2003 Banff Mountain Summit: Mountains as Water Towers Program

PROGRAM • Sunday • Monday • Tuesday • Wednesday
SUNDAY, November 23
1:30 pm to 2:00 pm	Partners FOR the Saskatchewan River Basin will hold their AGM in the Professional Development Centre Room 103.
2:30 pm to 7:30 pm	Registration table open - Max Bell Lobby
5:00 pm to 7:00 pm	Communities as Water Stewards Ice-breaker Session - Max Bell Room 252
7:30 pm	Summit Opening Night in the Eric Harvie Theatre • Welcome – Bernadette McDonald • Opening address with special guests • Opening Aboriginal Dance Performance with Alex Wells and Lisa Odjig, World Champion Hoop Dancers • Keynote Speaker - Maude Barlow • Reception and Book Launch in Eric Harvie Theatre lobby
MONDAY, November 24
7:30 am to 8:30 am	Registration table open - Max Bell Lobby
WATER TOWERS THEME: "Who Owns it and Who Profits from It?"
8:30 am to 9:15 am	Plenary Speaker – "Conflict and Cooperation over International Waters" Aaron Wolf
9:15 am to 10:30 am	Symposium –"Who Owns it and Who Profits from It?" Panelists: • Community Involvement in sharing benefits from Columbia River Hydroelectric System – Josh Smienk • International Development Research Centre El Angel region – Susan Poats • How much is it worth? – Chuck Howard • Natural Capital: an approach to valuing water – Barry Worbets
10:30 am to 11:00 am	Coffee, tea, juice and conversation
11:00 am to 12:00 pm	Case Studies Topics including: • Columbia River Treaty Perspectives on natural resource ownership and profit sharing - Garry Merkel, Tim Newton, and Richard Paisley • International Development Research Centre Bolivia - Juan Carlos Alurralde • Seattle’s demand dilemma - Chuck Howard • Interjurisdictional Conflict and Cooperation in the Watershed of Lake Atitlán, Guatemala - Ted Horbulyk and Karen McIntosh • Irrigation water conflicts (Upland-Lowland in Bhutan - Thinley Gyamtsho
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm	Poster Session Buffet Lunch in Max Bell Building
WATER TOWERS THEME: "Integrated Watershed Management"
1:30 pm to 2:15 pm	Plenary Speaker – "Integrated Watershed Management" Margaret Catley-Carlson
2:15 pm to 3:30 pm	Symposium –" Integrated Watershed Management" Panelists: • IDRC/Minga Program - Simon Carter • CONDESAN and Watershed Management in the Andes - Hector Cisneros • Exceptional Waters – Jack Imhof • Snowy River Journey – Graeme Ender
3:30 pm to 4:00 pm	Coffee, tea, juice and conversation
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm	Case Studies: Topics including: • Foothills Integrated Watershed Strategy - Maureen Lynch and Wendy Aupers • South Saskatchewan River Basin - Ian Dyson • Water quality and quantity issues of the Red Deer, Bow, and Oldman Rivers – Leland Jackson • Water harvesting, drinking water and irrigation water use under very high population pressure and agricultural intensification in Nepal - Bhuban Shrestha • Integrated Watershed Management on the Athabasca - Jay White
8:00 pm	Evening Presentation • Music with singer/songwriter/environmental advocate Sid Marty and guests • Presentation: Sacred Water - An accidental pilgrimage down the Ganges River with Maria Coffey and Dag Goering • Presentation: Riverworld - “A personal journey to the world’s wildest waters and places” Mark Angelo
TUESDAY, November 25
7:30 am to 8:30 am	Registration table open - Max Bell Lobby
WATER TOWERS THEME: "Mountain Water Ecosystems: Conservation and Restoration"
8:30 am to 9:15 am	Plenary Speaker – "Mountain Water Ecosystems: Conservation and Restoration" Hans Schreier
9:15 am to 10:30 am	Symposium –" Mountain Water Ecosystems: Conservation and Restoration" Panelists: • Tropical Montane Cloud Forests – Larry Hamilton • Restoration and Conservation of Mountain Watersheds Important to Pacific Salmon – Paul Kariya • Conservation and restoration of mountain watersheds in the Altai mountain region (Russia/China/Kazahkstan/Mongolia) - Yuri Badenkov
10:30 am to 11:00 am	Coffee, tea, juice and conversation
11:00 am to 12:00 pm	Case Studies: Topics including: • Exceptional Waters: Elk River – Jack Imhof • Mt. Kilimanjaro - Joyce Ndesamburo • Landscape management and water – Chris Frissell and Rob Ament
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm	Lunch in Main Dining Room, Donald Cameron Hall (tables reserved for Summit)
AFTERNOON FREE
8:00 pm	Evening Presentation Ms. Moleski's grade six class from Banff Elementary join Dr. Don Waite of Environment Canada in a musical look at climate change. Special Film Festival Screening with water-related films from the Banff Mountain Film Festival archives.
WEDNESDAY, November 26
7:30 am to 8:30 am	Registration table open - Max Bell Lobby
WATER TOWERS THEME: "Impact of Climate Change"
8:30 am to 9:15 am	Plenary Speaker: "Impact of Climate Change on Mountain Water: the Lifeblood of Western Canada" David Schindler
9:15 am to 10:30 am	Symposium –"Impact of Climate Change" Panelists include: • Salmon fisheries - Dick Beamish • Climate change effects on European mountain watersheds - Pierre Etchevers • Impact of climate change on ecosystems- Fred Wrona
10:30 am to 11:00 am	Coffee, tea, juice and conversation
11:00 am to 12:00 pm	Case Studies: • Climate change impact on the Bow River, Alberta – Mountain Parks Watershed Association, Gary Parkstrom • The impact of climate change on the security of mountain-sourced water supplies in the western Canadian prairies – Bill Donahue • Mercury and forest fire – Erin Kelly • Climate Change and the Cedar River, Oregon – George Schneider
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm	Lunch in Main Dining Room, Donald Cameron Hall (tables reserved for Summit)
WATER TOWERS THEME: "20 Year Horizon: the Search for Solutions"
1:30 pm to 2:15 pm	Plenary Speaker – " The 20-year Horizon: Challenges and Solutions through Integrated Watershed Management" Isobel Heathcote
2:15 pm to 3:30 pm	Symposium – "20 Year Horizon: Search for Solutions" Panelists include: • Alberta Water Strategy – Bev Yee • International Development Centre Andean Vision – Juan Carlos Alurralde • Centre for Affordable Water/Sanitation Technology – Camille Dow-Baker
3:30 pm to 4:00 pm	Coffee, tea, juice and conversation
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm	Case Studies: Topics including: • Canada’s Wonder of Water celebrations – Bob Sandford • International Research Development Centre Agualtiplano – Guillermo Rebosio • Water Handbook - Adele Hurley • Women, Water and Workloads in Nepal-Sandra Brown
8:00 pm	Closing Banquet - Main Dining Room, Donald Cameron Hall with guest speaker Marq de Villiers