Upcoming Events
C2ST achieves its mission by hosting relevant, independent, and credible public STEM programs across all scientific fields at locations throughout Chicagoland. With nine out of ten program attendees’ expectations fulfilled, our supporters agree that C2ST is accomplishing its mission of increasing the public’s understanding of science and technology.
We are dedicated to providing a professional and inclusive environment for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, or religion. Please be respectful of diversity in individuals and in cultures at our events.
Miss an event? Anyone across the globe can access our STEM program library by visiting our YouTube channel, C2ST TV. Also be sure to follow us on Facebook, where we livestream many of our programs.
Check out below what programs we have planned and discover what we’ve hosted in the past.
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January 26, 2009
Harold Washington Library
400 South State Street, Chicago, IL, United States
Program Series:
Life Science
As bio-defense issues regarding infectious disease become more complicated in the United States, so do developments for preventive vaccines. What possibilities are there to prevent catastrophic outbreaks and treat disease?
January 19, 2009
Adams Ballroom
Palmer House a Hilton Hotel, East Monroe Street, Chicago, IL, United States
Program Series:
Climate, Energy, and Environment
Speaker: John Rowe, Chairman and CEO of Exelon Corporation
Exelon Chairman and CEO John Rowe outlined the five elements he believes are imperative to the next U.S. president’s energy policy. Rowe provided recommendations for development of the nation’s energy policy framework, an issue that will define the success of the next administration and this nation in the next four years and beyond.
December 10, 2008
Northwestern University, Lurie Building – Baldwin Auditorium
303 E Superior St, Chicago, IL, United States
Program Series:
Life Science
With Mary Hendrix – President and Scientific Director, Children’s Memorial Research
At no other time in history have we been this close to translating basic scientific discoveries into novel therapeutic strategies to benefit humankind. However, the traditional missions of academic institutions and the pharmaceutical industry are almost diametrically opposed. Have we reached the point where ‘publish or perish’ is being replaced by ‘patent and prosper’?
November 19, 2008
The Standard Club
320 South Plymouth Court, Chicago, IL, United States
Program Series:
Science and Society
CENTER FOR HUMAN POTENTIAL AND PUBLIC POLICY PRESENTS THEIR ANNUAL LECTURE ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY
A lecture on The Educational Consequences of the Digital Divide from Robert W. Fairlie Professor, Department of Economics, The University of California, Santa Cruz
November 3, 2008
Lurie Building - Hughes Auditorium
303 E Superior St, Chicago, IL, United States
Program Series:
Climate, Energy, and Environment
With Mark Matlock, Senior VP, Research Division – Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)
After an extended era of stable energy supplies, from a variety of fossil fuels that began with the industrial revolution change is in the wind. New costs of fossil energy are coming to the forefront that includes: future carbon constraints, the need to pursue more non-conventional sources, and re-distribution of wealth.
October 14, 2008
Montgomery Lecture Hall
The Field Museum, South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, United States
Program Series:
Life Science
With Dr. Mark Westneat, Curator of Zoology at the Field Museum and Director of Biodiversity Synthesis Center
Rapid access to information is arguably the defining revolution of our times. The Encyclopedia of Life, an ambitions, even audacious project to organize and make available via the Internet virtually all information about life present on Earth.
