Conference Program

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Thursday September 10

8:00 am - Exhibitor Set-Up -- All Day - Max Bell Building

4:00 pm - Registration Opens- Lobby Professional Development Centre

6:00 - 10:00 pm - Welcome Reception- Room 301 Pro Dev Centre  Meet other conference delegates at this reception with good food and great conversation.

Friday September 11

7:00 - 8:00 am - Breakfast Buffet @ Vistas Dining Room (Banff Centre Guests Only)

7:30 - 10:30 am - Registration Continues- Max Bell Building

8:15 - 10:00 am - Max Bell Auditorium
Official Conference Welcome: Diana McQueen - Parliamentary Assistant, Alberta Environment

Keynote Panel – WaterEDWest - A Confluence of Ideas
Panelists: Kevin Stashin, Vice President, Devon Canada; Beverly Yee, Assistant Deputy Minister, Alberta Environment; Dr. Hans Schrier, Faculty of Land & Food Systems, University of British Columbia

Nutrition Break

10:30 - 11:45 am - Concurrent Sessions 1, 2, 3 - Max Bell Bld

11:45 - 1:00 pm - Lunch @ Vistas Dining Room (all conference delegates)

1:00 - 2:15 pm - Concurrent Sessions 4, 5, 6

Nutrition Break

2:30 - 3:45 pm - Concurrent Sessions 7, 8, 9

3:45 - 5:30 pm - Exploration time

5:30 - 7:00 pm - Exhibitors' Reception
A formal opportunity to network with colleagues and peruse conference exhibits.

7:00 pm - Dinner and Keynote (all conference delegates)         
Geoff Green, Students on Ice Expeditions

Saturday September 12

7:00 - 8:30 am - Breakfast Buffet @ Vistas Dining Room (Banff Centre Guests Only)

8:45 - 9:30 am - Keynote - Making a Difference: How to Ensure Your Ideas Have Impact
Presenter: Dr. Lorne Taylor, Chair, Alberta Water Research Institute

9:30 - 10:45 am - Concurrent Sessions 10, 11, 12

Nutrition Break

11:00 am - 12:15 pm - Concurrent Sessions 13, 14, 15

12:15 - 1:30 pm - Lunch @ Vistas Dining Room (all conference delegates)

1:45 - 3:00 pm - Concurrent Sessions 16, 17, 18

3:00 pm - 5:30 pm - Free Time, Exhibitor Take-Down 

5:30 - 6:00 pm - Buses depart for Brewster’s Mountview Barbecue
Evening Banquet and WaterEDWest Celebration (all conference delegates)
Join your colleagues for an evening of food, fun, and dance - country style! (Don't forget to bring your western duds!)
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Sunday September 13

7:00 - 8:15 am - Breakfast Buffet @ Vistas Dining Room (Banff Centre Guests Only)

8:30 - 9:30 am - Closing Keynote: The Water Economy - Headwaters to Human Choices
Keynote Presenter: Paul Bohnert, Lethbridge Public School District

9:30 - 11:30 pm - Conference Workshop
As delegates to the conference, you are members of the WaterEDWest network. This facilitated workshop is your opportunity to help set the course for the future, provide the direction for WaterEDWest, and lay firmer groundwork for water education in Western Canada.

11:30 - 12:00 pm - Conference Closing

12:00 pm - Delegate Departure