Dr. Uldis Silins is a professor of forest hydrology at the University of Alberta, where his research over the past two decades has focused on impacts of natural (i.e., wildfire and Mountain Pine Beetle) and human disturbance (i.e., forestry operations) on hydrology, water quality and aquatic ecology of forested source waters.

Dr. Monica Emelko is an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Waterloo. Her research interests are focused on drinking water supply and treatment, particularly as related to sustainable technology design and optimization, risk analysis, integrated resource management, climate change impacts on water, groundwater under the influence of surface water, and quantitative microbial risk assessment.

Dr. Mike Stone is a professor in geography and environmental management at the University of Waterloo. His research is focused on land use change and its impact on surface water quality in natural and built environments. The goal of his research is to quantify and model the source, transport and fate of sediment-associated contaminants in aquatic environments to provide evidence-based science for policy development and environmental management.