight, Office of the National Science Advisor; Dr. Art McDonald, Director, Sudbury Neutrino Laboratory, Queen’s University; Dr. Pekka K. Sinervo, Dean, Experimental High Energy Physics, University of Toronto, and Dr. Nils Petersen, who recently left the University of Western Ontario to take over as Director General of Canada’s new National Institute for Nanotechnology.
Take advantage of early bird registration prior to May 16, 2005 for $255 and save $40.
The Summit is at the Courtyard Marriott Toronto Downtown at 475 Yonge Street. Attendees are urged to book their accommodations by May 13 in order to obtain a discount rate of $149 with free high-speed Internet.
To register and download the Summit Program, visit www.orion.on.ca/events/summits/2005.html.
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