BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Canadian Black Scientists - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Canadian Black Scientists X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://blackscientists.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Canadian Black Scientists REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20220101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230202 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230205 DTSTAMP:20260502T023355 CREATED:20230128T164943Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230201T121138Z UID:1940-1675296000-1675555199@blackscientists.ca SUMMARY:Leaderboard & Conference Participant Prizes DESCRIPTION:We will spin the wheel to award 3 prizes on each of 3 days – Feb 2\, Feb 3 and Feb 4 \n\nThroughout the conference\, engage with different conference elements to gain participant points!\nThe top 100 participants on our leaderboard will be entered to win $100 participants prizes thanks to our generous sponsors.\n\nLog on to the conference site\, and visit the career fair\, the science fair\, and the sponsor page\, then use the navigation bar to find the leaderboard by clicking ‘Get Connected’! URL:https://blackscientists.ca/be-stemm-event/leaderboard-conference-participant-prizes/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://blackscientists.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/spin-wheel.gif END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230202 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230203 DTSTAMP:20260502T023355 CREATED:20230128T021945Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230131T201457Z UID:1891-1675296000-1675382399@blackscientists.ca SUMMARY:All day: Check out 2022 Science Fair Projects and 2023 Proposals! DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the first phase of our youth science fair. Students have worked hard\, on top of their schoolwork\, to create research proposals that answer their questions in STEMM. \nYour comments on project proposals and offers of mentorship will help these emerging scientists to create polished projects that may win them a spot in the Canada-wide science fair! \n\nTo join the science fair\, log in to the conference website \, go to the agenda\, and click on Science Fair\nCheck out the video by actor and budding high school neuroscientist Arista Arhin\, who will give you tips on how to provide constructive input!\nHave a look at the 4 projects from last year and find the link to check out this year’s developing projects\nAre you interested in mentoring? Leave your contact information on the project board to be connected to a student scientist.\n\nPlan to come back to learn more about the science fair\, and meet our emerging young scientists and network with mentors\, LIVE on February 4 at 10am ET. \nThe Science fair is only available to registrants. If you haven’t registered yet\, there is still time to register and gain access four days of rich research content\, networking\, and career opportunities! URL:https://blackscientists.ca/be-stemm-event/all-day-check-cbsn-youth-science-fair-proposals/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://blackscientists.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/science-fair.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230202 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230205 DTSTAMP:20260502T023355 CREATED:20230120T072151Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230201T121029Z UID:1560-1675296000-1675555199@blackscientists.ca SUMMARY:All Day: 'On Demand' research talks DESCRIPTION:Throughout the conference\, a wide range of research talks will be available for viewing ‘On demand’! \n\nLightning talks are a a great way to learn about a wide range of research topics\, and they’re available for viewing throughout the conference!\n\nPlan to attend the networking session at 4pm ET on Feb 3\, when you can connect with speakers\, or schedule a 1:1 conversation through the conference directory.\nView Abstracts here\n\n\nLast year’s Keynote talks. Missed a keynote talk at BE-STEMM 2022? A variety of the keynote talks from the 2022 conference are available to view.\n\nLog in to the conference website and click ‘On Demand’ on the menu to access these pre-recorded talks. \nOn Demand content is only available to registrants. If you haven’t registered yet\, there is still time to register and gain access four days of rich research content\, networking\, and career opportunities! URL:https://blackscientists.ca/be-stemm-event/career-fair-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230202 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230203 DTSTAMP:20260502T023355 CREATED:20230120T075112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230131T201437Z UID:1578-1675296000-1675382399@blackscientists.ca SUMMARY:All Day: Career Fair DESCRIPTION:The Career Fair is open all day on every day of the conference! \nVisit the Career fair page and click on a virtual booth to see the opportunities being offered by over 20 exhibitors! \n\nLeave your resume\nSet up an appointment\nNote the ‘Meet Live’ schedule for each booth to meet with a representative to discuss your interests.\n\nAlthough the Career fair is available all day\, every day\, you are more likely to find representatives available to ‘meet live’ at: \n\nWed\, Feb 1 – 4:30pm-630pm\nThur\, Feb 2 – 10-11am and 5:15-6:30pm\nFriday\, Feb 3 – 10-11am\nSat\, Feb 4 – 10-11:30am\n\nLog in to the conference website and click ‘Career Fair’ to enter the exhibit hall. \nThe Career Fair is only available to registrants of BE-STEMM. If you haven’t registered yet\, there is still time to register and gain access four days of rich research content\, networking\, and career opportunities! URL:https://blackscientists.ca/be-stemm-event/career-fair-3/ CATEGORIES:National Virtual Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://blackscientists.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Picture1-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230201T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230201T183000 DTSTAMP:20260502T023355 CREATED:20230118T085018Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230131T201506Z UID:1507-1675276200-1675276200@blackscientists.ca SUMMARY:Panel: 'Black & STEAM: Illustrating histories to Build Futures' DESCRIPTION:This panel will highlight the importance of understanding the history and accomplishments of Black people and scholars in Canada\, and the ways in which the Arts can shape and inspire new ways to image Black histories and futures in STEMM and how inspiration\, innovation\, and resistance is a thread that runs through Black accomplishments in STEMM as elsewhere. \nIntroduction to the Panel: Kevin Hewitt\, PhD \n\nNathan Andrews\, PhD\nEl Jones\, PhD\nRobert Small\, CM\nAnthonia Ogundele\, MPlan\n\nThis panel will be livecast for the public. Check back here for the livestream. These links will go live when the ceremony starts! \n        \nOnly registrants will have access to ongoing chat with other audience members and live Q&A with the panelists.  \nLog in to the conference website \, go to the Main Stage\, LIVE! on the menu\,  or click on the panel entry in the conference agenda. \nIf you haven’t registered yet\, there is still time to register and gain full access to rich research content\, networking\, and career opportunities! URL:https://blackscientists.ca/be-stemm-event/public-panel/ CATEGORIES:National Virtual Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://blackscientists.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/BlackSTEAM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230201T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230201T183000 DTSTAMP:20260502T023355 CREATED:20230128T063301Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230131T201621Z UID:1906-1675269000-1675276200@blackscientists.ca SUMMARY:Meet Live! at the Career Fair DESCRIPTION:The Career Fair is open all day on every day of the conference! Many booths have repressentatives ready to Meet live right now. \nVisit the Career fair page and click on a virtual booth to see the opportunities being offered by over 20 exhibitors! \n\nLeave your resume\nSet up an appointment\nNote the ‘Meet Live’ schedule for each booth to meet with a representative to discuss your interests.\n\nAlthough open every day\, the windows when you are most likely to find booth attendants ready to meet live are: \n\nWed\, Feb 1 – 4:30pm-630pm\nThur\, Feb 2 – 10-11am and 5:15-6:30pm\nFriday\, Feb 3 – 10-11am\nSat\, Feb 4 – 10-11:30am\n\n  \nLog in to the conference website and click ‘Career Fair’ to enter the exhibit hall. \nThe Career Fair is only available to registrants of BE-STEMM. If you haven’t registered yet\, there is still time to register and gain access four days of rich research content\, networking\, and career opportunities! URL:https://blackscientists.ca/be-stemm-event/meet-live-at-the-career-fair/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://blackscientists.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Picture1-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230201T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230201T163000 DTSTAMP:20260502T023355 CREATED:20230118T084838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230131T201628Z UID:1504-1675261800-1675269000@blackscientists.ca SUMMARY:BE-STEMM Feb. 1 Concurrent Talks DESCRIPTION:Log on and visit the conference agenda then click on the session you wish to join: \n\nCancer Research\,\nBiochemistry & Physics\,\nEcology and Environmental Science\n\nFeb 1 Talk Schedule \nClick here for Abstracts \nEach session includes a set of talks with live Q&A followed by several Lightning talks. \nLightning talks are also available as ‘On Demand’ content. Plan to join the Lightning talk networking session on Feb 3 to connect with speakers\, or schedule a 1:1 meeting through the conference directory. \nTo join the concurrent sessions\, log in to the conference website \, go to the agenda\, and click the session you wish to join. \nConcurrent research talks are only available to registrants. If you haven’t registered yet\, there is still time to register and gain access four days of rich research content\, networking\, and career opportunities! URL:https://blackscientists.ca/be-stemm-event/concurrent-talks/ CATEGORIES:National Virtual Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://blackscientists.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/shutterstock_2111420633-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230201T124500 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230201T134500 DTSTAMP:20260502T023355 CREATED:20230120T064431Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230131T201846Z UID:1544-1675255500-1675259100@blackscientists.ca SUMMARY:Keynote: Dr. Moiya McTier\, 'From the Woods to the Stars' DESCRIPTION:Dr. Moiya McTier is an astrophysicist and folklorist who was the first black woman to graduate from Columbia’s astronomy PhD program. She is an author and sought-after public speaker who blends the Arts and STEMM into STEAMM! \n\nModerator: Dr. Toyib Olan Olaniyan\n\nTo join this session\, log in to the conference website and enter Sessions > ‘Main Stage’ via the navigation bar\, or go to the conference agenda after logging on and click to join the session. \nKeynote talks are only available to registrants. If you haven’t registered yet\, there is still time to register and gain access four days of rich research content\, networking\, and career opportunities! URL:https://blackscientists.ca/be-stemm-event/intro-keynote/ CATEGORIES:National Virtual Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://blackscientists.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/MoiyaMcTier.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230201T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230201T123000 DTSTAMP:20260502T023355 CREATED:20230118T080654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230131T201854Z UID:1496-1675251000-1675254600@blackscientists.ca SUMMARY:Keynote: Dr. Rita Orji. 'Persuasive Technology for Health and Wellness' DESCRIPTION:Dr. Rita Orji  is a Canada Research Chair in Persuasive Technology and a Computer Science Professor at Dalhousie University\, Canada where she directs the Persuasive Computing Lab. \nModerator: Jeffrey Webster MEnvSc \nTo join this session\, log in to the conference website and enter Sessions > ‘Main Stage’ via the navigation bar\, or go to the conference agenda after logging on and click to join the session. \nKeynote talks are only available to registrants. If you haven’t registered yet\, there is still time to register and gain access four days of rich research content\, networking\, and career opportunities! URL:https://blackscientists.ca/be-stemm-event/morning-keynotes/ CATEGORIES:National Virtual Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://blackscientists.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/RitaOrji-new.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230201T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230201T113000 DTSTAMP:20260502T023355 CREATED:20230120T071635Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230131T201830Z UID:1557-1675249200-1675251000@blackscientists.ca SUMMARY:BE-STEMM 2023 Feb.1 Opening Remarks DESCRIPTION:Join us as Dr. Maydianne Andrade\, FRCGS\, President of the Canadian Black Scientists Network welcomes you to the second annual Black Excellence in Science\, Technology\, Engineering\, Mathematics\, Medicine & Health conference and discusses why this opportunity to share our science with Canada is so important. \nWe are honoured to share welcoming remarks from the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne\, Minister of Innovation\, Science and Industry. \nTo join this session\, log in to the conference website and enter Sessions > ‘Main Stage’ via the navigation bar\, or go to the conference agenda after logging on and click to join the session. \nOnly registrants have access to the conference chat\, Q&A\, an rich program of the next few days.  If you haven’t registered yet\, there is still time to register and gain access four days of rich research content\, networking\, and career opportunities! \n \nView the livestream here in English or French:\nhttps://youtu.be/PMcRZb96u8k \nhttps://youtu.be/25kEMNdHu-A URL:https://blackscientists.ca/be-stemm-event/opening-remarks/ CATEGORIES:National Virtual Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://blackscientists.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Feb1-remarks.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230202 DTSTAMP:20260502T023355 CREATED:20230201T120333Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230201T121001Z UID:2142-1675209600-1675295999@blackscientists.ca SUMMARY:BE-STEMM 2023 Launches! DESCRIPTION:The BE-STEMM 2023 conference platform is now LIVE!\nGo in\, navigate around the site\, and check out the full conference agenda. \n\nThere are many exciting keynotes and academic talks to choose from!\nDon’t forget to visit the Career Fair where many of our 20+ exhibitors are offering opportunities of interest\, and plan to ‘meet live’ with representatives during the conference at the times listed.\nYou can connect with other registrants through our Directory and request a meeting\, you can even meet with them through the built-in zoom on the conference platform.\n‘On Demand’ content is already available\, including some fantastic lightning talks. Check out the student projects on the Science Fair page!\n\nYou will need to log in with the password you created at registration to get full access to the event. URL:https://blackscientists.ca/be-stemm-event/be-stemm-2023-launches/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://blackscientists.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/BESTEMM_logo-2023-002.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR