Program

SciBarCamp is an "unconference": the participants collectively decide on the program for Saturday during the opening reception on Friday night. This gives everyone a chance to propose a session (a talk, discussion, or demonstration) but it also means that we can't yet give you the full program any earlier than late in the evening of May 8th. However, we can give you the schedule of empty time slots, locations, and start and end times. This tentative schedule will be updated as more information becomes available:

Final schedule is attached as pdf, and in text below (pdf is prettier).

 

Friday, May 8th:

Opening reception (Arbor Room at Hart House)

7:00PM to 9:30 PM

This is an integral part of the event!

Meet other participants, propose sessions, vote for and comment on proposed talks and discussions. Whatever you want to get out of SciBarCamp is determined by you, starting this evening. If you would like to have a discussion about science in art, or about journalism, or about recent developments in your field, then *this* is the moment to bring that up and get it on the schedule.

 

Saturday, May 9th:

9:45 AM
Arbor Room: Welcome words (and meet the coffee guy!)

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM:
Arbor Room:     Noosphere – the Future is Open (The Noosphere team)
Meeting Room:         Genome Sharing (Lincoln Stein)
North Dining Room:     Predictability vs. Understanding (Chris Smith/Brian King)
South Sitting Room:     Open Reviewing (Seb Paquet)
South Dining Room:     Creative Commons Licenses and Data (Kaitlin Thaney)

11:00 AM – noon:
Arbor Room:     Science Outreach Sponsorship (Sunny Tsang) with Big Questions in Physics (Jen Dodd)
Meeting Room:         Open Source Biotech Overview (Andrew Hessel)
North Dining Room:     Science Communication (Alicia Grubb)
South Sitting Room:     Opportunity Recognition in a Recession (Walter Derzko/Smart Economy)
South Dining Room:     Building Understanding and Support for a New Green Economy (Jordy Gold)

Noon – 1:00 PM
Arbor Room:     Cultural & Economic Impact of Advertising (Ryan Kelln) with Automated Sentiments (Philip Beesley)
Meeting Room:     Global Human Sensor Net (Joel Sachs) with Public Sector Science (Jesse Greener)
North Dining Room:     Carbon Sequestration with BIOCHAR (Ted Redelmeier)
South Sitting Room:     Science Outreach (Mike Paduada)
South Dining Room:     Scientists needed – Climate Change (Steve Easterbrook)

LUNCH
Check out the events at Science Rendezvous

(afternoon schedule on next page)

2:30 – 3:30
Arbor Room:         Mass Collaboration in Science (Michael Nielsen)
Meeting Room:     Social Impacts of Smart Technologies (Walter Derzko)
North Dining Room:     How can Art Benefit Science (Glendon Mellow)
South Sitting Room:     Open Source Cognitive Science (Mark Tovey) with Political Software (Karl Schroeder)

3:30 – 4:30
Arbor Room:     Real World/Spatial Enhancement of Collective Intelligence (S. Neault) with Collective Intelligence and Global Problem Solving (Mark Tovey)
Meeting Room:         Consciousness (discussion) (Bob Erickson)
North Dining Room:     Natural Language Communication to Computer (Sasha Uritsky)
South Sitting Room:     CANCELLED please contact Estelle if you were interested in this session. Government Funding of R&D of your company (Estelle Havva)
Outside on the main stage on St George Street:      H2OrganTM: Underwater Pipe Organ (Steve Mann)

4:30 – 5:00
Arbor Room: Closing remarks

(This is also the time we’ll use for any sudden last minute additions to the schedule! Keep an eye on the schedule during the day to see if anything new shows up here.)

 

6:00 - 8:00

Rivoli (Spadina and Queen) - Pool with Scientists

 

8:00 PM:

RIvoli - Science Fair for Grownups