Canadian/International North Eastern Symposium

Thursday, November 11, 2004
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
McCord Museum of Canadian History, Atrium and J. Armand Bombardier Theatre

Organized by the McGill-Montreal Chapter of Sigma Xi and Professor M.A.Whitehead, Sigma Xi Canadian and International Director

Program Description

Program of Events

8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Celebration of the Rutherford-Soddy Centennial Organized by Professor Christopher Lange, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
8:00 a.m.	Registration and Breakfast (Atrium of Museum)
8:30 a.m.	Welcome (Bombardier Theatre) Sigma Xi President, Dr. Francisco J. Ayala The Principal of McGill University, Dr. Heather Munroe-Blum Director of the McCord Museum, Dr. Victoria Dickenson President, McGill-Montreal Chapter of Sigma Xi, Dr. Grazyna Wilczek
8:45 a.m.	Introductions Professor M. A. Whitehead, McGill University (Rutherford and Soddy at McGill) Professor Christopher Lange, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
9:00 a.m.	Lecture Advances in Nuclear Medicine: Cardiac Imaging Dr. Robert Taillefer, Director of Nuclear Medicine Hotel-Dieu, Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal (CHUM)
10:00 a.m.	Lecture MRI: The Quest for a Body Scanner to Detect Cancer Dr. Raymond Damadian, President, FONAR Corporation
11:00 a.m.	Coffee Break (Atrium)
11:30 a.m.	Lecture Use of Ionizing Radiations in Biology and Radiation Oncology Professor Christopher Lange, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.	Lunch (Atrium)
2:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. Sigma Xi Fund of Canada Award for Scientific Achievement To Celebrate the Solar Neutrino Discovery Organized by Dr. Zackary Jacobson, Ottawa
2:00 p.m.	Introductions Professor M. A. Whitehead, McGill University Dr. Zachary Jacobson, President, Le Fonds Sigma Xi du Canada
2:15 p.m.	Presentation of Award to: Drs. Arthur McDonald and George T. Ewan, Queen's University Dr. David Sinclair, Carleton University Dr. Walter Davidson, National Research Council of Canada
2:30 p.m.	Lecture The Development of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Dr. Walter Davidson, National Research Council of Canada
3:30 p.m.	Lecture Scientific Discoveries at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Dr. David Sinclair, Carleton University
4:30 p.m.	Tea Break
4:45 p.m.	Lecture Physics and the Rest of the World Dr. Zachary Jacobson, President, Le Fonds Sigma Xi du Canada
5:45 p.m.	Closing Remarks

The seminar attendance is limited to the lecture room size of 100 seats.

Registration
Participation in this symposium is open to the public as well as Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference registrants. Registration is US$50 and will be held on-site at the McCord Museum on Thursday, November 11. Please e-mail meeting@sigmaxi.org if you plan to register on Thursday.