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→ May 27
13:30 - 17:00 : Activity - Industrial visit (optional)
18:00 - 20:00 : Welcome Reception
→ May 28
07:30 - 08:15 : Registration
08:15 - 08:45 : Opening remarks by the congress organizers and partners.
08:45 - 09:30 : Implementation of an environmental observatory in the Sept-Iles industrial port zone
Julie Carrière (INREST) and Manon D'Auteuil (Port of Sept-Îles)
09:30 - 10:00 : The Canadian Healthy Oceans Network: Conservation strategies for Canada’s changing oceans
Paul Snelgrove (CHONe)
10:00 - 10:30 : Better monitoring for better management: the multidsciplinary approach to aquatic environments
Philippe Archambault (U Laval)
10:30 - 11:00 : Coffee break / Exhibits
11:00 - 11:30 : Maritime and port transport in service of the industrial port zone of Sept-Iles
Claude Comtois (CIRRELT)
11:30 - 12:00 : The SECO.Net network: Understanding the impacts of eutrophication on the St. Lawrence ecosystem
Jean-Éric Tremblay (Université de Laval)
12:00 - 13:30 : Lunch Break
13:30 - 14:00 : Real-time ocean monitoring in British Columbia ports and coastal communities
Kim Juniper (University of Victoria - UVIC / Oceans Network Canada - ONC)
14:00 - 14:30 : Current and future economic challenges of climate change on the port industry and on coastal environments
Charles Antoine Gosselin (OURANOS) - CANCELLED
14:00 - 14:30 : Climate change challenges for the St. Lawrence port industry
Claude Comtois (CIRRELT)
14:30 - 15:00 : Developing International Standards for Arctic and Cold Climate Operations of the Oil and Gas Industry
William A. Adams (RESTCo)
15:00 - 15:30 : Coffee break / Exhibits
15:30 - 16:00 : Protective coatings to prevent ice build-up on steel port structures
Gelareh Momen (CENGIVRE - UQAC)
16:00 - 16:30 : Removing Persistent Plastic Pollution from Open Water
Darryl McMahon (RESTCo)
18:00 - 22:00 : Recognition Gala Dinner
→ May 29
07:30 - 08:00 : Registration
08:00 - 08:30 : Multiple environmental stressors caused by humans - an experimental approach to determine types of interactions and their culmulative effect on macrobenthic communities
Charlotte Carrier-Belleau (Université de Laval)
08:30 - 09:00 : Geospatial technologies in support of port- and maritime management
Jacques Charron (K2 Geospatial)
09:00 - 09:30 : Bioremediation of oil spills in harbours and on shorelines: a promising cost effective way to minimize environmental damage
William A. Adams (RESTCo)
09:30 - 10:00 : Oil Spill Response, Recovery and Remediation for the 21st Century
Darryl McMahon (RESTCo)
10:00 - 10:30 : Coffee break / Exhibits
10:30 - 11:00 : How can species at risk coexist with industrial port activities? A case study
Marie-Eve Lemieux (Port of Quebec)
11:00 - 11:30 : Use of mineralogical analyses of marine sediments in studying sedimentary dynamics and environmental tracking
Jean-Carlos Monterro-Serrano (UQAR)
11:30 - 12:00 : Environmental footprint of a port zone: Nature's share
Richard Saint-Louis (UQAR)
12:00 - 13:00 : Lunch break
13:00 - 18:00 : WORKSHOP: WHALES, SHIPS AND FISHERIES: COEXISTING IN THE ST. LAWRENCE
Organised and presented by M-Expertise Marine
Agenda: The goal of this workshop is to examine our knowledge about the present situation of whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; in terms of their food, their movements, their ecology, fisheries, new technologies, constraints, the reality of maritime transport, etc. The workshop will end with a round-table discussion.
13:00 - 13:30 : Marine mammals in the Bay of Sept-Îles: history, ecology, and 2017 summary
Lyne Morissette (M - Expertise Marine)
13:30 - 14:00 : Testing ropeless technologies for crab fishing gear in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
Robert Haché (ACA)
14:00 - 14:30 : Thermal cameras - The development of marine mammal detection technology
Jerôme Laurent (Merinov)
14:30 - 15:00 : The cumulative effect of right whale regulations and the upcoming application of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) on fisheries
Serge Langelier (AMIK)
15:00 - 15:30 : Coffee break / Exhibits
15:30 - 16:00 : Mitigating the risk of ship strikes through a collaborative approach
Véronique Nolet (Green Marine)
16:00 - 16:30 : 40 years of cetacean research in the St. Lawrence - lessons for the future
Viridiana Jimenez (MICS)
16:30 - 17:00 : Cumulative effects of marine vessel activities
Catherine Guillemette (Transport Canada)
17:00 - 18:00 : ROUND TABLE - Workshop conclusions
18:30 - 22:00 : Dinner - A taste of the North Shore
→ May 30
07:30 - 08:00 : Registration
08:00 - 08:30 : Ecological subsidies: decomposition rate of kelp transported to two contrasting sub-arctic subtidal environments
Ignacio Garrido (ULAVAL)
08:30 - 09:00 : Determining the environmental status of benthic ecosystems in industrial port areas in the face of multiple anthropic influences: the use of environmental indicators
Elliot Dreujou (UQAR)
09:00 - 09:30 : Movement onto isolated rocky ‘islands’ underwater : how much distance across a sandy bottom is necessary to reduce the number of green urchins colonizing artificial reefs?
Kathleen McGregor (ULAVAL)
09:30 - 10:00 : Direct and indirect effects of water turbidity on the growth of macroalgae in Sept Iles
Manon Picard (Université de Laval)
10:00 - 10:30 : Ecological indicators at the bay scale: assessing the status of a heterogeneous system in a functional framework
Filippo Ferrario (Université de Laval)
10:30 - 11:00 : Coffee break / Exhibits
11:00 - 11:30 : Transdisciplinary research to underpin policy and regulation in the marine environment
Melanie Austen (PML)
11:30 - 12:00 : Automated measurements of underwater noise from shipping and port operations
Scott Carr (JASCO)
12:00 - 13:00 : Lunch break
13:00 - 13:30 : Spatio-temporal variation productivity, ecosystems function and services of eelgrass (Zostera marina) in the St. Lawrence marine systems
Mathieu Cusson (UCAQ)
13:30 - 14:00 : Hydrodynamics in the bay of Sept-Îles
Jean-Luc Shaw (UQAR)
14:00 - 14:30 : Kelp colonisation of artificial reefs: patterns and possibilities
Ladd Johnson (ULAVAL)
14:30 - 15:00 : Light and Primary Producers Dynamics in a Subarctic Coastal Embayment: A Satellite-based Assessment: Preliminary results
Carlos Araújo (UQAR)
15:00 - 15:45 : From River to Stage
Geneviève Dupéré (UQAM)
15:45 - 16:15 : Closing ceremony and student grants awards
18:00 - 22:00 : Closing dinner
19:00 : Rhapsody, the show (non-CIRSIP)
→ May 31
08:30 - 12:00 : Activity - Industrial Visit (optional)