2016 INCISE Symposium Program*

*The symposium program is being finalized and will soon be posted. Please be advised that the symposium registration covers participation during the 3-day symposium program. Attendance on the half day workshop on sediment flow monitoring is dependent upon contacting the event organizers directly.

 

Sunday, July 24

DAY 1
Monday July 25

 DAY 2
Tuesday July 26		 DAY 3
Wednesday July 27		   Thursday, July 28
Participants arrive in Victoria

2016 INCISE Symposium Opening 8:30 - Registration

9:00 – Welcome from INCISE committee (De Leo, Puig, Huvenne, Davies)
9:15 – Welcome from Ocean Networks Canada (Kate Moran, president and CEO)
9:30 - Opening Keynote: A tribute to Francis P. Shepard – Father of Marine Geology. Gary Greene, MLML-CSU
 

Session 1: Canyon processes in the space-time continuum

10:00 – Keynote: Susan Allen, UBC
10:30 - Coffee break 11:00 - 12:40 - Oral communications - 1)

Session 3: Patterns in submarine canyons: role of scale and heterogeneity

8:30 - Keynote: Thomas Schlacher, USC, Australia

09:00 - 10:20 - Oral communications - 3)

10:20 Coffee break

10:50 – 12:10 - Oral communications - 3)

Session 4: Anthropogenic disturbances in submarine canyons: conservation and management strategies and marine policy

12:10 - Keynote: Derek Fenton, BIO-DFO

Special Session 1 - Sediment transport monitoring in submarine canyons

8:30 - Keynote: Charlie Paull, MBARI

9:00 - 10:20 – Oral communications - 5)

10:20 Coffee break

 

10:50 - 1:10 – Oral communications - 5)

 

Special Session 2 - Interdisciplinary studies in Barkley Canyon

11:30 - 12:30 - Oral communications on research projects utilizing ONC’s Barkley Canyon seafloor cabled observatory platforms.		   1/2 day focused workshop - Joint and collaborative research on sediment flow monitoring in canyons and other marine and coastal habitats*

Leads: Peter Talling, Charlie Paull, Pere Puig

Host: Gwyn Lintern, Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN)

Venue - Institute of Ocean Sciences, Patricia Bay, Sidney

* Those 2016 INCISE symposium attendees interested in joining this extra day informal workshop must contact the organizers directly (E-mail:

peter.j.talling@durham.ac.uk).
  Lunch Break: 12:40 - 13:40 Lunch Break: 12:40 - 13:40 Lunch Break: 12:30 - 13:30    
Participants arrive in Victoria

13:40 - 14:20 - Oral communications - 1, continued)

Session 2: Integrated programs and new technologies

14:20 – Keynote: Veerle Huvenne, NOC

14:50 - 15:10 - Oral communications - 2)

15:10 Coffee break

15:30 - 16:50 - Oral communications - 2)

16:50 - 18:00 - Poster session

13:40 – 15:20 – Oral communications - 4)

15:20 Coffee break

15:50 -  The David Susuki Foundation - "Marine Conservation in Canadian Waters"

 

16:10 - INCISE Working Group break out discussion sessions (Part 1)

17:40 - 18:30 - Poster session

13:30-14:00 - Oral communications (continued)

Symposium closure

14:00 - 15:00 - INCISE Working Group break out discussion sessions (Part 2)

15:00 Coffee break 15:30 - Summary of Working Group Discussions and closing remarks. 2018 INCISE symposium, where to?
16:30 - Site visit to Ocean Networks Canada’s Marine Technology Centre**

Participants will have the chance to see the various types of infrastructure deployed at ONC’s cabled observatories
    

17:30 - Ice-breaker at Bard & Banker Pub
 

 Evening of informal networking. Participants are free to meet in small groups at any of the local breweries (or elsewhere) to discuss new ideas for research collaboration 20:00 - Conference Dinner ** Participants interested in visiting ONC’s marine technology facility should contact the organizing committee.    

Local Organizing Committee (ONC):

Scientific Committee:

INCISE Steering Committee:

  • Veerle Huvene (NOC)

  • Jamie Davies (UPL)

  • Joshu Mountjoy (NIWA)

  • Rob Hall (UEA)

  • Peter Harris (GRID-Arendal)

  • Nathalie Valette-Silver (NOAA)

  • Aaron Micallef (University of Malta)

  • Fabio De Leo (ONC)