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Wednesday, November 25 • 6:35pm - 8:00pm
Keynote Session- Science Advice to Government / Séance d’ouverture Avis scientifiques aux gouvernements

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Recently the challenge of collecting, presenting and ensuring the effectiveness of scientific advice in the process of policy making is becoming increasingly important.
Especially the integration of scientific advice with decision making at the highest political offices is much debated in science policy.

The first conference on science advice to government was organized in New Zealand, in the summer of 2014 and led to the formation of the International Network of Government Science Advice, INGSA. The INGSA mandate is: “….to share experience, build capacity and develop theoretical and practical approaches to the use of scientific evidence in informing policy at all levels of government.”

In the light of CSPC 2015 is being held in the Canada’s Capital at just post federal election with a new mandate for Federal Government CSPC and the office of the Chief Scientist of Quebec are organizing this keynote session to provide insight into the crucial topic of science advice to government.
Moderators
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Maryse Lassonde

President elect, Scientific Director, Royal Society of Canada, Fonds de Recherche du Quebec-Nature et Technologies
Maryse Lassonde holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Université de Montréal and a Ph.D. from Stanford University. She was a professor of psychology at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (1977-1988) and at the Université de Montréal (1988-2013) where she... Read More →

Speakers
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Alan Bernstein

President & CEO, CIFAR (Canadian Institute for Advanced Research)
Dr. Alan Bernstein is the President & CEO of CIFAR (Canadian Institute for Advanced Research) and served as the inaugural president of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Dr. Bernstein received the AAAS James Loudon Gold Medal in Mathematics and Physics upon graduation with... Read More →
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Arthur Carty

Executive Director, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology at the University of Waterloo
Dr Carty is the Executive Director of the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology at the University of Waterloo, Special Advisor to the President on international science and technology collaboration and Research Professor in the Department of Chemistry. From 2004-2008, he served as... Read More →
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Professor Sir Peter Gluckman

President -Elect, International Science Council
Professor Sir Peter Gluckman ONZ KNZM FRSNZ FRS trained as a paediatrician and biomedical scientist and holds a Distinguished University Professorship at the Liggins Institute of the University of Auckland. He also holds honorary chairs in University College London, University of... Read More →
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Rémi Quirion

Chief Scientist of Quebec, Office of the Chief Scientist of Quebec
On September 1, 2011, Rémi Quirion, OC, CQ, PhD, FRSC, became Québec’s first chief scientist. As such, he chairs the boards of directors of the three Fonds de recherche du Québec and advises the Minister of Economic, Science and Innovation on research and scientific development... Read More →

Wednesday November 25, 2015 6:35pm - 8:00pm EST
Ballroom A/B (ground floor)
  Keynote Session, Round table Discussion

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