2025 conference program
SWCC will continue to update the conference program as we confirm presenter details. A number of engaging sessions are in the works, including tours of cool, local science on June 10-11.
SWCC is pleased to once again host the final competition of the SSHRC Storytellers Challenge on June 13.
Wednesday, June 11th
Time TBD | Opening ReceptionLocation: TBD |
Thursday June 12th
Rooms, exact times, session info and speaker bios will be confirmed as soon as possible. Below is a peek at the confirmed speakers and sessions. We have a number still to come! |
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM | Breakfast |
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Welcoming Remarks |
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Opening Keynote: The International Ties that Bind Science Journalism and CommunicationsPanelists: Tinsley Davis, additional panelists to be announced.Moderator: Rhonda Moore |
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Break |
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Communicating Evidence: Getting Government to Pay Attention to ScienceModerator: Brian Owens | Equations of Empathy: Moving Contentious Conversations forward with MathPresenter: Dr. Jon Sensinger | Research Networks as MatchmakersPresenter: Johanne Provençal |
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch |
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | Beyond the Science: Culture, Religion, and Climate CommunicationPresenter: Tara WoodApoqnmatulti'k: Sharing Stories of Etuaptmumk-Guided Aquatic ResearchPresenters: Amanda Leslie, Nadine Lefort |
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Break |
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM | TBD |
Friday June 13th
8:00 - 8:30 AM | Breakfast |
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Integrating ORCiD, AI and Automation to Promote ResearchPresenter: James Shelley | TBDPresenter: Dany Ko |
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Break |
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Final Competition of the SSHRC Storytellers Challenge |
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch |
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | AI for Good PanelPresenters: Azfar Adib & Kim Taylor | Pixels & Priorities: Creating a Digital RenaissancePresenter: Stu Shepherd |
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Break |
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM | TBD |