Program
**DRAFT – Subject to Change**
Day 1: Thursday, May 24
| Session | Time | Speaker | Location |
| Registration | 9:00 am | Exhibits | Multi-purpose Room |
| Opening | 10:00 am
10:15 am 10:30 am |
Welcome
Bob Haverluck (Art) Opening Remarks – Judi Brouse, MSE Chair |
Theatre |
| Session 1 | 11:00 am | Using the past to better predict the future: The challenges of using appropriate time scales in a rapidly changing world
John Smol, Queen’s University |
Theatre |
| MSE Research Award | 12:00 pm | Announcement of MSE Research Award Recipient | Theatre |
| Lunch | 12:15 pm
1:15 pm |
Exhibits
Short Videos |
Multi-purpose Room
Theatre |
| Session 2 | 1:45 pm | Falling in love with the Earth: Pathways to hope in a time of environmental challenge
Stephen Scharper, University of Toronto |
Theatre |
| Break | 2:45 pm
3:00 pm |
Exhibits
Short Videos |
Multi-purpose Room
Theatre |
| Session 3 | 3:15 pm | Reconnecting with the Natural world: The necessity of revitalizing the Indigenous mind
Dan Longboat, Trent University |
Theatre |
| Reception & Art Display |
4:15 pm | Cash Bar, Exhibits | Multi-purpose Room |
| Dinner | 5:30 pm | Dining Room | |
| Interactive Activity | 7:00 pm |
Moreen Miller, Fowler Construction |
Theatre |
| Session 4 | 7:30 pm | Music and the Environment
James Gordon, Musician, |
Theatre |
Day 2: Friday, May 25
| Session | Time | Speaker | Location |
| Opening | 8:45 am | Early Registration Draw
1st review of the Communiqué |
Theatre |
| Session 5 | 9:15 am | Using Canopy Science to Foster Global Forest Conservation
Meg Lowman, California Academy of Sciences |
Theatre |
| Break | 10:15 am
10:30 am |
Exhibits
Short Videos |
Multi-purpose Room
Theatre |
| Session 6 | 10:45 am | Shaping a future partnership of people with the rest of nature
Terry Chapin, University of Alaska |
Theatre |
| Lunch | 11:45 am
12:45 pm |
Exhibits
Short Videos |
Multi-purpose Room
Theatre |
| Speakers Panel | 1:00 pm | Moderator: Paul Kennedy, CBC Radio | Theatre |
| Closing | 3:00 pm | Theatre |
