PEOPLE 2022 – Agenda – PEOPLE NETWORK

A tentative agenda for PEOPLE 2022 is listed as follows. Please check our website later for more updates.

Day 1: August 23, 2022, Tuesday

08:15 – 17:30

Conference Registration

08:15 – 17:30

Workshops and Short Courses

Circular Economy Pathways in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Region – Barriers and Opportunities
Dr. Nidhi Nagabhatla, The United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS), Belgium
Dr. Paula C. Soto-Rios, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA), Bolivia
Dr. Brenda Acevedo-Juárez Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
Learn More
The Practice of Indigenous Inclusion in Research and Project Resource Management
Dale C. Booth, Innovation 7
Dr. Catherine N. Mulligan, Concordia University & Innovation 7
Karen K. Dolan, Innovation 7
Audrey Nerino, Innovation 7
Learn More

Day 2: August 24, 2022, Wednesday
07:30 – 08:30	Conference Registration
08:30 – 09:20	Opening Ceremony
09:20 – 09:55	Plenary Keynote Presentation: A Compact and Self-Contained Wastewater Treatment Technology for In-Situ and Community Wastewater Treatment Dr. Jingxu (Jesse) Zhu Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) & Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Western University
09:55 – 10:15	Refreshment Break & Group Photo
10:15 – 12:00	Parallel Technical Sessions: Session 1-A: Water Resources and Water Quality Management Session 2-A: Climate Change Modeling and Impact Assessment Session 3-A: Emerging Contaminants – Fate, Transport and Effect
12:00 – 13:15	Lunch
13:15 – 13:50	Plenary Keynote Presentation: Circular Bioeconomy in the Food, Energy, and Environment Nexus Dr. Vijaya Raghavan James McGill Professor Department of Bioresource Engineering McGill University
13:50 – 14:05	Break (room switching for parallel sessions)
14:05 – 15:35	Parallel Technical Sessions: Session 4: Waste Management and Minimization Session 2-B: Climate Change Modeling and Impact Assessment Session 3-B: Emerging Contaminants – Fate, Transport and Effect
15:35 – 16:00	Refreshment Break & Poster Session
16:00 – 17:30	Parallel Technical Sessions: Session 1-B: Water Resources and Water Quality Management Session 2-C: Climate Change Modeling and Impact Assessment Session 5: Marine and Coastal Environmental Protection

Day 3: August 25, 2022, Thursday
08:00 – 08:30	Conference Registration
08:30 – 09:05	Plenary Keynote Presentation: Biology of Emerging Contaminants, Do They Really Eventually Emerge? Dr. Lisa Alvarez-Cohen Vice Provost for Academic Planning Fred and Claire Sauer Professor of Environmental Engineering University of California Berkeley
09:05 – 09:20	Break (room switching for parallel sessions)
09:20 – 10:35	Parallel Technical Sessions: Session 6: Wastewater Treatment and Sludge Management Session 7: Environmental Modeling and Decision Making Session 8: Environmental Sustainability
10:35 – 11:00	Refreshment Break & Poster Session
11:00 – 12:00	Parallel Technical Sessions: Session 1-C: Water Resources and Water Quality Management Session 9-A: Inland and Marine Oil Spill Response Session 10: Human Health and Ecotoxicology
12:00 – 13:15	Lunch
13:15 – 13:50	Plenary Keynote Presentation: Climate Modeling for Actionable Science Dr. L. Ruby Leung Battelle Fellow, Earth Science Earth Systems Analysis & Modeling Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
13:50 – 14:05	Break (room switching for parallel sessions)
14:05 – 15:35	Parallel Technical Sessions: Session 11-A: Water and Wastewater Treatment Session 9-B: Inland and Marine Oil Spill Response Session 12-A: Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation and Planning
15:35 – 16:00	Refreshment Break
16:00 – 17:30	Parallel Technical Sessions: Session 11-B: Water and Wastewater Treatment Session 13: Environmental Biotechnology and Nanotechnologyt Session 12-B: Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation and Planning
17:30 – 18:30	Break
18:30 – 21:30	Award Ceremony and Dinner

Day 4: August 26, 2022, Friday – Guided Field Trips in PEI

Morning Route

Tentative Sites:

Charlottetown Wastewater Treatment Plant
Kelly’s Pond and Tea Hill Park, Town of Stratford
Downtown Charlottetown

Afternoon Route

Tentative Sites:

Souris Causeway (Souris Beach Gateway Park)
Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation, St Peter’s Bay
PEI National Park – Greenwich

*Platinum Sponsor*


*Gold Sponsor*

*Silver Sponsor*

Bronze Sponsor
Coffee Break Sponsor

Dr. Jingxu (Jesse) Zhu

Dr. Vijaya Raghavan

Dr. Lisa Alvarez-Cohen

Dr. L. Ruby Leung

Read more: