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SUMMARY: Adam Bly\: The 21st Century Scientific Revolution\: Shattering Disciplinary Boundaries Between Science
LOCATION:Ontario College of Art & Design\, 100 McCaul Street
URL:http://www.blogto.com/events/5399
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:President=27s Speaker Series presents=0D=0AAdam Bly=3A The =
21st Century Scientific Revolution=3A Shattering =
Disciplinary Boundaries Between Science=2C Art=2C Design and =
Culture=0D=0AThursday=2C November 13=2C 6=3A45 =
p=2Em=2E=0D=0A=0D=0AOntario College of Art =26 =
Design=0D=0AAuditorium=2C 100 McCaul =
Street=0D=0Awww=2Eocad=2Eca  =7C  =
416=2D977=2D6000=0D=0A=0D=0ASara Diamond=2C President of the =
Ontario College of Art =26 Design invites you to attend a =
free lecture by Adam Bly=2C founder and Editor=2Din=2DChief =
of Seed Media Group=2E Bly is the first of three keynote =
speakers in the 2008=962009 President=92s Speaker =
Series=2E=0D=0A=0D=0AAt the age of 16=2C Adam Bly became the =
youngest researcher at the National Research Council Canada =
=28NRC=29=2C where he spent three years studying cell =
adhesion and cancer=2E While at the NRC=2C Bly identified a =
cultural shift in the making=3A Science is transforming =
business=2C politics=2C the arts and current affairs unlike =
ever before=3B today=2C science affects every single person =
on the planet and science literacy is essential to modern =
society=2E=0D=0A=0D=0A=93We are on the cusp of a 21st =
century scientific renaissance marked by accelerated =
advancement in neuroscience=2C theoretical physics and =
genetics=2C a culture war between science and religion=2C =
and the application of science as a tool for social change =
and economic development=2C=94 says Bly=2E =93What is =
catalyzing this cultural shift=2C who is leading it=2C and =
where are we going from here=3F=94=0D=0A=0D=0AThe =
President=92s Speaker Series continues on February 5 with =
Lisa Jevbratt=2C new media artist and Associate Professor=2C =
University of California at Santa Barbara=2C and on March 5 =
with Marie Battiste=2C Professor and Director of the =
Aboriginal Education Research Centre =28AERC=29 at the =
University of Saskatchewan and Co=2Ddirector of the =
Aboriginal Learning Knowledge Centre=2E =0D=0A=0D=0AAll are =
welcome to attend=2C and admission is free=2E=0D=0A
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