Tickets are on sale for our epic Nerd Nite Calgary Season 2 Finale on Thursday, June 11!
When: Thursday, June 11, 2015 @ 7pm
Where: The Wild Rose Brewery Taproom
Tickets: $10 online
This is an 18+ event.
Beer and Education … who could ask for anything more? This is the last event of season 2 of Nerd Nite Calgary … let’s send it off with a bang.
SPEAKERS
An Iconic New Horned Dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta
Dr. Caleb Brown, Royal Tyrrell Museum
Dr. Caleb Brown
This talk documents the steps involved in the discovery, excavation, and description of a brand new species of horned dinosaur. This new animal is known from an impressive and nearly complete skull found along the Oldman River in southwestern Alberta. Unexpected features of the horns and shield-like frill reveals new data on the evolution of horned dinosaurs.
The Changing Brain
Manu Schuetze, PhD student
Keelin Rivard, MSc Candidate
Keelin Rivard & Manu Schuetze
Our brain is the most complex organ in our body, allowing us to think, feel, reason, learn, believe, talk and so much more that makes us human. But what happens if something goes wrong? Follow Manu and Keelin on a journey through different stages of life and how disorders such as Autism, Depression and Alzheimers are related to changes in our brain.
Be all you can’t be – What is LARP?
Cory Fliegel – Alliance Alberta LARP
Love Game of Thrones? Have you watched all of the Lord of the Rings? Want
to participate in stories like these and not just watch them? Live Action
Role-Playing is what you need! Meet Cory Fliegel, owner of Alliance
Alberta LARP. He will be explaining what LARP is and how to get involved
in a fast growing segment of nerd-dom.