Conference Program

CWRA 2024 Conference Abstract Submission

The Canadian Water Resources Association’s 2024 Conference Planning Committee is inviting you to help us create a diverse and interesting conference program by submitting an abstract (or several!). Abstracts are being accepted for both oral and poster presentations in over 30 technical sessions. 

While all abstracts will be considered, it may not be possible to accommodate all submitted abstracts in the program. If an abstract is not selected for the desired session, it may be slotted into an alternate session at the program committee’s discretion. 

The abstract submission deadline has been extended to Monday, February 19^th, 2024.

Do not submit an abstract on behalf of anyone other than yourself.  

If your abstract is accepted but you are not selected to present an oral presentation, you will be offered a poster presentation opportunity if space allows.

Detailed notifications of acceptance and guidelines for oral presentations and posters will be sent by email in March 2024. At this time, it is anticipated that most oral presentations will be 15 minutes, including a few minutes for questions.

Presenting authors of both oral presentations and posters must register for the conference and are required to pay the registration fee and cover all other expenses involved in attending the conference. Your presentation or poster will be withdrawn from the conference if you do not register.

Abstracts are being accepted for the following sessions:

1. Wetland values, what they provide to agriculture, industry, and society.
2. Advances in Urban Hydrology
3. 3D CFD Modeling for Water Resources Engineering
4. State of Watershed Reporting
5. Sustainability, Resiliency, and Decision-Making in Transboundary Waters
6. Transboundary Waters – future challenges, needs and potential
7. Climate Change Impacts on Freshwater Availability
8. Flood Risk Assessment and Mitigation in the Context of Climate Change
9. Hydrological Modelling
10. Hydrological Monitoring
11. The Future of Canada’s Inland Deltas
12. Flood Hazard Mapping – Overview of federal flood programs and initiatives
13. Flood Hazard Mapping – Indigenous Knowledge
14. Flood Hazard Mapping – Uncertain water future
15. Flood Hazard Mapping – Science and Policy
16. Flood Hazard Mapping – Technology, Data and Analytics
17. Water management on the Prairies: Grand challenges and solutions
18. Water Quality and Hydrology: Lessons learned from collaborative partnerships across disciplines 
19. Advancements in Operational Hydrological Forecasting: Perspectives and Innovations
20. Advancing the integration of climate, surface water, and groundwater systems
21. Use of R in Canadian hydrology
22. Navigating Hydrological Challenges through Transformative Strategies in Community Hydrology Modelling
23. Advances in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Water Resource Management
24. Advances and Applications in Remote Sensing for Water Resource Management
25. Citizen Science 
26. Indigenous Knowledge 
27. Watershed Stewardship 
28. Science and Policy 
29. Water Philosophy, Ethics, and Values 
30. Stream Restoration and/or Fish Enhancement
31. Developments in Irrigation Technology 
32. Agricultural Water Management in Canada under a Climate Change
    
33. Global Water Futures: Synthesis of Solutions to Water Threats in an Era of Global Change

CWRA2024 is now accepting Session and Workshop Proposals that illustrate practical actions taken to address water management challenges in Canada.  The sessions and workshops should emphasize the linkage between research and practice and the benefits of a collective knowledge approach.

Sessions could include presentations on case studies, projects, research, or lessons learned that will interest public and private sector groups including academics, consultants, government representatives, environmental groups, landowners, watershed organizations and industry stakeholders.  A panel or roundtable discussion may be incorporated into the session program.

This open call will close on November 19. Additional details, including links to the form to be used for submissions can be found in the PDF version of the Call for sessions, which you can download at the link below. Any questions related to the call can be directed to CWRA2024@cwra.org.

Possible session and workshop themes may include:

i. Citizen Science – What it is and how can it be levered to gain knowledge and understanding that can shape policy development.

ii. Indigenous Knowledge – The value of water from a rights holder perspective and the path forward to ingrain Indigenous knowledge in decisions making.

iii. Watershed Stewardship – Examples of best practices and challenges for local level approaches to water management and policy development (PARCS, Watershed Councils, Lake Winnipeg, Partners For the Saskatchewan River Basin, etc.).

iv. An Uncertain Water Future – What may be the water and water related future that will influence development, challenge sustainability, and support or threaten food, energy, and environmental security from a local, national, and global perspective.

v. Science and Policy – How will institutional reform, such as the newly created Canada Water Agency, be the framework for effectively linking science, policy, and actions.

vi. The Next Generation of Water Keepers – How will the next generation of water specialists, scientists, and activists be developed.

vii. Drainage and Wetlands – Can the two exist under the same policy framework and what are the reasons and implications for cohabitation.

viii. Transboundary Water – Actions taken to address transboundary water challenges considering the shared common good.

ix. Technologies and Analytics – How will space-based technologies, remote sensing, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and social media contribute to wise water management.

x. Water Philosophy, Ethics, and Values – Water ideology from an ecological, food security, energy security, rights holders, and common good perspective.

xi. Canadian Prairie Agriculture – Innovations in adapting to climate variability for food security.

xii. Policy and Actionable Response to Climate Variability – Examples of actions taken to build climate resilience, adaptation, and mitigation.