Schedule for workshop to be held at the Arts Lecture Hall at the University of Waterloo
Please note that registration is closed for this workshop
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Tuesday August 7
Morning Plenary Lectures (open to the public)
08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:15 Welcome (Dr. Philippe Van Cappellen)
09:15-09:30 Ms. Sandy He-Easton, Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation, Government of Ontario
Ontario-China Research and Innovation Fund (OCRIF)
09:30-10:15 Dr. Lei Zhang, Southwest University and University of Windsor
OCRIF’s Three Gorges Reservoir Project: Coming and Go(al)
10:15-10:45 Coffee & Tea
10:45-11:30 Dr. William D. Taylor, University of Waterloo
The River at the Centre of the World
11:30-12:15 Dr. Hans Dürr, University of Waterloo
Nutrients in Watersheds: Processes, Fluxes, Impacts and Modeling
Afternoon Workshop Part 1 (only for registered workshop participants)
14:00-14:15 Dr. Deti Xie, Southwest University
Non-Point Nutrient Sources in the TGR Basin
14:15-14:30 Dr. Philippe Van Cappellen, University of Waterloo
Aims and Format of the Workshop
World Café 1: Hosts: Raoul Couture, Hans Dürr, Bill Taylor, Bruce MacVicar, Kevin Stevens, Lingling Wu
14:30-15:30 Question 1: What are unique and groundbreaking opportunities for environmental science and technology in the TGR basin?
Keywords: nutrients (N, P, K, Si, S), micronutrients, pollutants, non-point sources, nutrient abatement, soil conservation, crop management, ecosystem services, land-water interactions, littoral zone, science-based resource management, …
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-17:00 Question 2: What data and information are needed to build a predictive understanding of nutrient cycling and their ecological impacts in the TGR basin?
Keywords: sources, system properties, hydrological forcings, land management, biogeochemical processes, trophic interactions, nutrient fluxes and ratios, spatial and temporal scales, ecosystem responses, …
17:00-18:00 Reception (Arts Lecture Hall)
Wednesday August 8
Workshop Part 2 (only for registered workshop participants)
Morning
09:00-09:15 Dr. Qiuwen Chen, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nutrient modeling and remediation in Taihu Lake
09:15-09:30 Reports from World Café 1
World Café 2: Hosts: Sheree Pagsuyoin, Nandita Basu, Derek Robinson, Robin Johnston, Fereidoun Rezanezhad, Zhengwen Liu
09:30-10:45 Question 3: What should be the scope and scale of nutrient modeling in the TGR basin? What diagnostic and prognostic capabilities do we want to develop? What scientific questions do we want to answer? What practical issues can we address?
10:45-11:00 Coffee break
World Café 3: Hosts: Rebecca Rooney, Ana Lima, David O’Connell, Chris Parsons, Kristin Mueller, Merrin Macrae
11:00-12:15 Question 4: What should be the priorities of a field research program in support of the modeling efforts discussed in Question 3? What are our collective capabilities in relevant areas of field and experimental research? Are we missing some capabilities? Provide priorities at short- (1 year), medium (1-3 years) and long-term (> 3 years).
12:30-13:30 Lunch
Afternoon
13:30-13:45 Reports from World Cafés 2 and 3
13:45-14:00 Introduction to afternoon breakout sessions
14:00-15:30 Parallel breakout sessions (Discussion leaders)
- Field research plan (Lei Zhang, Ken Drouillard)
- Model development (Philippe Van Cappellen, Bryan McConachie)
- Knowledge/technology transfer, training and funding opportunities (Kevin Boehmer, Deti Xie, Doug Haffner)
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-16:30 Reports from Breakout Sessions
16:30-17:00 Round-table discussion
17:00-17:15 Closing remarks
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