A Celebration of Research Collaboration in North America with a Public Lecture by Dr. Rita Colwell

Posted on Wed, Sep 01 2010 16:58:00

Photos and videos of the The public lecture by Rita Colwell, Climate, Oceans, and Infectious Disease: The Cholera Paradigm, and following talks, can be viewed here.

Schedule for Saturday, September 25th, 2010

3:00 pm MDT: A Public Lecture by Dr. Rita Colwell

Place: Max Bell Auditorium, The Banff Centre
Title: “Climate, Oceans and Infectious Disease: The Cholera Paradigm”
Introduction by: Dr. Tom Brzustowski
Reflections on Dr. Colwell's lecture: here

4:00 pm: Funding Announcement for BIRS

Place: Max Bell Auditorium, The Banff Centre

  • Master of Ceremonies, Dr. Nassif Ghoussoub
  • Mr. Lee Richardson, MP for Calgary Centre on behalf of the Government of Canada
  • Mr. Greg Weadick, MLA for Lethbridge-West, on behalf of the Government of Alberta
  • Dr. Suzanne Fortier, President of NSERC
  • Dr. Sastry Pantula, Director of DMS, National Science Foundation, USA
  • Dr. Jose Antonio de la Pena, Deputy Director, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Mexico
  • Mrs. Mary Hofstetter, President of The Banff Centre
  • Dr. John Hepburn, VP Research, UBC
  • Dr. Rose Goldstein, VP Research, UC
  • Dr. Arvind Gupta, CEO, MITACS

4:45 pm- 6:00 pm: Reception in the Max Bell Lounge

Invitation (PDF)