*Registrations closed on April 7th 2023.*
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION!
In an effort to democratize knowledge, CentrEau, the Quebec Water Management Research Centre, is organizing a one-day event on May 4, 2023 at Cégep Saint-Laurent (Building F - Personnel Room next to the cafeteria)
Objectives:
- Build relationships between the municipal, private and academic sectors to develop innovative solutions to current problems related to water management and governance.
- Promote the next generation of scientists by showcasing their research.
- Made known the funding available for collaborative projects.
Program:
9:00-9:30am | Welcoming participants and Scientific Poster Session (see list of posters below) |
9:30-9:45am | Opening remarks |
9:45-11:15am | Roundtables: discussions on possible solutions to challenges experienced by participants from the municipal and private sectors. Participants will be assigned one of these tables: - Elements to consider when choosing a sludge treatment system
Moderator: Caroline Ky, City of Longueuil - Aerated lagoons: best practices for their operation and future prospects
Moderator: Yves Comeau, Polytechnique Montréal - Stormwater management: establishing a picture of the territory
Moderator: Florent Barbecot, UQAM - Geotop - Innovative solutions for overflow management
Moderator: Geneviève Pelletier, Université Laval - Avenues to explore to achieve major savings in drinking water - small and medium-sized municipalities
Moderator: Sophie Duchesne, INRS - Avenues to explore to achieve major savings in drinking water - large municipalities
Moderator: Nicolas Beauchamp, Cégep de Saint-Laurent
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11:15-11:30am | Coffee break |
11:30-12:30pm | Panel on funding for collaborative projects: - Hélène Fortier, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Sourour Ben Cheikh and Jean-Philippe Valois, MITACS
- Daniela Bernic, Consortium for Research and Innovation in Industrial Bioprocesses in Quebec (CRIBIQ)
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12:30-1:45pm | Lunch (offered by CentrEau) and Science Poster Session (see list of posters below) |
1:45-3:15pm | Roundtables: highlights of the morning roundtables and continuation of the discussions on the same themes (possibility of moving to another table than the one assigned in the morning). |
3:15-3:30pm | Closing remarks and awarding of prizes for the best scientific posters |
Roundtables summary :
This document summarizes the main points raised at the roundtables, the intention being that this information be of use beyond the room where it was shared. Enjoy the read!
Scientific Poster Competition:
Student members of CentrEau presented their research in this scientific poster competition. Event participants were invited to discover these projects and vote for their favorite poster. Prizes in the form of bursaries were awarded to three students. Students presenting a poster followed the Guide for the Scientific Poster Competition.
The posters that were presented are:
RECIPIENT OF THE PUBLIC'S VOTE - 1st place:
- Élimination du phosphore dans les eaux usées : augmentation de la capacité d’adsorption et caractérisation de 3 essences de bois activés
- Soureyatou Hamidou, Université Laval
RECIPIENT OF THE PUBLIC'S VOTE - 2nd place:
- Bioréacteur à membrane pour le traitement des lixiviats des sites d'enfouissement
- Oumaima El Hachimi, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)
- Caractéristiques, distribution et taux d'accumulation des boues dans les étangs aérés
- Ali Reza Dehghani Tafti, Polytechnique Montreal
HONORABLE MENTIONS :
- Le plasma : son rôle dans la désintégration de contaminants dans l’eau
- Naëlle Amzallag , Cégep de Saint-Laurent
- Alice Rochefort, Cégep de Saint-Laurent
- Optimiser la surveillance spatiotemporelle de la qualité de l'eau dans les réseaux de distribution : Représentativité vs. Population à risque.
- Andres Ardila, Université Laval
- Limite des infrastructures vertes et bleues pour l’adaptation des réseaux de drainage aux impacts des changements climatiques.
- Thomas Benoit, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)
- Electrochemical Treatment of Commercial Laundry Wastewater Using a Fixed Bed EC Reactor Packed With Sacrificial Anode Electrodes: A Sustainable Treatment Approach
- Sushil Kumar, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)
- Évaluation du double drainage et des approches alternatives pour la gestion des eaux pluviales dans les systèmes de drainage existants
- Juan Esteban Ossa Ossa, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)
- Étude de l'impact du ruissellement sur l'habitat thermique du poisson: Cas du secteur St-Méthode à Adstock, Québec.
- Ons Sidhom, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)
- Améliorer la modélisation de l'âge de l'eau pour la planification des purges afin d'économiser de l'eau potable
- Reza Yousefian, Université du Québec-INRS
Getting there:
Location: Cégep Saint-Laurent, 625 Av. Sainte-Croix, Ville Saint-Laurent (Montréal), QC H4L 3X7 (Building F - Personnel Room next to the cafeteria)
- By metro: 5 min. walk from the college station (exit at rue du collège)
- By car, there are paid parking lots ($), but please note that spaces are limited:
- CEGEP parking lot
- Municipal parking (at 830 Ouimet Street)
- parking at Vanier College
For students presenting a poster and CentrEau student members who are located outside of Montreal, transportation will be arranged (and made available to other participants if space is available!).
Questions on registering or on the Scientific Poster Competition ? Contact us at info@centreau.org
Questions on the program? Contact us at liaison@centreau.org
