Opening Speakers
Dr. Dominique Bérubé
Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies, Concordia University, Canada
Ms. Wendy A. Jocko
Indigenous Liaison of Innovation Seven (I7), Member and former Chief of The Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation
Dr. Graham Carr
President and Vice-Chancellor Concordia University, Canada
Dr. Tana Allen
Acting Vice-President (Research) Memorial University, Canada
Ms. Marie-Andrée Mauger
Borough Mayor, Executive Committee Member, Ville de Montréal, Canada
Ms. Hélène Fortier
Research Partnership Promotion Officer, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Dr. Yanne Messi Ngabelinga
Director General, CanmetENERGY-Devon, Natural Resources Canada, Canada
Dr. Bing Chen
Director, PEOPLE Network; Conference Chair, PEOPLE 2023
Plenary Keynote Speakers
Dr. Howard Alper
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
Dr. Ibrahim M. Banat
Fellow, Royal Society of Biology; Professor, Life and Health Sciences, University of Ulster, UK
Dr. Rosa Galvez
Honorary Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engieering Senator, Senate of Canada Professor, Department of Civil and Water Engineering, Université Laval, Canada
Dr. Jinren Ni
Fellow, 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 Biagi
Marine Division Manager Snuneymuxw First Nation, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Dr. James (Jim) Brydie
Director, Upstream & Environment, CanmetENERG, Natural Resources Canada, Canada
Dr. Jinhui (Jeanne) Huang
Professor, General Director of Sino-Canada Joint R&D Centre on Water and Environmental Safety, Nankai University, China
Dr. Xing-Fang Li
Professor & Canada Research Chair (Tier 1), Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Canada
Dr. Jinxia Liu
Associate Professor, Associate Chair of Civil Engineering (Student Affairs), Director of Brace Water Center; Department of Civil Engineering, McGill University, Canada
Dr. Yong Liu
Associate 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 Pan
Professor & Dean, College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, China
Dr. Arja Rautio
Vice-President Research, University of the Arctic Professor of Arctic Research, Thule Institute, University of Oulu, Finland
Dr. Jennifer Spence
Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, USA
Dr. Nathalie Tufenkji
Professor & Canada Research Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering, Associate Director, Brace Center for Water Resources Management, McGill University, Canada
Dr. Caterina Valeo
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria; Adjunct Professor, Civil Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada
Dr. Katrin Vorkamp
Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Arctic Research Centre, Roskilde, Denmark
Dr. Dongxiao Wang
Professor & Dean, School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Dr. Beidou Xi
Professor & Vice President, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, China
Special Talk Speaker
Dr. Zhen (Jason) He
Editor-in-Chief, Laura & William Jens Professor Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, USA