Ocean Assemblage

The fifth National Water and Wastewater Conference will take place from November 3-6, 2019 in Banff, Alberta.

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Before the inception of this Conference CWWA hosted several stand alone events focusing on various aspects of water management – including drinking water, wastewater and efficiency. By merging these events into one National Conference CWWA has created a unique event that merges all aspects of water management, providing amazing networking, opportunities for information exchange and innovation.

oin leaders from across New England and the Maritime Provinces for this unprecedented event that brings together environmental, economic, social and institutional perspectives on climate resilience in the Gulf of Maine.

Together we will learn how the Gulf of Maine is expected to change in the next 30 years, build a shared vision for regional resilience, and activate new collaborations for action.

St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Organized by the Atlantic Canada Aerospace & Defence Association (ACADA)

*Page will be updated as confirmed

Tuesday, November 5

• International Program

• Opening Reception

Wednesday, November 6

• Full Day Conference Program

• B2B/G Meeting Program

• Networking Reception

Thursday, November 7

• Half Day Conference Program

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The goal of this symposium is to discuss the role of cold-water shellfish both as a harvestable resource and as important ecosystem players in northern hemisphere cold marine ecosystem:

How do we exploit them sustainably
Can we explain the recent changes in distribution and population dynamics for e.g. shrimp and snow crab, and what should be the management responses?
What are the ecological effects of invasive species, and should they be controlled by excessive harvests or managed for sustainability?
The ecosystem effects of the boom and bust of large shellfish populations are potentially massive; can these impacts be quantified?
​Symposium format

The 3-day symposium will consist of plenary sessions and poster presentations. Sessions will include invited and contributed papers. Contributed papers will be selected for oral and poster presentations. Duration of t​alks including question: 20 min (e.g. 17 min. talk + 3 min. questions).

Publication Plan

Contributions will be published in ICES Journal of Marine Science. Note that manuscripts can be submitted at any time between the first call for papers, 11 February until 3 months after the conference, 8 February 2020.

In the midst of a federal election, there is a need for a common forward strategy, to ensure consultation policy is effective for Indigenous community members, government representatives and leaders in the natural resources sector. While government departments strive to etch universal policies, there is a communal drive to collaborate and learn practical applications for consulting in a meaningful way.

Join us for The Canadian Institute’s 4^th Annual Indigenous Consultation Atlantic Conference, to take a hard look at emerging government policies and to openly discuss best practices for consultation, in a non-partisan and neutral environment.

The OSC Fall Mixer is a key opportunity to network with OSC members, stakeholders and future Members. We’re designing an efficient way for you to meet new people and have an introductory conversation on topics of your interest, followed by open networking with a cash bar (1 beverage ticket included in ticket price).

The International Waves Workshop has a long history as the pre-eminent gathering of ocean waves researchers. Noting the increasingly important roles waves play as a significant element in coastal and shoreline stability, in 2017 the conference was expanded to include the related areas of Storm Surge and Coastal Hazards
We are delighted that the University of Melbourne will host this important event in 2019 in Melbourne, Australia. Melbourne is a vibrant cosmopolitan city and is regularly voted as one of the most liveable cities in the world. It is also an education and research city, hosting 8 Universities, as well as the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM). It is also a city with remarkable culture including many art galleries, museums and theatres.
The conference will be held at the Sheraton Hotel in the centre of Melbourne. The venue is a few minute’s walk from numerous restaurants, the theatre district, State Parliament House and spectacular parks and gardens.
We look forward to welcoming you to the city and this important scientific meeting.

The OFI Researchers’ Workshop for OFI faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and students will take place from November 12-14 in Newfoundland.

Registration is now closed

Please email ofi@dal.ca if you need further information

Overview
The Global Ocean Science Education (GOSE) Workshops, facilitated by the international
Consortium for Ocean Science Exploration and Engagement (COSEE) and the College of
Exploration (CoE), bring together ocean scientists, education professionals, business and industry leaders, and decision makers from across the globe to foster international collaboration and partnerships and advance ocean science education and ocean literacy. The GOSE workshops also provide a forum to address ocean science issues and challenges that cross national borders.

The ​GOSE ​Workshop ​is ​the ​only ​platform ​of ​its ​kind, ​bringing ​together ​the ​ocean ​science, ​education, ​policy, ​and ​business ​sectors ​to ​improve ​ocean ​science ​education ​across ​the ​globe.

2019 GOSE Workshop

The 2019 GOSE Workshop will be held in the Washington, DC area from November 13-15. The venue is 15 minutes from Washington D.C. International Airport Dulles (IAD) . The workshop site will be the American Society of Civil Engineers https://www.asce.org/ Conference Center https://www.asceconferencecenter.com/ in Reston, Virginia. Reston is a 50 minute metro ride to the center of Washington D.C.

A main 2019 GOSE Workshop goal is to build stronger connections and professional working relationships throughout the global ocean science research, education, and business communities as it focuses on three main themes:
• Global Ocean Observing
• Seabed Mapping
• Meeting the Needs of Business and Industry

Keynote presentations, panel discussions, and participant interactions will focus on the
integration of the 2019 GOSE Workshop themes with K-12, undergraduate and graduate, and
public education, including education in support of the Blue Economy. Discussions will also
identify how workshop themes will support and contribute to the United Nations
Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030).

Specific Workshop goals include:
• Bringing together the ocean science, education, policy, and business/industry sectors;
• Fostering the integration of research results from the seabed mapping and ocean observing
communities into education resources for enhanced ocean literacy and decision making; and
• Identifying business and industry needs that will lead to the development of an international
certificate course for business leaders and policymakers.

History of the GOSE Workshops
Previous GOSE Workshops have identified and built consensus related to three major priorities
for international collaborative ocean science education efforts:
• The Ocean and Human Health, including Coastal Resiliency;
• The Ocean’s Role in Climate Change and the Effect of Climate Change on Ocean Systems; and
• Biodiversity, including Food Security & Fisheries.

Priorities have also been identified for ocean science topics to be integrated into ocean science
education initiatives:
• Climate Change and Weather
• Loss of Biodiversity
• De-oxygenation of Coastal Waters
• Microplastics/Pollution
• Ocean Stressors

Process priorities have been identified for the global ocean science education community:
• Communication and teaching training for scientists and graduate students;
• Education and resources for business and industry and decision makers;
• Reform of undergraduate ocean science education with special emphasis on identifying
workforce needs and educating for Blue Economy careers;
• Support for ongoing global ocean literacy efforts;
• Increasing diversity in ocean science; and
• Establishment of a network of networks to support international ocean science initiatives.

GOSE Workshop participants develop strategies to:
• Conduct ocean science research that benefits society;
• Develop catalytic partnerships between ocean science sectors;
• Foster communication and coordination among ocean science education programs;
• Promote ocean science as an interdisciplinary tool for improving science education and
decision making; and
• Foster strategies to increase the participation of students from populations that are underrepresented
in the ocean sciences.

Collaborative international efforts, resulting from previous GOSE Workshops, have included a
side event, Ocean Literacy for All, that was conducted during the first United Nations (UN)
Ocean Conference at UN Headquarters in 2017. Priorities identified in previous workshops have
also been addressed by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission with support from
the Swedish Ministry of the Environment and Energy.

The Canadian Science Policy Conference 2019 will be held in Ottawa, Ontario, on November 13-15, 2019, at the Westin Hotel. The conference will bring together scientists, entrepreneurs, policy-makers, politicians, journalists, students and many others from across the country to discuss, exchange ideas, and mobilize knowledge regarding the present and future of Canadian science, technology, and innovation policy.

Hampton Hall, Marine Institute.
Hosted by the Fisheries Graduate Student Association, this week’s seminar focuses on supervised machine learning to facilitate cryptic skate classification and observer training in real time. The inability to differentiate accurately and confidently among morphologically similar species that overlap spatially constrains effective conservation and management strategies. Machine learning offers a promising alternative to statistical inference techniques. By applying supervised machine learning to decipher this classification problem, researchers have generated predictions of species’ classification with equal or higher accuracy than alternative methods. The seminar will explore the strengths, limitations, and potential application of routines for retroactive and on-the-ground differentiation of Cryptic Winter Skate and Little Skate populations in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada, explaining its broader application for a wide range of classification challenges. Ms. Quinn will also explore the development of a web-based application that gives users access to these routines, and discuss the increasingly important role of interactive user interfaces in wildlife and fisheries science.

Historically, both Alberta and the Netherlands have focused on physical  infrastructure  approaches to flood mitigation.  However, following catastrophic  flood  risk in the 1990s, the Dutch government developed the  Room-for-River (RfR) program, breaking from their 1000-year tradition of structural engineering approaches of ‘fighting the water’ to ‘living with water’. In Alberta, the  high cost of the 2013  disaster and a growing sensitivity to the implications of climate variability triggered a reassessment of costly structural solutions and exploration of other approaches, leading to three  RfR  projects. In this presentation, I compare the RfR approaches in the Netherlands and Alberta through the Transition Governance Framework.  Unlike transferable  technological change, RfR requires fundamental institutional, governance, and cultural change, and hence is more challenging to implement. This presentation sets the stage for discussions on how a combination of policies and practices  could  make  more room for rivers and  voices in flood risk management.

You are invited to join Dr. Neil Bose, Memorial’s vice-president (research), as he delivers the 2019 Canada Ocean Lecture Series, one of the many events taking place during Research Week 2019.

Title of lecture: On the edge: Positioned in one of the richest ocean ecosystems on earth, learn how Memorial’s physical location inspires its researchers to lead critical marine and ocean-related research
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 13
Time: 7-9 pm
Location: Celestial Gallery, Johnson GEO Centre, Signal Hill Campus

Admission is free. Parking is available in the GEO Centre parking lot. Light refreshments will be served after the lecture.

Initiated in 2006, the Canada Ocean Lecture Series is a joint initiative between the Shorefast Foundation and the Faculty of Environment at Simon Fraser University and other partners. The aim of the series is to create awareness of Canada’s vast marine environment and its importance to Canadians. Lectures to date have been held on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and in central Canada.

As Newfoundland and Labrador’s university, Memorial has demonstrated strengths in areas ranging from ethnomusicology to genetics and from archaeology to social enterprise and entrepreneurship. It is the only anglophone university in Canada to offer comprehensive folklore programs at all levels. Its medical programs have the best track record in Canada at training doctors for careers in rural areas and its Queen Elizabeth II Library houses the largest research library collection east of Montreal.

Memorial is uniquely positioned in the harsh maritime environment of Newfoundland and Labrador. Its faculty members are global experts in the fields of ocean engineering and science, offshore industry and policy, and technology. Their work is supported by world-class research and facilities and strong public partnerships with the people, industries and organizations that live and work here.

More than 40 per cent of Memorial’s research is ocean-related (68 per cent in the Faculty of Science alone). If there’s ocean research happening in the North Atlantic, Memorial is likely involved.

This presentation will highlight some of the 21st-century explorers, and their innovative research, who help strength Memorial’s international reputation for leading-edge research.

Dr. Bose will also showcase Memorial-led research projects that focus on techniques and technologies to aid in oil spill response in Canada. These six initiatives recently received more than $5.5 million in support from the federal government under Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s Multi-Partner Research Initiative (MPRI).

The projects aim to ensure Canadians have access to the best scientific information and methods available to respond to oil spills by supporting collaborative research among oil spill experts both in Canada and worldwide. Learn more about these exciting projects here.

Dr. Bose is principal investigator on the project, Oil Spill Reconnaissance and Delineation Through Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Technology that received $1,380,000 in support.

As a researcher, Dr. Bose’s interests include marine propulsion, autonomous underwater vehicles, ocean environmental monitoring, ocean renewable energy, ice/propeller interaction and aspects of offshore design.

More information about other events and activities taking place during Research Week 2019 can be found here.

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Join Sensor Technology Ltd.in welcoming Dr.S.Eswar Prasad for a special two-part presentation about Piezoelectric Materials.

Lecture 1

Piezoelectric Phenomena, Materials and Processing

9:30 AM – 11:30 AM – Colin MacLean Hall

Light lunch provided.

Scope

The presentation describes the properties of a range of piezoelectric materials available today and their application to civil and defence applications in particular.

A discussion of the piezoelectric effect and piezoelectric materials will be presented followed by a review of various application areas for piezoelectric materials and the criteria for evaluation and selection of piezoelectrics for such applications. Focus will be on a number of ceramic materials that offer reliable and low cost efficient sensor and transducer configurations.

The lecture will cover the following broad areas. 1. Piezoelectric Phenomena, 2. Piezoelectric Effect, Modes of Vibration & Terminology, 3. Materials and Processing, Perovskite Materials & Ceramic Processing, 4. Reference will also be made to some emerging materials.

Lecture 2

Application of Piezoelectric Materials

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM – Colin MacLean Hall

Light food and drink provided.

Scope

Piezoelectric Sensor and actuator configurations will play an important role in applications. The operating principles of such devices will be discussed and selection criteria based on sensitivity, displacement, force, frequency response and bandwidth will be presented. Trade‐off considerations for such devices will also be discussed. The scope of this lecture covers the application of piezoelectric materials to various industrial sectors with emphasis on underwater acoustics.

The lecture will cover the following broad areas. 1. Principles of Application, 2. Application examples covering Mechanical to Electrical, Electrical to Mechanical and Electrical-Mechanical-Electrical conversions, 3. Application of piezoelectric materials.

MI Conference Centre, Marine Institute.
You’re invited to Ocean Safety Research Talks presented by the Marine Institute’s Offshore Safety and Survival Centre Research Unit. Dr. Heather Carnahan and Dr. Michael King will speak about their research into Parabolic Flight and insight into experiencing zero gravity. The talk will be followed by an open house in the unit’s Ocean Safety Lab, room W-2047, for refreshments and to talk with researchers about their work to improve the safety for people who work and play on the ocean.

Description: In this world of rapid global change, managers often have limited ability to control the ultimate drivers of this change or resist or reverse ecological responses to it. Managers in this ‘brave new world’ face difficult choices as well as important opportunities to influence ecological trajectories at local, regional, and continental scales, as they work along a management spectrum from resisting, to accepting, to actively directing ecological change. Managers need clear concepts and training in navigating ecological transformation (NET) and mechanisms to coordinate transformation management across agencies and management units. The FedNET working group (composed of representatives from federal land management agencies, USGS, and NOAA) is working to help US federal land managers understand, plan for, and respond to ecological transformation to maximize conservation of species, ecosystems, and ecosystem services. The group will develop concepts, frameworks, and training opportunities to help managers navigate the “who, why, where, when, how, and what” of NET and coordinate transformation stewardship across scales. The webinar will: 1) discuss how FedNET is using the decision framework Resist-Accept-Direct (RAD), 2) present related case studies to help federal land managers understand, plan for, and respond to ecological transformation, and 3) facilitate discussion with NOAA colleagues and an Ocean Tipping Points representative on how the RAD framework might be applied to marine fisheries.

MI Conference Centre, Marine Institute.
Join Dr. Tyler Eddy, the Marine Institute’s newest researcher, for this engaging discussion. Dr. Eddy recently joined the Centre for Fisheries Ecosystems Research, and is developing a program investigating interactions between fisheries, climate change and ecosystems in Newfoundland and Labrador. Changes in fish populations and coastal fishing communities became a strong interest during his undergraduate studies at Dalhousie University, where he completed a B.Sc.(Hons.) in Marine Biology. He then went on to do his PhD in New Zealand to study different approaches to fisheries management and marine conservation including ecosystem-based fisheries management, rights-based fisheries and marine protected area impacts on ecosystems and fisheries. Following his PhD, Dr. Tyler held a postdoctoral fellowship at Dalhousie University and was a Nereus Program Research Fellow at the University of British Columbia and the University of South Carolina. His postdoctoral research has focused on emerging shellfish fisheries, climate change impacts on fisheries, and ecology and fisheries at the Galápagos Archipelago.

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