Wednesday June 3 schedule

• 9 h 00 to 10 h 20
• 10 h 40 to 12 h 00
• 13 h 00 to 16 h 00

9 h 00 to 10 h 20: 5 workshops in simultaneous

• Characterisation & diagnosis tools: Bio-indicators
• Planning and governance tools: Implementation of transboundary water management
• Planning and governance tools: Implementation of integrated water resource management II
• Water management tools in agricultural settings : Actions on the field
• Intervention tools for major water-related issues : Actions in the urban settings

Characterisation & diagnosis tools
Title of workshop: Bio-indicators

• SurVol Benthos : establishing a program of biological monitoring for rivers (fr.)
  Éric Gagnon, Comité de valorisation de la rivière Beauport, Canada
• Assessing Wadeable Streams Health Using Benthic Macroinvertebrates: A Case Study (fr.)
  Lyne Pelletier, biologist, MDDEP

Maurice O'Bready : Planning and governance tools
Title of workshop: Implementation of transboundary water management

• Why we must interest ourselves and get involved in the evolution and governance of the Great Lakes and St-Lawrence waters (fr.)
  Marc Hudon, Spokesperson for cross-border water issues at Nature Québec, Canada
• Transboundary management tools for the Lake Champlain Watershed
  William Howland, Manager of Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP), USA/Québec
• Application framework of the" Environmental cooperation agreement on managing the waters of lake Memphremagog and its watershed"
  Émile Grieco, regional director Estrie-Montérégie, Centre de contrôle environnemental, Canada and Neil Kamman, Environmental Scientist, VT Department of Environmental Conservation - Water Quality Division, USA

Agora STI : Planning and governance tools:
Title of workshop: Implementation of integrated water resource management II

• Lake Brome Water Master Plan (fr.)
  Pierre Bertrand, VP environnment, Teknika HBA, Canada
• Pilot experience for the urban development of the Vallée du Lot in France - First experience of integrated management (fr.)
  Christian Bernad, Association pour l'Aménagement de la Vallée du Lot, France

Balcony Bellevue : Water management tools in agricultural settings
Title of workshop: Actions on the field

• Agriculture and respect for rivers (fr.)
  Lynne Martel Bégin and Rodrigue Bégin, milk producers, Canada
• Implementation of the the Concerted Action Plan (Plan d'action concertée) - what is done on Estrie farms (fr.)
  Véronique Rioux (COGESAF) and Roberto Toffoli, MAPAQ- direction de l'Estrie, Canada
• MÉANDRES : in partnership with the community, to transform a dream into reality (fr.)
  Nicol Lemieux, Méandres project, Quebec, Canada

Balcony Orford : Intervention tools for major water-related issues
Title of workshop: Actions in the urban settings

• The revival of the St.Charles River, a major challenge for its protection and sanitation (fr.)
  René Pronovost, City of Quebec, Canada
• Development of an analysis grid to measure the ecological value of streams: a unique, transferable tool, suitable for carrying-out a stream management plan (fr.)
  Virginie Dumont, City of Drummundville, Canada

10 h 40 to 12 h 00: Round table on trans-boundary collaborations

Maurice O'Bready: Planning and governance tools

Keynote speakers:

• Jean-François Donzier, general manager of the International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO)
  International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO): its role in the integrated water resources management
• Matilde Somarriba Chang, representative of the latino-american basin organisation network (RELOB/RELOC)
  The foundation of a network for water management in Latin America
• Normand Cazelais, North American network of basin organizations (NANBO)

13 h 00 to 16 h 00 : Field visits

2 field visits will be organized

• A visit to Lake Brome: the master plan put into action
• Improvements for a better water management in agricultural settings
  Demonstrations by farmers and agronomists of different actions from the Concerted Plan of Action on agri-environment and harmonious cohabitation, on the territory of Estrie (grassed waterways, riparian zone enhancement, gullies, ditches intercept, etc.)