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33rd Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment 13-16 May 2013 Calgary Stampede BMO Centre Calgary, Alberta, Canada Calgary skyline. Photo courtesy of Meetings & Conventions Calgary. Final program Canadian Rocky Mountains. Photo courtesy of Calgary Economic Development. LOCAL HOST AND ORGANIZER IN ASSOCIATION WITH OAIA International Association for Ontario Association Impact Assessment for Impact Assessment AQÉI International Association Association Québécoise for Impact Assessment pour l’Évaluation d’Impacts Western & Northern Canada PROUD FINAL PROGRAM SPONSOR HEMMERA ENVIROCHEM INC. Table of contents WELCOME RECEPTION: Table of contents ZEN MEETS COWBOYS Special activities and events ..............................2 Put on your jeans and cowboy hat and join us to meet Keynote speakers ................................................3 up with old friends, make some new ones, and enjoy a SECTIONS AND COMMITTEES Welcome | Conference theme .............................4 unique networking experience. See page 51 for more information. Conference overview ..........................................6 How can I get more involved in IAIA? Where can I fi nd people with similar special interests? Daily schedule .....................................................8 Proudly sponsored by Cenovus Energy. Much of the cutting-edge work of IAIA is the direct result Technical program overview ............................10 Monday 13 May | 18:15-20:15 | Cowboys of Section and Committee activity, and the only chance Concurrent sessions ..........................................12 Cowboys is adjacent to the BMO Centre. for members to meet throughout the year is at the annual conference. Design your program ........................................16 Pre-registration is required. Every delegate is welcome to attend a Section meeting. Section activities ...............................................50 Check the schedule on pages 8-9 for meeting times and Networking activities and events .................... 51 TRAINING COURSES plan to attend the Section meeting of your choice. Section Poster session ....................................................52 meetings are scheduled multiple times throughout the IAIA off ers a wide range of exceptional pre-meeting conference, so there are opportunities to connect several Technical visits ...................................................54 training courses. Note: Registration after 15 March is times with people in the same topic area if your special World Bank Group Special meeting .................56 subject to availability, instructor consent, and receipt of interest is focused, or once or twice with people in more payment. In consideration of the trainers and their need than one topic area if your interests are cross-cutting. Exhibitors ........................................................... 57 to prepare appropriate quantities of course materials, Committee members are appointed annually. If you are IAIA business .....................................................58 registrants may not change courses after 22 April. interested in serving on an IAIA Committee, please contact 2013 Award winners ..........................................59 info@iaia. org. Conference tips and information .....................60 POSTER SESSION AND EXHIBITS Index of speakers ..............................................62 Every conference features exhibitors and an increasingly ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AGM Maps ...................................................................64 sophisticated presentation of posters. This year will not disappoint. Browse the exhibits at your leisure All conference participants are encouraged to attend the General information ..........................................66 throughout the conference, meet the poster presenters annual business meeting of the Association. You will meet Committees | Host ............................................. 67 at the special poster session, and cast your vote for Best the IAIA Board of Directors, hear the Treasurer’s report, Poster (Public Choice). and be present for the prestigious Rose-Hulman Award Sponsors ............................................................ 67 recipient’s acceptance speech. See the agenda on page 58. Monday 13 May | 12:40-13:30 | Hall C Tuesday 14 May | 12:40-13:30 | Palomino A-C IAIA13 ATAGLANCE INDABA Saturday 11 May COUNCIL MEETING Training courses ...........................................................All day IAIA provides space for impromptu discussions and “pop- The IAIA Council serves as an advisory resource to the Technical visits ..............................................................All day up” topics in unanticipated/unscheduled areas of interest, or to carry on a discussion begun during a session. IAIA Board of Directors. The Council is composed of the Board, all Committee chairs, representatives of Affi liates Sunday 12 May “Indaba” or open space sessions, from a concept first and Branches, the CEO and Headquarters representatives, Training courses ............................................................All day introduced at IAIA95 in South Africa, will be held at the Section coordinators, and the conference program chairs Technical visits ...............................................................All day end of the day on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the for the current-year conference and any future known opportunity to “schedule” your topic throughout the day. conferences. However, Council meetings are open; all Monday 13 May The informality and spontaneity guarantee a lively end to IAIA members are encouraged to attend. The 2013 Plenary, forums, sessions ...........................................All day each day’s sessions. Outstanding Service Award will be presented at the Poster session ......................................................... Afternoon To participate, write the topic you would like to discuss Council meeting. See the agenda on page 58. Welcome reception ...................................................Evening on the sign-up sheets in the registration area, or add Wednesday 15 May | 12:40-13:30 | Arabian B your name to a discussion topic already posted. In the Tuesday 14 May late afternoon, a program committee member will assign rooms to selected topics. Selection is based on popularity Forums, sessions, AGM ............................................... All day AFFILIATES FORUM of the topic and available rooms. Committee & Section meetings .......................Afternoon A special session is dedicated to the activity of IAIA’s Networking event ......................................................Evening Affi liates and Branches. This session is open to all conference participants. See page 48 for a description of Wednesday 15 May the discussion. Forums, sessions, Council meeting ......................... All day Posters are also being displayed by many of these Committee & Section meetings .......................Afternoon groups. Stop by during the poster session to visit with Banquet..........................................................................Evening representatives of the Affiliates and learn more about their organizations and activities. Thursday 16 May Tuesday 14 May | 18:10-19:10 | Quarter Horse A Sessions, plenary .......................................................Morning Special meetings ................................................... Afternoon Friday 17 May Technical visits ...............................................................All day 2 IAIA13 Final Program Twitter! #iaia13 Special activities and events ICONNECT: DO YOU? If you would like to learn more about IAIA’s professional networking site and how it can benefi t you, bring your questions, and we will walk through online discussions, LIVE TWEETING AT #IAIA13 sharing resources, and fi nding other members with similar interests. We can even take your photo and upload it to Are you keen to share your thoughts on a presentation your profi le! or refl ect on the day’s events? Conference participants are encouraged to tweet throughout the event on the BOOK SHARE See the demonstration table in Hall C during hashtag #iaia13. A summary of the tweets will contribute afternoon coff ee breaks on Tuesday and Wednesday, to the main conclusions and recommendations at the Drop off one or two of your favorite environmental or stop by the registration desk. closing plenary. Why not follow one of the IAIA accounts: reference books, new or recycled, as a contribution to the @hiablog (Health), @sia_iaia (Social Impact Assessment), book share table (Hall C). The books are available on a @IAIAConference? fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis to delegates who might not TECHNICAL VISITS readily fi nd such books in their own locales. See pages 54-55 for the variety of technical visit options. FUN RUN Technical visits provide multiple opportunities to SPEED MENTORING participate, network, and enhance your understanding of This popular 5km Fun Run/Walk is a great way to start the impact assessment issues in the region. day and network with fellow runners. The early morning Like speed dating, we will put you together with a Registrations are accepted on a first-come, first-served run along the Bow River will invigorate your mind and number of mentors over the course of an hour so you basis until the visits reach the maximum number of body and off er a chance to meet people you might not can seek advice and ideas from these mentors on how participants. Registrations are