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Speakers
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Schedule
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Schedule

9:00

SEATING OPENS

9:30

WELCOME

9:40

OPENING REMARKS

9:50 - 11:00

1

JON
WILLIS
An earth-based guide to alien life

2

TAMARA
KRAWCHENKO
Who holds the power?

3

KEEGAN
CONNOR TRACY
How reimagining complicated characters helps us heal

4

DANA
TIZYA-TRAMM
Ancestral Intelligence is the A.I. we need now

LUNCH

12:30 - 2:00

5

FARAZ
FORGHAN-PARAST
The words that need you

6

JENNY
FARKAS
What if our greatest resource is creativity?

7

DANIEL
SO
The fundamental right to understand

8

LISA
LAPOINTE
The safest way to end the war on drugs

BREAK

2:30 - 4:00

9

TREFOR
BAZETT
Math is for everyone

10

NAOMI
CASIRO
Learning how to fall could save your life

11

JADE
FISCHER
Questions cancer research left behind can point us forward

12

LILLY
WOODBURY
What surfing teaches us about standing up for the planet

Schedule

9:00

SEATING OPENS

9:30

WELCOME

9:40

OPENING REMARKS

9:50 - 11:00

JON WILLIS
An earth-based guide to alien life

TAMARA KRAWCHENKO
Who holds the power?

KEEGAN CONNOR TRACY
How reimagining complicated characters helps us heal

DANA TIZYA-TRAMM
Ancestral Intelligence is the A.I. we need now

LUNCH

12:30 - 2:00

FARAZ FORGHAN-PARAST
The words that need you

JENNY FARKAS
What if our greatest resource is creativity?

DANIEL SO
The fundamental right to understand

LISA LAPOINTE
The safest way to end the war on drugs

BREAK

2:30 - 4:00

TREFOR BAZETT
Math is for everyone

NAOMI CASIRO
Learning how to fall could save your life

JADE FISCHER
Questions cancer research left behind can point us forward

LILLY WOODBURY
What surfing teaches us about standing up for the planet

UVIC FARQUHAR AUDITORIUM

07·10·2026

OCTOBER 7TH, 2026