Media Summary and Tip Sheet:
10th Canadian Light Source Annual Users’ Meeting
and Joint Workshops with the 2007 Canadian Association of Physicists Congress
Research by some of Canada’s leading researchers -- from new antibiotics to fuel cells and Beethoven’s hair -- are among the topics featured at the 10th Annual Canadian Light Source Users’ Meeting June 16 and 17 at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. This year’s meeting is being held in conjunction with the 63rd Congress of the Canadian Association of Physicists.
Highlights include:
- Updates by CLS Management on the progress and status of the CLS
- Keynote address by Christine Fitzgerald, Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
- Banquet keynote address by Herman Winick, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, U.S.A on SESAME – Synchrotron light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East—and what it means for science and society in the Middle East
- Presentation by Kenneth Kemner, Advanced Photon Source, U.S.A. and his work on discovering what killed Beethoven
- An update on the Biomedical Imaging and Therapy beamline by Dean Chapman
- Presentations by CLS users, including young researchers
Five part-day workshops will be held Sunday, June 17 as part of the first day of the CAP Congress. The workshops deal with using synchrotron techniques in a variety of ways, from industrial applications to biological research.
Media interested in attending the meeting, workshop symposia or to arrange interviews with presenters should contact:
Matthew Dalzell
CLS Communications Coordinator
Tel: (306) 657-3739 Cell: (306) 227-0978
matthew.dalzell@lightsource.ca
www.lightsource.ca
Program Highlights
Friday, June 15
Interview opportunity: Dr. Kenneth Kemner at the CLS (approx. 3 to 5 p.m., call to confirm).
Saturday, June 16
CLS 10th Annual Users’ Meeting
8:30 am – 4:30 p.m. Room 106 Biology Building, 112 Science Place
| 8:35 – 9:15 a.m. | Beamlines and Science Update Dr. Bill Thomlinson, CLS |
| 9:15 – 9:45 a.m. | The CLS – View from the CIHR Christine Fitzgerald , Executive Vice-President, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
| 10:05 – 10:35 a.m. | Developing a World-Class Scientific Program for the Biomedical Imaging and Therapy Beamline Dean Chapman, University of Saskatchewan |
| 3:35 – 3:50 p.m. | A surface science approach to understanding the key steps of the oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells Janay MacNaughton, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, U.S.A. University of Saskatchewan Alumna |
| 3:50 – 4:20 p.m. | From X-rays to Biogeochemistry to Beethoven Kenneth Kemner, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, U.S.A. |
Sunday, June 17
CLS Associated Workshops
Held in Conjunction with the 2007 CAP Congress
Five workshops take place from 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. in the Arts Building, 9 Campus Drive
| 2:15 – 5:15 p.m. | Industrial Applications of Synchrotron Radiation |
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| As applied research moves into the 21st century, industry is discovering that traditional analytical techniques are not answering all of their questions. For example, new materials are being developed daily that may have significantly different properties but are chemical indistinguishable using current analysis techniques. It is important for industry to understand these differences and develop those unique properties into a new product. Therefore, today, industry is turning to new tools to shed light on old and new questions. This workshop will highlight some of the exciting progress industry has made by having access to state of the art research tools, such as synchrotron light. | |||||||||
| 4:00 – 4:15 p.m. | Industrial and Environmental Studies at Canadian Light Source Jeffrey Cutler, Canadian Light Source Inc. |
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| 4:15 – 4:30 | Canadian Light Source: Machine Update Les Dallin, Canadian Light Source Inc. |
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Herzberg Memorial Public Lecture
| 7:00 p.m. | Sid Buckwold Theatre, TCU Place |
“Science Education in the 21st Century:
Using the Tools of Science to Teach Science
Carl Wieman, Nobel Prize Laureate
University of British Columbia
Science has advanced rapidly in the past 500 years, but science
education, shackled by tradition and dogma, remains largely medieval.
Research reveals that teachers badly misinterpret what students learn
from traditional classes and exams - but it also provides insights on
how to do much better. Combined with modern information technology,
these ideas are setting the stage for a new approach to deliver the
relevant and effective science education essential to the success of
21st century students.
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