Plenary Speakers

Presidential addresses/awards

1)

 

ASN Presidential Address
Speaker:  Stevan J. Arnold (Oregon State University)

 

 

 

2)

 

CSEE Presidential Address
Speaker: Spencer Barrett (University of Toronto)

 

 

 

3)

 

ESEB Presidents’ Award
Speaker (winner): Adam Eyre-Walker (University of Sussex)

 

 

 

4)

 

SSB Presidential Address
Speaker: David Mindell (University of California, San Francisco)

 

 

 

5)

 

SSE Presidential Address
Speaker:  Scott Edwards (Harvard University)

 

Public outreach seminars

(Note: these events are open to the general public and there is no cost; tickets or registration are not required. They will be held at the Ottawa Convention Centre, Room 301)

1)

 

Stephen J. Gould Prize winner (2012)
Friday, July 6 (7:30), Ottawa Convention Centre, Canada Hall 2-3
Speaker: David Quammen
"Boswelling the biologist: From the Congo to the virosphere"

 

 

 

2)

 

CSEE outreach seminar
Sunday, July 8 (7:30), Ottawa Convention Centre, Canada Hall 2-3
Speaker: Rosemary (Rosie) Redfield (University of British Columbia)
"Arsenic, social media, and the origin of life"