Events

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Upcoming Events

Food for Thought: The emergence and resilience of decentralized brands: Bitcoin

On Thursday, April 29, at 12:00 PM, the Institute for Science, Society and Policy will host Prof. Mariam Humayun, Faculty Affiliate, ISSP and Assistant Professor, Marketing, Telfer School of Management, uOttawa, to discuss the emergence and resilience of Bitcoin.

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Mind the Gap: Bridging Human Creativity and Machine Learning

On Tuesday, May 11, from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, the ISSP and the RCIS will host an expert panel discussion on AI and machine learning.

Will AI and machine learning augment or replace human creativity? How do we teach creativity to the next generation in a world of AI and machine learning? And how do we ensure teaching creativity and innovation in this world remains inclusive?

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Food for Thought: Application of Adsorption Processes for Carbon Capture and Thermal Energy Storage

On Thursday, May 27, at 12:00 PM, the Institute for Science, Society and Policy will host Prof. Handan Tezel, Faculty Affiliate, ISSP and Full Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Enginnering, Faculty of Enginnering, uOttawa, to discuss how we can capture carbon dioxide from combustion gases or from air and recycle it back to make fuels and other useful chemicals, instead of releasing it into the atmosphere.

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Past Events

How to Publish More

On Thursday February 13^th 2020, from 2:30 pm to 4 pm, at 30 Stewart (room 312), Mark Salter, Core Member of the ISSP and Leader of the Risk, Technology and Security Research Cluster, presented the How to Publish More Workshop.

Writing a lot is the dream of some and a necessity for many. Each professor is a writer, but sometimes the writing of a book or an article becomes a challenge. This workshop will present strategies to overcome the barriers to writing and will discuss tactics to improve your writing productivity and will also introduce tactics on how to publish more.
A Melting Arctic - Implications of sea-ice loss on governing the Arctic

On January 30, at 13:30 PM, the Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) and the ISSP invited you to a talk about the Arctic, which will convene experts and practitioners with different perspectives on the challenges in a changing Arctic region.
What you may not know about China’s innovation system

On January 30, at 12:00 PM, the ISSP was delighted to host Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, Senior Fellow of the ISSP, University of Ottawa.
How do we know it’s true? Can we mobilize all forms of knowledge?

On January 13, at 4:30 PM, the ISSP and the Alex Trebek Forum for Dialogue were delighted to host a panel of experts to discuss the current status of knowledge mobilization and truth.
The Evolution of Higher Education: Shifting to Interdisciplinary and Life-long Learning Models

On December 10, at 4:00 PM, the ISSP was delighted to host a panel of experts to discuss the current status of higher education in Canada.