Latest Past Events

Rotman Research Retreat: AI & Democracy

KRESGE BUILDING 1960 Middlesex Dr., London

This retreat will bring together researchers from across disciplines and departments at Western to look ahead to future normative, political, and technological dimensions of anticipated impacts that AI will have on democracies. There is already a substantial body of scholarship exploring the ways in which new technologies have impacted democratic practices and institutions and [...]

Space as a National Asset for Canada – #SNAC2022

Ivey Spencer Leadership Centre 551 Windermere Road, London

Bringing together stakeholders from universities, government, industry, and community organizations that develop and utilize space to assess the current status of space infrastructure and identify future needs for Canada.

Rotman 2018 Annual Conference: Understanding Replication Across the Sciences

Room 3000 - Western Interdisciplinary Research Building Western University, London

CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION Currently, there is a widespread perception that scientific activity is in the middle of a (so-called) 'reproducibility' or 'replication crisis'. Many important findings published in leading scientific journals have turned out to be difficult or impossible to replicate. The ongoing controversy surrounding the reproducibility of scientific activity threatens to undermine the authority of [...]