2004 CONGRESS PROGRAM / PROGRAMME DU CONGRÈS 2004

Winnipeg, Manitoba
June 13-16 juin


This schedule was last updated on 2004 May 26. You can access the session summaries by clicking on the session title. You can access the session abstracts by clicking on the session identifier (SU-A#, etc.). Click here for additional information for CASCA registrants (English) or (French).

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SATURDAY, JUNE 12 / SAMEDI, LE 12 JUIN

NOTE: There is a CASCA JSCA Meeting, Friday and Saturday (June 11 and 12). Contact Samar Safi-Harb for details.

08h30-17h30 - COMP Business Meetings (SA-A1)
08h30-14h00 - Meeting of the CAP Executive / Réunion de l'exécutif de l'ACP (SA-A2)
08h30 - 19h00 - CASCA Board and Other Meetings (SA-A3)
08h45 - 16h30 - CASCA Student Workshop and Registration (SA-A4)
13h00-19h00 - Registration
14h00-18h00 - Meeting of the CAP Council (Old and New) / Réunion du Conseil (ancien et nouveau) (SA-P1)

SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 2004 / DIMANCHE, LE 13 JUIN, 2004

TIME
HEURE
CAP BSC CASCA COMP
08h00 Enriching Our Teaching Through Integration - a.m. session (CAP/CASCA/COMP Education Day)
(ends at 12h30)            (SU-A1)
Physics Departments Heads/Chairs Workshop / Atélier pour les chefs des départements de physique (SU-Chairs)






COMP Business Meetings (end at 12h30) (SU-A2)

09h00 IPP Board of Trustees
Meeting
(ends at 12h00) (SU-A3)
09h30 Single-Molecule Polymer Physics: Fundamental Questions - a.m. session
(DCMMP Symposium)
(ends at 12h30) (SU-A4)
12h30 Lunch
13h30    Plenary Session plénière (CAP)
(ends at 14h15)

Thewalt, Michael
Simon Fraser University

(Brockhouse Medal winner / récipiendaire de la médaille Brockhouse) (SU-P1)










Brachytherapy and Thermal Therapy (COMP-6 talks) (ends at 15h00) (SU-P2)

14h15 Enriching Our Teaching Through Integration - p.m. session (CAP/CASCA/COMP Education Day)
(ends at 16h15) (SU-P3)
Single-Molecule Polymer Physics: Biophysical Applications -
(DCMMP Symposium)
(ends at 17h30) (SU-P4)

     
14h30

 

IPP General Meeting
(ends at 17h30) (SU-P5)

     
15h00

 

    Coffee Break / pause café
15h30

 

    Radiation Treatment Devices (6 talks) (ends at 17h00) (SU-P6)
17h00     CCPM Annual General Meeting
(ends at 18h30) (SU-P7)
19h00 Public plenary session / Session plénière - publique     (SU-KEY)
(CAP's Herzberg Memorial Lecture - CASCA's Public Lecture in Astronomy /
La conférence commémorative Herzberg de l'ACP / CASCA conférence publique plénière en astronomie)

P. James E. Peebles, Princeton University
A Cosmic Picture Show: Images from Astronomy
20h00 Opening Reception
(light refreshments) / Réception d'accueil

MONDAY, JUNE 14, 2004 / LUNDI, LE 14 JUIN, 2004

TIME
HEURE
CAP BSC CASCA COMP
07h30 "Friends of CAP" Breakfast (MO-A1)



08h00 High School Teacher Workshop (DPE) (MO-A2)



08h30 Plenary Session plénière (CAP/CASCA/BSC) (MO-A3)
Sherif, Helmy
University of Alberta

(CAP Teaching Medal winner - récipiendaire de la médaille d'enseignement ACP)
Diagnostic Imaging (COMP-6 talks) (ends at 10h00) (MO-A4)
09h15 Plenary Session plénière (CAP/CASCA/BSC)
Bensimon, David
(invited by DCMMP / invité par DPMCM) (MO-A5)
Visualization in Planetary Sciences : Invited Talk by Paul Wiegert (UWO) (ends at 10h00) (MO-A6)
10h00 

(the
various
CAP
sessions
starting
at 10h00
run
until
~12h30)

 

Soft Matter (DCMMP) (MO-A7)

Advances in Instrumentation (PPD/DNP) (MO-A8)

Semiconductors (DCMMP) (MO-A9)

Particle Physics I (DTP) (MO-A10)

 

Coffee Break - Pause café (ends at 10h20)

10h20 Opening Greetings for Imaging Session (MO-A11)
10h30 Scientific Images in the Public Sphere - a.m. invited talks (CASCA/CAP/CCPM/BSC)
(ends at 12h30) (MO-A12)
12h30

 

 

 

 

Division Meetings /
Assemblée annuelle de division
- DCMMP (25 lunches provided) / DPMCM (25 repas inclus)
- DAMP (50 lunches provided) / DPAM (50 repas inclus)
- DTP / DPT



Past President's Lunch / Déjeuner des anciens présidents

Lunch: CASCA JCMT User's Meeting (ends at 13h20)

13h25 Herschel Space Observatory Information Session (ends at 14h15) (MO-P1)
13h30  Plenary Session plénière (CAP) (MO-P2)
Patera, Jiri
CRM, Université de Montréal

(CAP/CRM Medal winner - récipiendaire de la médaille ACP/CRM) (ends at 14h15)

Plenary Session plénière (CAP) (MO-P3)
Jaeger, Nicolas
University of B.C.

(CAP/INO Medal winner - récipiendaire de la médaille ACP/INO) (ends at 14h15)

Demonstration of the Karma Visualization Software by R. Gooch (ends at 14h00) (MO-P4)
 
13h35

 

     
14h15

(the
various
CAP
sessions
starting
at 14h15
run
until
~17h00)
Plenary Session / plénière (all orgs) (MO-P6)
Scientific Imaging in the Public Sphere - p.m. invited talk

Peter Calamai, Toronto Star (CAP Invited speaker) (ends at 14h45)
The Precision Frontier in Particle Physics (mostly electron machines) (PPD) (MO-P7)

Symmetries in Nuclear Physics (DNP) (MO-P8)

Instrumentation and Techniques in Biomedical Physics I (DIMP/DMBP) (MO-P9)

Quantum Information Theory (DTP/DAMP) (MO-P10)



14h30
14h45 Panel on Images in the Public Sphere     (MO-P12)
(ends at 15h45)

 






15h30 Genetic Networks (DMBP/DCMMP); ends at 18h00 (MO-P13)
15h45 Visualization Session Coffee Break / Pause café
16h00 NSERC Information Session for Existing Grant Holders (MO-A14)      
16h15 Scientific Imaging and Visualization (contributed talks; all orgs)
(ends at 17h30) (MO-A15)
17h00 BEST STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION
COMPÉTITION MEILLEUR COMMUNICATION
     (MO-STUD)


Improving the Climate for Women in Physics
(CEWIP-DPE / CEFEP-DEP)
(followed by a 30 min. discussion and 1 hr. business meeting)
(MO-P16)








17h30 Physics in Canada Editorial Board Meeting / Réunion du conseil de rédaction de la revue Physique au Canada (MO-PiC) NSERC GSC-017: Possible Change to Envelope Funding (ends at 18h15) (MO-P17)
18h30 CJP Editorial Board Meeting /Réunion du conseil d'édition du journal canadien de la physique (MO-CJP)
 
19h00
Poster Session, with beer
Session d'affiche, bière servie

(ends at 22h00)

(MO-POS)

CASCA ( 70 ) / DASP ( 2 ) / DAMP ( 10 ) / DCMMP ( 15 ) / DNP ( 6 ) / DOP ( 1 ) / PPD ( 0 ) / DPE ( 1 ) / DPP ( 0 ) /
DTP ( 11 ) / DIAP ( 1 ) / DSS ( 0 ) / DIMP ( 2 ) / DMBP ( 7 ) / COMP ( 25 ) / BSC ( 0 ) / Other ( 0 )

TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 2004 / MARDI, LE 15 JUIN, 2004

TIME
HEURE
CAP BSC CASCA COMP
07h00 CNILC Breakfast Meeting (TU-A1)







08h30 Plenary Session plénière (CAP)    (TU-A2)
Arkani-Hamed, Nima
Harvard University

(invited by DTP / invité par DPT)

Young Investigators in Medical and Biological Physics; Part I COMP-DMBP (6 talks) (ends at 10h00) (TU-A3)

Imaging with ALMA:
Invited Talk - to be announced (TU-A4)
Young Investigators in Medical and Biological Physics; Part I COMP-DMBP (6 talks) (ends at 10h00) (TU-A3)

09h15

 

 

Plenary Session / plénière (CAP)    (TU-A5)
Thewalt, Michael
Simon Fraser University

(CAP Medal of Achievement winner - récipiendaire de la médaille de l'ACP pour contributions exceptionnelles à la physique)

News from Space- Contributed Talks (TU-A6)
09h45 Coffee Break - Pause café
10h00

(the
various
CAP
sessions
starting
at 10h00
run
until
~12h30)

 

The Impact of High-Performance Computing on Materials Research (DCMMP) (TU-A7)

Mathematical Physics (DTP) (TU-A8)

Particle/Strings/Fields (DTP-PPD) (TU-A9)

Coherent Interactions of Lasers (DAMP/DOP) (TU-A10)

Novae and Supernovae (DNP/CASCA) (TU-A11)

Techniques and Measurements in Semiconductor Physics and Transport Phenomena (DIMP) (TU-A12)

Correlated Electrons/Magnetism - contributed (DCMMP) (TU-A13)

Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics I (DAMP) (TU-A14)
Novae and Supernovae (DNP/CASCA) (ends at 12h30)

 

Coffee Break - Pause café
10h15

 

News from Space - THE MOST SATELLITE : Invited Talk by Jaymie Matthews (UBC) (TU-A15)

 

 

10h30

 

 

Young Investigators in Medical and Biological Physics; Part II (6 talks) (ends at 12h00) (TU-A16)
Young Investigators in Medical and Biological Physics; Part II (6 talks) (ends at 12h00) (TU-A16)
11h00 Plaskett Award Lecture: by Jo-Anne Brown (U.Calgary) (TU-A17)

 

11h45 Imaging in the Submillimetre Window - Contributed Talks (TU-A18)
12h30 Division Meetings / Assemblée annuelle de division

- DNP (25 lunches provided) / DPN (25 repas inclus)
- DOP (15 lunches provided) / DOP (15 repas inclus)
- DPP / DPP
- DMBP / DPMB
Lunch


Lunch: ALMA Information Session (ends at 13h30)
Lunch
13h15 Radiobiology and Tissue Characterization (COMP/DMBP-4 talks) (ends at 14h15) (TU-P1)

Microimaging (COMP/DMBP-3 talks) (ends at 14h00) (TU-P2)
Radiobiology and Tissue Characterization (COMP/DMBP-4 talks) (ends at 14h15) (TU-P1)

Microimaging (COMP/DMBP-3 talks) (ends at 14h00) (TU-P2)

 

13h30

 

 

Plenary Session plénière    (TU-P3)
Kaspi, Victoria
McGill University

(CAP Herzberg Medal winner - récipiendaire de la médaille Herzberg de l'ACP)
14h00

 

Coffee Break / Pause café
14h15

(the
various
CAP
sessions
starting
at 14h15
run
until
~17h00)
Young Investigators in Condensed Matter Physics I (DCMMP) (TU-P4)

The Energy Frontier in Particle Physics (PPD) (TU-P5)

Particle Physics II (DTP) (TU-P6)

Statistical Physics (DCMMP-DTP) (TU-P7)

General Measurement Physics (DIMP) (TU-P8)

Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics II (DAMP) (TU-P9)

Adaptive Optics in Astronomy, Biology, Medicine, and Physics (DOP/CASCA) (TU-P10)

New Directions in the Physics Curriculum (DPE) (TU-P11)




Adaptive Optics in Astronomy, Biology, Medicine, and Physics (DOP/CASCA) (ends at 16h15) (TU-P10)

Measuring Hidden Parts of Galaxies (ends at 14h45) (TU-P12)

 

 

14h30

 

 

Medical Applications of Sound: Imaging and Beyond (COMP/DMBP-6 talks) (ends at 17h00) (TU-P13)
Medical Applications of Sound: Imaging and Beyond (COMP/DMBP-6 talks) (ends at 17h00) (TU-P13)
14h45

 

Outgoing President's Talk : By Gretchen Harris (U.Waterloo) (TU-P14)
15h00

 

 

World Year of Physics 2005 Committee Meeting (ends at 16h30) (TU-P15)
15h15

 

Coffee Break / Pause café
15h45

 

Long Range Plan Review (ends at 16h30) (TU-P16)
16h30

 

 

  CASCA Annual General Meeting
(ends at 18h00) (TU-P17)
17h00 CAP Annual General Meeting /Assemblée générale de l'ACP (TU-P18)
COMP Annual General Meeting (TU-P19)
19h00 Reception / réception
19h30 Banquet

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2004 / MERCREDI, LE 16 JUIN, 2004

TIME
HEURE
CAP BSC CASCA COMP
07h00 NSERC Liaison Committee Meeting (WE-A1)

DPE Breakfast Business Meeting (25 participants) (WE-A2)



08h30 CAP Plenary Session plénière ACP     (WE-A3)
Fenster, Aaron
Director of the Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute

Use of 3D Ultrasound Imaging in Diagnosis, Treatment and Research: Advances and Opportunities


Portraits at Multiple Wavelengths - Contributed Talks (WE-A4) Radiation Treatment Planning (COMP-6 talks; ends at 10h00) (WE-A5)
09h00

 

 

Data Mining and Archiving: Invited Talk by David Schade (NRC) (WE-A6)
09h15

 

 

CAP-COMP Plenary Session plénière ACP-OCPM
Rogers, Dave
Carleton University
(WE-A7)
Monte Carlo simulation of electron-photon transport: from particle physics to cancer radiotherapy
CAP-COMP Plenary Session plénière ACP-OCPM
Rogers, Dave
Carleton University

Monte Carlo simulation of electron-proton transport: from particle physics to cancer therapy (WE-A7)
09h45 Coffee Break / Pause café
10h00

(the
various
CAP
sessions
starting
at 10h00
run
until
~12h30)

 

Instrumentation and Techniques in Biomedical Physics II (DIAP/DIMP) (WE-A8)

Young Investigators in Condensed Matter Physics II (DCMMP) (WE-A9)

Particle Astrophysics - includes PPD Business Meeting from 12h00-12h15 (PPD) (WE-A10)

Ion Traps in Atomic and Nuclear Physics (DNP/DAMP) (WE-A11)

Imaging with Photoacoustic and Photothermal NDE Techniques and Microscopies (DIMP) (WE-A12)

General Relativity and Gravitation I (DTP) (WE-A13)

Synchrotron Biophysics : The Canadian Light Source (BSC) (WE-A14) Coffee Break / Pause café
10h15

 

Imaging in Multiple Wavelengths - Contributed Talks (ends at 11h00) (WE-A15)
10h30

 

Ultrafast Laser Applications (DOP/DAMP) (WE-A16)

Radiation Dosimetry (COMP-8 talks) (ends at 12h30) (WE-A17)

11h00 Beals Award Lecture :
by Ernie Seaquist (U.Toronto) (WE-A18)
11h45

 

New Directions in Imaging - Contributed Talks (WE-A19)
12h30 Division Meetings / Assemblée annuelle de division
- DIMP/DIAP (with 15 lunches) DPIA/DPIM (avec 15 repas)

Special "New Faculty" Luncheon (includes presentation by NSERC officials) (WE-A20)
Lunch
Lunch: CITA AGM (ends at 13h30) (WE-A21)
Lunch
13h30

 

 

Plenary Session / plénière
Barber, Robert C.
University of Manitoba

(CAP/COMP Kirkby Medal winner - récipiendaire de la médaille Kirkby de l'ACP/OCPM) (WE-P1)







Radiation Treatment Delivery (COMP-6 talks) (ends at 15h00) (WE-P2)


14h00 Visualizing Theory: Simulations in Cosmology :
Invited Talk by John Dubinski (U.Toronto) (ends at 14h45) (WE-P3)
14h15

(the
various
CAP
sessions
starting
at 14h15
run
until
~17h00)

 

Materials and Magnetism (DCMMP) (WE-P4)

Radioactive Beam/Heavy Ion Physics (DNP) (WE-P5)

Imaging in the Stars and on Earth (DIMP/CASCA) (WE-P6)

Photonics Devices (DOP) (WE-P7)

Industrial and Applied Physics General Session (DIAP) (WE-P8)

Plasma Physics (DPP) (WE-P9)

General Relativity and Gravitation II (DTP/DPT) (WE-P10)

Imaging in the Stars and on Earth (DIMP/CASCA)
(ends at 16h30) (WE-P6)
14h45

 

 

Visualizing Concepts in Theory - Contributed Talks (WE-P11)
15h30

 

Coffee Radiation Treatment Verification(COMP-6 talks)
(ends at 17h00) (WE-P12)

16h00 Dark Matter and Dark Energy (PPD/CASCA)
(ends at 17h30) (WE-P13)
Dark Matter and Dark Energy (PPD/CASCA)
(ends at 17h30) (WE-P13)

Imaging the Invisible Spectrum - Contributed Talks
(ends at 16h30) (WE-P14)
16h30

 

Miscellaneous Intrigues - Contributed Talks (WE-P15)  
17h00 Council Meeting (New and Old) / Réunion du conseil (nouveau et ancien) (WE-P16)    
17h15   Closing and Awards Given for Best Student Presentations (ends at 17h30) (WE-P17)

THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2004 / JEUDI, LE 17 JUIN, 2004

TOURS FOR THE OBSERVATORY AND PLANETARIUM (CASCA)

U. of Manitoba Physics Alumni Reunion Events (to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the department)

Meeting of the CAP/NSERC Liaison Committee (09h00-12h00)