XLIII Scientific Instrument Symposium - SIC 2024 has ended

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XLIII Scientific Instrument Symposium - SIC 2024

09:30 EDT

Out-of-program excursion: University of Toronto Scientific Instrument Collection / Excursion hors programme. Collection d'instruments scientifiques de l'Université de Toronto University of Toronto

12:00 EDT

Registration / Inscription Front Lobby - Canada Science and Technology Museum

13:00 EDT

Tours of Ingenium Centre / Visites guidées du centre Ingenium Ingenium Centre

15:30 EDT

Opening Plenary Session / Session plénière d'ouverture Auditorium - Canada Science and Technology Museum

17:30 EDT

Reception / Réception Artifact Alley - Canada Science and Technology Museum

09:00 EDT

Places of precision: laboratories, universities, classrooms, and communities / Lieux de précision : laboratoires, universités, salles de cours et collectivités Auditorium - Canada Science and Technology MuseumKe Zhao • Ryan MacNeil • Jean-Francois Gauvin • Victoria Fisher • Erich Weidenhammer Time service and instruments in observatories: the quest for precision / Service de l’heure et instruments d’observatoires : la quête de la précision Classroom - Canada Science and Technology MuseumEdward Gillin • Richard Kremer • Julien Gressot • Sabina Luz • Johan Kärnfelt

10:30 EDT

Coffee / Café Event Hall - Canada Science and Technology Museum

11:00 EDT

Precision technologies / Technologies de précision Classroom - Canada Science and Technology MuseumJohan Kärnfelt • Daniel Mitchell • Alexandra Rose • Gary Fox • Nianci Wang Precision through instruments, written sources, and technical practice / La précision grâce aux instruments, aux sources écrites et à la pratique technique Auditorium - Canada Science and Technology MuseumSumner Braund • Petra Svatek • Samuel Gessner • Giorgio Strano • Jan Tapdrup

12:30 EDT

Lunch / Le dîner (pause de midi) Event Hall - Canada Science and Technology Museum

14:00 EDT

Building collections of precision / Bâtir des collections de précision Auditorium - Canada Science and Technology MuseumJanet Laidla • Elissavet Ntoulia • Hasan Umut • Jean Barrette • Gul Kale Developing precision over time / Développer la précision au fil du temps Classroom - Canada Science and Technology MuseumSabina Luz • Valérie Bouchard • Pedro Casaleiro • Júlia García • Ray Springer

15:00 EDT

Tour of the Historic Map and Globe Collection, Library and Archives Canada / Visite de la collection historique de cartes et de globes terrestres au centre de préservation de Bibliothèque et Archives

15:45 EDT

Library, Archives and Special Collections Tour / Visite de la bibliothèque, des archives et des collections spéciales Ingenium Centre In-depth collection tours / Visites approfondies de la collection Ingenium Centre

19:30 EDT

Early Career Researchers' Dinner TBA

09:00 EDT

Engaging Learners and the Public with Historical Scientific Instruments: Educational Activities, Experiences and Curricular Projects / Solliciter l’intérêt des apprenants et du public envers les instruments... Auditorium - Canada Science and Technology MuseumPeter Heering • Silke Ackermann • Nicola Bird • Elizabeth Cavicchi • Frédérique Plantevin Gender and Scientific Instruments / Le genre et les instruments scientifiques Classroom - Canada Science and Technology MuseumPeggy Kidwell • Lubia Diaz Bernal • Louise Devoy • Sumner Braund • Janet Laidla • Alexandra Karakas

10:40 EDT

Coffee / Café Event Hall - Canada Science and Technology Museum

11:10 EDT

Precision for public audiences / La précision pour le public Auditorium - Canada Science and Technology MuseumAlexandra Rose • Christel Schollaardt • Tacye Phillipson • Trienke van der Spek • Peggy Kidwell Working with instruments of precision / Travailler avec des instruments de précision Classroom - Canada Science and Technology MuseumRichard Kremer • Kristen Frederick-Frost • Andreas Junk • Ke Zhao

12:30 EDT

Lunch / Le dîner (pause de midi) Event Hall - Canada Science and Technology Museum

13:00 EDT

Excursion: Trip to Canadian Museum of History - Repatriation panel and tour / Excursion: Voyage au Musée canadien de l’histoire- Panel et visite sur le rapatriement Canadian Museum of History

09:00 EDT

Conservation of Scientific Instruments: A Challenge for Curators / La conservation d’instruments scientifiques : un défi pour les conservateurs Auditorium - Canada Science and Technology MuseumGiorgio Strano • Skye Marshall • Erin Secord • Emma Angelini • Mathilde Sneiders

10:30 EDT

Coffee / Café Event Hall - Canada Science and Technology Museum

11:00 EDT

Interpretation and interrogation of precision artifacts / Artefacts de précision : interprétation et interrogation Classroom - Canada Science and Technology MuseumTrienke van der Spek • David Michelson • Tom Everrett • Elizabeth Neswald • Chen-Pang Yeang Precision under scrutiny: mistakes, prizes, and curiosities / La précision sous la loupe : erreurs, prix et curiosités Auditorium - Canada Science and Technology MuseumJulien Gressot • James Gort • Peter Heering • Karl Grandin • Sena Aydin

12:30 EDT

Lunch / Le dîner (pause de midi) Event Hall - Canada Science and Technology Museum

14:00 EDT

Precise data for the State / Des données précises pour l’État Auditorium - Canada Science and Technology MuseumKarl Grandin • William Knight • Edward Gillin • Michael Trapasso • Dana Freiburger

15:45 EDT

Annual General Meeting / Assemblée générale annuelle Auditorium - Canada Science and Technology Museum

18:30 EDT

SIC Banquet / Banquet SIC Historic Mill Street Brewery

09:00 EDT

Knowing and Doing: In Memory of Jim Bennett (1947-2023) Hybrid Plenary Session / Savoir et faire : à la mémoire de Jim Bennett (1947-2023), séance plénière hybride Auditorium - Canada Science and Technology Museum

11:30 EDT

Lunch / Le dîner (pause de midi) Event Hall - Canada Science and Technology Museum

13:00 EDT

Excursion: Canada Aviation and Space Museum / Excursion: Musée de l'aviation et de l'espace du Canada Canada Aviation and Space Museum

13:30 EDT

Out-of-program excursion: Dominion Observatory Grounds, Excursion hors programme: Terrain de l'Observatoire fédéral Dominion Observatory

13:00 EDT

Out-of-program excursion: McGill Collection of Historic Scientific Instruments / Excursion hors programme : Collection McGill d'instruments scientifiques historiques Rutherford Building,