Impact Assessment: Strong Science, Wise Decisions, Healthy Ecosystems
DATE: October 23rd – 24th, 2013
LOCATION: Ontario Science Centre, Toronto
OVERVIEW:
This year’s conference Impact Assessment: Strong Science, Wise Decisions, Healthy Ecosystems is focused on the role of science in environmental assessment. Through debate, panel presentations and case studies from a diverse and experienced group of experts in the field of science and environmental assessment, the conference will explore the relationships between strong scientific research and analysis, environmental assessment decision-making and the health of the environment. Join us for spirited discussion and an opportunity to network with practitioners in the impact assessment field as we explore this very timely and relevant theme.
2013 Conference Presentations
Session 1.1: The Contribution of Impact Assessment and Science to Decision Making
Session 1.2: Why Science Matters in Environmental Assessment
Session 2.1: Uncertainty in Human Health Risk Assessment
Session 2.2: Far North Information and Knowledge: Building Blocks for Land Use Planning
Session 3.1: Shaping the Lake Simcoe Protection Plan
Session 3.2: Integrated Watershed Management Using Science to Make Informed Decisions
Session 3.3: The Role of Science in Lake Simcoe Protection
Session 4.1: Contributions of Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge to Impact Assessment
Session 4.2: Science & the Natural Environment Under the Renewable Energy Approvals Process
Session 5.1: Environment Hamilton
Session 5.2: The Role of Citizen Science in Impact Assessment
Session 5.3: Citizen Science – Local Experiences
Session 6.1: Incorporating Climate Change into Decision-Making Processes
Session 6.2: It’s Time to Ask Ourselves the Climate Change Question
Session 7.1: Science in Support of Adaptive Management – Historical Great Lake Levels
Session 8.1: Upper York Sewage Solutions Environmental Assessment Case Study
Session 9.1: The Political Economy of Scientific Evidence in Decision-Making
Official Conference Sponsors
Thank you to the following sponsors of the 2013 Conference:
PLATINUM SPONSORS
SILVER SPONSORS
BRONZE SPONSORS
SESSION SPONSORS
