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Monday April 7, 2007
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7:30 - 8:30
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Registration and Breakfast
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8:30 - 8:45
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Welcome and Conference Introduction
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8:45 - 9:00
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Opening Address
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KEYNOTE SESSIONS
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9:00 - 10:00
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David Eaton
Using Narrative and Analytical methods to prevent Water Resource Disputes
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10:00- 10:30
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HEALTH BREAK
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10:30 - 11:15
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Lee Benda
The Future of Applied Watershed Science at Regional Scales
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11:15 - 12:00
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Hans Schreier
Linking the Water Footprint with Water Quality: a Key Requirement for Integrated Watershed Management
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12:00 – 1:30
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LUNCH with guest David Hill
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CONCURRENT SESSIONS
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Watershed Stewardship and Governance (1)
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Data Needs and Monitoring
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1:30 – 2:00
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Gordon Edwards
Alberta Water Council: Water For Life Strategy
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Thomas Vandall
Watershed Data Management and Analysis
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2:00 - 2:30
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Jay White
Watershed Management Plan Implementation: Issues and Challenges
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James Friessen
Application of GIS Techniques in Regional Hydrologic Analysis and Watershed Planning
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2:30 – 3:00
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Claudette Lacombe
When does awareness change to action?
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Kathleen Jaques
Strahler Order Coding Applied to Complex Digital Stream Networks
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3:00 - 3:30
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HEALTH BREAK
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Watershed Stewardship and Governance (2)
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GOA Resource Management
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3:30 – 4:00
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David Trew
A work in progress: partnerships, management frameworks, and Integrated Watershed Management planning for the North Saskatchewan River Basin
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Morris Seiferling
Development of a Land-use Framework for Alberta
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4:00 – 4:30
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Jim Miller
Watershed Evaluation of beneficial Management Practices (WEBs Projects) in the Lower Little Bow Basin of Southern Alberta
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Dave McGee
TBA
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4:35 - 5:05
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CWRA, Alberta Chapter - AGM
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5:00 - 6:00
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Cocktails
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6:00 - 8:00
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BANQUET with Entertainment
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Tuesday April 8, 2007
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CONCURRENT SESSIONS
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Water Supply and Source Water Protection
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Hydrologic Modeling
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8:30 – 9:00
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Akin Owojori
Toward achieving Source Water Protection In Alberta: Integrating Land Use
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Nesa Ilich
Possible Benefits of Forthcoming Enhancements to the Water Resources Management Model (WRMM) for Future River Basin Planning and Operation
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9:00 – 9:30
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Darin Burr
Identifying and Assessing Potential Drinking Water Threats Around Municipal Wellheads and Intakes – Two Case Studies
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Jon Fennel
Effects of climate change and Land use on basin hydrology: a review of major forcings affecting water balance
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9:30 – 10:00
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Harry Schoorlemmer
Assessment of Potential water Storage and diversion Sites
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Michel Rahbeh
Hydrologic modeling for Lower Little Bow watershed using an automatic calibration method
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10:00 - 10:30
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HEALTH BREAK
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10:00 - 10:30
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Agricultural Practices
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Aquatic Ecosystem Protection
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10:30 – 11:00
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Richard Phillips
Water conservation in the Bow River Irrigation District
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Norine Ambrose
Stewardship of Alberta’s fisheries resources – what do Albertan’s know and value?
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11:00 – 11:30
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George Danso
Modeling the Gains from Water Trading under different Crops and Irrigation Technology Choices
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Rick Palmer
Evaluating the Effects of Groundwater Extraction on a Brook Char Population in Southern Ontario
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11:30 – 12:00
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Marian Weber
Factors affecting uptake and costs of Agricultural Beneficial Management Practices for water quality
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Eric Blais
Development of the Fisher River Watershed Model
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12:00 – 1:30
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LUNCH with guest Billie Milholland
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Wetlands and Riparian Ecosystem Management
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Urban Water Management
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1:30 – 2:00
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Connie Bresnahan
Hardisty Creek Restoration Project – Challenges and Successes of Community Watershed Stewardship
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Andrew Chan
Source Volume Control for Storm Water Quality and Quantity Protection of Pine Creek
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2:00 - 2:30
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Tracy Scott
Alberta’s Provincial Wetland Inventory – A practical Application
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Krista Vopicka
Sediment Assessment Of Stormwater Retention Ponds Within the Urban Environment of Calgary, Alberta
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2:30 – 3:00
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TBA
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Cory Albers
Performance Based Stormwater Treatment Facility Design in the City of Calgary
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