Proceedings

Decommissioning

• Demolition  and Decommissioning 101 – Presentation
  Ryan Hope, Sublatus Environmental
• Decommissioning – Legal Perspectives – Presentation
  Jacquelyn Stevens, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP

• Decommissioning Oil and Gas Facilities And The Hazards Associated With Aging Infrastructure – Presentation
  Trevor Powell and Todd Nelson, JSK Consulting

• Planning for Retirement – Decommissioning of Facilities, Pipelines and Wellheads – Presentation
  Shaun Roth , Summit, an Earth Services Company
• Decommissioning of a former Wire Products Manufacturing Facility – Presentation Not Provided
  Elvie Reinson, Ballast Environmental Consulting
• 2018 Results and 2019 Plan – Presentation
  Lars DePauw, Orphan Well Association

Regulatory / Legal

• New Federal and Alberta Methane Regulations for the Upstream Oil and Gas Sector: Assessing Compliance Options for Regulated Facilities – Presentation
  Robert Mugo, Barr Engineering
• Environmental Law Wars: Potential Impacts of the Federal versus Provincial Laws on the Environment and Climate Change – Presentation
  Chidinma Thompson, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  
• Environmental Prosecutions – Latest Cases and Defence Strategies – Presentation
  John Georgakopoulos and Jacquelyn Stevens, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers
  
• AER: Updated Record of Site Condition – Presentation
  Daniel Pollard and Jake Sherlock, Alberta Energy Regulator

Climate Change

• Thoughtful Landscapes in a Changing World – Presentation
  Fred Rozumalski, Barr Engineering
  
• IPCC’s ‘Special Report: Global Warming of 1.5 °C’. A Primer for Albertans – Presentation
  Christian Reuten, RWDI
  

Impacts of Climate Change

• Current and Future Impacts on Erosive Rainfall in Calgary, Alberta – Presentation
  Ben Ethier, City of Calgary 
  
• Calgary Zoo Flood Mitigation: Groundwater Management and Dewatering on an Island – Presentation
  Soren Poschmann, ISL Engineering and Land Services

Air

• Measurement Errors of Nitrogen Dioxide using Heated Metal Converters in Chemiluminiscence Analyzers – Presentation
  Charles Odame-Ankrah, Global Analyzer Systems
• Fenceline Monitoring (EPA 325), LDAR* & Fugitive Emissions: technology vs cost efficiency – Presentation
  Darlene Stastny, ALS
• Catalytic Ozonation: A Promising Technology for Removal of VOCs from Air – Presentation
  Jafar Soltan, University of Saskatchewan and Ednali Zehavi , Saskatchewan Research Council
• Managing Greenhouse Gas Liabilities Under Saskatchewan’s New ‘Prairie Resilience’ Large Emitters Program – Presentation
  Hillary Yeung & Cody Halleran, North Shore Environmental
• Proposed Regulatory Changes to Alberta’s Continuous Emission Monitoring of Industrial Point Sources – Presentation
  Charles Grimm, Global Analyzer Systems
• Cluster Analysis and Air Quality Effects of Policy Change – Presentation
  Sean Dawson and Kevin McCullum, Matrix Solutions

 
Spill Management

• Case Study for Comprehensive Tier 2 Data Evaluation: How A Little Upfront Effort Can Save Millions on the Back-End –  Presentation
  Troy Lapohn, Matrix Solutions
  
• Effective Sample Management During a Large-Scale Emergency Spill Response – Presentation
  Tara Murfitt & Jocelyn Fetter, Matrix Solutions
  

 
Land Stewardship

• Footprint or Buffer? A Comparison of Regulatory Approaches for Managing Historical Resources for Linear Projects – Presentation
  Jennifer Russell, Enbridge and Kate Peach, Stantec
  
• Archaeological Predictive Modelling: A Heritage Management Tool for Alberta Forestry – Presentation
  Reid Graham, Tree Time Services

 
Waste Management

• Designing for Landfill Capacity – Presentation
  Chloe Stone, XCG Consultants
• Impacted Soil – Resource or Waste? – Presentation
  Ian Mitchell and Tony Ciarla, Millennium EMS Solutions
• Cost Savings, Recycling, and a Lower Carbon Footprint: On-Site Management of Hydrovac Slurry and Waste Water – Presentation
  Kale Haupt, Proactive Environmental Rentals
• Latex Paint Recycling – Presentation
  Renee White, KBL Environmental

Salty Talks

• A Collaboration of Technologies for Site Remediation in Naturally Occurring Saline Areas – Presentation
  Ken Grykuliak, Stantec
• Road Salt Forensics: Using Cl-/Br- Ratios and Other Indicators to Assess and Differentiate Road Salt and Other Impacts in Groundwater – Presentation
  Heather Lord, Maxxam
• Rapid Field Analysis of Electrical Conductivity, Chlorides, Sulfate and SAR and Automated Salinity Plume Visualization – Presentation
  Preston Sorenson, Maapera Analytics
• Subsoil Salinity Tool (SST) Version 3.0 – Key Changes to Guideline Calculations, Software Tool Use, and Data Collection – Presentation
  Greg Huber, Equilibrium Environmental

Research, Technology and Analytics

• Accurate and Quantifiable Characterization of Biogenic vs. Petrogenic Hydrocarbons in Soil – Presentation
  Heather Lord, Maxxam
  
• Benzene Species in Crude Oil – Should We Analyze Them All? – Presentation
  Mahyar Sakari, AGAT Laboratories
• Commercial Environmental DNA (eDNA) Assays: Sampling, Analysis and Data Interpretation – Presentation
  Aron Weir, Maxxam
• Quantifying, Considering and Assessing Sound Levels within an Acoustic Environment. Is Alberta Behind? – Presentation
  Dan Clayton, SLR Consulting (Canada)
• Applied Research for Simple Solutions to Environmental Liability Management – Presentation
  Ian Mitchell, Millennium EMS Solutions
• Optimizing Site Locations to Reduce Long-Term Environmental Liabilities – Presentation
  Sheila Duchek, SNC-Lavalin
• Increasing Efficiency through Implementing Field Technologies in a 93 Lot Phase I Environmental Site Assessment in Northern Alberta – Presentation
  Dana Thomsen, Dillon Consulting
• Behaviour of Heavy Oil in a River – Presentation
  Shaun Toner, Matrix Solutions
• Measuring Methane Emissions using Satellite and Airborne Instruments: Toward a Tiered Observation System – Presentation
  Warren Shaw, GHGSat Inc.
• Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA) for the Introduction of Lower Carbon Fuel (LCFs) at the Lafarge Exshaw Cement Facility – Presentation
  Deirdre Treissman & Janet Brygger Millennium EMS Solutions 
  

 
Groundwater

• Bromacil Residues in Soil and Groundwater at Contaminated Sites – Do They Matter? – Presentation
  Karl Bresee, Intrinsik Corp
• Alberta Industrial Heartland and Beverly Channel Groundwater Quality Baseline Study – Presentation
  Qunli Dai, Alberta Environment and Parks
  
• Well Flow Dynamics During Groundwater Sampling: Factors Influencing Testing Results Using Purge and Passive Sampling Approaches – Presentation
  Sandy Britt, QED Environmental Systems
• Remote and Northern Challenges Associated with Implementing a Large-Scale Groundwater Monitoring Program across the Northwest Territories – Presentation
  Beth Cowan, Dillon Consulting
• Conceptual Site Model Re-Development and Discrete Fracture Network Modelling at a Contaminated Fractured Bedrock Site – Presentation
  Trevor Butterfield and Ranjeet Nagare , Advisian
• Watercourse Crossing Restoration Using a Modular Open Bottom Culvert System – Presentation
  Ben Poltorak, Earthmaster Environmental Strategies

 
Water Management

• Wastewater Treatment, using Short Rotation Willow Crops: A Win-Win for the Environment – Presentation
  Martin Labelle, Bionera
• Case Study: Challenges with Algal Blooms and Their Impact on Water Treatment – Presentation
  Jeff Seaman, Trace Associates
• Destruction of Emerging Contaminants in Water: Promises and Challenges of Catalytic Ozonation Technology – Presentation
  Jafar Soltan, University of Saskatchewan and Ednali Zehavi , Saskatchewan Research Council
• AlfaFlash, Next Generation ZLD Technology for Maximizing Water Re-use and Minimizing Waste Disposal – Presentation
  Patrick Horner, Alfa Laval
• Continuous Water Quality Monitoring Program – Presentation
  Robin Reese, AECOM