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AquaHacking 2015 - Ottawa River Summit
Friday, May 29, 2015
8:00 am
8:30 am
9:00 am
9:30 am
10:30 am
10:45 am
11:15 am
12:00 pm
12:45 pm
1:15 pm
1:30 pm
2:15 pm
3:15 pm
Registration
Opening: Water ceremony and prayer
Peter Decontie, Algonguin Elder & Fire Keeper, Kitigan Zibi
Welcoming remarks
• Claudette Commanda, Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg
• Mayor Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin, City of Gatineau
• Mayor Jim Watson, City of Ottawa
• Geoff Green, President, Ottawa Riverkeeper
• Nan-b de Gaspe Beaubien, Co-chair and Philippe III de Gaspe Beaubien, CEO, de Gaspe Beaubien
Foundation (5 min)
• Tatianna de Gaspé Beaubien-Mattrick and Philippe IV de Gaspé Beaubien, project instigators
Opening discussion: Integrated water management across diverse jurisdictions
Setting the scene: Meredith Brown, Ottawa Riverkeeper
Panelists:
• Marie-Claude Leclerc, Regroupement des organismes de bassins versants du Québec (ROBVQ)
• Sommer Casgrain-Robertson, Rideau Valley Conservation Authority
• Nicolas Milot, ZIP - Comité de la Zone d'Intervention Prioritaire
• Bernadette Conant, Canadian Water Network
• Roch Bérubé, Ottawa River Regulation Planning Board
Break
Opening presentation: Clean water, a unifying opportunity for the region
by Dan Gagnier
Speech/Press conference (Mozart room)
• The Honorable David Heurtel, Quebec Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and the
Fight against Climate Change
• Representative, Government of Ontario
• Mayor Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin, City of Gatineau
• Representative, de Gaspé Beaubien Foundation
• Representative, Ottawa Riverkeeper
Lunch
Presentation of AquaHacking jury members
Presentation: The Gatineau Declaration
Panel and workshop: What does success look like in the Ottawa River Watershed?
• Roy Macgregor, The Globe & Mail
• Chief Kirby Whiteduck, Algonquin of Pikwakanagan
• Dan Brunton, Natural Values, Protected areas
• Claude Tremblay, St. Lawrence Global Observatory
• Dr. Jeff Ridal, St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences
• Chief Harry St-Denis, Wolf Lake First Nation
Breakout table discussions
Break
3:30 pm
4:30 pm
4:45 pm
5:00 pm
Concluding the day’s deliberations:
Dominique Monchamp & Guy Laflamme
Closing water ceremony & prayer
Peter Decontie, Algonguin Elder & Fire Keeper, Kitigan Zibi
Break
Networking cocktail reception
AquaHacking 2015 – Ottawa River Summit
Saturday, May 30, 2015
8:30 am
9:00 am
9:15 am
9:30 am
10:25 am
10:45 am
12:00 pm
1:15 pm
2:30 pm
3:30 pm
4:00 pm
Registration & Breakfast
Opening remarks
Opening presentations:
Louis-Alexandre de Gaspé Beaubien: The new generation commitment toward water preservation in
the technological era. (5 min)
Alexandra Cousteau: How can water benefit from new technologies? (10 min)
Panel: How can the IT and water world converge?
Jean-François Barsoum, Smarter Cities, IBM
Dylan Neild, Technical advisor to Lake Ontario Waterkeeper
Nathalie Piedboeuf, Executive director, G3E
Eric Boyko, Co-founder, President and CEO, Stingray Digital
Mitch Garber, CEO, Caesars Acquisition Company and Chair of Cirque du Soleil’s Board of directors
Break
Presentation of jury members
Interactive presentation of developed apps by finalists to jury members (part 1)
Jury members:
• Alexandra Cousteau, President of the Jury
• Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien III
• Mitch Garber
• Eric Boyko
• Jean-François Barsoum
Lunch
Interactive presentation of developed apps by finalists to jury members (part 2)
Kiosk showcase of mobile/web applications developed by the hacking teams
Further details about the developed solutions
Audience is invited to cast their vote for the People’s Choice Award on tablets.
Additional interaction with jury members & Deliberation of jury members
Winners’ announcement, Photos & media interviews
Celebratory cocktail