International Forum on Integrated Water Management • Tools for Action

Forum program

The main objective of the International Forum on Integrated Water Management is to share practical knowledge that leads to improving water quality.

5 major themes have been identified to permit the participants from around the world to exchange ideas about tried and tested tools for efficient water resource management.

Close to 90 speakers shared some 30 workshops during the three days of the Forum. Click here for the program with speakers names

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Monday, June 1^st - Workshop schedule Click here to get to the conference titles and speakers section.

	Small Agora	Maurice O'Bready	STI Agora	Bellevue Balcony	Orford Balcony
Theme	Characterisation and diagnosis tools	Planning and governance tools	Information and joint-action tools	Water management tools in the agricultural setting	Intervention tools for the major water-related issues
8h-9h30	Registration, coffee and networking
9h30-10h30	Opening keynote speakers Nicole St-Martin, Oxfam-Québec
11h-12hPM	Integrated water resource management: fundamentals and progress Jean-François Donzier (INBO) and André Beauchamp
1h30-3hPM	Control program for water quality	Water governance models	Involving communities in IWRM* I	Partnership and joint-action in the agricultural setting	Actions to prevent the proliferation of cyanobacteria
3h30-5hPM	Eastern Canadian Diatom Index	Planning IWRM*	Involving communities in IWRM II	Hydrological modeling approaches in agricultural setting	Ground water protection

*IWRM = Integrated water resource management

Tuesday, June 2^nd - Workshop schedule Click here to get to the conference titles and speakers section.

	Small Agora	Maurice O'Bready	STI Agora	Bellevue Balcony	Orford Balcony
Theme	Characterisation and diagnosis tools	Planning and governance tools	Information and joint-action tools	Water management tools in the agricultural setting	Intervention tools for the major water-related issues
8h30-10h	Modeling tools	IWRM assessment	Partnership and joint-action	Involving communities in water management	Adapting to climate change I
10h30-12h	Characterization of nutrient sources and support capacity	Legal tools I	Transfert of training	Diagnosis of erosion and of water quality Action tools in the forest setting	Climate changes II
1h30-3h30PM	Financial aspects of IWRM*	Legal tools II	Implementation of IWRM*	Solutions to decline in water quality	Climate changes III
15h30-6hPM	Cocktail - Cité des rivières project
6h30-9h30PM	Riccardo Petrella Conference Dinner

*These workshops belong to the "Planning and governance tools" theme.

Wednesday, June 3^rd - Workshop schedule Click here to get to the conference titles and speakers section.

	Small Agora	Maurice O'Bready	STI Agora	Bellevue Balcony	Orford Balcony
Theme	Characterisation and diagnosis tools	Planning and governance tools	Information and joint-action tools	Water management tools in the agricultural setting	Intervention tools for the major water-related issues
9h-10h20AM	Bio-indicators	Implementation of trans-boundary water management	Implementation of IWRM II*	Actions on-the-field	Actions in the urban settings
10h40-12hPM	Round table on trans-boundary collaborations
1h-4hPM	Field visits

*This workshop belongs to the "Planning and governance tools" theme.