Opening Speakers | |||
 | Dr. Dominique Bérubé Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies Concordia University, Canada |  | Ms. Wendy A. Jocko Indigenous Liaison of Innovation Seven (I7) |
 | Dr. Graham Carr President and Vice-Chancellor |  | Dr. Tana Allen Acting Vice-President (Research) |
 | Marie-Andrée Mauger Borough Mayor, Executive committee member, Ville de Montréal, Canada |  | Hélène Fortier Research Partnership Promotion Officer, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) |
 | Dr. Yanne Messi Ngabelinga Director General, CanmetENERGY-Devon, Natural Resources Canada |  | Dr. Bing Chen Director, PEOPLE Network; Conference Chair, PEOPLE 2023 |
Plenary Keynote Speakers* | Technical Keynote Speakers* | ||
 | Dr. Howard Alper, OC, FRSC Companion, Order of Canada; Fellow and former President, Royal Society of Canada; Distinguished University Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, Canada Speech Title: Shaping The Future of a Nation Through Science, Technology, and Innovation |  | Mr. Mark Biagi Marine Division Manager Snuneymuxw First Nation, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada Speech Title: Traditional Knowledge is the Aboriginal Peoples Key Contribution to Science and to Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation and Food Security |
 | Dr. Ibrahim M. Banat, FRSB Fellow, Royal Society of Biology; Professor, Life and Health Sciences, University of Ulster, UK Speech Title: Biosurfactants: Promising Bioactive Molecules for Tackling Petroleum Related Environmental Contamination Challenges |  | Dr. James (Jim) Brydie Director, Upstream & Environment, CanmetENERG, Natural Resources Canada, Canada Speech Title: Environmental Organic Pollutants: An Overview of Natural Resources Canada Research and Opportunities |
 | Dr. Rosa Galvez, FCAE Honorary Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering |  | Dr. Saeid Eslamian Professor, Department of Water Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Director of Center of Excellence in Risk Management and Natural Hazards, Iran Speech Title: Climate Change and Socio-Hydrological Management |
 | Dr. Jinren Ni, FCAS Fellow, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Boya Chair Professor, Peking University; Director, State Environmental Protection Key Lab All Materials Fluxes in River Ecosystems, China Speech Title: From Water-Sediment to All Material Fluxes in Large River EcoSystems |  | Dr. Jinhui (Jeanne) Huang Professor, General Director of Sino-Canada Joint R&D Centre on Water and Environmental Safety, Nankai University, China Speech Title: Assessing Inland Lake Water Quality and Its Response to Climate and Anthropogenic Factors by AI Based Remote Sensing |
Special Invited Speaker |  | Dr. Xing-Fang Li Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) Speech Title: Advanced Analytical Technologies and Water Research | |
 | Dr. Zhen (Jason) He Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Hazardous Materials |  | Dr. Jinxia Liu Associate Professor, Associate Chair of Civil Engineering (Student Affairs), Director of Brace Water Center; Department of Civil Engineering, McGill University, Canada Speech Title: Understudied Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the Environment |
 | Dr. Yong Liu Associate professor & Associate Dean, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, China Speech Title: Water Quality Restoration from Nutrients Enrichment: A Review of 30 Years’ Efforts for a Hyper-eutrophic Lake in China | ||
 | Mr. Cameron McCartney Senior Policy Advisor, National Research Council Canada, Canada | ||
 | Dr. Xiangliang Pan Professor, College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, China Speech Title: Biomineralization and Bioremediation | ||
 | Dr. Arja Rautio Vice-President Research, University of the Arctic; Professor of Arctic Research, Thule Institute, University of Oulu, Finland Speech Title: Pollution and Community Health in The Arctic | ||
 | Dr. Jennifer Spence Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, USA Speech Title: Accelerating Arctic Resilience Through Permafrost Thaw: Needs, Opportunities and Approaches | ||
 | Dr. Nathalie Tufenkji, FCAE FCAE, Professor & Canada Research Chair (Tier 1), Department of Chemical Engineering; Associate Director, Brace Center for Water Resources Management, McGill University, Canada Speech Title: New Technique to Detect and Image Nano-Sized Plastic Particles | ||
 | Dr. Caterina Valeo Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria, Canada Speech Title: Quantifying Uncertainty in Nearshore Currents: Applications Using Fuzzy Mathematics | ||
 | Dr. Katrin Vorkamp Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Arctic Research Centre - Arctic Research Centre, Roskilde, Denmark Speech Title: Arctic Pollution: The importance of long-term monitoring programmes | ||
 | Dr. Dongxiao Wang Professor & Dean, School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, China Speech Title: Early and Extreme Warming in the South China Sea During 2015/2016: Role of an Unusual Indian Ocean Dipole Event | ||
 | Dr. Beidou Xi Professor, Vice President of Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES) Speech Title:Resourcelization of Organic Solid Waste and Cotreatment of Water and Soil in Danjiangkou Water Source Area | ||
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