SUSTAINABLE LABORATORIES
Sustaining the Industry for the Next Generation.
The 2024 SLCan Conference Committee is exploring the following topics as the focus of this year's conference:
- DEI – Accessibility and Inclusion in Labs
- Reduction in Embodied Carbon and Net Zero Goals
- From Incubation to Commercialization
- Greening Operations and Policies
Under the lens of these four pillars, how are you/we…
- Supporting science research and growth in Canada? I.E., policy, design, research parks, etc.
- Developing space that will meet our net zero carbon goals?
- Developing space that top scientists want to work in?
- Going beyond minimum code standards to make spaces accessible and accommodating for accessible devices?
- Advancing, promoting and supporting the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion in your planning and design work?
- Supporting DEI and/or accessibility policies in your new laboratory planning?
- Operating laboratories to meet reduced embodied carbon goals?
- Supporting the development from incubation to commercialization?
- Facilitating early collaboration with users and facilities, maintenance and operations teams to better design laboratory space and meet the end-user expectations?
Abstract submission deadline: MAY 22, 2024
Download the Call for Abstracts form
ABSTRACTS
Abstracts should be submitted for consideration as oral presentations in an in-person environment. Oral presentations are to be 30 minutes in length. Abstracts should be no more than 500 words and must include biographies for all presenters. The abstracts may be submitted in English or French and must be submitted using the form to info@slcan.ca. Note that all sections of the form must be completed to be considered. The abstract submission deadline is May 22, 2024.
Special attention will be given to abstracts that:
• Focus on new developments and technologies;
• Evaluate a completed project's performance by presenting documented results over a period of time; and,
• Are presented by the facility owner.
PRESENTER REGISTRATION
All presenters are required to register for the Conference by September 11, 2024. ONE discounted registration ($650 + tax) will be made available for each accepted presentation. Additional presenters will be required to register at the full rate. The discounted registration can only be claimed by filling out the PDF registration form provided with the presentation confirmation notice and returning it to info@slcan.ca.
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
Initial abstracts may be submitted in English or French. All final abstracts and presentations crediting federal government employee authors must be submitted in English and French. Any organizations with translation capabilities are encouraged to provide their abstracts and presentations in English and French. The translation may follow the revised final version.
FINAL PRESENTATIONS
PowerPoint (PPT) presentations must be submitted for review by subject experts. Authors of accepted presentations must revise their PPT presentations as required by the reviewers. Revised PPTs are to be submitted by e-mail. The PPT will be made available on the SLCan website (www.slcan.ca) following the Conference in the members only section.
A recording of the final presentation will be due by November 13. The recording will be made available in the event app following the Conference.
Abstract Deadline – May 22, 2024
Author Notification – June 12, 2024
Revised/Translated Abstract Due – June 19, 2024
Program Published – June 19, 2024
Speaker Registration Deadline – September 11, 2024
Draft PPT Due – October 9, 2024
Final (Revised) PPT Due – November 6, 2024
Presentation Recording Due – November 13, 2024
Translated PPT Due – November 13, 2024
TIPS FOR PRESENTERS (selected abstracts)
• Communicate sustainability in a way that makes it relevant and useful to the particular audience you are speaking to.
• Provide a balance between negative and positive with a focus on the positive.
• Provide a balance between theory, examples and stories, with a focus on the stories.
• Empower the audience with information that will enable them to move forward to do something rather than get frustrated.
• Communicate all sides of the story as effectively as possible.
• Base the presentation on actual experience (own or that of others), not on speculation and wishful thinking.
• Address challenges and trade-offs around sustainability.
• Be engaging and interactive, breaking conventions in presentation style as sustainability requires breaking conventions in the “real world”.