Agenda

Agenda

| March 22, 2019 | Convocation Hall, USASK |

Global Institute for Water Security (GIWS) would like to celebrate the World Water Day on March 22, 2019 in unison with the United Nations theme of “Leaving no one behind”. We believe in enabling water security by world-class research and training, science communication and science-informed policy with particular emphasis on equity, diversity and inclusion.

TIME

EVENT
12:00 - 1:00 pm

Poster review by Judges to select top-3 Graduate Student and top-3 Postdoctoral Fellow posters 
1:00 - 1:10 pm

Opening Prayer by Elder Roland Duquette
1:10 – 1:25 pm

Welcome and Greetings

  • Karen Chad, Vice-President Research, USask  
  • John Pomeroy, associate director of GIWS and director of Global Water Futures 
  • Richard Helmle, President, GIWS Students and Young Researchers
1:25 – 2:25 pm

Howard Wheater Lecturer

  • Claudia Pohl-Wostl, The Sustainable Development Goals – signposts for a sustainable water future?
  • Professor for resources management and Deputy Director of the Institute for Environmental Systems Research at the University of Osnabrück, Germany
2:25 – 2:45 pm

GIWS Award Winners
2:45 - 3:15 pm

Lightning Talks by Top Poster Authors
3:25 - 4:00 pm

 Networking and Poster Viewing by Audience

Location