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Keynote: Robert Sawyer Robert J. Sawyer — called "the dean of Canadian science fiction" by The Ottawa Citizen and "just about the best science-fiction writer out there these days" by The Denver Rocky Mountain News — won the 2003 Best Novel Hugo Award — the top international honor in science-fiction writing. In addtion, he's the only writer in history to win the top SF awards in the United States, Japan, France, and Spain. He's also won an Arthur Ellis Award from the Crime Writers of Canada as well as eight Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards ("Auroras").
Maclean's: Canada's Weekly Newsmagazine says, "By any reckoning, Sawyer is among the most successful Canadian authors ever," and Barnes and Noble calls him "the leader of SF's next-generation pack."
Keynote - The Societal Impact of Technology
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Keynote: David WarlickDavid Warlick has been an innovator and leader in the field of educational technology and a prolific programmer, writing some of the most popular interactive web tools available for teachers on the Internet -- most of them free. He created and maintains the second oldest continuing online project, Global Grocery List, and writes for publications that include Technology & Learning Magazine, ALA's KnowledgeQuest, Education World, and CUE Online. He has also written two books, Raw Materials for the Mind: 3rd Edition, and Redefining Literacy for the 21st Century, published by Linworth.
What makes David a highly effective and sought-after speaker is that, at heart, he is a teacher with a contagious passion and enthusiasm for helping people discover a brand new world of teaching and learning.
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