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Last updated August 08th, 2014
All plenary talks, poster sessions and workshops take place in BA: Bricker Academic building.
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Note: Poster dimensions must be a maximum of 4 feet wide x 3 feet high
Guidelines for posters and poster advertisements
Guidelines for Proceedings papers
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
| Day 1: Aug 5 | |
| 17:00 - 19:00 |
Registration and Welcome Reception, Science Building Atrium Welcome from the Laurier Office of Aboriginal Initiatives Remarks by invited guests: Dr. Deborah MacLatchy, Vice President: Academic & Provost, Wilfrid Laurier University Dr. Abby Goodrum, Vice President: Research, Wilfrid Laurier University Mr. Peter Braid, MP, Kitchener Waterloo Hon. Reza Moridi, MPP, Ontario Minister of Research and Innovation, and Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities Councillor Yvonne Fernandes, City of Kitchener |
| 19:00 - 20:00 |
Public Lecture, Room BA 201: Jill Tarter - "Finding Aliens and Finding Ourselves" Co-hosted by the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics |
| Day 2: Aug 6 | |
| 8:30 - 9:00 |
Opening remarks, Room BA 201 Silvina Ponce Dawson, IUPAP Working Group Chair Shohini Ghose, ICWIP 2014 LOC Chair |
| 9:00 - 10:00 |
Plenary Talk 1, Room BA 201: Melissa Franklin - "Constructing A Lab of One's Own" Chair: Svetlana Barkanova |
| 10:00 - 12:00 |
Refreshments and Poster Session A: Country Posters A-M, Rooms BA 110, BA 111 Note: Poster Session A will start with the Poster Advertisements to be presented from 10:00 - 11:00 AM in Room BA 201. Poster Ad presenters please submit the slides of your presentation during registration Chair: Adriana Predoi-Cross |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch and book-signing by pioneering Canadian physicist and activist Dr. Ursula Franklin, Dining Hall |
| 13:00 - 14:00 |
Plenary Talk 2, Room BA 201: Claudia Felser - "New developments in the area of topological insulators" Chair: Renee Horton |
| 14:00 - 16:00 |
Refreshments and Poster session B: Country Posters N-Z, Rooms BA 110, BA 111 Note: Poster Session B will start with the Poster Advertisements, to be presented from 14:00 - 15:00 PM in Room BA 201. Poster Ad presenters please submit the slides of your presentation during registration. Chair: Li-Hong Xu |
| 16:00 - 17:30 |
Gender Studies: Room BA 202 Chair: Lilia Meza-Montes; Presenter: Eden Hennessey Physics Education: Room BA 208 Chairs: Renee Horton & Marina Milner-Bolotin; Presenters: Ann Marks, Fu-Jen Kao Improving the Workplace: Room BA 209 Chair Gillian Butcher; Presenters: Melanie Campbell, Brian Fulton Professional Development and Leadership: Room BA 210 Chair: Jin-Hee Yoon & Manling Sui; Presenters: Kae Nemoto, Youngah Park, Beth A. Cunningham Cultural Perception and Bias/ Science Practice and Ethics: Room BA 211 Chairs: Silvina Ponce Dawson & Kwek Leong Chuan; Presenters: Casey Tesfaye, JG Lin, V. Pierron-Bohnes |
| 18:00 - 20:00 | Evening music program featuring Guy Few and Stephanie Mara, with reception afterwards, Maureen Forrester Hall |
| 20:00 - 21:00 | AAPPS Regional Meeting, Room BA 208 |
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Day 3: Aug 7 |
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| 8:30 - 9:30 |
Plenary Talk 3, Room BA 201: Silvia Torres-Peimbert - "Chemical composition of planetary nebulae. The abundance discrepancy problem" Chair: Lilia Meza-Montes |
| 9:30 - 9:45 |
Special Presentation, Room BA 201: Johannie Duhaime, "NSERC's Initiatives for Women in Science" |
| 9:45 – 11:15 |
Gender Studies: Room BA 202 Chair: Lilia Meza-Montes; Presenter: Anitha Kurup Physics Education: Room BA 208 Chairs: Renee Horton & Marina Milner-Bolotin; Presenters: Monika Raharti, Chandralekha Singh, Eilish McLoughlin Improving the Workplace: Room BA 209 Chair Gillian Butcher; Presenters; Akira Ejiri, Anne Cox, Seema Ubale Professional Development and Leadership: Room BA 210 Chair: Xia Guo & Manling Sui; Presenters; Nicola Wilkin, Cherrill M. Spencer, Cathy Foley Cultural Perception and Bias/ Science Practice and Ethics: Room BA 211 Chair: Kwek Leong Chuan; Presenter: Silvina Ponce Dawson |
| 11:15 – 12:15 |
Plenary Talk 4, Room BA 201: Tsai-Chien Chiang - "Appearance and Reality- The first Lady of Physics, Wu Chien Shiung" Chair: Marina Milner-Bolotin |
| 12:15 - 12:30 |
Group Photo |
| 12:30 - 17:30 |
Lunch + free tours and afternoon activities: Information and instructions for sign-up Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics |
| 19:30 – 21:00 |
Special event, Room BA 201: Panel discussion: How to succeed with physics, featuring Sandy Eix, Marina Milner-Bolotin, Clara Moskowitz and Eileen Pollack, followed by a reception to meet the panelists Chair: Janis McKenna |
| Day 4: Aug 8 | |
| 8:30 - 9:30 |
Plenary Talk 5, Room BA 201: Patience Mthunzi - "Live cells including HIV-1 infected and embryonic stem cells non-invasive micro-manipulation via laser light" Chair: Silvina Ponce Dawson |
| 9:30 - 11:00 |
Gender Studies: Room BA 202 Chair: Lilia Meza-Montes; Presenter: Prajval Shastri Physics Education: Room BA 208 Chairs: Renee Horton; Presenter: Marina Milner-Bolotin Improving the Workplace: Room BA 209 Chair Gillian Butcher; Presenter: Igle Gledhill Professional Development and Leadership: Room BA 210 Chair: Manling Sui & Jin-Hee Yoon; Presenters: Shaoping Zhu, Susan K. Blessing Cultural Perception and Bias/ Science Practice and Ethics: Room BA 211 Chairs: Silvina Ponce Dawson & Kwek Leong Chuan |
| 11:00 - 12:45 |
Refreshments and Poster Session C (Scientific work), Rooms BA 110, BA 111 Note: Poster Session C will start with the Poster Advertisements, to be presented from 11:00 - 11:45 AM in Rooms BA 101, 102, 201, 202. Poster Ad presenters please submit the slides of your presentation during registration BA 101: Posters 1-19, 96; BA 102: Posters 20-34, 62-70, 92-95; BA 201: Posters 35-61, 97; BA 202: Posters 71-91 Chairs: Belinka Gonzalez, Xiudong Sun |
| 12:45 - 14:00 | Lunch, Dining Hall |
| 14:00 - 15:00 |
Plenary Talk 6, Room BA 201: Sabine Stanley - "Planetary Magnetism: Unlocking the Secrets of Planetary Interiors" Chair: Gillian Butcher |
| 15:00-16:15 |
Plenary meeting, Room BA 201 Chairs: Silvina Ponce Dawson, Igle Gledhill |
| 16:15 - 17:00 |
Wrap-up, Room BA 201 Chairs: Silvina Ponce Dawson, Igle Gledhill |
| 18:00 - 21:00 | Banquet, Embassy Room, Bingemans (Buses leave campus at 17:40) |
