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March 22-24, 2012 in Association with World Water Day and Canada Water Week
Program
Thursday, March 22
Open Public Lecture for World Water Day’s 2012 theme of “Water and Food Security”
7:00-8:00 pm Halifax (location TBD)
8:00-9:00 reception
Mark Redwood, IDRC
Author of Wastewater irrigation and health: Assessing and mitigating risk in low-income countries; Greywater use in the Middle East: Technical, social, economic and policy issues; and Agriculture in urban planning: Generating livelihoods and food security
Friday, March 23 (NSAC, Riverview Room, Jenkins Hall)
Workshop on GIS in Watershed
and Water & Natural Resource Planning
Registration (8:00-9:00) (refreshments provided throughout)
Foundations
9:00-11:30 GIS primer for watershed management: Speaker TBD
Discussion and questions
Applications
11:30 –12:00 Nova Scotia watershed assessment program:
Kevin Garroway (NS Environment)
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch (on own)
1:00-1:30 Volunteered geographic information: Introduction and implications for comprehensive mapping organizations: David Coleman (Univ. New Brunswick)
1:30-2:00 Data capture tools for watershed nutrient management: Speaker TBD (Agriculture & Ari-Food Canada)
2:30-3:00 Spatial analysis of photograph viewsheds for agricultural resource management: Kate Sherren (Dalhousie)
3:00-3:30 Refreshment break
3:30-4:00 GIS and web-based applications to access
groundwater information for non-GIS professional: Gavin Kennedy (NS Dept. Natural Resources)
4:00-5:00 Short, introductory presentations of own research by attendees
5:00-5:30 Open general discussion reviewing multiple objectives in watershed management through use of GIS analysis: Robert France (NSAC)
5:30-7:00 On-site reception (simple snacks provided; cash bar)
7:00-9:00 Restaurant private room gathering (self-supported)
Saturday, March 24 (NSAC)
WATER Symposium
7:30-8:30 Registration
8:30-9:00 Welcomes
Presentations
9:00-9:45 Applications of GIS analysis for watershed planning
Speaker TBD
9:45-10:20 Overview of Integrated water resource management
activities
Speaker TBD (Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada)
10:20-10:40 Refreshment break
10:40-11:05 ALUS program review and implementation of BMPs in PEI
Shawn Hill (PEI Watershed Alliance)
11:05-11:30 Watershed management activities in NL
Speaker TBD
11:30-11:55 State of the St. John River report, NB
Speaker TBD
11:55-12:20 Risk-based management of ecosystems
Terry Melanson (Dept. of Fisheries & Oceans)
12:20-1:30 Lunch (on own)
1:30-2:05 Water policy experiences and lessons from Ontario
Speaker TBD
2:05-3:00 Provincial reports (4 x 14 min)
Speaker TBD (PEI)
Speaker TBD (NB)
Krista Hilchey (NS Dept. of Environ.)
3:00-4:30 Interaction, ideas, innovation & discussion: Options for building provincial collaboration (refreshments provided throughout)
Jocelyne Rankin (Ecology Action Centre, facilitator)
4:30-5:00 Overview of the Council of the Federation water charter and developing priorities, and plans for upcoming meeting in Halifax
Speakers TBD (NS Dept. of Environment) and Robert France (Water Partner Advisory Committee, Water Stewardship Council)
5:00-5:15 Closing comments
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