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O N F E R E N C E 25 - 27 May 2006 |
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| Conference
Program | |||
| Thursday
25 May 2006 | |||
| 4:00 - 7:00 | Registration | Link | |
| 5:00 - 6:45 | Barbecue | (Size
in MB) | |
| 8:50 - 8:55 | Welcome | Jim Ross. President, OAPT | |
| 8:55 - 9:00 | Welcome | Damian Pope, Perimeter Institute | |
| 7:00 - 8:00 | Gary Williams | Professional Development for Physics Teachers: a British Perspective | Talk(9.0) |
| 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Ernie McFarland | World of Wonders: Special Relativity | Talk (5.1) |
| 9:00 pm | Wine & Cheese | Judge
the Photographic Competition Poster Session | |
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Friday Morning 26 May 2006 | |||
| 7:30 - 8:30 | Breakfast | For those in Residence | |
| Session
One --- ?? --- Chair: | |||
| 9:00 - 9:50 | Paula Heron | Improving Student Learning in Physics | |
| 9:50 - 10:40 | Howard
Burton Executive Director, PI | Science, Outreach & Beyond | |
| 10:40 - 11:10 | Refreshments | ||
| Session
Two ---?? --- Chair: | |||
| 11:10 - 11:40 | Kiran Sachdev, and Bogdan Luca | Al's Relativistic Adventures | |
| 11:40 - 12:10 | Maureen Callen | Curriculum Review: Past and Present | |
| 12:10 - 12:20 | Diana Hall | Photographic Competition - Winners | |
| 12:20-12:30 | OAPT Business | Executive for 2006-2007 | |
| 12:30 - 2:00 | Lunch | Two sittings, 45 minutes each | |
| 12:30 - 2:00 | OAPT Executive Meeting | ||
| 2:00 - 4:30 | Tours | Details of the Tours | |
| 6:30 - 7:00 | Banquet Reception | ||
| 7:00 - 9:00 | Banquet | ||
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Cliff
Burgess Associate Member, PI | The Theory Formerly Known as String Theory: At Last a Quantum Theory of Gravity? | |
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Saturday 27 May 2006 | |||
| 7:30 - 8:30 am | Breakfast | For those in Residence | |
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Session Three --- ?? --- Chair: | |||
| 8:55 - 9:00 | Welcome | ||
| 9:00 - 9:50 | Mike
Mosca Associate Member, PI | Quantum computing. | Talk(3.1) |
| 9:50 - 10:10 | Anjuli Ahooja | Using Web Cameras in Physics Experiments | Talk(0.5) |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | Refreshments | ||
| 10:30 - 12:30 | Workshops | Details of the Workshops | |
| 12:30 - 2:00 pm | Lunch | Two sittings, 45 minutes each | |
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Session Four--- ?? --- Chair:
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| 2:00 - 2:45 | Pedro Goldman | Fast Optimization of the Radiation Therapy of Tumours - the Impossible Possible. | |
| 2:45 - 3:00 | John Caranci | Physics Syllabi around the World | Talk(1M) |
| 3:00 - 3:30 | Jim Hunt | Mathematics & Art | |
| 3:30 - 4:00 | Damian Pope | Practical modern physics for the classroom: The GPS and relativity | |
| 4:01 | The Great Give-away | A major gift will be given away by random draw. The winner must be present. | |
| 4:02 | Jim Ross | Thank you for coming. | |