Keynote Speakers
Opening Speakers
Dr. Dominique BérubéVice-President, Research and Graduate Studies, Concordia University, Canada
Ms. Wendy A. JockoIndigenous Liaison of Innovation Seven (I7), Member and former Chief of The Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation
Dr. Graham CarrPresident and Vice-Chancellor Concordia University, Canada
Dr. Tana AllenActing Vice-President (Research) Memorial University, Canada
Ms. Marie-Andrée MaugerBorough Mayor, Executive Committee Member, Ville de Montréal, Canada
Ms. Hélène FortierResearch Partnership Promotion Officer, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Dr. Yanne Messi NgabelingaDirector General, CanmetENERGY-Devon, Natural Resources Canada, Canada
Dr. Bing ChenDirector, PEOPLE Network; Conference Chair, PEOPLE 2023
Plenary Keynote Speakers
Dr. Howard AlperCompanion, Order of Canada; Fellow and former President, Royal Society of Canada; Distinguished University Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, Canada
Dr. Ibrahim M. BanatFellow, Royal Society of Biology; Professor, Life and Health Sciences, University of Ulster, UK
Dr. Rosa GalvezHonorary Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engieering Senator, Senate of Canada Professor, Department of Civil and Water Engineering, Université Laval, Canada
Dr. Jinren NiFellow, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Boya Chair Professor, Peking University; Director, State Environmental Protection Key Lab All Materials Fluxes in River Ecosystems, China
Technical Keynote Speakers
Mr. Mark BiagiMarine Division Manager Snuneymuxw First Nation, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Dr. James (Jim) BrydieDirector, Upstream & Environment, CanmetENERG, Natural Resources Canada, Canada
Dr. Jinhui (Jeanne) HuangProfessor, General Director of Sino-Canada Joint R&D Centre on Water and Environmental Safety, Nankai University, China
Dr. Xing-Fang LiProfessor & Canada Research Chair (Tier 1), Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Canada
Dr. Jinxia LiuAssociate Professor, Associate Chair of Civil Engineering (Student Affairs), Director of Brace Water Center; Department of Civil Engineering, McGill University, Canada
Dr. Yong LiuAssociate professor & Associate Dean, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, China
Mr. Cameron McCartney Senior Policy Advisor, National Research Council Canada, Canada
Dr. Xiangliang PanProfessor & Dean, College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, China
Dr. Arja RautioVice-President Research, University of the Arctic Professor of Arctic Research, Thule Institute, University of Oulu, Finland
Dr. Jennifer SpenceSenior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, USA
Dr. Nathalie TufenkjiProfessor & Canada Research Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering, Associate Director, Brace Center for Water Resources Management, McGill University, Canada
Dr. Caterina ValeoProfessor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria; Adjunct Professor, Civil Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada
Dr. Katrin VorkampProfessor, Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Arctic Research Centre, Roskilde, Denmark
Dr. Dongxiao WangProfessor & Dean, School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Dr. Beidou XiProfessor & Vice President, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, China
Special Talk Speaker
Dr. Zhen (Jason) HeEditor-in-Chief, Laura & William Jens Professor Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
