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9:00AM-11:15AM: SESSION 1 - Macro/Science in the Stars

• MOSES ZNAIMER with Nikki Yanofsky - teen prodigy, kick off the show
• Dr. Jaymie Mark Matthews - Astronomer
• Lawrence Krauss - The Big Big Picture
• Dennis Danielson - From Copernicus to ET, and Why it Matters
• Gryphon Trio - Music of the Spheres
• Lisa Randall - Warped Passages

11:15PM-11:40AM: CONVERSATION BREAK 1

11:40AM-1:15PM: SESSION 2 - Micro/Science Here on Earth/Sponsored by CIFAR

• John Polanyi - A Life in Science (to be continued)
• Anthony Leggett - Quantum Information
• Brenda Andrews - Genetic Networks
• John Helliwell - Well-being and the City

2:35PM-5:20PM: SESSION 3 - Session 3, Inside/Spirituality/Sponsored by S-VOX

• Richard Dawkins - The God Delusion
• Ingrid Mattson - Islamic Relations
• Diane Bruni - Pulse Yoga
• Jay Bakker - Radical ChristianPreacher
• Shmuley Boteach - Hollywood Rabbi/Kosher Sex

5:05PM-5:50AM: CONVERSATION BREAK 2

5:50PM-7:50PM: SESSION 4 - Outside/Body Extension

• Alexander Böck - PowerSkip Boots
• Helen Greiner - Roomba Robot
• Daniel Theobald - Robot Medic
• Richard Yanofsky - Robot Toys
• Richard Yanofsky & Nikki Yanofsky - Performance

8:00PM-11:00PM: OPENING NIGHT PARTY, GALA OF GLASS

9:00AM-10:45AM: SESSION 5 - Space and Human Transformation

• Moses Znaimer
, Intro
• Anousheh Ansari - Space Tourist
• Joe MacInnis - Inner/ Outer Space Update
• David Schurig - Invisible Cloak
• 7 Fingers - State-of-the-art-Circus

10:50PM-11:40AM: CONVERSATION BREAK 1

11:40AM-1:15PM: SESSION 6 - Animals

• Stephen Marshall - Insects: Clues to Biodiversity
• Ron O'Dor - BlackBerries for Fish
• J. Edward (Ted) Chamberlin - Civilians, Barbarians and Horses
• Frans B. de Waal - Our Inner Bonobo

1:20PM-2:35PM: LUNCH BREAK

2:35PM-5:05PM: SESSION 7 - Environment

• Biruté Galdikas - Orangutan Extinction
• Aaju Peter - Seal Hunter
• Paul Watson - Eco Warrior
• Bill Lishman - Air First Aid

5:05PM-5:50PM: CONVERSATION BREAK 2

5:50PM-7:50PM: SESSION 8 - Music

• Anne-Julie Caron - Marimba Soloist
• Meenakshi and Ron - Sound Yoga
• Daniel Levitin - Your Brain on Music
• Karen Bulmer - Tuba Soloist
• Surprise Musical Guest

8:00PM-11:00PM: SECOND NIGHT PARTY, THE UNSINKABLE HARRY

9:00AM-11:15AM: SESSION 9 - Health/Wellness

• Moses Znaimer - Intro
• James MacKinnon - 100 Mile Diet
• Andrew Nikiforuk - Pandemics
• Scott Griffith - Fewer Cars; Cleaner World
• Ian Clifford - Zenn Motors

11:15AM-11:40AM: CONVERSATION BREAK 1

11:40AM-1:15PM: SESSION 10 - Sex, Aging

• Étienne Émile Baulieu - web 3.0 and beyond
• George Merriam - Gerentology/Age Reversal
• Carl Honore - Slow Revolution
• Jane Juska - Senior Sex
• Roula Said - Belly Dancing

1:20PM-2:35PM: LUNCH BREAK

2:35PM-5:20PM: SESSION 11 - Internet/Web 3.0

• Brenda Brathwaite - web 3.0 and beyond
• Brian Schuster - redlightcenter.com
• Christopher Moore - Mozart's Copyrights: Eternal Creativity in the Digital Moment
• Ashley MacIsaac - Celtic Fiddler

5:20PM-5:50PM: CONVERSATION BREAK 2

5:50PM-7:50PM: SESSION 12 - Can Can

• Noah Richler - Canadian Literary Landscapes
• Charlotte Gray - Desperate Housewives
• Jack Granatstein - War in History
• Four Anglos of the Apocalypse - Que Satire
• Bowser and Blue - Closing

8:00PM-11:00PM: CLOSING NIGHT PARTY, CITYTV: GOODBYE