On Wednesday August, the Science & Innovation Network (SIN) at the British High Commission in Ottawa (BHC) hosted our third Science Salon (See the following for Salons 1 and 2), featuring Dr. Adrian Owen, and in collaboration with the Canada Excellence Research Chairs Program. Dr Owen is one of the Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC -in Cognitive Neuroscience), that were announced in May, 2010. He came to the University of Western Ontario (UWO) from the University of Cambridge in the UK, and has been fostering Canada/UK linkages ever since. The newly opened Centre for Brain and Mind at the University of Western Ontario has already announced a Canada/UK partnership which will allow for training/exchanges of Canadian (UWO) and UK (University of
Cambridge, King’s College London and University College London) Post-doctoral researchers!
An incredibly engaging speaker who is not hesitant to tackle complicated questions, Dr. Owen wowed the crowd assembled at the Queen and Albert Pub (Q&A) within the BHC, and kindly agreed to come back in the next day to do a video blog with us (below – full presentation from the event embedded at the bottom).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPH5Dl2YUVQ
Dr. Owen is a man of many talents, while actively involved in research, he is also member of a band, called “You Jump First” (you can find lots of videos of them here), and in the UK was involved in science outreach through Guerilla Science (something he misses – perhaps another area to develop Canada/UK S&I relations ;)).
Well worth watching, Dr. Owen’s full presentation is below, so break out the microwave popcorn and get ready for a fascinating discussion on Cognitive Neuroscience!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ-RADemYf4&feature=player_embedded
Dr. Owen was also recently featured in the Ottawa Citizen, and you can find his interview with The Agenda’s Steve Paikin here from earlier this year.