GRAND 2013 will take place May 14-16, 2013 in Toronto, ON
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Program 

List of Plenary Speakers 

Program updated: April 16, 2013


Monday, May 13 - Delta Chelsea Hotel

  Canada 3.0 Programming 
 
 
1:00pm-
4:00pm 
Workshops Track A: Scott Room
Track B: Carlyle Room
Track A: Mitacs Steps, Effective Networking
Track B: Listening with Empathy
4:00pm-
5:00pm 
Refreshments  Corridor outside Scott / Carlyle For Workshop and Orientation attendees 
*Registration desk on-site. Pick up your badge!  
5:00pm-
6:00pm 
HQP Orientation Delta Chelsea Hotel
Carlyle Room 
Optional, but highly recommended!
6:00pm + Dinner & Project Meetings Local Restaurants  
 

Tuesday, May 14 - Metro Toronto Convention Centre (North Building)

8:00am-
8:45am 
Networking & coffee Exhibit Hall C
Level 300 

9:00am-
10:00am 
Canada 3.0 Keynote:
Chris Anderson 
Exhibit Hall C
Level 300
 
10:00am-
10:15am 
Walk to next session    
10:15am-
10:45am 
Digital Media Pioneer Award Ceremony Room 206 
Level 200 
Sara Diamond
GRAND 2013 Digital Media Pioneer Award Recipient

10:45am-
11:15am 
Break / walk to next session Room 203
11:15am-
12:15pm
CDMN Canada 3.0 Keynote:
Jane McGonigal 
Exhibit Hall C
Level 300
 
12:15pm-
12:30pm 
Break Room 203 
Level 200 
 
12:30pm-
1:45pm 
Lunch / Network Meetings Track A: NI Meeting
Room 206 

Track B: HQP Meeting
Room 203 

Track A: Discussion of upcoming Renewal process for GRAND.

Track B: HQP-focused open forum organized by GSPC

1:45pm-
2:00pm 
Walk to next session    
2:00pm-
3:00pm 
Plenary Speaker: Terry O'Reilly
Broadcaster, CBC Radio
Room 206
Level 200 
Joint Session with Canada 3.0
3:00pm-
3:15pm 
Break Room 203 
Level 200 

3:15pm-
5:00pm 
Two Minute Madness Room 206
Level 200 
2-Minute presentations from each of the projects within the GRAND network
 
5:00pm-
5:45pm 
Poster & Demo Set-up /
Project Meetings 
Exhibit Hall B
Level 300 
 
5:45pm-
9:00pm 
Reception Featuring Posters & Demos Exhibit Hall B
Level 300
List of participating GRAND Posters and Demos

Wednesday, May 15 - Metro Toronto Convention Centre (North Building)

9:00am-
10:15am 
Project Meetings Room 203 
Level 200 
GRAND Registration opens at 8:00am 
 
10:15am-
11:15am 
Research Notes
(2 concurrent tracks) 
Various 
Level 200 
Track A: Room 205
Track B: Room 206
11:15am-
11:30am 
Break Room 203 
Level 200 
 
11:30am-
12:30pm 
Research Notes
(2 concurrent tracks) 
Various
Level 200 
Track A: Room 205
Track B: Room 206
12:30pm-
2:00pm 
Lunch & Project Meetings Room 203 
Level 200 

2:00pm-
3:00pm 
Plenary Speaker: Jian Ghomeshi
Broadcaster, CBC Radio 
Room 206
Level 200 
Joint Session with Canada 3.0
3:00pm-
3:15pm 
Break Room 203 
Level 200 


3:15pm-
5:15pm 
Panel Session: Women in Games Room 206 
Level 200 
Moderator: Jennifer Jenson
Panelists: Grace GTZ, Brenda Gershkovitch, Cecily Carver and Anita Sarkeesian
5:15pm+ Dinner & Project Meetings Various
Level 200 
Local restaurants

Thursday, May 16 - Metro Toronto Conference Centre (North Building)

9:00am-
9:45am 
Renewal Q&A Room 205 
Level 200 
Follow-up discussion to Tuesday's NI meeting (12:30pm-1:30pm) on GRAND's upcoming Renewal process.

9:45am-
11:15am 
Panel Session: Research Ethics Room 206 
Level 200 
Panelists: Robert Basso, Jacquelyn Burkell, Deborah Fels,  Sam Trosow, Susan Zimmerman
11:15am-
11:30am 
Break Room 203 
Level 200 


11:30am-
12:30pm
International session: Marcelo Zuffo 
Professor, Polytechnic University of São Paulo 
Room 206 
Level 200 
Innovation and Digital Media in Brazil
12:30pm-
2:30pm 
Lunch & Reception

Room 203 
Level 200 
Featuring posters from CIVDDD and KMDI. Project meetings are to be scheduled ad hoc.
2:30pm-
3:00pm 
Digital Media Pioneer Award Ceremony Room 206 
Level 200 
Ronald Baecker
GRAND 2013 Digital Media Pioneer Award Recipient
 
3:00pm-
3:15pm 
Break Room 203 
Level 200 
 
3:15pm-
4:15pm 
Research Notes
(2 concurrent tracks) 

Various 
Level 200

Track A: Room 205
Track B: Room 206
4:15pm-
4:30pm 
Break Room 203
Level 200 
 
4:30pm-
5:15pm 
Plenary Speaker: Roel Vertegaal Room 206 
Level 200 
 
 
5:15pm-
5:30pm 
Closing Remarks Room 206 
Level 200 
 
5:30pm+ Project Meetings Various Local restaurants

Friday, May 17 - Delta Chelsea Hotel

9:00am-
12:00pm 
TCPS2 Research Ethics Workshop Delta Chelsea Hotel,
Carlyle Room