{"id":15300,"date":"2025-02-21T02:47:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T05:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people-network.ca\/?page_id=15300"},"modified":"2025-03-27T13:37:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T16:07:23","slug":"committees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/index.php\/people-2025\/committees\/","title":{"rendered":"Committees"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"15300\" class=\"elementor elementor-15300\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c3741fd elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c3741fd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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href=\"https:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/index.php\/people-2025\/speakers\/\" class=\"ekit-menu-nav-link\">Speakers<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15731\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-has-children menu-item-15731 nav-item elementskit-dropdown-has relative_position elementskit-dropdown-menu-default_width elementskit-mobile-builder-content\" data-vertical-menu=750px><a href=\"https:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/index.php\/people-2025\/conference-program\/\" class=\"ekit-menu-nav-link ekit-menu-dropdown-toggle\">Agenda and Program<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-down-arrow1 elementskit-submenu-indicator\"><\/i><\/a>\n<ul class=\"elementskit-dropdown elementskit-submenu-panel\">\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-16535\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-16535 nav-item elementskit-mobile-builder-content\" data-vertical-menu=750px><a 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href=\"https:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/index.php\/people-2025\/conference-location\/\" class=\"ekit-menu-nav-link\">Venue and Accommodation<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15726\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15726 nav-item elementskit-mobile-builder-content\" data-vertical-menu=750px><a href=\"https:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/index.php\/people-2025\/sponsors\/\" class=\"ekit-menu-nav-link\">Sponsors and Exhibitors<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-16533\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-16533 nav-item elementskit-mobile-builder-content\" data-vertical-menu=750px><a href=\"https:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/index.php\/people-2025\/supporting-journals\/\" class=\"ekit-menu-nav-link\">Supporting Journals<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"elementskit-nav-identity-panel\"><button class=\"elementskit-menu-close elementskit-menu-toggler\" type=\"button\">X<\/button><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div 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data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 283.5 19.6\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.33\" d=\"M0 0L0 18.8 141.8 4.1 283.5 18.8 283.5 0z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.33\" d=\"M0 0L0 12.6 141.8 4 283.5 12.6 283.5 0z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.33\" d=\"M0 0L0 6.4 141.8 4 283.5 6.4 283.5 0z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M0 0L0 1.2 141.8 4 283.5 1.2 283.5 0z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33b4f89\" data-id=\"33b4f89\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fffc54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8fffc54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Honorary Chairs<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-303b750 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"303b750\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uottawa.ca\/faculty-science\/professors\/howard-alper\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Howard-Alper-web-e1740795834971.jpg\" title=\"Howard Alper &#8211; web\" alt=\"Howard Alper - web\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h2 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uottawa.ca\/faculty-science\/professors\/howard-alper\">Dr. Howard Alper, O.C., F.RSC  <\/a><\/h2><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Companion, Order of Canada \n<br>Fellow and former President, Royal Society of Canada (RSC)\n<br>Distinguished University Professor \n<br>Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences \n<br>University of Ottawa, Canada\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c29f07f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c29f07f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/people-network.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PEOPLE-2025_Short-bio_Howard-Alper.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biography<\/a>]<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dd78319\" data-id=\"dd78319\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2b870c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a2b870c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Honorary Chairs<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49b0f69 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"49b0f69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uregina.ca\/engineering\/directory\/gordon-huang.html\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/gordon-huang-2-scaled.jpg\" title=\"gordon huang 2\" alt=\"gordon huang 2\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h2 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uregina.ca\/engineering\/directory\/gordon-huang.html\">Dr. Gordon Huang, F.CAE, F.EIC, F.CSCE<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE)\n<br>President, International Society for Environmental Information Sciences (ISEIS)\n<br>Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier I)\n<br>Executive Director, Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability Communities\n<br>Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science\n<br>University of Regina, Canada\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9c05f15 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9c05f15\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e22eb50\" data-id=\"e22eb50\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b32fd1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b32fd1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conference Chair<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9db6b70 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"9db6b70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mun.ca\/engineering\/about\/our-people\/bing-chen\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture2-e1740796234514.jpg\" title=\"Picture2\" alt=\"Picture2\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h2 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mun.ca\/engineering\/about\/our-people\/bing-chen\/\">Dr. Bing Chen, F.CAE, F.EIC, F.CSCE<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Director, PEOPLE Network\n<br>Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE)\n<br>Professor and UArctic Research Chair, Department of Civil Engineering\n<br>Interim Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science\n<br>Memorial University, Canada\n<br>President, Canadian Society of Civil Engineering\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8a14d05\" data-id=\"8a14d05\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d2f9bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3d2f9bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conference Co-Chair<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f7ef16 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"5f7ef16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mun.ca\/engineering\/about\/our-people\/baiyu-helen-zhang\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Baiyu-Zhang.png\" title=\"Baiyu Zhang\" alt=\"Baiyu Zhang\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h2 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mun.ca\/engineering\/about\/our-people\/baiyu-helen-zhang\/\">Dr. Baiyu (Helen) Zhang, F.EIC, F.CSCE<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Professor &amp; Canada Research Chair \n<br>Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science \n<br>Memorial University, Canada\n<br>Member, Royal Society of Canada (College)\n<br>President, Canadian Association on Water Quality (CAWQ)\n\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-93920c6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"93920c6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;shape_divider_top&quot;:&quot;opacity-tilt&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-top\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 2600 131.1\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M0 0L2600 0 2600 69.1 0 0z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.5\" d=\"M0 0L2600 0 2600 69.1 0 69.1z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.25\" d=\"M2600 0L0 0 0 130.1 2600 69.1z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ef6993\" data-id=\"0ef6993\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89c7b14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"89c7b14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Organizing Committee<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13a7a9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13a7a9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 12pt;\">* <em>Alphabetical order by last name below<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mun.ca\/business\/about-us\/our-people\/faculty-and-instructor-profiles\/carlos-bazan.php\" style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 16px;\"><span lang=\"ES-MX\">Dr. Carlos Bazan<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"ES-MX\" style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-28fc98b ); font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times; font-size: 16px;\">, Associate Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University, Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/civil.ubc.ca\/pierre-berube\/\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 16px;\">Dr. Pierre B\u00e9rub\u00e9<\/a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times; font-size: 16px;\">, Professor and Associate Head, Faculty Affairs and Development, University of British Columbia, Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times; font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dale-c-booth-59b94784\/?originalSubdomain=ca\">Dale Booth<\/a>, Innovation Seven, Canada<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times; font-size: 16px;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nrc.canada.ca\/en\/corporate\/corporate-overview\/biography-dr-pascale-champagne\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 16px;\">Dr. Pascale Champagne<\/a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times; font-size: 16px;\">, Director General, Energy, Mining and Environment Research Centre, National Research Council Canada, Canada<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times; font-size: 16px;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mun.ca\/engineering\/about\/our-people\/bing-chen\/\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 16px;\">Dr. Bing Chen<\/a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times; font-size: 16px;\">, Professor &amp; UArctic Chair, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times; font-size: 16px;\">University, Canada<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times; font-size: 16px;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.tamu.edu\/chemical\/profiles\/khan-faisal.html\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 12pt;\">Dr. Faisal<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.tamu.edu\/chemical\/profiles\/khan-faisal.html\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 12pt;\">Khan<\/a><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times; font-size: 12pt; background-color: var( --e-global-color-28fc98b );\">, Professor &amp; Department Head, Chemical Engineering, Texas A&amp;M&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times; font-size: 12pt; background-color: var( --e-global-color-28fc98b );\">University, USA<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times; font-size: 16px;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times; font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marine.sysu.edu.cn\/teacher\/6970\">Dr. Pu Li<\/a>, Associate Professor, School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, China<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times; font-size: 12pt; background-color: var( --e-global-color-28fc98b );\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esad.ulaval.ca\/en\/staff\/professors\/manuel-rodriguez\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 16px;\"><span lang=\"ES-MX\">Dr. Manuel Rodriguez<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"ES-MX\" style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times; font-size: 16px;\">,&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times; font-size: 16px;\">Professor &amp; NSERC Industrial Research Chair, Faculty of Planning, Architecture, Art and Design,&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"ES-MX\" style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times; font-size: 16px;\">Universit\u00e9&nbsp;Laval, Canada<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times; font-size: 16px;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"ES-MX\" style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times; font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raincoast.org\/team\/peter-ross\/\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">Dr. Peter Ross<\/a>, Senior Scientist and Director of the New Raincoast Healthy Waters program, Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mun.ca\/medicine\/faculty-and-staff-resources\/faculty-a-z\/sarkar-atanu.php\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Dr. Atanu Sarkar<\/a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times; font-size: 12pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-28fc98b );\">, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, Canada<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times; font-size: 12pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-28fc98b ); line-height: 115%;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times; font-size: 12pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-28fc98b ); line-height: 115%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mun.ca\/osc\/dr-paul-snelgrove\/\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">Dr. Paul Snelgrove<\/a>, Professor, Ocean Sciences Centre, Memorial University, Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times; font-size: 12pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-28fc98b ); line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/umanitoba.ca\/environment-earth-resources\/dr-feiyue-wang-profile-page\">Dr. Feiyue Wang<\/a>, Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1), Department of Environment and Geography&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 12pt; background-color: var( --e-global-color-28fc98b );\">and Centre for Earth Observation Science, University of Manitoba,&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 12pt; background-color: var( --e-global-color-28fc98b );\">Canada<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times; font-size: 12pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-28fc98b ); line-height: 115%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgill.ca\/chemeng\/viviane-yargeau\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">Dr. Viviane Yargeau<\/a>, Professor and Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Canada<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 12pt; background-color: var( --e-global-color-28fc98b );\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times; font-size: 12pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-28fc98b ); line-height: 115%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/xudong-ye-a7a79124a\/\">Dr. Xudong Ye<\/a>, Associate Professor, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan Tropic Ocean University, China<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mun.ca\/engineering\/about\/our-people\/baiyu-helen-zhang\/\" style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 16px;\">Dr. Baiyu (Helen) Zhang<\/a><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-28fc98b ); font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times; font-size: 16px;\">, Professor &amp; Canada Research Chair, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University, Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 12pt;\"><b><i><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">To be updated\u2026<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bd3bc52 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bd3bc52\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;shape_divider_top&quot;:&quot;opacity-tilt&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-top\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 2600 131.1\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M0 0L2600 0 2600 69.1 0 0z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.5\" d=\"M0 0L2600 0 2600 69.1 0 69.1z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.25\" d=\"M2600 0L0 0 0 130.1 2600 69.1z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f08600\" data-id=\"1f08600\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-546cffe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"546cffe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scientific Committee<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9b90bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9b90bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 12pt;\">*\u00a0<i><em>Alphabetical order by last name below<\/em><\/i><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.concordia.ca\/faculty\/chunjiang-an.html\">Dr. Chunjiang An<\/a>, Associate Professor &amp; Concordia Research Chair, Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Canada<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pure.ulster.ac.uk\/en\/persons\/ibrahim-banat\">Dr. Ibrahim M. Banat<\/a>, Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences, University of Ulster, UK<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uta.edu\/academics\/faculty\/profile?user=xiujuan.chen\">Dr. Xiujuan Chen<\/a>, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, USA<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.washu.edu\/faculty\/Zhen-Jason-He.html\">Dr. Zhen (Jason) He<\/a>, Professor, Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, USA<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.ucalgary.ca\/wendy-huang\">Dr. Wendy Huang<\/a>, Assistant Professor, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmbu.no\/om\/ansatte\/roland-kallenborn\">Dr. Roland Kallenborn<\/a>, Professor and UArctic Chair, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Sciences (KBM), Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Kenneth-Lee-24\">Dr. Kenneth Lee<\/a>, Scientist Emeritus and Former Senior Science Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unbc.ca\/people\/li-dr-jianbing-jason\">Dr. Jianbing Li<\/a>, Professor, School of Engineering, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.mcmaster.ca\/civil\/faculty\/dr-zoe-li\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Zoe Li<\/a>, Associate Professor, Faculty of Civil Engineering, McMaster University, Canada<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bo-liu-b73a3036\">Dr. Bo Liu<\/a>, Research Scientist, Center for Freshwater Research and Education, Lake Superior State University, USA<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pkuwsl.org\/English\/column\/64\/\">Dr. Yong Liu<\/a>, Professor &amp; Dean, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, China<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 12pt;\"><a style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\" href=\"https:\/\/www.concordia.ca\/faculty\/catherine-mulligan.html\">Dr. Catherine Mulligan<\/a>, Professor &amp; Concordia Research Chair (Tier I), Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Canada<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgill.ca\/civil\/van-thanh-van-nguyen-0\">Dr. Van-Thanh-Van Nguyen<\/a>, Professor &amp; Endowed Brace Professor Chair, Director of Brace Centre for Water Resources Management, Faculty of Engineering, McGill University, Canada<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ormeci\/\">Dr. Banu \u00d6rmeci<\/a>, Professor and Jarislowsky Chair in Water and Health, Director of Carleton Global Water Institute, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carleton University<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 12pt;\"><a style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\" href=\"https:\/\/br.linkedin.com\/in\/ol%C3%ADvia-oliveira-766a7692\">Dr. Ol\u00edvia Maria Cordeiro de Oliveira<\/a>, Professor, Pro Rectory of Research and Postgraduate Studies, Department of Geophysics, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgill.ca\/bioeng\/faculty-and-staff\/academic-staff\/vijaya-raghavan\">Dr. Vijaya Raghavan<\/a>, James McGill Professor, Department of Bioresource Engineering, McGill University, Canada<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/watershed-ecosystems.ok.ubc.ca\/people-and-partners\/faculty-staff\/rehan-sadiq\/\">Dr. Rehan Sadiq<\/a>, Professor, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering; Provost and Vice-President Academic, University of British Columbia (Okanagan), Canada<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rune-storesund-deng-pe-ge-93422\/\">Dr. Rune Storesund<\/a>, Executive Director, Center for Catastrophic Risk Management, University of Califronia, Berkeley, USA<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profils-profiles.science.gc.ca\/en\/profile\/dr-stanislav-r-stoyanov\">Dr. Stanislav Stoyanov<\/a>, Research Scientist, CanmetENERGY-Devon, Natural Resources Canada, Canada<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Shu-Guang-Wang-2\">Dr. Shuguang Wang<\/a>, Professor, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, China<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/qin-xin-phd-p-eng-73965828\/?originalSubdomain=ca\">Dr. Qin Xin<\/a>, Research Scientist, CanmetENERGY Devon, Natural Resources Canada, Canada<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smithengineering.queensu.ca\/directory\/faculty\/xiaying-xin\">Dr. Xiaying Xin<\/a>, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Smith\u00a0Engineering, Queen\u2019s University, Canada<\/span><\/p><p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 12pt;\"><i>To be updated\u2026<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-89b9231 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"89b9231\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;shape_divider_top&quot;:&quot;tilt&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-top\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M0,6V0h1000v100L0,6z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e78b9d\" data-id=\"6e78b9d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c76158 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8c76158\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conference Secretariat<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37969e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37969e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; 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