An interdisciplinary graduate student conference on “Future Theory, Present Praxis: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Thinking and Acting ‘Timely’” runs Feb. 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the TransCanada Institute, 9 University Ave. E. Keynote speaker is Imre Szeman, who holds the Canada Research Chair in Cultural Studies at the University of Alberta. She will discuss “The Cultural Politics of Oil: On Lessons of Darkness and Black Sea Files” at 4:30 p.m. For more information, visit  the website www.uoguelph.ca/~future.