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Ask A Laureate speakers on May 6, 2011

Video recording of the lectures

To see the recording please see:

Welcome & Prof. Kroto
http://mediacast.ic.utoronto.ca/20110506-CHEM-1/index.htm

Prof. Kumacheva
http://mediacast.ic.utoronto.ca/20110506-CHEM-2/index.htm

Magic Moments & Prof. Polanyi
http://mediacast.ic.utoronto.ca/20110506-CHEM-3/index.htm

Dr. Zimmerman
http://mediacast.ic.utoronto.ca/20110506-CHEM-4/index.htm

For last year's lectures (2010) please see:

http://www.chem.utoronto.ca/chemistry/askalaureate2010.php

On Friday May 6th 2011, the Chemistry Department and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research will be hosting the second annual "Ask a Laureate" event at Convocation Hall, U of T, 31 King's College Circle. This will be an opportunity for high school students as well as the general public across the country, to both hear, and ask questions of, award-winning chemists who have helped to transform our world by their discoveries. Join us or attend on-line to help us celebrate 2011, the International Year of Chemistry.

Programme

9:30 am	Welcome Professor Robert Morris, Chair of Chemistry
	Master of Ceremonies Steve Paikin, Anchor & Senior Editor, The Agenda with Steve Paikin
9:40 am	Harold Kroto "Carbon in Nano and Outer Space"
10:05 am	Questions
10:15 am	Eugenia Kumacheva "Big discoveries made in miniature laboratories"
10:40 am	Questions
10:50 am	Break
11:00 am	Magic Moments
11:10 am	John Polanyi "The Molecular Dance in Chemical Reaction."
11:35 am	Questions
11:45 am	Juerg Zimmerman "Discovery of the Anti-Cancer Drug: Gleevec"
12:10 pm	Questions
12:20 pm	Present Essay Contest winners with certificate and Closing Remarks
12:30 pm	Close

Instructions on How to Hook up

if you can't make the trip to Convocation Hall, University of Toronto

>> See the previous year 2010 program

		Professor Sir Harold W. Kroto 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry For his contribution to the discovery of fullerenes
		Professor Eugenia Kumacheva L'ORÉAL-UNESCO Award for Women in Science, 2009 Laureate for North America For the design and development of new materials with many applications including targeted drug delivery and materials for high density optical storage
		Professor John C. Polanyi 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry For his contributions to a new field in chemistry -- reaction dynamics
		Dr. Juerg Zimmerman 2004 Discoverers Award, innovation.org For his contribution to the development of Gleevec

This event is made possible with the generous support of the Department of Chemistry, the Faculty of Arts and Science, the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

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Ask A Laureate speakers on May 6, 2011

Video recording of the lectures

Programme