The Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) is a must-attend event for all Quebec-Ocean members, Allies and partners. Each year, participants have the pleasure of meeting to discover and discuss the latest advances in research and develop new collaborations.
Québec-Océan's Annual Scientific Meeting 2024 took place from February 6 to 7 at the Hotel Universel in Rivière-du-Loup. It was preceded by Student Day from February 5 to 6.
This meeting was an opportunity to get together, review the latest discoveries, achievements and efforts of our members to understand and protect our oceans. We were privileged to listen to lectures by Guillaume Marie (UQAR) and Jasmin Godbold (Southampton University), who shared their expertise and research perspectives. The student general meeting was held on Wednesday, February 7, and saw the election of new members to the Student Committee.
Some key figures for this ASM: 165 participants, 17 oral presentations (including 2 invited), nearly 80 poster presentations, 11 presentation prizes, and 3 days of memorable exchanges!
The detailed scientific program is available here This event was made possible thanks to our generous sponsors: Réseau Québec maritime, Réformar, Novarium, Arctus, ArcticNet and Sépaq.
Student Day
As a prelude to the RSA, a day was offered to 30 students members to meet, exchange and attend advanced workshops. The first workshop, "Data management and archiving: Tips and tricks in R and Python", was led by Philippe Massicotte, research professional at Université Laval, and Pascal Guillot, data manager at Québec-Océan. The second workshop, "Scientific posters: design and presentation", was led by Émilie L. Dubois, founder of Impakt Scientifik.
Guest speakers
Among the most eagerly awaited moments of the event were the presentations by our guest speakers, who were able to present their research and perspectives, broadening the audience's horizons:
Presentation competition
Another highlight of this ASM 2024 was the presentations competition (oral and poster) offered to students members of Québec-Océan, whose recipients are as follows:
Oral presentation awards
My research in 180 seconds awards
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Neha Joshi (U.Laval), Jean-Carlos Montero-Serrano, Émilie Saulnier-Talbot Benthic foraminifera as useful bioindicators of heavy metal pollution in the bay of Sept-Îles, QC, Canada |
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People's choice award Sandrine Picotte (UQAR) Souhir Marsit, Emmanuelle Chrétien, Simon Tweddell, Karine Blouin, Richard St-Louis Évaluation de l'impact des pressions anthropiques sur les refuges thermiques du saumon atlantique : une approche intégrée de caractérisation, quantification et gestion |
Scientific poster awards
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Start-up project award Lauriane Belles-Isles (UQAR-ISMER), Charlie Laforme, El Mahdi Bendif, Philippe Archambault, Fanny Noisette, Christian Nozais Bénin jusqu’à quel point : effets de l’enrichissement en nutriments sur l’état physiologique de la zostère marine en milieu nordique |
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Master award Charlotte Tessier-Larivière (UQAR ISMER), Jory Cabrol, Véronique Lesage, Christian Ramp, Richard Sears, Gesche Winkler Évolution de l’alimentation des grands rorquals du Saint-Laurent depuis 1992 dans le contexte des changements climatiques |
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Doctoral award |
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Doctoral award
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Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) Award Maëla Le Ménec (UQAR-ISMER), Cédric Chavanne, Dany Dumont Estimation des zones d’incertitude de trajectoires de bouées dérivantes pour la recherche et le sauvetage en mer dans l’estuaire et le golfe du Saint Laurent |
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People's choice award André Lucas dos Reis Cuenca (UQAR), Diana Madeira, Geneviève Parent, Piero Calosi How to live across a natural deoxygenation gradient : Insights from the annelid Neoleanira |
We would like to congratulate the winners and thank the members of the jury, the people involved in organizing and carrying out the various activities, the presenters and trainers, our sponsors and above all the participants for making this event a success!
