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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Saturday, September 21, 2024
  • 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM MT
    Board of Directors Meeting
  • Sunday, September 22, 2024
  • 12:00 PM – 5:30 PM MT
    Registration Open
  • 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM MT
    Speaker Preview Room Open
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM MT
    Midwest Regional Caucus Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM MT
    Northeast Regional Caucus Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM MT
    Southeast Regional Caucus Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM MT
    West Regional Caucus Meeting
  • 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM MT
    Advisory Committee Meeting
  • 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM MT
    Annual Meeting of State Representatives
  • 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM MT
    Conference Kick-off Event
  • Monday, September 23, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM MT
    Continental Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM – 1:00 PM MT
    Exhibit Hall Set-Up
  • 7:00 AM – 5:30 PM MT
    Registration Open
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM MT
    Speaker Preview Room Open
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    General Session - Opening General Session: 40 Years of Dam Safety
    Moderator: John Roche, P.E. – Maryland Department of the Environment
    Moderator: Everett Taylor, P.E. – Utah Dam Safety
    Moderator: Lori Spragens – Association of State Dam Safety Officials
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM MT
    Break
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 1 - Tracking and Investigating Failures and Incidents
    Moderator: Cory A. Miyamoto, P.E. – CA Department of Water Resources, Division of Safety of Dams
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 2 - Dam Removal Case Studies. A Case for Removal.
    Moderator: Matthew Hook – OH Department of Natural Resources
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 3 - Geotechnical Modeling
    Moderator: Paul Sorci, P.E., G.E., CFM – Mott MacDonald
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 4 - Managing the Unexpected
    Moderator: Wade Anderson – Freese and Nichols, Inc.
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 5 - Hydrologic Hazards for Risk Assessment
    Moderator: William Dressel – Barr Engineering Co.
  • 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM MT
    Awards Luncheon
  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM MT
    Exhibit Hall Opening
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM MT
    Poster-Lightning Talk Presentations - Poster-Lightning Talk Presentations I
    Moderator: Melissa Setz, P.E. – Geosyntec Consultants
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM MT
    Awards Committee Meeting
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 6 - Decade Dam Failures: Floods, Failures, and Other F Words
    Moderator: Clint C. Brown – Engineering Analytics
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 7 - Seismic Practice and Policy
    Moderator: Joshua Currier – AECOM
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 8 - Cut It Off - Leaky Foundations
    Moderator: Scott Anderson – Tetra Tech
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 9 - Rainfall Runoff Modeling
    Moderator: Edward M. Tomlinson – Atmospheric Science Consultants, LLC
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM MT
    Young Professionals Interest Group Meeting
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 10 - Spillway Rehabilitation Case Studies
    Moderator: Margaret Provencher – GEI Consultants, Inc.
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM MT
    Welcome Reception in the Exhibit Hall
  • 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM MT
    Poster-Lightning Talk Presentations - Poster-Lightning Talk Presentations II
    Moderator: Melissa Setz, P.E. – Geosyntec Consultants
  • Tuesday, September 24, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM MT
    Speaker Preview Room Open
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM MT
    Continental Breakfast
  • 7:30 AM – 5:30 PM MT
    Registration Open
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    Committee on Career Development and Student Outreach Meeting
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    Concurrent Session 11 - Discovering Your Dam Inventory
    Moderator: William Ashby – Maryland Department of the Environment
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    Concurrent Session 12 - New Life for Old Levees
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    Concurrent Session 13 - Can Engineers Communicate?
    Moderator: Kate Naughton, P.E., CFM – Hazen and Sawyer
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    Concurrent Session 14 - Rocky Mountain High
    Moderator: Jason Boomer – AECOM
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    Concurrent Session 15 - Erosion and Scour: Modeling and Protecting Spillways
    Moderator: Andrew Durham – Western Green
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM MT
    Break
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT
    Journal of Dam Safety Committee Meeting
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 16 - Decade Dam Failures: All Cracked Up
    Moderator: Vik Iso-Ahola, P.E., PMP – Stantec
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 17 - Fire, Floods & COVID
    Moderator: Craig Findlay, Ph.D., P.E., G.E., D.GE – Findlay Engineering
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 18 - Soils With The Stars
    Moderator: Mark Di Lullo – AECOM
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 19 - Eureka! Spotlight on CA Dams
    Moderator: Nathan Rockwood – KGS Group
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 20 - New Directions for the 21st Century PMP (It’s EPIC)
    Moderator: Carmen Lepsch, P.E. – Schnabel Engineering
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM MT
    Lunch On Your Own
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MT
    Public Safety at Dams Committee Meeting
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 21 - Engineering a Creative Dam Safety Career
    Moderator: Mia Kannik, P.E. – OH Department of Natural Resources
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 22 - Dam Foundations
    Moderator: Todd Mueller, P.E. – Colliers Engineering & Design
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 23 - Spillway Gates
    Moderator: Andrew Cummings – Pare Corporation
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 24 - Climate Change Considerations for Dam Safety
    Moderator: Jackie Blumberg – CO Division of Water Resources
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 25 - Cavitation, Dissipation, and Anticipation
    Moderator: Greg G. Glunz, P.E. – Kiewit
  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM MT
    Break In The Exhibit Hall
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 26 - The Devil’s in the Details. Operational Failures and Incidents.
    Moderator: Sushil Chaudhay, P.E. – New Mexico Office of the State Engineer - Dam Safety Bureau
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 27 - Advancements in Risk Analysis
    Moderator: Daniel A. Vellone, P.G., CPG – US Army Corps of Engineers
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 28 - Designing for the Big One and Lessons Learned
    Moderator: David Gillette
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 29 - Material Properties
    Moderator: James Guistina – Colliers Engineering & Design
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 30 - Let's Talk About H&H Modeling
    Moderator: Nicole Chiles – HDR
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM MT
    Reception in the Exhibit Hall
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM MT
    USACE Town Hall
  • Wednesday, September 25, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM MT
    Dam Safety Toolbox Committee Meeting
  • 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM MT
    Speaker Preview Room Open
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM MT
    Continental Breakfast
  • 7:30 AM – 3:30 PM MT
    Registration Open
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    Concurrent Session 31 - The Rest of the Best
    Moderator: Jeffery G. Powers – Hazen and Sawyer
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    Concurrent Session 32 - National Levee Safety Program
    Moderator: Clint Forsha – CDM Smith
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    Concurrent Session 33 - Inspections, Investigations, and Construction
    Moderator: John Treacy – W. W. Wheeler & Associates, Inc.
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    Concurrent Session 34 - New Life for Old Dams
    Moderator: Kenneth Catino – Ramboll
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    Concurrent Session 35 - Hydraulic Modeling
    Moderator: Kevin Ruswick – Schnabel Engineering
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM MT
    Break
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT
    Dam Failures and Incidents Committee
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT
    DEI Task Force Open House
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT
    Peer Review Committee Meeting
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT
    Topic Tables
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM MT
    Networking Lunch
  • 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM MT
    Conference Door Prize Drawings
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 36 - Cool Stories from the Past
    Moderator: Amanda L. Lopez, P.E. – Hazen and Sawyer
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 37 - Project Delivery Methods
    Moderator: Darrell Wilder – Terracon Consultants Inc.
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 38 - Extreme Rainfall and Floods
    Moderator: Jonathan Keeling – Stantec
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 39 - Robots, Fires, and Bugs
    Moderator: Randall Bowersox – Gannett Fleming
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 40 - Security
    Moderator: Michelle Yezierski – Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
  • 1:30 PM – 6:00 PM MT
    Exhibitor Move Out
  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM MT
    Break
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 41 - Decade Dam Failures: International Failures
    Moderator: Paul Perri – W. W. Wheeler & Associates, Inc.
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 42 - Portfolio Risk
    Moderator: Brian McCormick – CO Division of Water Resources
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 43 - Concrete Materials
    Moderator: John Bickford – Puget Sound Energy
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM MT
    Concurrent Session 44 - Informed Spillway Designs
    Moderator: Brianna K. Crotty, P.E. – Schnabel Engineering
  • Thursday, September 26, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 7:30 AM MT
    Hydraulic Jacking in Spillway Chutes Workshop/Field Trip Check-In
  • 7:30 AM – 8:00 AM MT
    Castlewood Dam Field Trip Check-In
  • 7:30 AM – 6:00 PM MT
    Workshops - Hydraulic Jacking Workshop & Tour
  • 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM MT
    DSS-WISE Workshop Check-In
  • 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM MT
    Enhancing Emergency Preparedness Workshop Check-In
  • 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM MT
    Gross Dam Field Trip Check-In
  • 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM MT
    Field Trip: Castlewood Dam
  • 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM MT
    Chimney Hollow Dam Field Trip Check-In
  • 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM MT
    Workshops - Web-based Flood Inundation Modeling with DSS-WISE Web: A Short Course on Recent Updates with Hands-On Training
  • 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM MT
    Field Trip: Gross Dam
  • 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM MT
    Workshops - Enhancing Emergency Preparedness and Planning for Dam Incidents: Improving Dam Safety and Coordination Through Realistic Scenario-Based Tabletop Exercises
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM MT
    Field Trip: Chimney Hollow Dam
  • Friday, September 27, 2024
  • 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM MT
    Gross Dam Field Trip Check-In
  • 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM MT
    Chimney Hollow Dam Field Trip Check-In
  • 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM MT
    Field Trip: Gross Dam
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM MT
    Field Trip: Chimney Hollow Dam