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Time (MDT)

Topic

 

Presenter

11:00 a.m.

Webinar start and housekeeping

 

Stephanie Merrill, Knowledge Mobilization Specialist, Global Water Futures

5 mins

Welcome to World Water Day

 

Bob Sandford, Moderator Global Water Futures Chair of Water & Climate Security, United Nations Institute for Water and Environmental Health

5 mins

Welcome from Canmore

 

Mayor John Borrowman, Mayor of Canmore

5 mins

Welcome from Canada

 

Terry Duguid, Parliamentary Secretary for the Canada Water Agency

5 mins

Welcome from the Coldwater Laboratory

 

Video from Coldwater Laboratory researchers

 15 mins

Canadian Perspectives

 

John Pomeroy, Director of Global Water Futures, Centre for Hydrology, Canmore

Caroline Aubry-Wake, Graduate Student, Centre for Hydrology, Canmore 

Alain Pietroniro, Professor, University of Calgary & GWF Core Modelling Co-lead

 5 mins

The Virtual Water Art Gallery

 

Louise Arnal, Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Hydrology, Canmore

 8 mins

World Water Day Address

 

Bob Sandford, Global Water Futures Chair of Water & Climate Security, United Nations Institute for Water and Environmental Health

 5 mins

Canada’s Role Globally

 

Martyn Clark, Professor, Centre for Hydrology, Canmore & GWF Core Modelling Co-lead

 10 mins

Global Perspectives and beyond

 

Anil Mishra, Chief of Hydrological Systems and Water Scarcity, United Nations Education, Science and Cultural Organisation, Paris

Berit Arheimer, Professor, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute & President, International Association of Hydrological Sciences

15 mins

Audience Discussion

 

Moderated by Stephanie Merrill

5 mins

Closing

 

Bob Sandford and John Pomeroy

 

This event is supported by: 

University of Saskatchewan
UNESCO
United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health
Swedish Meterological and Hydrological Insitute
International Association of Hydrological Sciences
Massey College, University of Toronto
Collaborative Leadership Initiative
Forum for Leadership on Water
University of Calgary
Guardians of the Ice

Event Details

When:
Time:
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM CST
Location:
Zoom

Contact

Stephanie Merrill, GWF Knowledge Mobilization Specialist