Schedule

8:30 - 9:30 AM The Age of Misinformation and Disinformation Invited Speaker: Joe Schwarcz, McGill University, Montreal, QC We live in an age where the latest research in science is just a few keystrokes away. Unfortunately, the same can be said for access to pseudoscience. Snake oil salesmen have a long history of plying their trade, but never before have they been as great a menace to the public as today. Having donned labcoats emblematic of science, or the tailored suits of politicians, they are harder to spot. Fostering critical thinking among the public is more crucial then ever. 9:30 - 10:30 AM MICROFOME Session

Co-creation and collective knowledge in project planning Invited Speaker: Geneviève Lajoie, INRS - Institut Armand-Frappier Becoming independent, self-driven, and accountable as a scientific professional Invited Speaker: Terrence Bell, University of Toronto - Scarborough

One or two membranes ? Diversity and evolution of the cell envelope across the tree of bacteria Simonetta Gribaldo, Pasteur Institute-Paris, France