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14th International Conference, IWA Diffuse Pollution Specialist Group - Diffuse Pollution and Eutrophication
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Sunday, September 12th, 2010

3:00 PM to
6:30 PM

Registration in Hotel Lobby

 
DP Board Business Meeting (more information to come)
Room: Été Indien
(4:30PM – 6:30PM)

6:00 PM to
10:00 PM

Welcome Reception
Cable car to the Mont-Ste-Anne Summit

6:00 PM – First cable car to the Mont-Sainte-Anne Summit
6:30 PM – Bar opens
7:00 PM – Cocktail Dinner and Welcoming Remarks
10:00 PM – Last cable car return

Monday, September 13th, 2010

7:00 AM to
9:00 AM

Breakfast
Room: Beauregard and Beaupré

Registration in Hotel Lobby

9:00 AM to
12:00 PM

Opening Plenary Session
Rooms: Suroît and Noroît

Welcome addresses
(9:00AM – 9:45AM)

Dr. Eric van Bochove, DIPCON 2010 Conference Chair
Mr. Ray Earle, IWA Diffuse Pollution Specialist Group Chair
Government of Canada representative
Government of Quebec representative

OECD Co-operative Research Program Presentation (CRP)
(9:45AM – 10:00AM)

Dr. John Sadler, OECD-CRP Theme Coordinator - What is the OECD Co-operative Research Programme on Biological Resource Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems?

Coffee Break
10:00 – 10:30 AM

Keynote speakers
(10:30AM – 12:00AM)

Maître Pierre Trépanier, International Joint Commission - Canadian Commissioner - The Canada-USA water treaty and diffuse pollution issues management in the Great Lakes Basin

Dr. Christiane Hudon, Environment Canada Scientist - Cumulative impacts of human activities in the St. Lawrence River ecosystems

Dr. Denis Gilbert, Fisheries and Oceans Canada Scientist - Oxygen trends in the coastal ocean - the roles of eutrophication and climate change

12:00 PM to
1:20 PM

Lunch
Room: Beauregard and Beaupré

1:20 PM to
3:00 PM

Parallel Sessions

Session 1
Agriculture

Room: Cap Tourmente
5 oral presentations

Session 2
Modelling, Monitoring

Room: Les Chutes
5 oral presentations

Session 3
Ground water/Surface water interactions

Room: Jean-Larose
5 oral presentations

3:00 PM to
5:15 PM
First Poster Session
Room: Blizzard
Coffee Break
(3:00 PM – 3:20 PM)
Poster cluster 1 – Agriculture & Nutrients (33 posters including 11 flash presentations)
Poster cluster 2 – Modelling, Monitoring & Remote sensing (19 posters including 5 flash presentations)
Poster cluster 3 – Urban areas & Roads (11 posters including 4 flash presentations)
Poster cluster 4 – Economics (5 posters)

5:45 PM to
11:30 PM

Optional Dinner Program in Quebec City

Shuttle provided
Departure from Hotel Mont Sainte-Anne at 5:45 PM, last return from Québec
at 11:30 PM

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

7:00 AM to
8:30 AM

Breakfast
Room: Beauregard and Beaupré

8:30 AM to
12:00 PM

Parallel Sessions

Session 4
Agriculture

Room: Cap Tourmente

Keynote Speaker
Dr. Andrew Sharpley

Applying a Critical Source Area Approach to Phosphorus Management: Experiences, Challenges and Opportunities

Followed by
4 oral presentations

Session 5
Modelling & Monitoring

Room: Les Chutes

Keynote Speaker
Dr. Peter Vanrolleghem

Monitoring for modelling and modelling for monitoring

Followed by
4 oral presentations

Session 6
Economics

Room: Jean-Larose

Keynote Speaker
Mr. Sean Blacklocke

Emerging economic instruments for addressing diffuse pollution

Followed by
4 oral presentations

 

Coffee Break
10:20 – 10:40 AM
4 oral presentations (continued) 4 oral presentations (continued) 4 oral presentations (continued)

12:00 PM to
1:30 PM

Lunch
Room: Beauregard and Beaupré

Keynote Speaker
Dr. Michael Burkart
, Workshop Coordinator - Diffuse Pollution Workshops: Communicating Expert Information on Critical Issues

1:30 PM to
3:00 PM

Workshop Sessions

Workshop 1
Nutrient Criteria to Protect Aquatic Life of Streams and Lakes in Intensive Agricultural Watersheds

Room: Cap Tourmente

Invited Speaker
Dr. Patricia Chambers

Development of Environmental Thresholds for Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Streams

Invited Speaker
Dr. Kenneth S. Lubinski

Scientific basis for designating important aquatic ecosystems and the nutrient levels need to protect them

 

Workshop 2
Landscape controls on diffuse nutrient transfers in agricultural catchments

Room: Les Chutes

Invited Speaker
Dr. Jean-Marcel Dorioz

Mechanisms of phosphorus diffuse transfer and transformation: case study of the Lake Geneva region

Invited Speaker
Mr. Mark Dubin

Mechanisms of nitrogen diffuse transfer to coastal environment: case study of Chesapeake Bay, USA

Workshop 3
Managing Urban Stormwater Quality in a Changing Climate:
Science, Engineering and Policy

Room: Jean-Larose

Invited Speaker
Dr. Henry Jun

The Ontario Ministry of the Environment initiative on examining the needs for changes in the existing MOE stormwater management policy and manual in the light of a changing climate

Invited Speaker
Dr. Alain Mailhot

Analysis of urban runoff/stormwater changes due to the changing climate and potential implications for stormwater quality

3:00 PM to
5:15 PM
Second Poster Session
Room: Blizzard
Coffee Break
3:00 PM – 3:20 PM
Poster cluster 5 – Agriculture & Nutrients (23 posters including 10 flash presentations)
Poster cluster 6 – Modelling, Monitoring & Integrated Watershed Management (30 posters including 4 flash presentations)
Poster cluster 7 – Urban Areas & Roads (9 posters including 3 flash presentations)
Poster cluster 8 – Mitigation Measures (7 posters including 3 flash presentations)
 

Meeting on International best practice project for industrial estates
Room: Jean-Larose

(4:30 PM to 5:30 PM)

7:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Gala Night
Gala evening with cultural event
Room: Suroît and Noroît

IWA Diffuse Pollution Specialist Group
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Ralph Heath

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

7:00 AM to
8:30 AM

Breakfast
Room: Beauregard and Beaupré

8:30 AM to
12:00 PM

Parallel Sessions

Session 7
Nutrient & Ecological Targets

Room: Cap Tourmente

Keynote Speaker
Dr. Clive Howards-Williams

Diffuse Pollution and Freshwater Degradation

Followed by
4 oral presentations

Session 8
Integrated Watershed Management

Room: Les Chutes

Keynote Speaker
Dr. Victor Shiholo Muhandiki

Managing Lakes and their Basins for Sustainable Use: Biophysical Characteristics of Lakes

Followed by
4 oral presentations

Session 9
Urban Areas & Roads

Room: Jean-Larose

Keynote Speaker
Dr. Dov Weitman

Regulatory and Voluntary Programs to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution in the United States

Followed by
4 oral presentation

Coffee Break
10:20 – 10:40 AM
4 oral presentations (continued) 4 oral presentations (continued) 4 oral presentations (continued)

12:00 PM to
1:00 PM

Lunch
Room: Beauregard and Beaupré

1:00 PM to
2:30 PM

Workshop Sessions

Workshop 4
Management Practices to Reduce Nutrient Loss from Agricultural Systems:  Research Results Establishing Effective and Non-effective Conservation Practices

Room: Cap Tourmente

Invited Speaker
Mr. Mark Tomer

Lessons from CEAP: Opportunities and Challenges for Improving Water Quality Performance of Conservation Systems

Invited Speaker
Dr. Eric van Bochove

Landscape, hydrology and agricultural practices relationships towards surface and ground waters quality improvement within WEBs watersheds

Workshop 5
Emerging Contaminants in Groundwater and Surface Water:
Selected Substances, Pathogens, Sources, Monitoring, Risk Assessment and Management

Room: Les Chutes

Invited Speaker
Dr. Tamara Grummt

Risk assessment for emerging contaminants in the water cycle: recent advances and future needs

Invited Speaker
Dr. Ed Topp

Fecal contamination in mixed activity watersheds: Developments in human risk assessment and risk management

Workshop 6
Water Quality Trading:  Pre-requisite Analyses 

Room: Jean-Larose

Invited Speaker
Dr. Harry Zhang

Engineering assessments, monitoring and modeling of effluent and diffuse pollution discharges pursuant to establishing a water quality trading program or policy

Invited Speaker
Mr. John Joyce

Conducting cost-effectiveness analysis to identify potential buyers and sellers of water pollution control credits to initiate water quality trades

2:30 PM to
3:00 PM
Coffee Break
Room: Suroît and Noroît

3:00 PM to
5:00 PM

Closing Plenary Session
Rooms: Suroît and Noroît

"Linking science and policy"

Keynote Speakers (3:00PM – 4:20PM)

Mr. Kevin Parris, Policies and Environment Division, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD – Diffuse Water Pollution and Agriculture: Policy Approaches and Outlook across OECD Countries.

Pr. William E. Rees, School of Community and Regional Planning, University of British Columbia – The Diffuse Impacts of Globalization: Undermining Sustainability.

 

Wrap-up session and closing remarks (4:20PM – 5:00PM)

Mr. Ray Earle, Past-Chairman of the IWA Diffuse Pollution Specialist Group

Award Ceremony for the best YWP & Student Oral and Poster Presentations

Dr. Jim Cooke and Dr. Robert Davies-Colley, DIPCON 2011, New-Zealand Invitation

Dr. Eric van Bochove, Chairman of the IWA Diffuse Pollution Specialist Group

5:00 PM to
6:30 PM
Post-Conference DP Board Business Meeting (dinner to follow)
Room: Jean-Larose

6:30 PM to
11:30 PM

Optional Dinner Program (free evening on your own)

Shuttle provided
Departure from Hotel Mont Sainte-Anne at 6:00 PM, last return from Québec
at 11:30 PM

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

9:00 AM to
5:00 PM

1-Day and first day of the 2-Day Technical Tours (Optional)

"Quebec City: River shores and water management"

Departure from Hotel Mont-Sainte-Anne at 9:00 AM

Lunch provided

One (1) night at the Hotel “Le Manoir Victoria”, Québec City included with the 2-Day Technical Tour only

Friday, September 17th, 2010

9:00 AM to
6:00 PM

2-Day Technical Tour – continued (Optional)

"Lac St-Pierre World Biosphere Reserve and historical sites along the north and south shores of the Saint Lawrence River from Quebec to Montreal"

Departure from Hotel "Le Manoir Victoria" at 9:00 AM

Lunch provided

The 2-day technical tour ends at the Longueil subway station (facing Montreal on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River). Participants can connect to their hotels to participate to the IWA World Water Congress or to the PET International Airport. Buses return to Quebec City for the other participants.