About the 2011 Conference

The 8th Annual STAN conference will be held in Ottawa on October 25th and 26th, 2011 at the Ottawa Marriott Hotel. The theme of the STAN conference is “Creating a Scientifically Literate Society"

Conference Information

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Background Information on Speakers and Sessions

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Conference Speakers

Bob McDonald, CBC Radio

Robert Hanner, Associate Professor, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario and Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph

Norman Lee, Coordinator, MindSet, The Manitoba Network for Science and Technology

Mars Bloch, Director, Education Services, Let’s Talk Science

Ann Blackwood, Executive Director, Nova Scotia Department of Education

Greg Dick, Director of Educational Outreach, Perimeter Institute

Dustin Dvorak, Program Manager, ICTAM Aboriginal Initiatives

Francis Jeffers, Executive Director, Visions of Science

Bonnie Schmidt, President, Let’s Talk Science

Gabrielle Trépanier, Audit and Evaluation Officer, Canada Science and Technology Museum Corporation

Tracy Walker, Educational Outreach Coordinator, Canadian Light Source Inc.

Lynda Leonard, Senior Vice President, ITAC Canada

Penny Park, Executive Director, Science Media Centre

Norman Marcotte, Director, Life and Earth Sciences Research Grants NSERC