This spring, the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) is taking the best and brightest minds out of their labs and offices to tour the country, challenging Canadians to think about the biggest questions facing our world today.
In Vancouver, at an event moderated by CBC Radio’s Early Edition host Rick Cluff, three CIFAR researchers will make a case for why their research area represents the Next Big Question. The people of Vancouver will be able to join in the discussion and vote for the researcher who best makes their case.
In Vancouver, the following Next Big Questions will be championed:
Can we sustain the information revolution?
By Don Eigler, expert on the physics of nanometer-scale structures and exploring the applications of nanometer-scale structures to computing
What is the fate of the universe?
By Julio Navarro, expert on the study of the formation and evolution of galaxies
How can political institutions best promote peace and prosperity?
By Jim Fearon, Professor of Humanities and Sciences and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Stanford University
Tickets are $30 and can be bought at cifarNBQ.ca. Seating is limited and you must have tickets in advance to attend.
About CIFAR
Created in 1982, the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research builds teams of the best Canadian and international researchers to collaborate on complex questions at the frontiers of human knowledge. The Institute’s research is interdisciplinary, collaborative, and risky and aimed at creating knowledge with the potential to change how we understand our world. We help Canada attract and retain many of the world’s greatest researchers, so as to enrich Canada intellectually and economically.
For more information, visit cifar.ca.
When:
Monday, May 10, 2010 - 17:30 to 19:30
Where:
H. R. MacMillan Space Centre, 1100 Chestnut Street
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