Toronto Wastewater Surveillance Conference - Virtual - Day 1

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In-person and Virtual Conference on Recent Scientific Advancements in Wastewater Surveillance

T﻿oronto&#x27;s Wastewater Surveillance Conference is a two-day event on February 2nd and 3rd, 2023, organized jointly by Ontario&#x27;s Wastewater Surveillance Initiative and Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson). ePosters and conference recordings will be available on <a href="https://my.ltb.io/index.html#/showcase/torontowsc2023" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Kubify</a>.Participants can participate or attend one or both days of the conference, in-person or virtually . However due to capacity limits of the conference facility, priority for in-person attendance was given to conference organizers, speakers and presenters. Attendees are invited to register for virtual tickets.For D﻿ay-2 Virtual Tickets <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/day-2-virtual-toronto-wastewater-surveillance-conference-tickets-491763797757" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">click here</a>.

Day 1 Agenda – February 2, 2023 Link for Morning Session: <a href="https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZGY1NmM0MmItNmVlMi00MDc0LTgzNmEtNWE1MjBmYmU3MjBi%40thread.v2/0?context=%7B%22Tid%22%3A%22cddc1229-ac2a-4b97-b78a-0e5cacb5865c%22%2C%22Oid%22%3A%22f5710fe5-c9ef-4c61-b478-01e17a5e8bdc%22%2C%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3Atrue%2C%22role%22%3A%22a%22%7D&amp;btype=a&amp;role=a" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Teams Live</a>10-10:15 am -------- Welcome Remarks and Land acknowledgement (Live) 10:15 – 10:45 am --- Keynote speech (Live) Dr. Peter Juni, Oxford University 10:45 am- 12 pm --- Research Presentations (Live) <ul><li>Applying ecotoxicology to respond to the needs of a pandemic: SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance in support public health action - Dr. Mark Servos, University of Waterloo </li><li>Evaluating the impact of sewer network on wastewater surveillance results: Are we better off sampling at treatment plants or upper sewershed locations? - Dr. Banu Ormeci, Carleton University </li><li>Using wastewater surveillance to rapidly respond to novel epidemics: a case study of the 2022-2023 MPOX North-American outbreaks - Patrick D’Aoust, University of Ottawa </li><li>Wastewater Surveillance: Two Years of Experience Evaluating SARs-CoV-2's in North-Eastern Ontario and Future Challenges - Dr. Gustavo Ybazeta, Health Sciences North Research Institute </li><li>Wastewater Surveillance of Shelters in Toronto - Princilla Agyemang, Inner City Health Associates </li></ul>L﻿ink for Afternoon Session: <a href="https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NWRkOWY0MzctYzQwYy00ZGU2LThkMzAtM2NhNTc4MDAxMGQw%40thread.v2/0?context=%7B%22Tid%22%3A%22cddc1229-ac2a-4b97-b78a-0e5cacb5865c%22%2C%22Oid%22%3A%22f5710fe5-c9ef-4c61-b478-01e17a5e8bdc%22%2C%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3Atrue%2C%22role%22%3A%22a%22%7D&amp;btype=a&amp;role=a" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Teams Live</a>2-2:45 pm --------- Airport Wastewater Surveillance (Live) <ul><li>Steven Thomas and Brittany Maxwell, Pearson Airport </li><li>Dr. Chrystal Landgraff, Public Health Agency of Canada </li><li>Dr. Trevor Charles, University of Waterloo </li><li>Dr. Lawrence Goodridge, University of Guelph </li></ul>2:45- 3 pm --------- Wastewater surveillance reveals differences in COVID-19 infection trajectory across a major North American land border (Live) Dr. Michael McKay, University of Windsor

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