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Tuesday, October 15th
Optional Activity
Mountain Bike Ride
Hosted by: Josh Dias, Bureau Veritas
Canmore, AB
Registration & Exhibitor Move-in
Conference Centre, 2nd Level
Wednesday, October 16th
Registration Opens
Conference Centre, 2nd Level Foyer
Exhibitor Move-in Continues
Conference Centre, 2nd Level Foyer
How mutual economic opportunities supports the path to Truth and Reconciliation – Panel Discussion
Coleman
Moderator:
Brad Spence, Trace Associates
Panelists:
Joel Gervais, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
Michelle Cotton, Soltice Environmental
Shaleigh Raine, Louis Bull First Nation
Brandon Spiller, Sublatus Environmental
The focus of the panel discussion is to help understand how mutual economic opportunities supports the path to truth and reconciliation. The panelists expertise stem from government, industry and local Indigenous communities. They will offer their own firsthand experiences, to advance the discussion. The Panel Discussion begins will an optional smudge at 9:00 am.
Environmental Law for Consultants and Industry – Hot-Topics Roundtable
Beatty
Moderator: Anand Srivastava, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP
Join leading environmental legal practitioners from private practice as they review latest developments and discuss what consultants and industry need to know. This session will include a moderated panel discussion with audience questions welcome.
Panelists:
Sean Parker, McLennan Ross LLP
Jacquelyn Stevens, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP
Matt Gardner, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP
Annemarie Clarke, Witten LLP
Protecting the Business of Environmental Remediation: Insurance, Contracts & Liability Workshop
Shaughnessy
This workshop is designed to equip attendees with the tools and knowledge they need to minimize liability exposures in their environmental remediation projects.
Andrea Phillips & Magdalena Cammidge, Lloyd Sadd
Exhibits Open
Van Horne Ballroom and Presidents Hall
Tradeshow Sponsor
Tradeshow Lunch
Van Horne Ballroom
Did we mention Pizza?
Lunch Sponsor
Coleman
Beatty
Shaugnessy
In-Situ
Coleman
Moderator:
Marie-Claude Reid, SLR Consulting
New Technology
Beatty
Moderator:
Robbie Retzleff, WSP
Risk Management
Shaughnessy
Moderator:
Renee White, Lafarge
High-Resolution Site Characterization and the Development of a Better Conceptual Site Model: A NAPL Release Site Case Study
Kirklyn Davidson, SCG Remediation Services
Empowering Project Lifecycles with Geomatics Positioning for Enhanced Data Utilization
Kris Kwiatkowski, ProDelta Projects Inc.
Vapour Intrusion: A Legal and Technical Analysis of Risk Mitigation for Existing Buildings
Meggen Janes and Paul Nicholson, Geosyntec Consultants
Anand Srivasta, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP
Coal Power Wastewater: Selenium Challenge and A New Solution
Paul Newman & Dave Kempisty, ECT2
Putting the FLOW in Workflow: Using Hydrocarbon Plume Prediction AI to Quantify Groundwater Risk and Liability
Steven Sicliano, Environmental Material Science Inc.
Challenges in Development and Application of Remedial Guidelines
Yong Li & Anne Way, Parsons
Two Wrongs can Make a Right – A Novel Approach to the Biochemical Neutralization and Remediation of Cement-Impacted Soils
Kimberley McLeish & Vincent Stein, Worley Consulting
Case Study: Application of New Technology – Use of IntelleKtEIG as a Product Tool for Regulatory Closure in Saskatchewan
Janice Paslawski & Hilary Lavoie, Millennium EMS Solutions
Jeff Gould, IntelleKt-EIG Limited
LNAPL Conceptual Site Model Refinement at a Condensate Blowout Site
Giulio Scarzella, AECOM Canada Ltd.
A Review of Microbial Induced Carbonate Precipitation Treatment in the Remediation of Diverse Mine Tailings
Sarah Miles, Geosyntec Consultants
Best Management Practices for Site Characterization: The End of Poke and Hope?
Samantha Frandsen, Aestus, LLC
LNAPL Characterization, Immobilization and Destruction Technologies in Support of Risk-Based Site Closures
Kevin French, VEI Contracting
Answering the Challenges of Low Permeability Formations
Gordon Guest, Geo Tactical Remediation Ltd.
Paradigm Shift in Liability Management
George (Bud) Ivey, Ivey International Inc.
Optional Activity
Nature Walk
Dee and Brian Keating, Going Wild
Details TBA
Groundwater
Coleman
Moderator:
Grant Walsom, XCG a division of Trace Associates Inc.
New Technology
Beatty
Moderator:
Megan Macadam, WiQ
Risk Management
Shaughnessy
Moderator:
Louise Burden, Ashwell Consulting
Targeted Remediation in Fractured Bedrock on a Remote Superfund Site using Electrical Hydrogeology
Kyle Spears & Stuart McDonald, Aestus, LLC
Historical Landfills – Not Your Regular Brownfield Sites
Frans Hettinga & Sean Buckles, Tetra Tech Canada Inc.
Simplistic Modeling Methods for Nitrate in Groundwater: Case Study Obtaining Regulatory Closure
Erik Martin, Vertex Resource Group Ltd.
Navigating New Frontiers: The Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Environmental Innovation
Jevins Waddell & BJ Min, EcoAI INNOVATES
Quantification of Uncertainty in Site-Specific Guideline Adjustment
Amy Philip & Sean Elliot, Parsons
Networking 101
Rob Ritchie – 3rd floor Conference Center
An opportunity for those new to RemTech or new to the industry to learn from industry veterans about networking and making the most of attending RemTech.
Game On! – Tailgate Reception
Join us for an evening of amazing food, carnival games and a giant remote control car racing track. Check out the silent
auction and support the RemTech charities.
You won’t want to miss the Tailgate party!
Reception Sponsor
Silent Auction Sponsor
Drink Ticket Sponsor
Thursday, October 17th
Registration Open
Conference Centre, 2nd Level Foyer
Networking Breakfast
Van Horne Ballroom
Opening Remarks, Welcome and Keynote
Van Horne Ballroom
Fred Keating, MC
Scott Purves, ESAA President
Keynote Presentation
Van Horne Ballroom
Fact vs Fiction: The Age of Misinformation
Timothy Caulfield
Professor of Health Law and Science Policy, University of Alberta
Sponsor
Networking Break
Van Horne Ballroom
Coffee Break Sponsor
Interesting Projects and Unique Locations
Coleman
Moderator:
Greg Olson, Nelson Environmental
Emerging Contaminants
Beatty
Moderator:
Amelie Thibault, WSP
Canadian Brownfields Network
Shaughnessy
Moderators:
Meggen Janes, Canadian Brownfield Network
Barbara McEwen, Alberta Environment and Protected Areas
Hazardous Waste PCB Sediment Remediation, Port Hope, ON
Alicia Kruska, ECC Services British Columbia
Rethinking Field Sampling Practices in PFAS Testing: Challenging Conventional Cross-Contamination Assumptions
Andrew White, Bureau Veritas Laboratories
Municipal Engagement for Divesting Imperial Oil’s Surplus Sites
Maurice LeBlanc, Imperial Oil
Tammy Lomas-Jylha, Lomas-Jylha Consulting
Human Health Risk Assessment of Treated Oil Sands Mine Waters to the Lower Athabasca River
Bart Koppe & Karen Phillipps, Intrinsik
Emerging Contaminants Under the Microscope: Exploring Microplastics in the North Saskatchewan River
Jeremiah Bryksa & Patric McGlashan, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Part 1: Policy Matters to Brownfield Redevelopment – Alberta’s Guide to Excluding the Domestic Use Aquifer based on Municipal Bylaws
Paul Leong, City of Calgary
Rob Hoffman, Canadian Fuels Association
Norman Sawatsky, Alberta Environment and Protected Areas
Chris Chalk, Alberta Environment and Protected Areas
Challenges of Responding to a Railcar Coal Spill in a Remote River
Lawrence Malizzi, CTEH
Gasification of PFAS – Destruction Efficiency Results from a Technology Transfer Lab
Bill Malyk & Justin Gal, WSP Canada Inc.
Part 2: Policy Implementation and Brownfield Case Studies – Alberta’s Guide to Excluding the Domestic Use Aquifer based on Municipal Bylaws – Panel Discussion
Paul Leong, City of Calgary
Rob Hoffman, Canadian Fuels Association
Norman Sawatsky, Alberta Environment and Protected Areas
Chris Chalk, Alberta Environment and Protected Areas
Practical Remediation Closure Solutions for Remote sites in Northern British Columbia
Nicole Prince & Lucas Hewitt, North Shore Environmental Consultants Inc.
Applied Machine-Learning Tools to Enhance PFAS Analytics and Support More Effective Site Management
Paul Hurst & Skyler Sorsby, WSP Canada Inc.
Small Town Redevelopment Dreams
Jackie Maxwell, SLR Consulting
Lunch and Keynote Presentation
Van Horne Ballroom
Life as We Know It (Can Be): Stories of People, Climate, and Hope in a Changing World
Bill Weir
Chief Climate Correspondent, CNN
ESAA Industry Awards Presentation
ESAA Lifetime Achievement Award
Sponsor
Specialty Coffee Break
Foyer by Registration Area
Cappuccinos, Lattes, Espresso Available
Coffee Break Sponsor
Interesting Projects and Unique Locations
Coleman
Moderator:
Janice Paslawski, Millennium EMS Solutions Ltd.
A Little Bit of Everything
Beatty
Moderator:
Scott Purves, Matrix Solutions Inc., a Montrose Environmental Company
PTAC
Shaughnessy
Moderator:
Allan Fogwill & Tannis Such, PTAC
Monitoring and Enhancing Natural Source Zone Depletion at a Petroleum Pipeline Release Site in Abbotsford, BC
Arden Wabisca & Matthew Rousseau, GHD
Mining Waste to Value in Thompson, Manitoba
Darryll Champagne, KBL Projects Ltd
Introduction and Overview
Allan Fogwill, PTAC
Evaluating Technology-based Assessments for Use in Reclamation Certification of Footprint
Stefan Schreiber, Innotech Alberta
Complex Bedrock Remediation Case Study: Addressing Dissolved Heavy Metals In-Situ Using Multiple Approaches
Bruce Tunnicliffe, VEI Contracting
Geomatics and Digital Solutions to Support Field Planning, Data Collection, Collaboration, Reporting – A Case Study from AltaLink 716L Soil Salvage Assessment
Matt Wilkinson, Matrix Solutions Inc., a Montrose Environmental Company
Process Guide for Approaching Salt Contamination – Supplementary Work on Regulatory Gaps
Sheila Luther & Ashley Morgan, Matrix Solutions Inc. a Montrose Environmental Company
What’s a Water Body? Using Site-Specific, Pathway-Based Rationalization to Achieve Site Closure for Salinity-Impacted Sites
Brent Lennox, Waterline Resources Inc.
Evidence of Organic Carbon Control over Sulphate Reduction in a Saline Shallow Lake near a Gas Plant in Calgary, Alberta
Francisco Castrillon Munoz, SummitEarth & James Freeman, S2 Environmental JV Inc.
Evaluation of Soil Chloride Delineation Requirements
Daniel Pollard & Ashley Morgan, Matrix Solutions, a Montrose Environmental Company
Establishing Risk-Based Limits for Elemental Sulphur in Soil – Final Stage 2 Results, Joint Industry Project
Simone Levy, Waterline Resources Inc. & James Freeman, S2 Environmental JV Inc.
Defining Geogenic Background for Site Investigations – Combining Petroleum Forensic Chemistry and Geology
Phil Richards, Matrix Solutions Inc
Recent Research Results for Selenium and Sulphate Ecotoxicology and Methods for Livestock Risk
Viktoria Winter, Equilibrium Environmental Inc.
The Use of Geophysical Surveys for Investigating Historically Buried Debris, British Columbia, Canada
Michelle Gunnlaugson, WSP Canada
Evaluating PCOC From Wildfires Using Case Studies
Tadd Berger, Pinchin Ltd
Alberta Tier 1 & 2 Guideline Tool – Phase 2
Paul Fuelbrandt, Statvis Analytics Inc.
Subsoil Salinity Tool Version 3.0 Technical Manual Updates
Greg Huber, Equilibrium Enviornmental
Closing Remarks
Tannis Such, PTAC
Optional Activity
Yoga
Melany James, Soul Fitness
Details TBA
Optional Activity
Nature Hike
Dee and Brian Keating, Going Wild
Details TBA
Networking Reception
Van Horne Ballroom
Join us for an evening not to be missed. Check out the best of the Castle and sample foods from the Banff Springs Restaurants.
In addition, try your luck at the mini fun money casino with blackjack and poker.
Last chance to check out the silent auction and support the RemTech charities.
Reception Sponsor
Silent Auction Sponsor
Drink Tickets Sponsor
Friday, October 18th
Registration Open
Conference Centre, 2nd Level Foyer
Networking Breakfast
Van Horne Ballroom
Breakfast Sponsor
Conservation Update
Van Horne Ballroom
Collaborating for Whooping Crane Conservation
Diana Christie, Conservation Program Manager
Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo
Optional Activity
Yoga
Melany James, Soul Fitness
Details TBA
Specialty Coffee Break
Foyer by Registration Area
Cappuccinos, Lattes, Espresso Available
Coffee Break Sponsor
Laboratory
Coleman
Moderator:
Danielle Hutson, Element Materials Technology
Natural Attenuation, Phytoremediation, Bioremediation
Beatty
Moderator:
Sylvain Bordenave, Trace Associates
Soil Sterilants Program
Shaughnessy
Moderator:
Bonnie Drozdowski, Innotech Alberta
Optimizing Test Methods for Evidence of PFAS Biomagnification in Mammalian Serum
Desiree Hui, Helmi Aboulsoud & Egemen Aydin, AGAT Laboratories
Case Study: Transition to Monitored Natural Attenuation After 30 Years of Pump and Treat at the Former Uniroyal Site in Edmonton, Alberta
Joe Ricker, WSP USA Inc.
Hadley Stamm, Lanxess
Program: Addressing Challenges Managing Sterilant Impacted Site in Alberta
Bonnie Drozdowski, Innotech Alberta
Utilization of Biogenic Hydrocarbon Assessments to Determine Extent of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contamination
Brody Andersen, Bureau Veritas
Natural Source Zone Depletion and the Activated Carbon Remedy: Friend or Foe
Mike Mazzarese, AST Environmental
Sterilant Sampling Best Management Practices
Kathryn Bessie, Tetra Tech Canada Inc.
Practical Applications of Direct Aqueous Injection Methods for Quantitative PFAS Analysis by LC-MS/MS
Tammy Chartrand & Sanja Risticevic, ALS Global
How do Biostimulators Enhance Soil Remediation and Methanogenesis: Insights from Microbial Community and their Function
Yunliang Li & Steven Siciliano, University of Saskatchewan
Soil Sterilants Program: Risk Assessment and Management
Cory Kartz, Millenium EMS Solutions Ltd.
Networking Break
Exhibit Area
Coffee Break Sponsor
Salty Talks
Coleman
Moderator:
Michelle Heffernan, Trace Associates
Natural Attenuation, Phytoremediation, Bioremediation
Beatty
Moderator:
Patrick Campbell, WSP
Soil Sterilants Program
Shaughnessy
Moderator:
Bonnie Drozdowski, Innotech Alberta
Stringent Isn’t Always Sustainable: Quantifying Environmental and Social Metrics when Applying Salt Guidelines
Kenneth Eric Van Gaalen & Monique Wismer, Trace Associates Inc.
Bench-Scale Testing of Remediation Technologies on Sterilant Impacted Soils in Alberta
Jean Pare, Chemco inc.
Kevin French, VEI Contracting
An Alternative Approach to Decommissioning and Risk Management of a Historical Cooling Pond and Phosphogypsum Stacks
Dylan King, Stantec Consulting Ltd.
Soil Sterilants Program: Application of Remediation Technologies for Bromacil Impacted Sites in Alberta
Victor Bachmann, Innotech Alberta
Jean Pare, Chemco inc.
Using Basalt Powder for Remediation of Sodium Contaminated Soils; a Novel Approach to Soil Restoration
Ailsa Le May & Steven Siciliano, University of Saskatchewan
Integrated Site Closure Based on Natural Attenuation
Ian Mitchell, Millennium EMS Solutions Ltd.
Ian Hers, Hers Environmental Consulting Inc.
Soil Sterilant Program: Industry Applications
Jason Pentland & Monica Brightwell, ATCO Utilities
Lunch and Closing Keynote
Van Horne Ballroom
Keynotes, Joe Chowaniec Scholarship Presentation and Closing Remarks
Sponsor
Moving Forward, Towards Truth and Reconciliation
Lyndon J Linklater
Traditional Knowledge Keeper and Storyteller
True Reconciliation
The Hon. Jody Wilson-Raybould
Former Member of Parliament, Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada,
Bestselling Author