“Expand Your Mind”
Prominent Guest Lecturer
A promotion of science on campus and the
community.
“Expand Your Mind” Guest Lecturer
 What is the event?
 An evening lecturer event that promotes science to the campus
and the community.
 A lecture from a prominent scientist that leaves the viewers
with an amazed feeling and new-found interest in science;
“expand your mind”. A captivating experience to provoke
thought and awareness.
 Part of science societies strategic priority of promoting the
diversity of science (and there is much more you can do with
science other than get an MD!).
“Expand Your Mind” Guest Lecturer
 Where will the event take place?
 The event will take place either on campus or in the local
community.
 The venue needs to have a comfortable atmosphere and
accommodate a fair amount of guests but still be personable
with the lecturer.
 The venue needs to be affordable (minimal costs associated;
campus options).
“Expand Your Mind” Guest Lecturer
 Proposed Venue #1: Essex Hall Theatre
 323 seat capacity
 Great lighting
 Comfortable atmosphere with an intimate connection with the
presenter
 Slightly small; more expensive seating costs to reconcile costs of
lecturer
 On campus and visible location
 Need to inquire about availability
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 Proposed Venue #2: St. Denis Centre Field House
 2500 seat capacity
 Perhaps too large of a venue
 Open to many options
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 Proposed Venue #3: Ambassador Auditorium
 390 seat capacity
 Good location; CAW centre
 Not a very intimate venue; level flooring makes for difficult
viewing from the back of the venue
 On campus
“Expand Your Mind” Guest Lecturer
 Other venues can be explored such as Katzman lounge(s)
within Vanier Hall or other venues can be explored off
campus such as Chrysler Theatre (1400 seats) or the Capitol
Theatre (700 seats).
 It will need to be determined whether the event will remain
on campus or take to the community.
“Expand Your Mind” Guest Lecturer
 When will this event occur?
 The event is a one day event occurring during the evening.
 There could be associated events occurring for the lecturer such as
tours of the area and dinner receptions.
 There could also be associated events occurring that are add-ons to
the guest lecture such as a dinner event prior (potential
sponsorship).
 The event needs to occur at a time that students will not be
overwhelmed with exams. November for the Fall semester and
March for the Winter semester.
 A specific date will need to be determined.
“Expand Your Mind” Guest Lecturer
 What individuals are involved?
 Key organizer will be the University of Windsor Science Society
working with the Faculty of Science.
 Lavin Agency will be worked with to recruit a distinguished
scientist.
 Financial sponsors to aid with the associated costs.
“Expand Your Mind” Guest Lecturer
 In the following slides you can see some of the proposed
lecturers. In some cases the lecturers are activists in their
field and this could create cross faculty collaborations to
meet common academic goals and cost share the event.
 Please review the following slides for some of the potential
lecturers, a vote will be conducted among the organizing
committee to determine the ideal candidate.
“Expand Your Mind” Guest Lecturer
 Dr. Machio Kaku is a theoretical physicist, best-selling
author, and popularizer of science. He’s the co-founder of
string field theory (a branch of string theory), and continues
Einstein’s search to unite the four fundamental forces of
nature into one unified theory.
 www.mkaku.org
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=219YybX66MY
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 Dr. Vandana Shiva is a trained particle physicist turned
food activist. She actively runs campaigns to promote
agricultural sustainability and ecological awareness.
 www.vandanashiva.org
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72n6PLHmKZA
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 Dr. Daniel Wolfe is a leading virologist and was chief
scientific advisor for the production of the 2011 movie
Contagion! He maintains multimillion dollar grants in his
efforts of developing a viral monitoring system that will
detect emerging microbes before they span the globe.
 http://www.thelavinagency.com/blog-nathan-wolfetedmed-video.html
 http://www.gvfi.org/about.php
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 Dr. Janna Levin, is an astrophysicist and writer. She has
contributed to an understanding of black holes, the
cosmology of extra dimensions, and gravitational waves in
the shape of space-time. She is the author of the popularscience book How the Universe Got Its Spots and a novel, A
Madman Dreams of Turing Machines, which won the
PEN/Bingham prize. Janna was recently named a
Guggenheim Fellow (2012).
 http://www.ted.com/talks/janna_levin_the_sound_the_un
iverse_makes.html
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 There are many other options and all have varying price tags
ranging anywhere from $7,000 to upwards of $30,000. These
people are “celebrities” of science and are not cheap.
 The Lavin Agency is the sourcing agency that will be used to
hire a speaker.
 -David Attenborough (Wildlife documentary narrator)
-Annie Leonard (Sustainability speaker -storyofstuff.org)
-Tiffany Shlain (Founder of the Webby’s, computer science)
-Maude Barlow (Water conservation)
-Etc.
“Expand Your Mind” Guest Lecturer
 How is this event going to be possible?!
 Financial sponsorship and assistance...
 Caesars Windsor for accommodations
 Science Society budgeting
 Faculty of Science budgeting
 Strategic priority fund
 Student activity fund
 City of Windsor
 Canada Science City South
 Wayne State Faculty of Science*
 Government grants
 Community sponsorship
 Ticket sales / concession sales / publication sales
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 This event will require an extensive advertising plan to make
sure awareness of the event is created (local media, campus
media, etc.).
 Ticket sale prices will also need to be determined and would
be beneficial if they could be sold online and have a print at
home option.
“Expand Your Mind” Guest Lecturer
 Questions, comments, concerns?
 Interested in helping in making this event happen?!
 CONTACT:
Jake Pfaff
Vice President External Affairs
University of Windsor Science Society
pfaff2@uwindsor.ca (519) 300-2740