| *All agenda times are in Mountain Standard Time (MST) | ||
| 8:30 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Opening Remarks
Allan Fogwill, PTAC |
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| 9:10 a.m. | Ecological Research Planning Committee Update Mark Boulton, Suncor | Shane Patterson, Alberta Environment and Protected Areas |
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| 9:20 a.m. | COSIA Update Jack O’Neill, COSIA | Mark Boulton, Suncor |
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| 9:30 a.m. | Session 1: Technological Innovations in Ecological Monitoring
EcoSeis: Developing Sustainable Seismic Solutions Andrea Crook, OptiSeis Solutions |
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| 10:05 a.m. | NETWORKING BREAK | |
| 10:20 a.m. | Session 2: Research on Wildlife and Ecosystem Impacts
The Effects of Oil and Gas Development on Prey Species in Caribou Ranges |
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| 11:10 a.m. | Managing the Risk of Incidental Take for Pileated Woodpeckers Using Remote Sensing Erin Bayne, University of Alberta |
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| 11:40 a.m. | Use of Pileated Woodpecker Nest Cavities and Artificial Nests by Migratory Birds Warren Fleming, LGL Limited |
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| 12:10 p.m. | NETWORKING LUNCH | |
| 1:00 p.m. | Session 2: Continuation
Novel Molecular Test for Detecting Canadian Toad Environmental DNA |
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| 1:30 p.m. | Application of eDNA: 2 case studies from Kearl and Cold Lake Operations Carolina Berdugo, Imperial Oil |
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| 2:00 p.m. | Evolving the Methods for Profiling Fish Communities Using eDNA Brian Eaton and Jori Harrison, InnoTech Alberta |
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| 2:30 p.m. | A Portable, Affordable, Rapid DNA Technology for Wildlife Detection Dr. Natalie Schmitt, McMaster University |
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| 3:00 p.m. | NETWORKING BREAK | |
| 3:10 p.m. | Session 3: Advances in Environmental Data and Genomics
Enhancing Auto-Recognition Technologies in WildTrax |
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| 3:40 p.m. | Using Environmental Genomics for Regulatory Needs Brian Eaton and Jori Harrison, InnoTech Alberta |
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| 4:10 p.m. | Closing Remarks | |