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The Canadian Association of Science Centres (CASC)
Annual Conference 
June 12-14 2008
London, Ontario
Delegates and Exhibitors, Register today!
Early Bird Deadline May 12, 2008
For program and registration information, visit [
http://www.casc2008accs.ca/ ]www.casc2008accs.ca   

Canada's community of science centres invites you to our most important
annual event. The CASC 2008 Conference will be hosted by the London
Regional Children's Museum June 12 - 14 in London, Ontario -- just a short
2 hour train ride from Toronto. As professionals who believe in the power
of learning through play, we know how important engaging, fun, hands-on,
interactive experiences are for children and for grown-ups. The 2008
conference theme is Learn to Play! Play to Learn!, taking a light-hearted
approach to the serious issue of creating a truly innovative society in
Canada. Friday's Keynote speaker is Silken Laumann – Olympic Gold Medalist
and Author of Child’s Play.  

We invite you to share experiences and learn techniques about engaging
audiences through play, to have your own fun exploring emerging issues and
opportunities, and to celebrate all that is exciting, inspiring and
successful about science centres in Canada and around the world today.

Concurrent Sessions : 
Playing with Scientists
A Week to Remember : Week-long Immersion Programs for School Groups
It's International Year of the Potato – What do you have planned?
Getting the Virtual Word Out
Playing with Multiple Partners
Playing & Learning Together in an Intergenerational Project on an Urban
Farm
See: Hear:Do : Let’s Look at some old exhibits with New Eyes
Using live animals in public presentations - more than just pretty faces!
Get fired…up about hiring
Café Scientifique : Do we even need physical buildings in the age of new
technology?
Building a Winning Team
Parents who Play : Engaging Families in Science Education
Early Birds Get All the Traffic! Effective Ways to Increase Your Visibility
Science centres and science Fairs – what is our role?
New Media RIG Workshop – International Polar Year
Playing for Keeps : How to Get Those Visitors Coming Back
Failure IS an Option
Science Communication Research -  What are we learning? (poster session)
After Effects
A Scientific Cocktail Party
Bringing the Outside In : Environmental Education and the Science Centre
CRYSTAL Atlantique : Research into Informal Science Education

Plus! Pre conference tour to the world-class Biotron research facility,
The Demonstration Showcase, Welcome Reception, Café Scientifique, Trade
Show and the Awards Gala Dinner! Three days of social and networking
events! 

Visit: [ http://www.casc2008accs.ca ]www.casc2008accs.ca  for all your
delegate, exhibitor and sponsorship information, and register today! 
 
London is : 
191 kilometres (approx 2 hrs) by car west of Toronto.    
2 hrs (126 miles) from Detroit, Michigan, 
4 hrs (219 miles) from Rochester, NY 
6.5 hrs (404 miles) from Chicago, IL
6 hrs (368 miles) from Pittsburgh, PA.  

Sincerely, 

CASC 2008 CONFERENCE PROGRAM TEAM

Tammy Adkin, 2008 Conference Chair, Executive Director, London Regional
Children’s Museum

Amanda Branton, Public Programs Manager,  London Regional Children's Museum

Josée Duhaime, Directrice, Action culturelle et éducative/ Director,
Cultural and Educational Activities, Centre des sciences de
Montréal/Montreal Science Centre

Helen P. Graves_Smith, PhD, Assistant to the Curator / Adjointe au
conservateur, Canada Science and Technology Museum

Sabrina Greupner, Manager, Weston Family Innovation Centre, Ontario
Science Centre

Meggin Helm, Education Programs Manager, London Regional Children's Museum

Cynthia Iburg, Senior Educator/éducatrice principale, Canadian Museum of
Nature/Musée canadien de la nature

Jennifer Jacobs, Community Programs Coordinator, Saskatchewan Science
Centre, Regina, 

Julie Jones, Researcher/Programmer, Ontario Science Centre

Judith Kays, Marketing and Communications, Discovery Centre, Halifax 

Ian C. McLennan, Consultant , Vancouver                       		

Carole Noel, Gestionnaire de projets d'exposition, Exhibitions Project
Manager, Canada Science & Technology Museum

Lisa Polley, Youth Programs Coordinator, TELUS World of Science-Calgary

Tracy Ross (ex-officio), Executive Director, CASC

www.canadiansciencecentres.ca



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