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  • Monday, Aug 31st
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    GS1B - Rapidan Dam After-Action Investigation and Independent Forensic Team Evaluation
    Presenter: Todd N. Loar, P.G., CEG – USACE - RMC
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Monday, Aug 31st
    10:30 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    CS3A - Concurrent Session 03A: Integrating Risk into the Wyoming Dam Safety Program
    Presenter: Steve Jamieson, P.E. – W. W. Wheeler & Associates, Inc.
    Co-Presenter: baley Lenhart, P.E. – Wyoming State Engineer's Office
    Co-Presenter: Joe Ruess, P.E. – Wyoming State Engineer's Office
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Monday, Aug 31st
    11:00 AM - 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    CS3B - Concurrent Session 03B: Right Sizing Risk Informed Decision Making in Kansas
    Presenter: Larry Sample, P.E. – WSP
    Co-Presenter: Joe File, P.E. – Benesch
    Co-Presenter: Terry Medley, P.E. – Kansas Division of Water Resources
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Monday, Aug 31st
    11:30 AM - 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS3C - Concurrent Session 03C: 5 Years of Comprehensive Dam Safety Evaluations:

    A Review of Colorado's Semi-Quantitative Risk Assessments for Dam Safety Regulation
    Presenter: A. Tom MacDougall, P.E. – RJH Consultants, Inc.
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Monday, Aug 31st
    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    PLT5 - Poster-Lightning Talks: Rangitata Diversion Race, Fish Screening Facility, Canterbury, New Zealand
    Poster Presenter: Jacob J. Couprie, CMEngNZ, CPEng – Geosyntec Consultants Inc
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Monday, Aug 31st
    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    PLT6 - Poster-Lightning Talks: Supporting and Maintaining the BIA Safety of Dams Early Warning System
    Poster Presenter: Richard Stedronsky – AEM
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Monday, Aug 31st
    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    PLT11 - Poster-Lightning Talks: O'Shaughnessy Dam Instream Flow Release System Upgrade
    Poster Presenter: Jimmy Leong, P.E., PMP, PgMP, DBIA – San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
    Poster Co-presenter: Alfonso Rios Gonzalez, P.E. – Hetch Hetchy Water and Power
    Poster Co-presenter: Robert J. Filgas, P.E. – HDR
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Monday, Aug 31st
    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    PLT12 - Poster-Lightning Talks: Go with the Flow: Tips for Determining Flow Rates
    Poster Presenter: Andrew Cummings, P.G. – Pare Corporation
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Monday, Aug 31st
    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    PLT14 - Poster-Lightning Talks: Risks During Construction Framework
    Poster Presenter: Jaime A. Mercado, Ph.D., P.E. – Geosyntec Consultants
    Poster Co-presenter: John W. Barrett, P.E. – Geosyntec Consultants
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Monday, Aug 31st
    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    PLT15 - Poster-Lightning Talks: How Did the Mountain Meadows Massacre, Polygamy, and the Environmental Protection Act Impact Teton Dam? A Political History of a Catastrophe
    Poster Presenter: Nathaniel Gee, Ph.D. P.E.
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Monday, Aug 31st
    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    PLT20 - Poster-Lightning Talks: Matrix Approach for Assessing and Visualizing Vulnerabilities Downstream of Dams: Findings from a Utah Prototype Project
    Poster Presenter: Courtney G. Flint, Ph.D. – Utah State University
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Monday, Aug 31st
    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    PLT22 - Poster-Lightning Talks: The DamSure Approach to Communicating Changing Downstream Hazards
    Poster Presenter: Dave s. Michelson – UNC Asheville's NEMAC
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Monday, Aug 31st
    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    PLT28 - Poster-Lightning Talks: Hoover to Teton: An Organizational Drift
    Poster Presenter: Mark Baker, P.E. – DamCrest Consulting
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Monday, Aug 31st
    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    PLT31 - Poster-Lightning Talks: When Hydraulics Meet Habitats: A Unique Emergency Action Plan for the Phoenix Zoo Dams
    Poster Presenter: Austin H. Olaiz-Rockwell, Ph.D., P.E. – Black & Veatch
    Poster Co-presenter: Ryan Stevens, P.E. – City of Phoenix
    Poster Co-presenter: Mark Fountain, P.E., CFM, Env. Sp. – Stantec
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Monday, Aug 31st
    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    PLT37 - Poster-Lightning Talks: Reframing Dam Removal Decisions by Learning from Other Industries and Value Systems
    Poster Presenter: Jesse Morrill-Winter – GEI Consultants, Inc.
    Poster Co-presenter: Erin Leyson – Palladium
    Poster Co-presenter: Troy Naperala, P.E. – GEI Consultants, Inc.
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Monday, Aug 31st
    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    PLT42 - Poster-Lightning Talks: Enhancing First Responder Safety at Low‑Head Dams: Research, Training, and Best Practices
    Poster Presenter: Diana Castro, P.E. – AtkinsRealis
    Poster Co-presenter: Zachariah Becker – High Street Consulting
    Poster Co-presenter: Greg Merrell – High Street Consulting
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Monday, Aug 31st
    3:30 PM - 4:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS6A - Concurrent Session 06A: Bridges and Highways and DAMS?? Oh My!! The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's Recent Experience with Risk Informed Prioritization of Their Dams
    Presenter: Jon Keeling, P.E., CFM – Stantec Consulting Services Inc.
    Co-Presenter: Robert Hatton, P.E. – Stantec Consulting Services Inc.
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Monday, Aug 31st
    4:00 PM - 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS6B - Concurrent Session 06B: Risk-Informed Dam Safety Management: Lessons from Colorado Parks & Wildlife's Portfolio Approach
    Presenter: Eric Eisinger, P.E. – Colorado Parks and Wildlife
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Monday, Aug 31st
    4:30 PM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS6C - Concurrent Session 06C: Before and After...Pre-Design and Post-Construction Risk Assessments to Inform Dam Rehabilitation and Adjust Dam Safety Priorities for a Portfolio of Dams
    Presenter: Greg Paxson, P.E., BC. WRE – Schnabel Engineering
    Co-Presenter: Eric Eisinger, P.E. – Colorado Parks and Wildlife
    Co-Author: Jenna Svoboda, P.E. – Colorado Parks and Wildlife
    Co-Author: Lee Mauney, P.E. – HDR
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Monday, Aug 31st
    4:30 PM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS9C - Concurrent Session 09C: Moccasin Dam - Emergency Responses and New Auxillary Spillway
    Presenter: Jimmy Leong, P.E., PMP, PgMP, DBIA – San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
    Co-Presenter: Ted Allen, P.E. – Hetch Hetchy Water and Power
    Co-Presenter: Robert J. Filgas, P.E. – HDR
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Monday, Aug 31st
    4:30 PM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS10C - Concurrent Session 10C: Environmental and Climate Impacts on Dam Safety Monitoring Instrumentation
    Presenter: Hamed Tohidi, Ph.D. – Seattle City Light
    Co-Presenter: Alireza Firoozfar, Ph.D., P.E. – Seattle City Light
    Co-Presenter: Robert Burdalski, P.E. – Seattle City Light
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Tuesday, Sep 1st
    10:30 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    CS12A - Concurrent Session 12A: Modernizing Dam Inspections: Developing and Implementing a Digital Inspection Platform
    Presenter: Matthew Broaddus, P.E. – Stantec
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Tuesday, Sep 1st
    10:30 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    CS13A - Concurrent Session 13A: Reimagining Hazard Classification: Verifying Warning and Evacuation Assumptions using LifeSim & RCEM for Christmas Tree Dam
    Presenter: Nathan C. Jorgensen – GEI Consultants, Inc.
    Co-Presenter: Jesse Morrill-Winter – GEI Consultants, Inc.
    Co-Presenter: Waylon Truax – White Mountain Apache Tribe
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Tuesday, Sep 1st
    10:30 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    CS15A - Concurrent Session 15A: Using Lifecycle Analysis for Better Dam Decisions
    Presenter: Charles E. Crowell, Jr., P.E., CFM – Freese and Nichols. Inc.
    Co-Presenter: Nicole Wiesner, P.E. – Freese & Nichols, Inc.
    Co-Presenter: Brian D. Becker, P.E. – Barr Engineering
    Co-Presenter: Wade Anderson, P.E. – Freese & Nichols, Inc.
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Tuesday, Sep 1st
    11:00 AM - 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    CS12B - Concurrent Session 12B: Long Time, No See - A Look Inside the B. Everett Jordan Dam Conduit After 15 Years
    Presenter: Mitchell H. Hall, P.E., P.G., PMP – USACE, Wilmington District
    Co-Presenter: Jason E. Tucker, P.E. – USACE, Wilmington District
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Tuesday, Sep 1st
    11:00 AM - 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    CS13B - Concurrent Session 13B: Developing High Flow Notification Criteria to Improve Non-Breach Flood Risk Awareness Below Dams in Indian Country
    Presenter: Chad Krofta, P.E., CFM – Bureau of Indian Affairs
    Co-Presenter: Matthew Young, P.E., CFM – Bureau of Indian Affairs
    Co-Presenter: Dustin Walsh – Bureau of Indian Affairs
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Tuesday, Sep 1st
    11:00 AM - 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    CS15B - Concurrent Session 15B: Using Automated Monitoring for Risk Reduction
    Presenter: Michele Minihane – Bureau of Indian Affairs
    Co-Presenter: Allison Knaak, Ph.D, PMP – Managed Business Solutions, LLC
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Tuesday, Sep 1st
    11:30 AM - 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS13C - Concurrent Session 13C: From Silos to Systems: Strengthening Dam Safety Through Multi-Owner EAP Exercises in Hawaii
    Presenter: Nicholas Ciomei, P.E. – Kleinschmidt Associates
    Co-Presenter: Helen Russell – Kleinschmidt Associates
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Tuesday, Sep 1st
    11:30 AM - 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS15C - Concurrent Session 15C: Smart Dam Operations Planning with OASIS: Leveraging a Reservoir and Watershed Management Tool to Reduce Spending on Dam Operation and Construction
    Presenter: Kate E. Naughton, P.E., CFM – Hazen and Sawyer
    Co-Presenter: Megan Rivera – Hazen and Sawyer
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Tuesday, Sep 1st
    1:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS16A - Concurrent Session 16A: Dam Ownership Conundrums and How to Respond: South Carolina's Experience
    Presenter: John M. McCain, P.E. – SC Department of Environmental Services
    Co-Presenter: Samuel B. Johnson – SC Department of Environmental Services
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Tuesday, Sep 1st
    1:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS18A - Concurrent Session 18A: SCDES High Hazard Potential Dams Consequences Analysis
    Presenter: David Watson, P.E., BC.WRE – Geosyntec
    Co-Presenter: Raphael Siebenmann, P.E., GISP – Geosyntec
    Co-Presenter: Stephanie Owen – Geosyntec
    Co-Presenter: Jacquelyn O'Bryan – Geosyntec
    Co-Presenter: Onur Tastan, Ph.D, PE – Geosyntec
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Tuesday, Sep 1st
    2:00 PM - 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS16B - Concurrent Session 16B: Improving Montana Dam Inspections
    Presenter: Brent Zundel, P.E., CFM – Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Tuesday, Sep 1st
    2:00 PM - 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS17B - Concurrent Session 17B: A New Hydraulic Toolbox for Reverse Roller Identification
    Presenter: Brian Crookston, Ph.D., P.E. – Utah State University
    Co-Presenter: Rollin H. Hotchkiss, Ph.D., P.E., BC.WRE, F.ASCE – Brigham Young University
    Co-Presenter: rakesh Chaudhary – Utah State University
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Tuesday, Sep 1st
    2:30 PM - 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS16C - Concurrent Session 16C: Lessons Learned in the Development of South Carolina's State-Funded Dam Repair Assistance Grant Program
    Presenter: Brittany C. Felder – South Carolina Department of Environmental Services
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Tuesday, Sep 1st
    3:30 PM - 4:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS21A - Concurrent Session 21A: Enhancing Dam Safety in Iowa: A Comprehensive Risk Assessment and Prioritization of High Hazard Dams
    Presenter: Mark Jacobs, P.E., CFM – Houston Engineering Inc.
    Co-Presenter: Casey Welty, P.E. – Iowa DNR
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Tuesday, Sep 1st
    4:00 PM - 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS21B - Concurrent Session 21B: An Updated Methodology for Performing Screening Level Risk Evaluations for Large Portfolios: Part 3 - Annual Exceedance Probability, Consequences, and Preliminary Results
    Presenter: Jennifer Pitcher, P.E. – GEI Consultants
    Co-Presenter: Ilan Gasko, E.I.T – GEI Consultants
    Co-Presenter: Dan DeVaun, P.E. – GEI Consultants, Inc.
    Co-Presenter: Kerri Bergeon, P.E. – GEI Consultants
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Tuesday, Sep 1st
    4:00 PM - 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS24B - Concurrent Session 24B: Approach to Permitting to Meet an Aggressive Design and Construction Schedule for the Lake Conestee Dam Restoration Project
    Presenter: Scott L. Jones, P.E., Ph.D. – Kiewit Engineering Group Inc.
    Co-Presenter: John M. McCain, P.E. – SC Department of Environmental Services
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Tuesday, Sep 1st
    4:30 PM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS21C - Concurrent Session 21C: State of New Mexico Perspective and Journey on the Risk-Informed Decision-Making (RIDM) Approach to Dam Safety
    Presenter: Sushil K. Chaudhary, D.Eng., P.E. – New Mexico Office of the State Engineer
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Tuesday, Sep 1st
    4:30 PM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS22C - Concurrent Session 22C: Bridging the Gap: The Vital Role of Emergency Management Coordination in Dam Safety EAPs
    Presenter: Preston W. Wilson – Resilience Solutions Consulting
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Tuesday, Sep 1st
    4:30 PM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS23C - Concurrent Session 23C: Implementing Practical Low Head Dam and Other Policy Approaches
    Presenter: Brian Graber – American Rivers
    Co-Presenter: Katie Schmidt – American Rivers
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Wednesday, Sep 2nd
    8:30 AM - 9:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    CS26A - Concurrent Session 26A: Data is Power: Lessons Learned Modernizing Data Management Practices
    Presenter: John Roche, P.E. – Maryland Department of the Environment
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Wednesday, Sep 2nd
    8:30 AM - 9:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    CS29A - Concurrent Session 29A: Navigating Repair, Replace, or Remove: Creative Pathways for Aging Dam Management
    Presenter: Samuel H. Prentice, P.E. – GEI Consultants of Michigan, P.C.
    Co-Presenter: Dan DeVaun, P.E. – GEI Consultants, Inc.
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Wednesday, Sep 2nd
    9:00 AM - 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    CS26B - Concurrent Session 26B: From Clipboard to Cloud: Modernizing Dam Safety Inspections with a Mobile GIS App
    Presenter: Barrett Slate, P.E. – Freese and Nichols, Inc.
    Co-Presenter: Jacob Smith – North Carolina Department of Environmental Equality (NCDEQ)
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Wednesday, Sep 2nd
    9:30 AM - 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    CS26C - Concurrent Session 26C: Rebuilding Mississippi Dam Safety's Data Management Application (MS Dams)
    Presenter: Charles P. King, P.E. – MS Dept. of Environmental Quality
    Co-Presenter: Matthew Iburg – MS Dept. of Environmental Quality
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Wednesday, Sep 2nd
    1:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS30A - Concurrent Session 30A: The 1966 Mina Plakalnitsa Tailings Dam Disaster of 1966: A Forgotten Tragedy with Enduring Lessons [DFIC Decade Series]
    Presenter: Dylan C. Hoehn, P.E. – Engineering Analytics
    Co-Presenter: L. Clint Brown, P.E. – Engineering Analytics
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Wednesday, Sep 2nd
    1:30 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS33A - Concurrent Session 33A: Spencer Dam Hydroelectric Facility Decommissioning
    Presenter: Steve Rogers, P.E. – AECOM
    Co-Presenter: Josh Dack, P.E. – Nebraska Public Power District
    Co-Author: Ed Dekleva, P.E. – Nebraska Public Power District
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Wednesday, Sep 2nd
    2:00 PM - 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS33B - Concurrent Session 33B: Dam Removal as Resilience Strategy in North Carolina
    Presenter: Anabel G. Winitsky – American Rivers
    Co-Presenter: Lizzy Stokes-Cawley – American Rivers
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Wednesday, Sep 2nd
    2:30 PM - 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS30C - Concurrent Session 30C: Decade Dam Series - Revisiting the KaLoko Dam Failure of 2006
    Presenter: Michael Quinn, P.E. – Schnabel Engineering
    Co-Presenter: Kevin J. Ruswick, P.E., CFM – Schnabel Engineering
    Co-Presenter: Nicole Young, P.E. – City of Boulder Utilities
    Co-Presenter: Rhythm Patel – Schnabel Engineering
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Wednesday, Sep 2nd
    3:30 PM - 4:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS37A - Concurrent Session 37A: Assessing Downstream Hazard with Geospatial Analytics: Helping the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Improve Emergency Preparedness and Hazard Classification at Scale
    Presenter: Harvey Franklin – Rezatec
    Co-Presenter: Jacob Smith – North Carolina Department of Environmental Equality (NCDEQ)
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Wednesday, Sep 2nd
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS34A - Concurrent Session 34A: RIDM for State Regulatory Programs (Panel Session)
    Presenter: Sharon Tapia, P.E., PMP – GEI Consultants, Inc.
    Co-Presenter: Dan DeVaun, P.E. – GEI Consultants, Inc.
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Wednesday, Sep 2nd
    4:30 PM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS35C - Concurrent Session 35C: Trunnion Friction Testing, Monitoring, and Maintenance Improvements For Radial Gates: Lessons Learned From Lower Monumental Dam
    Presenter: Evan Clark – BDI
    Co-Presenter: Bryan Mason – USACE
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics
  • Wednesday, Sep 2nd
    4:30 PM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    CS37C - Concurrent Session 37C: WAKE. UP. (by 2.8 feet) - Wake Forest's Rehabilitation Efforts at a Historic Water Supply Reservoir
    Co-Presenter: Jon W. Becker – WSP
    Other Dam and Levee Safety Topics