2015 Branch Conference
CWRA Alberta Branch Annual Conference 2015
Adapting to a Changing Environment
April 19-21, 2015
Red Deer, Alberta
We had almost 100 attendees, and by all accounts the conference was a huge success! The organizing committee would like to thank all of the sponsors and exhibitors that made this conference a success.
Conference Program and Presentations
Links to Presentations and Program are available here.
Conference Sponsors
CWRA would like to thank the following Sponsors and Exhibitors for making the conference a success!
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Conference Exhibitors
Exhibitors
CWRA Alberta 2015 Conference Presentations
Conference Proceedings
Pre-Conference | ||||||||
WidthsdfForcer | Sunday April 19, 2015 | |||||||
15:00 – 18:00 | Exhibitor Setup | |||||||
18:00 – 22:00 | Registration | Ice-Breaker Reception and Exhibits Viewing | ||||||
Day 1 – CWRA 2015 Conference Program | ||||||||
Monday April 20, 2015 | ||||||||
7:30 – 8:30 | Registration, Visit Exhibitors | Continental Breakfast | ||||||
8:30 – 8:40 | Welcome Remarks: Rick Carnduff (Conference Chair) | |||||||
8:40 – 9:00 | Opening Address | |||||||
9:00 – 9:45 | Keynote Spacer: Jon Fennell VP Geosciences & Water Security, Integrated Sustainability | |||||||
9:45 – 10:00 | Break, Visit Exhibitors | |||||||
Session 1 – Issues and Trends in Water Quality Moderator: Rick Carnduff | ||||||||
10:00 – 10:30 | Restoration of a Wetland Biofilter at Golf Course Creek, Sylvan Lake, Alberta Kate Sinclair, Applied Aquatic Research Ltd. | |||||||
10:30 – 11:00 | Water Quality Protection Downstream of a Water Crossing Tim Taylor, Priddis Environmental Solutions Ltd. | |||||||
11:00 – 11:30 | Determining the Impact of Naturalized E. coli on Irrigation Water Cassandra Jokinen, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development | |||||||
11:30 – 12:00 | Irrigation Water Quality – What’s in the Water? Jollin Charest, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development | |||||||
12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch | |||||||
Session 2 – Integrated Resources Management: Lessons Learned Moderator: Meghan Payne | ||||||||
13:00 – 13:30 | Bow River Phosphorus Management Plan Courtney Scott, Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development | |||||||
13:30 – 14:00 | Alberta’s Integrated Resource System and the South Saskatchewan Regional Plan: How do they reflect a focus on Cumulative Effects Management? Judy Stewart, Barrister and Solicitor (PhD Candidate) | |||||||
14:00 – 14:30 | System Dynamics Modelling for Integrated Watershed Management: Application to the Bow River Basin Kai Wang, University of Alberta | |||||||
14:30 – 14:45 | Break, Visit Exhibitors | |||||||
Session 3 – Approaches for Building Resilience: The Environment Moderator: Judy Stewart | ||||||||
14:45 – 15:15 | Collaborative Water Management to Build Resilience in the Red Deer River Basin in the Face of Climatic and Environmental Change Mike Nemeth, Alberta WaterSMART | |||||||
15:15 – 15:45 | River for Life – Adaptive Management Kerri Robinson, Urban Systems | |||||||
15:45 – 16:15 | Improving Flood Resiliency Along the Crowsnest Highway Bob Askin, Associated Engineering/Summit Environmental | |||||||
16:15 – 16:45 | Break, Visit Exhibitors and CWRA Annual General Meeting | |||||||
17:00 – 18:00 | Pre-Banquet Cocktails | |||||||
18:30 – 21:30 | Banquet Dinner | |||||||
Speaker: Olivier Mills Director of Communications, The Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology | ||||||||
22:00 | Dismissed For The Day | |||||||
Day 2 – CWRA 2015 Conference Program | ||||||||
Tuesday April 21, 2015 | ||||||||
7:00 – 8:00 | Registration, Visit Exhibitors | Continental Breakfast | ||||||
8:00 – 8:45 | Keynote Speaker: Tamsin Lyle Principal & Flood Management Specialist, Ebbwater Consulting | |||||||
8:45 – 9:00 | Break, Visit Exhibitors | |||||||
Location: Main Stage | Location: Salon A | |||||||
Session 4 -Tackling Environmental Change in Water Resources Management: Management Moderator:Sandra Ungerson | Session 5 – Tackling Environmental Change in Water Resources Management: Methodologies Moderator: Bob Askin | |||||||
9:00 – 9:30 | Riparian Restoration Initiatives in the Sturgeon River Watershed Debbie Webb, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) | Future Irrigation Water Use and the Role of FITFIR Richard Phillips, Bow River Irrigation District | ||||||
9:30 – 10:00 | The Community Collaborative Rain Hail and Snow Network in Canada Andrew Phillips, Weather Innovations Consulting LP | Alberta Weather and Randomness Neil MacAlpine, MacAlpine Consulting | ||||||
10:00 – 10:30 | Tax Incentives for Water Protection in the Shale Gas Industry Deborah Jarvie, University of Lethbridge | Ecological Resilience Following Construction and Reclamation of Watercourse Crossings Ben Poltorak, Earthmaster Environmental Strategies Inc. | ||||||
10:30 – 10:45 | Break, Visit Exhibitors | |||||||
10:45 – 11:15 | Disaster Governance: An Investigation of the 2013 Flood in High River, Alberta Eva A. Bogdan, University of Alberta | Arriving at Practical Results from Climate Change Modelling Michael MacLatchy, Associated Engineering | ||||||
11:15 – 11:45 | For Peat’s Sake: Managing climate change and land use threats to Alberta’s boreal peatlands Carolyn Campbell, Alberta Wilderness Association | Environment Canada Flood Analysis using Indirect Flow Measurements: Southern Alberta Flood June 2013 Jerry Wagner-Watchel, Environment Canada, Water Survey Division | ||||||
11:45 – 13:00 | Lunch, Visit Exhibitors | |||||||
Session 6 – Tackling Environmental Change in Water Resources Management: Approaches Moderator: Mike Nemeth | ||||||||
13:00 – 13:30 | Water Resiliency and Turning a Waste into a Resource Andrew Chan, Dillon Consulting Limited | |||||||
13:30 – 14:00 | Rainwater Harvesting Best Practices as part of an Urban Integrated Water Cycle Management System Sandra Ungerson, University of Calgary | |||||||
14:00 – 14:30 | Development of Alberta Lake Level Index: A Simple Approach Zahidul Islam, Alberta ESRD | |||||||
14:30 – 14:45 | Closing Remarks: Rick Carnduff (Conference Chair) | |||||||
15:00 | End of Conference |