ARC2010 Conference


ARC2010 Presentations for Download
Oct 27, 2010 - Workshops (Click Here - 22MB)
Oct 28, 2010 - Day 1 (Click Here - 39MB)
Oct 29, 2010 - Day 2 (Click Here - 23MB)


October 27, 2010 - Day 1
ARC2010 Workshops & Reception
08:00-17:00 - WORKSHOPS (click here for information...)
15:00-17:00 - Trade Exhibition Set-Up
17:00-19:00 - Conference Opening Reception & Trade Exhibition


October 28, 2010 - Day 2
Conference Agenda

08:00-08:30   Arrival & Check-in
08:30-08:45   Welcome & Introductions
CLRA & ESANS Representatives
08:45-09:30   Plenary Keynote Event Opener
"Emerging Trends in Reclamation & Sustainable Remediation"
Carlos Pachon - US Environmental Protection Agency
US Contaminated Site Technical Website: http://cluin.org
09:30-10:15   Regulation / Atlantic PIRI / Credentialing
"Status of Contaminated Sites Regulation & Criteria"
Dan Hemsworth - Atlantic PIRI
Gordon Check - NS Environment
10:15-10:45   First Nations Opportunities & Engagement Overview
Alyssia Jeedore - Unama'ki Economic Benefit Office
10:45-11:15   Break

11:15-12:45 - Break-out Sessions
Room A
  
Room B
11:15-11:45
"Wetlands - A Discussion of Challenges and Approaches for Protection"
Melanie Smith, MES
Strum Environmental
  
11:15-11:45
"Remediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Impacted Soil Underneath Active Building Using Innovative In-Situ Chemical Oxidation Approach"
Andrew H. Thalheimer, MBA, P.Eng., LEED AP
Dillon Consulting Ltd.
11:45-12:15
"Overview of the NSTIR - Antigonish Wetland Compensation Project"
Clinton Pinks
CSLA - Landscape Architect
CBCL Limited
  
11:45-12:15
"Soil Vapour Guidance Four years On: Are All Hydrocarbons Made the Same?"
David A. Rae
AMEC Earth & Environmental
12:15-12:45
"Enhancement of a degraded urban wetland in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia"
Elizabeth Kennedy, M.Sc., P.Geo.
Stantec
  
12:15-12:45
"Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) - The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly"
Sean Cassidy, P.Eng.
Strum Environmental

12:45-13:45 		 
Lunch & Trade Exhibition

13:45-15:15 - Break-out Sessions
Room A
  
Room B
13:45-14:45
"Lightning Talks"
5-minute podium presentations without slides.
AMEC Earth & Envionmental Inc.
HAZCO Environmental Services
Bird Stairs
Quality Seeds
GroundTech Solutions
AGAT Laboratories
Marsh Canada Ltd.
HazMat Magazine
CleanEarth Technologies
Oxyteknologies Inc.

  
13:45-14:15
"Sand and silt removal from Salmonid streams"
Bob Rutherford
Nova Scotia Salmon Association

14:15-14:45
"Controlling Erosion on a Hard Rock Quarry Reclamation Project"
Joe Koziell
North American Green
14:45-15:15
"De-Commissions to Sales Commissions"
Frank Potter, P.Eng.
NS Lands
  
14:45-15:15
"Macro-tidal salt marsh ecosystem response to culvert expansion"
Nancy C. Neatt, B.Sc., MMM
CBWES Inc.

15:15-16:00 		 
Break
16:00-16:45   Special Presentation
"Application of speacialty products for revegetation and soil, sediment, & erosion control"
Dave Keays, Quality Seeds
16:45-17:00   Day Closing Remarks & Acknowledgements
CLRA & ESANS Representatives
17:00-19:00   Reception & Trade Exhibition
Optional Event: NS Nature Trust Gala Dinner (more info...)


October 29, 2010 - Day 3
Conference Agenda

08:00-08:30   Arrival & Check-in
08:30-08:40   Welcome & Introductions
CLRA & ESANS Representatives
08:40-09:15   Plenary Keynote Day Opener
"The Gulf of Mexico Oil Blowout and Spill: Overview and Possible Implications for Coastal Regions of the Atlantic Region"
Peter G. Wells, Dalhousie University

9:15-10:15 - Break-out Sessions
Room A
  
Room B
9:15-9:45
"Fostering Innovation - Creating awareness and encouraging innovation and collaboration"
Anne Thompson
PWGSC
  
9:15-9:45
"Rationales for Solidification / Stabilization Project Performance Goals - Examples and Discussion"
Cameron Ells, P.Eng.
Cameron Consulting
9:45-10:15
"5 Wing Goose Bay: Risk Based Criteria as a Site Management Tool"
Lynn Pilgrim, P.Geo.
AMEC Earth & Environmental Inc.
  
9:45-10:15
"Groundwater Remediation Using Reed Bed Treatment System at a Shale Oil Refinery"
Glenn Sharp, P.Eng.
Abydoz Environmental

10:15-10:45 		 
PWGSC OSME RDG Program Funding Announcement
Ken Swain, PWGSC
Funding Program Website - Click Here...

10:45-11:15 		 
Break

11:15-12:30 - Break-out Sessions
Room A
  
Room B
11:15-11:45
"Wastewater Regulation Update"
M.T. Grant
Environment Canada
  
11:15-11:45
"Environmental Practice Insurance"
George Boire
Marsh Canada Limited
11:45-12:30
"Federation of Canadian Municipaities - Green Municipal Fund"
Paul Gregory, GMF Outreach Officer
  
11:45-12:30
"Reclamation Law Overview"
Deborah Carver - ECELaw
Michael Simms - McInnes Cooper

12:30-13:30 		 
Lunch & Trade Exhibition
13:30-14:15   Special Presentation
"Sydney Tar Ponds: Then, Now, and Future"
Tanya Collier MacDonald - Sydney Tar Ponds Agency
14:15-15:15   Reclamation Innovative R&D - Academia Capacity & Focus, and Funding Programs - Panel w/ Q&A
Andrew Kendall, St. FX University for Springboard Atlantic
Dr. Richard Isnor, NSERC
Robert Beiko, Dalhousie University for Genome Atlantic
15:15-15:45   Break
15:45-16:20   Plenary Keynote Event Closer
"Reclamation: The Way Forward"
Dr. Ross McCurdy, Cape Breton University
16:20-16:30   Closing Remarks & Acknowledgements
CLRA & ESANS Representatives
16:30-17:30   Trade Exhibition
17:30-18:00   Trade Show Dismantle