A roundtable discussion was held on November 6, featuring the following panelists:
- Dr. Joe Schwarcz, Professor of Chemistry and Director, McGill Office for Science & Society
- Dr. Ariel Fenster, Professor of Chemistry and Director of Communication, McGill Office for Science & Society
- Dr. David Harpp, Professor of Chemistry and Founding member, McGill Office for Science & Society
- Dr. Lorne Trottier, sponsor of annual Trottier Symposium
- Dr. Edzard Ernst, symposium panelist
- Dr. Harriet Hall, symposium panelist
- Dr. Paul Offit, symposium panelist
- Dr. Robert Park, symposium panelist
- Dr. Arie Benchetrit, Plastic Surgeon, Jewish General Hospital
- Dr. John Hoffer, Senior Physician, Divisions of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Jewish General Hospital
- Dr. Amir Raz, Canada Research Chair in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention
- Dr. David Rosenblatt, Professor of Medical Genetics and Genomics
- Dr. Brian Ward, Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, McGill University Health Centre
- Stephen Strauss, long-time science writer in Canadian media
- Bill Brownstein, The Montreal Gazette, "City and cultural life" columnist
- Josh Freed, The Montreal Gazette, columnist
