Honor Committee

Members of the honorary committee are individuals, organizations and researchers who are associated with the appointment by the important role they play in water issues.

Mr. Pierre Arcand Honor President Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks of Quebec

	Mr. Bernard Sévigny Mayor of City of Sherbrooke

	Mr. Alain Webster Vice-recteur au développement durable et aux relations gouvernementales de l’Université de Sherbrooke

	Mr. Jean-Paul Raîche President du COGESAF President du Regroupement des organisme de bassins versants du Québec (ROBVQ)

The International Forum on Integrated Water organization has the immense pleasure to announce the coming of internationally recognized researchers.

Since 1992, Sustainable urban stormwater management is the main focus of the triennial conference NOVATECH. Held in Lyon and organized by the “Groupe de Recherche Rhône-Alpes sur les Infrastructures et l’Eau (GRAIE)” gathers decision makers local authorities, engineering and industry firms engaged in water management and the most experienced researchers in this field.

	Bernard Chocat Director of the Civil Engineering and Environnemental Enginneering Laboratory from the National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA) of Lyon Chairman of the scientific committee of NOVATECH conference

Mr. Chocat is an Engineer from INSA, Lyon, 1973 and holds a Ph.D, 1981. He teaches in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at INSA Lyon. He is currently Director of the Laboratory of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Mr. Chocat main expertise area is urban hydrology. He has largely contributed to structure and mobilize national and international researchers: Founder and President of Novatech conference on sustainable techniques for urban stormwater management, Founder and former Director of OTHU: Observatory Field for Urban Hydrology, Former President and Honorary Member of the Joint Committee IWA-IAHR on urban drainage

He holds or has held responsibilities in many areas of the environment and sustainable city management: Chairman of the Research Committee of the ASTE, Deputy Chief Scientific research cluster Rhone-Alps on the environment, President of the Evaluation Committee Program PRECOD of ANR, Vice Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Ecotech program, Founder and Honorary Chairman of the Research Group Rhone-Alps on infrastructure and water (GRAIE ), Member of the steering committee of the ANR program "Sustainable City", Member of the forerunner of the Institute of Sustainable Metropolis, Project leader "Ecocampus instrumented" for the University of Lyon, And more…

	Jean Luc Bertrand Krajewski Professor, INSA of Lyon Chairman of the scientific committee of NOVATECH conference

Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and Urban Planning from INSA (Institut National des Sciences Appliquées) of Lyon, France since 1997, M. Krajewski led his research activity at the LGCIE (Laboratory of Civil and Environmental Engineering), from which he is deputy director and team leader on "Urban Water".

His main research topics concerns the urban hydrology and urban water systems, including pollutants transfers modeling in wastewater systems, solid transport, metrology and instrumentation in situ, the integrated approach in urban waters and infiltration / exfiltration networks, with many national and international collaborations.

During 2002-2005, he was: Chairman of the International Working Group SS & PWG (Sewer Systems and Processes Working Group) within the JCUD (IWA / IAHR Joint Committee on Urban Drainage). In 2005-2008, he was elected president of JCUD. He is also active at national level, as a member of the joint working group "Urban Hydrology" the SHF (Société Hydrotechnique de France) and "Urban wet weather releases" of the ASTE “Association Scientifique et Technique pour l’Eau et l’Environnement”, the group he was co-host from 2003 to 2009. He participated in many organizing committees and scientific committees of national and international conferences, including Novatech. For more information, see its website http://jlbkpro.free.fr. 

	Jiri Marsalek Head, Urban Water Management Section National Water Research Institute Environment Canada

Dr. Jiri Marsalek, P.Eng. is a research scientist and Head of the Urban Water Management Section at the National Water Research Institute, WSTD, Environment Canada, in Burlington, Ontario. His research interests, including sustainable stormwater management and drainage adaptation in a changing climate, are documented in a large number of publications. On the international scene, he serves as secretary of the IAHR/IWA Joint Committee on Urban Drainage (a specialist group with > 700 members worldwide), and has worked extensively with UNESCO and NATO on urban water management. His recent awards include Environment Canada’s Citation for Excellence (2005), two honorary doctorates from Sweden (2006) and Denmark (2008), and sharing the 2009 Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Award for the best paper on a civil engineering subject in the area of environmental engineering.