[BIC-announce] Science Management Symposium @ CAN-ACN 2019

Fri Feb 15 10:49:49 EST 2019

SCIENCE MANAGEMENT SYMPOSIUM @ CAN-ACN 2019
May 22, 20198:30am - 12:00pmSheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, 123 Queen St W, M5H
2M9
REGISTER NOW
The landscape of scientific research is changing. Today’s researchers need to
participate in large-scale collaborations, obtain and manage funding, share
data, publish, and undertake knowledge translation activities in order to be
successful. As per these increasing demands, Science Management is now a vital
piece of the environment. This panel discussion will host area experts whom have
extensive experience with management in a science setting. Our goal is to
motivate participants to regard Science Management as an essential component to
their research workflow and begin to integrate project management techniques and
tools into their regular practise.
Potential outcomes include:
 1. To convey the necessity of project management to one's scientific pursuits;
 2. Provide guidelines and tools that are adoptable and maintainable that lend
    directly to project planning, tracking and maintenance;
 3. Assert that there are non-traditional research careers to consider;
 4. To debunk the myth that Science Management stifles scientific exploration.

AUDIENCE * Whether you're a PI or student, or anything in between, project
   management skills are a necessary component to your ability profile.
 * In order to build a research plan that is productive, meaningful and
   effective, researchers need to be equipped with a fundamental know-how of
   managing their research timelines, budgets and resources.
 * This symposium will provide researchers across the career spectrum
   with requisite tools, techniques and strategies for employing formalized
   project management to their science.
 * If you are planning to (or already have) register for CAN-ACN 2019, take
   advantage of also registering for this satellite symposium

SCHEDULE

08:30 - Arrival & Registration
09:00 - Panel Discussion
10:00 - Q & A
10:30 - Break
10:45 - Presentation: Tools, Techniques & Basic Project Management Skills for
Science

SESSION CHAIRDr. Randy McIntosh is a senior scientist at theRotman Research
Institute located in Toronto at Baycrest Hospital. Dr. McIntosh is a pioneer in
the study of how different parts of the brain work together to bring about the
wide range of human mental operations. He has combined modern functional
neuroimaging methods with mathematical modeling to characterize the changes in
brain network dynamics related to awareness and learning, and shown how these
dynamics change in normal aging and different clinical conditions.Dr. McIntosh
has lead a team of international scientists on a mammoth project to build the
world’s first functional, virtual brain, suitably calledThe Virtual Brain. The
massive project—akin to decoding the human genome—has the potential to
revolutionize how clinicians assess and treat various brain disorders, including
cognitive impairment caused by stroke and Alzheimer’s disease.Twitter:
@ar0mcintosh
PANEL SPEAKERS
Dr. Jordan Antflick is currently Manager, Knowledge Translation at theOntario
Brain Institute. He earned an Honours BSc in Pharmacology from the University of
Alberta, and a PhD from the University of Toronto where he studied cerebellar
neurochemistry. Dr. Antflick applies his varied research background to his
current role where he aims to make research relevant to various audiences inside
and outside of science.
Tanya Brown is an experienced Program Manager forThe Virtual Brain (TVB) - an
open source neuroinformatics platform for modeling large-scale brain dynamics
developed by an international consortium of researchers and lead through
Baycrest. She is dedicated to facilitating TVB’s research program through a
crystallized approach of science management that supports scientific discovery
by enabling exploration to the outer limits of our current knowledge base. Tanya
is also a key member of the TVB business development team with MaRS Innovation
in our concerted effort towards knowledge translation. Altogether, she brings a
multifaceted skill set to neuroscience research that spans the science,
knowledge translation thereof, innovation, project management, public relations,
digital strategies and effectual networking that sum to align with the evolving
landscape of scientific research.
Twitter:@aynaT__Tanya ||@thevirtualbrain.org

Dr. Mojib Javadiworks with investigators from partner organizations to develop
provincial and federal grants for new data management and informatics
technologies and solutions, and acts as the informatics project manager on a
number of funded collaborative projects. Mojib also leads the molecular data
team atIndoc, which implement molecular data management strategy and functions
of supported programs and studies. Mojib holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Cancer
Biology from the University of Toronto. Prior to joining Indoc, Mojib completed
an NSERC funded industry post-doctoral fellowship with Lorus Therapeutics
working on early stage development of cancer therapeutics.

Dr. Helena Ledmyr is the Deputy Director atINCF, a global organization that
advances data reuse and reproducibility in brain research by coordinating the
development of Open, FAIR, and Citable tools and resources for neuroscience.
Helena has been at INCF since 2010 and manages development initiatives and
communications strategies. Her experiences include working with science
communication and administration at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and
she is currently the vice chair for theSwedish Network for Research
Communication, and one of the moderators ofReal Scientists , a science
communication project on Twitter with 75k followers.
Twitter:@Helena_LB

Dr. Christa Studinski is currently the Manager of Research Programs at the
Ontario Brain Institute where she helps maximize the impact of neuroscience
through partnerships. Christa holds a PhD in Pharmacology from the University of
Toronto. She has also completed 2 post-doctoral fellowships, co-founded a
company and participated in research that led to the FDA approval of a medical
food for Alzheimer’s disease. Christa leverages these experiences to foster
meaningful relationships between researchers, clinicians and industry partners.

Maximize yourCAN-ACN 2019 experience, by also attending this symposium. Register
for both today!
*note: separate registrations for CAN-ACN 2019 and the Science Management
Symposium is required. Registering for one does not permit entry to the other.
For more information, please contact Tanya Brown

Tanya Brown
Program Manager - The Virtual BrainRotman Research Institute at Baycrest
- Toronto, Canada
416-785-2500 x 2782tbrown at research.baycrest.org
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