CIPA Summer Conference 1999

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Summer Conference 1999		Science, Ethics & Human Destiny 68th Annual Couchiching Summer Conference
Davies, Paul Gray, John Kingwell, Mark Knoppers, Bartha Maria Maddox, Sir John McDonald, Art Miller, Sherrill Milne, Courtney Murchland, Bernard Percy, John Polanyi, John Savory, Eve Schabas, Margaret Serageldin, Ismail Somerville, Margaret Strong, Maurice Worton, Dr. Ronald
		Proceedings of the 68th Annual Couchiching Conference held at YMCA Geneva Park, Orillia, Ontario August 5 to 8, 1999 Compiled and edited by Douglas Glynn "We keep on asking the same questions. How was the universe built? How does life go on? Where is the mind? All questions asked quite cogently by Aristotle more than two and half thousand years ago." — Sir John Maddox, Former Editor, Nature Who's Who at the Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs 1999 Donations to Couchiching Conference Program Photos

		Who's Who at the Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs Officers & Directors, 1998-99 President Trevor Bartram Immediate Past President Patrick Boyer, QC Vice-President, Program F.W. Orde Morton Treasurer Margaret Lefebvre Vice-President, Finance and Fund Raising David McGown Vice-President, Communications David Lakoff Vice-President, Marketing and Membership Jan-Marie Divok Chair, Youth Affairs Matthew Glogowski Secretary Dougal Clark Chair, Western Canada Catherine Aczél Boivie Chair, 1999 Conference Elizabeth Dowdeswell Chair, Year Round Programming Bobbi Speck Directors Madeline-Ann Aksich Andre Beaulieu Gloria Bishop Marc Boudreau Cameron Campbell Maurice Copithorne Martha Findlay John Harbron Megan Harris John Kirton Eric Koch Madeline Koch Eliane Labendz Gordon McIvor Christy Nicholson Alan Pearson Stephen Probyn Bill Roberts Barbara Thompson Program Committee Orde Morton Trevor Bartram Gloria Bishop Elizabeth Dowdeswell Martha Findlay John Harbron Megan Harris John Kirton Eric Koch Eliane Labendz Margaret Lefebvre Keith Martin David McGown Christy Nicholson Alan Pearson Bill Roberts Bobbi Speck Mark Stewart 1999 Donations to Couchiching Government and Corporate Sponsors Bank of Montreal Canada Lands Company Canada Post Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Canadian National Certified General Accountants’ Association of Canada Donner Canadian Foundation Glen Ardith-Frazer Corporation Henry of Pelham Estate Winery Jackman Foundation J.P. Bickell Foundation Metrix Interlink Molson Breweries North American Broadcasters’ Association Pagecraft Computer Services Probyn and Company Probyn Eastman Ltd. Royal Bank of Canada Scotiabank The Frank Lucas Foundation The Marjorie & Gerald Bronfman Foundation TrizecHahn Corporation Individual Sponsors Lois Bobier Catherine Aczel Boivie Roel and Dorothy Buck John Butcher Barbara Eastman Martha Findlay Gary Gibson Alan B. Gold Barbara Gory Morton Katz Gordon K. McIvor James McKay Susan O’Hara Michael Shaw Ida and Dave Shea Joanne Steadman Eileen Swinton Reginald Weiser National Essay Competition Sponsors Certified General Accountants’ Association of Canada Canada Lands Company Limited Canada Post Individual Donors Bunnie Berke John Butcher John Desmarais Alan B. Gold George Grills Roderick McFayden Chantal Perrot Gisele Richardson Joanne Steadman Guthrie Stewart Aczél Fund Donations Catherine Aczél Boivie Margaret Duffy Kurt Swinton Memorial Fund Donations Roel and Dorothy Buck Paul Gavrel John MacMillan Eileen Swinton Conference Program President's Message Thursday, August 5,1999, 7:25 p.m. TREVOR BARTRAM, President, CIPA Contemporary Astronomy: Where are we in time and space? Thursday, August 5,1999, 7:30 p.m. JOHN PERCY, Department of Astronomy, University of Toronto Moderator: ROBERT SLATER, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Environment Canada Science and Technology: To what will they lead us? Friday, August 6,1999, 9:30 a.m. SIR JOHN MADDOX, Former Editor, Nature Respondents: ART McDONALD, Director, Sudbury Neutrino Observatory DR. RONALD WORTON, CEO and Scientific Director, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa BARTHA MARIA KNOPPERS, Centre de Recherches en Droit Public, Université de Montreal Moderator: ELIZABETH DICKSON, former advisor to the Secretary-General of the OECD Questions JOHN POLANYI, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto A Personal Perspective, Friday, August 6,1999, 12:30 p.m. Moderator: MEGAN HARRIS, Director, CIPA When Science Meets Culture: What do we do with scientific knowledge? Friday, August 6,1999, 2:00 p.m. MARGARET SCHABAS, Department of Philosophy, York University MARK KINGWELL, Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto EVE SAVORY, Documentary Reporter, The National, CBC Moderator: ERIC KOCH, Board of Directors, CIPA Questions Keynote Address: Are we alone? The search for life beyond Earth Friday, August 6,1999, 7:30 p.m. PAUL DAVIES, Visiting Professor at Imperial College, London; Honorary Professor, University of Queensland, South Australia Moderator: ORDE MORTON, Vice-President, Program, CIPA Governance and Vision: Will global interdependence be our destiny? Saturday, August 7,1999, 9:30 a.m. ISMAIL SERAGELDIN, Vice-President, The World Bank Respondent: MAURICE STRONG, Chairman of the Earth Council Moderator: ELIZABETH DOWDESWELL, Chair, 1999 Conference, CIPA Questions The Sacred Earth Saturday, August 7,1999, 8:00 p.m. COURTNEY MILNE, Photographer and Author, Earth Vision Productions SHERRILL MILLER, Researcher and Writer, Earth Vision Productions Moderator: BILL ROBERTS, Director, CIPA Ethics and a Sense of Meaning: What is it that we must do? Sunday, August 8,1999, 9:30 a.m. MARGARET SOMERVILLE, McGill Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law BERNARD MURCHLAND, Trumball Duval Professor of Philosophy, Ohio Wesleyan University Moderator: DONALD WIEBE, Dean of Divinity, Trinity College, University of Toronto Questions Science, Ethics and Human Destiny: A Synthesis Sunday, August 8,1999, 12:00 p.m. JOHN GRAY, Playwright Moderator: TREVOR BARTRAM, President, CIPA