DR. WOLFGANG HAIDER

SCIENTIFIC COLLOQUIUM ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND SOCIETAL ISSUES:

CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND CAREER OF

29 October 2015 IRMACS Theater

9:00 - 15:00Live Webcast

1953 - 2015

This Colloquium is in celebration of the lifelong work of Dr. Wolfgang Haider and the inspiration he provided to countless colleagues and students throughout his career. Through this event, we seek to give thanks to a man who so many were fortunate to count as a friend, colleague, teacher and mentor and to say good-bye to a beloved, unforgettable person. We want to honour a man whose intellect, integrity, compassion, humour and insatiable curiosity have left an indelible legacy for those who carry forward his passion for both the environment and the vital contributions that social science can make towards improved natural resource management and nature-based recreation.

The Colloquium is also intended to celebrate the spirited and critical voice that Wolfgang brought to his research, always inciting others to think outside the box and see the world in a different way. Beyond celebrating the many gifts that Wolfgang left behind, we hope that this event will serve as a platform for his ideas as well as an inspiration to enlarge upon his ideas in the future.

MORNING AFTERNOON12:20 - 13:00 LUNCH

13:00 - 13:20 JAMILA HAIDER (Stockholm University, Sweden):Beyond divides: The young transdisciplinarians journey to building strong sustainability science

13:20 - 14:10 PANEL DISCUSSION, TOWARDS A SCIENCE FOR SUSTAINABILTY,

Moderator: Dr. Toby Gardner (Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden) Panelists: Dr. Isabelle Côté (SFU, Biology), Jamilla Haider (Stockholm University), Neil Ladell (SFU, REM), Dr. Murray Rutherford (SFU, REM), Rodrigo Solis Sosa (SFU, REM)

Panel discussion drawing on contributions of the day, and the experiences of REM in general. What is needed to deliver a scientific enterprise suited to the challenges of sustainability? What needs to be done to bring together contributions from natural and social sciences? How can research, practice, and decision making become a more unified endeavour? And how can higher education meet this challenge?

14:10 - 14:30 EMANUEL HAIDER AND DR. INGRID LEMAN STEFANOVIC:

“Wolfgang Haider Fellowship Trust”

14:30 - 14:45 CLOSING REMARKS

16:30 - 19:30 EVENING RECEPTION AT DIAMOND ALUMNI CENTRE (DAC)

Appetizers and a cash bar will be provided.

9:00 - 9:15 OPENING, WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONDr. Ingrid Leman StefanovicDean, Faculty of Environment, SFU, Canada

9:15 - 9:45 DR. TINA SEMENIUK (University of Windsor, Canada)Influence of social science on natural resource management – examples and research findings in Canada

9:45 - 10:15 DR. ULRIKE PRÖBSTL-HAIDER (BOKU, Austria) Choice modelling for sustainable decision making. Wolfgang’s Visions: reflections of collaborative work in Europe

10:15 - 10:40 COFFEE BREAK

10:40 - 11:00 DR. PASCAL HAEGELI (SFU, REM, Canada)Influence of social science in the study of avalanches and risk perception

11:00 - 11:30 Dr. LEN HUNT (Lakehead University, Canada)Social Science and Recreational Fishing

11:30 - 11:50 STEVE CONRAD (SFU, REM, Canada)Integrating stated preference modeling with water management modeling

11:50 - 12:20 ASSOCIATED DISCUSSION (Moderator: DR. JONN AXSEN, SFU, REM, Canada)

How does social science lead to better decision making