Forum on the Saint-Laurent 2024

Summary of the event

The eighth edition of the Forum on the St. Lawrence, on the theme of "Stakeholder involvement in the sustainable management of the St. Lawrence River", will be held in person on October 15th and 16th, 2024, at the Hilton Hotel in Quebec City.

The 2024 edition of the Forum aims to disseminate knowledge on the various challenges facing the St. Lawrence, and to share solutions and tools for tackling certain St. Lawrence issues from a sustainable development perspective. It is also an opportunity to publicize the work of the regional roundtables (TCR) network, and to offer networking opportunities between St. Lawrence stakeholders.

^{*All of the presentations and conferences available in PDF are in French only}

Planning

October 15th and 16th, 2024

Day 1 - October 15th - Welcome

8:30 - 9:00	Registration
9:00 - 9:20	Opening speeches Jean Bissonnette MELCCFP and Véronique Hiriart-Baer, Canada Water Agency, Co-chairmen of the St. Lawrence Action Plan

Day 1 / Block 1 / Environmental issues associated with sustainable development and the St. Lawrence River

9h20 - 9h25	Programming overview and introduction to Block 1
9h25 - 10h05	Conference 1 - Strategy and tools for the prevention of aquatic invasive species Annick Drouin (MELCCFP) Olivier Liberge and Matys Tessier (OZERO Solutions) Conference PDF Presentation - OZERO PDF
10h05 - 10h30	Conference 2 - Lake Saint-Pierre shoreline monitoring program (part of a St. Lawrence Action Plan project) Benoît Jobin (ECCC) and Marianne Théberge (MELCCFP) Conference PDF
10h30 - 10h45	Health break
10h45 - 11h10	Conference 3 - Preparing for marine incidents on the St. Lawrence River Joannie Ferland (MELCCFP) and Robin Bénard, Marine Incident Risk Management Center (CEGRIM) Presentation - CEGRIM PDF
11h10 - 11h30	Conference 4 - Together we go far Léa Carrère, Haut Saint-Laurent ZIP Committee Presentation - ZIP Haut Saint-Laurent PDF
11h30 - 12h00	Panel of questions
12h00 - 13h30	Lunch and booths

Day 1 / Block 2 / Economic issues associated with sustainable development and the St. Lawrence River

13h30 - 13h40	Introduction to Block 2
13h40- 14h10	Conference 5 - Environmental certification program for the North American marine industry Véronique Trudeau, Green Alliance Presentation - Green Alliance PDF
14h10 - 14h40	Conference 6 - St. Lawrence fish on Quebecers' plates Sandra Gauthier, Exploramer Presentation - Exploramer ODF
14h40 - 15h10	Conference 7 - The impact of nitrogen reduction Antoine Caron (MELCCFP), Patrice Vachon (MELCCFP) and David Lévesque (MPO) Conference PDF
15h10 - 15h40	Panel of questions
15h40 - 16h00	Closing the day

Day 2 - October 16th - Welcome

8h30 – 9h00	Registration
9h00 - 9h15	Welcome -Opening speeches Badrane Erhioui, Canada Water Agency and Chantale Bourgault, MELCCFP, Co-secretaries of the St. Lawrence Action Plan

Day 2 / Block 1 / Regional Round Tables (RRT) and regional integrated management plans (RIMP)

9h15 – 9h20	Summary of Day 1er and Introduction to Block 1
9h20 - 11h30	Conference 8 - Presentation of regional integrated management plans (RIMP) from Regional Round Tables (RRT) Introducing the RRT network from upstream to downstream : Michel Laliberté, RRT-TCR Haut-Saint-Laurent et du Grand Montréal Presentation PDF Geneviève Clément-Robert, RRT-TCR du lac Saint-Pierre Presentation PDF Guillaume Delair, RRT-TCR Fluvial Estuary Presentation PDF Anthony Kirsh, RRT-TCR Quebec City Presentation PDF Cécile Régazzi, RRT-TCR du Sud de l'estuaire moyen Presentation PDF Camille Turbide, RRT-TCR Îles-de-la-Madeleine Presentation PDF
11h30 - 12h00	Panel of questions
12h00 - 13h30	Lunch and booths

Day 2 / Block 2 / Social issues associated with sustainable development and the St. Lawrence River

13h30 -13h40	Introduction to Block 2
13h40 - 14h10	Conference 14 - Governance and environmental rehabilitation of Lac Saint-Pierre Julie Ruiz, Université du Québec à Trois Rivières (UQTR)
14h10 - 14h40	Conference 15 - Adaptation of local players Dominic Lapointe, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
14h40 - 15h10	Panel of questions
15h10 - 15h40	Closing conference (including questions) Lyne Morissette, M-Expertise Marine Conference PDF
15h40 - 16h00	Closing remarks Véronique Hiriart-Baer, Canada Water Agency and Jean Bissonnette MELCCFP, Co-chairmen of the St. Lawrence Action Plan
16h00 - 16h15	Invitation to the survey