International Symposium on Responsible Peatland Management
and Growing Media Production
Québec City, Canada, 13-17 June, 2011
Important dates and deadlines
7 June 2011 Deadline for the registration to the Sphagnum Farming Workshop
A joint symposium of Commissions II and V of the International Peat Society with the International Society for Horticultural Science.
Committees & Organizations
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
- Chairpersons: Dr. Line Rochefort and Dr. Jean Caron (Université Laval, Canada)
- Martin Fafard (Association des producteurs de tourbe du Québec & Fafard et frères, Canada)
- Michelle Garneau (Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada)
- Martin Joly (Ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et des Parcs du Québec)
- Sylvain Jutras (Université Laval, Canada)
- Geneviève Potvin (Association des producteurs de tourbe horticole du Québec, Canada)
- Paul Short (Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Association, Canada)
- Jacques Thibault (Ministère des Ressources naturelles, Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada)
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
- Jean Caron (Canada, U. Laval, ISHS, IPS)
- Marcel Darveau (Canada, DU)
- Catherine Farrell (Ireland, Chair of IPS Commission V)
- Michelle Garneau (Canada, UQÀM, SWS)
- Philippe Le Prestre (Canada, Institut ED, U. Laval)
- Jean-Charles Michel (France, INH UMR, ISHS, IPS)
- Rémi Naasz (Canada, Premier Tech Horticulture, ISHS)
- Reza Nemati (Canada, Fafard et Frères ltée, ISHS, IPS)
- Jonathan Price (Canada, U. Waterloo, PERG)
- Michael Raviv (Israel, ISHS)
- Line Rochefort (Canada, IPS, SWS, IMCG, PERG)
- Nigel Roulet (Canada, McGill U., GEC3, PeatNet)
- Gerald Schmilewski (Germany, Chair of IPS Commission II)
- Wilfried Schnitzler (Germany, ISHS)
- Dale Vitt (USA, Southern Illinois U., PeatNet, SWS)
SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS
For the International Symposium:
- International Peat Society – IPS (http://www.peatsociety.org)
- International Society for Horticultural Science – ISHS (http://www.ishs.org/)
- Society of Wetland Scientists – SWS (http://www.sws.org/)
- Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Association – CSPMA (http://www.peatmoss.com/index.php)
- Canadian Geophysical Union - Hydrology Section (http://www.cgu-hs.ca/)
- Canadian Society of Peat and Peatlands – CSPP
- Ducks Unlimited Canada (http://www.ducks.ca/)
- Université Laval (Québec, Canada) (http://www.ulaval.ca/al2/web/index.html)
- Association des producteurs de tourbe horticole du Québec – APTHQ ( www.horticulturalpeatmoss.com)
- New Brunswick Peat Producers Association – NBPPA
- Peatland Ecology Research Group – PERG (http://www.gret-perg.ulaval.ca/)
- PeatNet (http://www.peatnet.siu.edu/)
- Cercle des ambassadeurs de Québec (http://www.cercledesambassadeurs.com/pages/apropos.htm)
- Office de tourisme de Québec (http://www.quebecregion.com/en)
For the Canadian National Workshop:
- International Mire Conservation Group – IMCG (http://www.imcg.net/)
- Society of Wetland Scientists – Canada SWS (http://www.sws.org/)
- Université Laval (Québec, Canada) (http://www.ulaval.ca/al2/web/index.html)
- Peatland Ecology Research Group – PERG (http://www.gret-perg.ulaval.ca/)
- Centre d'études nordiques – CEN (http://www.cen.ulaval.ca/)
- Cercle des ambassadeurs de Québec (http://www.cercledesambassadeurs.com/pages/apropos.htm)
- Office de tourisme de Québec (http://www.quebecregion.com/en)
