March 14 - Day 2

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07:15
08:15
 Networking Breakfast/Registration (In front of the Maple Leaf room)
08:15
08:30
 Opening & Keynote Address Bob Barraclough ADM, Monitoring Agency
Session 3 Chair: TBD
08:30
08:50
 A Quick Look at Current Air Quality Modelling Being Undertaken By AESRD in the Context of Cumulative Effects Management Sunny Cho & David Lyder AESRD
08:50
09:10
 Prototyping A Tool for Integrating Regional CEMS Data, Information and Quantifying Effects Robert Magai AESRD
09:30
09:50
 Numerical Modelling In Support Of Provincial Groundwater Inventory Program (PGIP) Amandeep Singh Energy Resources Conservation Board
09:40
10:00
 Air Quality Modelling for Multimedia Assessments and Associated Challenges Mervyn Davies Stantec
09:50
10:10
 Networking & Refreshment Break
10:10
10:30
 Cumliative Effects Modelling in the South Athabasca Oil Sands Area Sarah Depoe AESRD
10:30
10:50
 Groundwater Flow Model Development for Cumliative Effects Management within the Athabasca Oil Sands Margaret Scott WorleyParsons Canada Ltd.
Panel Discussion III (10:50 ~ 11:20)
Small Group Discussion (11:20 ~ 12:15)
  • What are priority issues/opportunities for integrated environmental modelling in Alberta?
  • What are the needs of integrated environmental modelling in Alberta in order to enable the implementation of cumliative effects management for sustainable development in the province?
  • What are the major contributions from integrated environmental modelling in the development of and implementation of regional plans in the province?
  • What role can the AESRD, academia, and the private sector play in enhancing integrated environmental modelling for cumliative effects management in the province, and what are their needs from ESRD?
12:15
13:15
 Lunch & Talk Presentation (Starting at 12:50) Matthijs Lemans Deltares USA Inc.
Session 4 Chair: TBD
13:15
13:35
 EFDC_DSI/EFDC Explorer Modelling System - Use and Applications for Alberta Paul Craig DSI
13:35
13:55
 An overview of evaluations to support contaminant load management for the North Saskatchewan River Darcy McDonald AESRD
13:55
14:15

Assessing the Cumulative Effects of Alberta’s Land Uses using ALCES

 Brad Stelfox ALCES Group
14:15
14:35
 Networking & Refreshment Break
14:35
14:55
 Opportunities and Challenges of Integrated Watershed Hydrology Modeling Patrick Delaney DHI
14:35
15:15
 Modelling For Climate Variability David Sauchyn University of Regina
15:15
15:35
 Impacts of climate and forest change to streamflow in Southern Alberta Vinod Mahat University of Alberta /Foothills Research Institute
Panel Discussion IV (15:35 ~ 16:10)
Conference Wrap-up (16:10 ~ 16:20)
  • Summary of recommendations & actions from the outcomes of the conference, identification of issues and challenges
06:20
 ADJOURN