WATERLOO-BORDEAUX
PATH TO A PRIVILEGED PARTNERSHIP
19-20-21 May, 2014
Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre - University of Waterloo
More than 60 conferences and meetings to mark the path in major domains
of societal and industrial concerns, for an improved efficiency in education,
research and innovation through international partnership
NANOTECHNOLOGY
MATERIALS
BIOTECHNOLOGY
AGING
BIOBASED CHEMISTRY
PHOTOVOLTAIC
SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY
MICROFLUIDIC
THERAPY
SEMICONDUCTORS
SOLAR CELLS
ELECTRODES
RARE EARTH ELEMENTS
MINING
ENERGY
RESOURCE-MANAGEMENT
WATER-WASTEWATER-TREATMENT
SILVER-ECONOMY
ECOHYDROLOGY
LOW-CARBON-ENERGY
SMART-URBANIZATION
SMART-GRIDS
METABOLIC-ENGINEERING
WASTE-BIOMASS BIOPOLYMERS STARCH CELLULOSE ELDERS
NUMERICAL-USE
ALZHEIMER
DISABILITY
ENERGY
BIOENGINEERING AGE-FRIENDLY-COMMUNITIES WATER NANO
University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, N2L 3G1, Waterloo (ON)
Contact & information: Eric Prouzet, QNC 4614 - 519-888-4567 x38172, watsap.ca - eprouzet@uwaterloo.ca
WATERLOO-BORDEAUX
19-20-21 May, 2014
PROGRAM
University of Waterloo & University of Bordeaux
Monday 19 May
9:00 - 5:30
Nanotechnology & Functional materials
Tuesday 20 May
9:00 - 10:00
Workshop Opening
10:15 - 1:00
Critical materials
2:00 - 5:00
Critical materials
Water
Energy
Aging
Biotechnology
Aging
roundtable
Biotechnology
roundtable
Wednesday 21 May
9:00 -10:30
Critical materials
roundtable
Water
roundtable
Energy
roundtable
11:00 - 11:45
French and European programs and funding initiatives
11:45 - 12:15
Roundtables Assessment
12:15 - 12:45
Concluding remarks
Contact & information: Eric Prouzet, QNC 4614 - 519-888-4567 x38172, watsap.ca - eprouzet@uwaterloo.ca
WATERLOO-BORDEAUX
20 May, 2014
OPENING CEREMONY
University of Waterloo & University of Bordeaux
Tuesday 20 May — QNC 1103
Chairs
Nello Angerilli (Associate VP, International) & Drew Knight (Director Global Alliances)
9:00 - 9:30
Opening remarks
Jean-François Casabonne Masonnave, Consul General of France in Toronto
Laurent Servant, Assoc. VP, International (University of Bordeaux)
Feridun Hamdullahpur, President (University of Waterloo)
9:30 - 9:45
Signature of the agreement for the Waterloo-Bordeaux Licence/Bachelor in biobased chemistry
President University of Waterloo,
Associate VP, International University of Bordeaux,
in presence of the Consul General of France in Toronto.
9:45 - 10:00
Presentation of the Workshop
Nello Angerilli, Assoc. VP, International UW
University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, N2L 3G1, Waterloo (ON)
Contact & information: Eric Prouzet, QNC 4614 - 519-888-4567 x38172, watsap.ca - eprouzet@uwaterloo.ca
WATERLOO-BORDEAUX
19 May, 2014
NANO
& FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology, International Doctoral School on Functional Materials, EMMI, Waterloo International
Monday, 19 May - QNC 1502
Opening remarks
9:00 - 9:10: Nello Angerilli, Assoc. VP International (UW)
9:10 - 9:20: Laurent Servant, Assoc. VP International (UB) & Director IDS-FunMat
9:20 - 9:25: Arthur Carty, Executive Director WIN (UW)
9:25 - 9:40: "Introduction: History and spirit of the IDF-FunMat Program", Jean Etourneau, Executive Director EMMI
Nanomaterials
9:40 - 10:00: "Photocatalytic TiO2 fibres", R. Backov (UB).
10:00 - 10:20: "Thermoelectric properties of composites of Mo3Sb5.4Te1.6", N. Nandihalli, UB-UW PhD.
10:20 - 10:35: Coffee Break
10:35 - 10:55: "Smart polymeric nanomaterials by Encapsulation", M. Nequal, UB-UW PhD.
10:55 - 11:15: "Polymer chemistry for supramolecular Functional Materials", X. Wang (UW).
11:15 - 11:35: "Nanocomposite membranes for CO2 separation", E. Prouzet (UW).
Photonics
11:35 - 12:05: "Single nano-objects microscopy and spectroscopy", B. Lounis (UB) (keynote).
12:05 - 12:30: "Photonics research at WIN/IQC", H. Majedi (UW) (keynote).
12:30 - 1:40: Lunch
Electronics, Sensors & Devices
1:40 - 2:10: "Integrated MEMS devices", R. Mansour (UW) (keynote).
2:10 - 2:30: "Design of new silver nanostructured networks for transparent electrodes", I. Goldthorpe (UW).
2:30 - 2:50: "Formulation additives for bulk heterojunction polymeric solar cells", B. Pavageau (Solvay).
2:50 - 3:10: "Microwave sensing & heating for chemical reactions using droplet-based microfluidics", E. Mignard (UB).
3:10 - 3:30: "Solution-processable oligomeric semiconductors for organic photovoltaics", M. LeBorgne, UB-UW PhD.
3:30 - 4:00: Coffee Break
NanoBiosystems
4:00 - 4:20: "Magnetic micelles as therapy and diagnostic agents", O.Sandre (UB).
4:20 - 4:40: "Self-assembly drug delivery", D. Bacinello, UB-UW PhD.
4:40 - 5:00: "Chiral nanomaterials and cell differentiation", G. Kemper, UB-UW PhD
5:00 - 5:30: Roundtable
Contact & Information: Lisa Pokrajac, WIN, 519-888-4567 x36801, lisa.pokrajac@uwaterloo.ca
UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
20-21 May, 2014
OPHELIA & MIKE LAZARIDIS QUANTUM-NANO CENTRE
TOWARD A WISE MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES
CRITICAL MATERIALS FROM PRODUCERS TO END-USERS: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS
Tuesday, 20 May - QNC 1103
Chairs: Nello Angerilli (Associate VP, International) & Drew Knight (Director Global Alliances)
10:15 - 10:35: "Chemical industry and renewable resources: a necessary revolution", Patrick Maestro (Scientific
Director Solvay)
10:35 - 10:55: "Rare Earth Elements: true critical materials in our daily life", Ian M. London (Market Development &
Energy Advisor, Avalon Rare Metals Inc. & Chair, Canadian Rare Earth Element Network - 'CREEN')
10:55 - 11:15: Coffee Break
11:15 - 11:55: "Methods exist to address challenges in resource management",Prof. Guido Sonneman (U.
Bordeaux).
11:55 - 12:15: "Product reliability and life cycle: the example of energy management", Golnaz Sanaie, (Reliability
Manager for Schneider Electric’s Solar Business)
12:15 - 12:45: Question-Answer session to the four speakers
12:45 - 2:00: Lunch
2:00 – 2:30: "Substituting expensive and toxic materials in X-ray imaging", Karim Karim (U.Waterloo).
2:30 – 3:00: "Mapping global flows of critical materials: tin, tantalum and tungsten", Steven B. Young (U. Waterloo).
3:00 - 3:30: Coffee Break
3:30 – 4:00: “What is the bottleneck for critical materials?”, Alain Dubreuil (retired; formerly Natural Resources
Canada)
4:00 – 4:30: "Advanced Materials for the Remediation and Mitigation of Mineral Industry Waste", Louis Mercier
(Director, Centre in Mining Materials Research, Laurentian University)
Wednesday, 21 May - QNC 1103
9:00 – 9:10: "Presentation of the roundtable: stakes and challenges", Eric Prouzet (U. Waterloo), Rina Carlini
(GreenCentre)
9:10 - 9:30: "Roundtable 1 – industry challenges, critical parameters in industry strategy", Rina Carlini (GreenCentre)
9:30 - 10:30: "Roundtable 2 - Numerous problems, one method?", Discussion introduced by the working strategy
planned by U. Waterloo, Steven Young (U. Waterloo)
10:30 - 11:00: Coffee Break
11:00 -12:00: (QNC 1501)"Wrap up roundtable: Defining the good strategy for an effective collaborative
network" (Chair: E. Prouzet & R. Carlini)
University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, N2L 3G1, Waterloo (ON)
Contact & information:Eric Prouzet, 519-888-4567 x38172, watsap.ca - eprouzet@uwaterloo.ca
WATERLOO-BORDEAUX
20-21 May, 2014
BIO-BASED CHEMISTRY, BIOENGINEERING & SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY
Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology & Waterloo International
Tuesday, 20 May - QNC 5402
1:50 - 2:00: "Welcome and presentation of the CBB", Catherine Burns (Director of the CBB)
2:00 - 2:15: "Model-based design in synthetic biology", Brian Ingalls (Applied math, UW)
2:15 - 2:30: “Biobased thermoplastics: starch and cellulose”, Leonardo Simon (ChemEng, UW)
2:30 - 3:00: "Actions at the LCPO in biobased chemistry and biotechnologies", Henri Cramail (UB) (Director,
Laboratory of Chemistry of Organic Polymers - LCPO)
3:00 - 3:30: Coffee Break
3:30 - 3:45: "Advanced tools for the production of complex biologics: from metabolomics to controlled gene
expression”, Marc Aucoin (ChemEng, UW)
3:45 - 4:00: "Biochemical, genetic, and metabolic engineering strategies to enhance coproduction of 1-propanol
and ethanol in engineered Escherichia coli", Perry Chou (ChemEng, UW)
4:00 - 4:30: "Biotechnology and polymers: new opportunities", Frédéric Peruch (LCPO)
4:30 - 4:45: "Biomaterials and protein purification", Christine Moresoli (ChemEng, UW)
4:45 - 5:00: "Synthetic biology and bio-based polymeric materials", Scott Taylor (CHEM, UW)
5:00 - 5:15: "The recovery of value-added products from waste biomass using anaerobic biotechnologies", HyungSool Lee (Civil Env. Eng., UW)
5:15 - 5:30: "Carbon Nanomaterial incorporated hybrid hydrogels for tissue engineering", Shirley Tang (CHEM, UW)
5:30 - 5:45: "Molecular mechanism of amyloid fibril formation and toxicity in Alzheimer's disease", Zoya Leonenko
(Physics & Astronomy, UW)
5:45 - 6:00: "Surface and tribological studies of bio-inspired polydopamine thin films", Boxin Zhao (ChemEng, UW)
Wednesday, 21 May - QNC 5402
9:00-9:15: "Biomedical applications of ultrahigh resolution optical coherence tomography (UHR-OCT)", Kostadinka
Bizheva (Physics & Astronomy, UW)
9:15 - 10:30: Roundtable to define the best research area for future partnership between France (UB) and Canada
(UW), and paths for collaboration. Conclusions will be presented at the final plenary session of the WaterlooBordeaux Workshop.
Contact & information: Krystina Bednarowski, CBB, 519-888-4567 x32732, kbednarowski@uwaterloo.ca
WATERLOO-BORDEAUX
20-21 May, 2014
AGING
University of Waterloo - Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, MAREP, Waterloo International
Tuesday, 20 May - QNC 4402
2:00 - 2:20: "Prevention of injuries in older adults", Andrew Laing (U. Waterloo)
2:20 - 2:40: "It’s About the People...: Seniors’ Perspectives on Age-Friendly Communities", John L. Lewis (U.
Waterloo)
2:40 - 3:00: Laboratory tour (Andrew Laing)
3:00 - 3:30: Coffee Break
3:30 - 4:00: "Dementia and disability in the population: a major challenge for the 21st century", Catherine Helmer.
(U. Bordeaux)
4:00 - 4:30: "Transportation and Safety Concerns in Private and Commercial Drivers", Philip Bigelow, Alex Crizzle, (U.
Waterloo)
4:30 - 5:00: "Elders and numerical use: a living laboratory for an innovating co-conception", Amélie Roche (U.
Bordeaux)
5:00 - 6:00: Roundtable
Wednesday, 21 May - QNC 4402
9:00 - 10:30: Roundtable to define the best research area for future partnership between France (UB) and Canada
(UW), and paths for collaboration. Conclusions will be presented at the final plenary session of the WaterlooBordeaux Workshop.
Contact & information: Lisa Loiselle, MAREP, 519-888-4567 x35040, loiselle@uwaterloo.ca
WATERLOO-BORDEAUX
20-21 May, 2014
ENERGY
Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy & Waterloo International
Tuesday, 20 May - QNC 1501
2:00 - 2:30: "Low-carbon global energy transitions", Jatin Nathwani, Director WISE (U. Waterloo)
2:30 - 3:00: "Research activities on energy at IMS: energy recovery, electrical vehicles and organic photovoltaic",
Guillaume Wantz (U. Bordeaux), Laboratory for the Integration from Material to System
3:00 - 3:30: Coffee Break
3:30 - 4:00: “Remote microgrids in Canada”, Claudio Canizares, Asso. Dir. WISE (U. Waterloo)
4:00 - 4:30: "Research activities on microgrids and renewable energy at ESTIA", Amélie Hacala (ESTIA Bayonne)
4:30 - 5:00: "Smart urbanization/SEN", Ian Rowlands, Asso. Dir. WISE (U. Waterloo)
5:00 - 5:15: "Recent advances in energy harvesting technologies", Armaghan. Salehian (U. Waterloo)
Wednesday, 21 May - QNC 1501
9:00 - 10:30: roundtable to define the best research area for future partnership between France (UB, ESTIA) and
Canada (UW), and paths for collaboration. Conclusions will be presented at the final plenary session of the
Waterloo-Bordeaux Workshop.
Contact & information: Zhewen Chen, WISE, 519-888-4567 x38759, zhewen.chen@uwaterloo.ca
WATERLOO-BORDEAUX
20-21 May, 2014
WATER
The Water Institute & Waterloo International
Tuesday, 20 May - QNC 3402
2:00 - 2:05: Welcome and introduction (UW)
2:05 - 2:20: "Overview of the Water Institute", Bob Gillham (Executive Director, Water Institute, UW)
2:20 - 2:45: "Overview of Bordeaux Programs on Water + the COTE Cluster of Excellence: Évolution, adaptation et
gouvernance des écosystèmes continentaux et côtiers", Patrick Mazelier (UB)
2:45 - 3:05: "Emerging contaminants in groundwater", Carol Ptacek (Contaminant Hydrogeology, Earth Env. Sci,
UW)
3:05 - 3:15: Coffee Break
3:15 - 3:35: "Emerging Contaminants in the Grand River", Mark Servos (Canada Research Chair in Water Quality
Protection, Biology, UW)
3:35 - 3:55: "Overview of the Canadian Exellence Research Chairs program - CERC", Hans Dürr (Ecohydrology and
Biogeochemistry, Earth Env. Sci, UW)
3:55 - 4:15: "Nutrient cycling and transport in the Grand River", Sherry Schiff (Environmental Geochemistry, Earth
Env. Sci, UW)
4:15 - 4:30: "Watershed monitoring", Dave Rudolph (Groundwater (Hydrology), Earth Env. Sci, UW)
4:30pm - 5:00pm: Roundtable
Wednesday, 21 May - QNC 3402
9:00 - 9:20: "Waste water treatment", Wayne Parker (Civil Env. Eng., UW)
9:20 - 10:30: roundtable to define the best research area for future partnership between France (UB) and Canada
(UW), and paths for collaboration. Conclusions will be presented at the final plenary session of the WaterlooBordeaux Workshop.
Registration is mandatory to attend this session
Contact & information: Robert Gillham, Water Institute, 519-888-4658 x84658, rwgillham@uwaterloo.ca
WATERLOO-BORDEAUX
PATH TO A PRIVILEGED PARTNERSHIP
19-20-21 May, 2014
SPECIAL MEETINGS
Attendees
U. Bordeaux: Laurent Servant (Assoc. VP International), Jean Etourneau (Director EMMI)
French Embassy: Jean-Christophe Auffray (Science Advisor), Frédéric Bessat (Higher Education Attaché)
U. Waterloo: Nello Angerilli (Assoc. VP International), Drew Knight, (Director, Global Alliances), Ian Orchard (new VP
Academic & Provost)
Tuesday, 20 May - QNC 3609
1:30 - 2:00: Faculty of Engineering - Pearl Sullivan (Dean of Engineering), Anwar Hasan, (Assoc. Dean, Research &
External Partnerships), Dave Dietz (Engineering Research Office)
2:00 - 3:00: joint PhD Degrees - Sue Horton, (Assoc. Provost, Graduate Studies), Bill Power ( Assoc. Dean Science,
Graduate Studies), Bruce Hellinga ( Assoc. Dean Engineering, Graduate Studies), Thierry Toupance (Director
Graduate Studies, Science Bordeaux)
3:00 - 3:30: Coffee Break
3:30 - 4:15: partnership structure and management - Nello Angerilli (Assoc. VP, International), Drew Knight, (Director
Global Alliances)
4:15 - 5:00: Licence/Bachelor Bio-based Chemistry - Monica Barra (Undergraduate studies Officer, Chemistry)
Carey Bissonnette (Waterloo), Elisabeth Daub (Waterloo), Bill Power (Waterloo), Eric Prouzet (Program Director),
Véronique Coma (Bordeaux)
5:00 - 5:45: Faculty of Science - Terry McMahon (Dean of Science), Bernard Dunker (Assoc. Dean, Research), Marc
Gibson (Manager Strategic Initiatives)
Wednesday, 21 May - QNC 3609
9:00 - 9:45: Strategic Initiatives - Jean-Jacques Van Vlasselaer, (Senior Adviser to the President, Strategic Initiatives)
These meetings are restricted to registered attendees
Contact & information: Eric Prouzet, QNC 4614 - 519-888-4567 x38172, watsap.ca - eprouzet@uwaterloo.ca