Results of the 2nd edition of the International Forum on Intergrated Water Management

Over 400 participants took part in the 2nd edition of the international forum on Integrated – Stormwater Management in urban areas held from 23 to 25 October 2011.The event was organized by the  "Conseil de gouvernance de l’eau des bassins versants de la rivière St-François (COGESAF)" in partnership with the City of Sherbrooke and the University of Sherbrooke. 21 workshops have been presented by 60 speakers in three rooms in parrallel on different topics of stormwater management in urban area.

Here's a picture of the International Forum:

The Topics
The Internatinoal Forum Topics have been established by aprogram committee of 31 members from different sectors of water management. The workshops focused on the evaluation of new techniques to collect and clean rainwater, governance tools and urban development strategie and finally modeling tools. The diversity of topics brought together complementary disciplines, including civil engineering, urban planning,landscape architecture, municipal management and watershed management.

The opening panel
Sunday, October 23, a panel of seven experts exchanged views on the movie "· Water, nature and the city ·" written by Mr..Bernard Chocat Elodie Brelot. Nearly 200 people attended the opening activity.

From participants

• Businness: 29%
• Cities and towns: 22%
• Watershed organization: 16%
• Students: 15%
• Researchers: 10%
• Govemment: 5%

International Representation
The majority of participants of International Forum are from Quebec, but the representative of 8 Canadian provinces and 10 countries in North America, Europe, Oceania and Africa on the international nature to the event.

Poster Competition
The COGESAF, the City of Sherbrooke and the University of Sherbrooke is offered three scholarships to students selected by theevaluation panel posters.

The winners ·:

• 1st prize · ($ 1,000) · AudreyBeaudoin-Arcand, Joguet Renaud and Jean-François Labelle - University of Sherbrooke - Canada
• Second prize ($ 750) ·: Mehdi Rezoug -Special Schools of Public Works (ESTP) - France
• Third prize ($ 500) · Sylvain bent - École de technologie supérieure (ETS) - Canada

Exhibitors
16 exhibitors were busy times coffee break.

Ecoresponsible Event

All the actions detailed will soon be available in the eco-friendly section of the website ofAppointment. As part of the label 3, the organization  must release the amount of material generated by the event.

Pictures credit: Alexandre Ouellet, Hernendez Santos, André Vuillemin, Julie Grenier and Stéphanie Martel

Panel d'ouverture - Dimanche 23 octobre 2011 de 14 h à 17 h