*All times listed are in Mountain Standard Time, local to Glendale, AZ.
MONDAY, MARCH 10
12:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Registration Open
12:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Exhibit Setup
1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Speaker Preview Room Open
2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
West Regional Caucus Meeting
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Moderator Training
6:30 pm
Kickoff Event at the Phoenix-Glendale Renaissance Hotel (Additional Registration required)
TUESDAY, MARCH 11
7:00 am – 8:00 pm
Speaker Preview Room Open
7:30 am - 6:30 pm
Exhibit Hall Open
7:30 am – 5:30 pm
Registration Open
7:30 am – 8:30 am
Continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
8:30 am – 10:00 am
Session 1: Welcome & Keynote
Welcome
Everett Taylor, P.E., UT Department of Water Rights
Glen Canyon Dam: Past, Present, and Future - View Abstract
Nick Williams, Bureau of Reclamation
10:00 am – 10:30 am
Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Session 2: Drone Use in Dam Safety
Cybersecurity Considerations when Managing UAS Programs
Scott Parker, CISA
Utah Department of Water Rights
Joel Carpio, UT Department of Water Rights
Dam Safety Services
Jordan Keeney, Dam Safety Services
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch On Own
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Session 3: Chimney Hollow
Chimney Hollow Dam - From Design To Construction - View Abstract
Bill McCormick, P.E., Black & Veatch; Don Montgomery, P.E., Stantec; Sean Kelly, Barnard Construction Company, Inc.; and Jeremy Franz, P.E., CO Division of Water Resources
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Session 4: Guideline Updates
Back to the Dam Future: Getting Marty out of the 1980’s - View Abstract
Karen Goff, P.E., ND Department of Water Resources
TBA
Campgrounds and Hazard Classifications - View Abstract
Jake Mirovsky, P.E., JEO Consulting Group, Inc. and Tim Gokie, P.E., NE Department of Natural Resources
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Reception in the Exhibit Hall
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12
7:30 am – 5:00 pm
Registration Open
7:30 am – 4:00 pm
Speaker Preview Room Open
7:30 am – 3:30 pm
Exhibit Hall Open
7:30 am – 8:30 am
Continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
8:30 am – 10:00 am
Session 5: Modeling Innovations
Bringing CFD and the Lab together with the Real World - Taking Care of Hydraulic Structures in the West
Josh Mortensen, P.E., Reclamation Hydraulics Laboratory
10:00 am – 10:30 am
Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Session 6: RIDM
A First for Nevada: Screening Level Risk Assessment of South Fork Dam - View Abstract
Keith Conrad, P.E., Nevada Division of Water Resources; Seth Thompson, P.E., SPRAT I, and Greg Richards, P.E., CFM, Gannett Fleming, Inc.
A Decade of Risk; Informing Dam Safety Decisions in Colorado - View Abstract
John Hunyadi, P.E., CO Division of Water Resources
California Dam Safety and Development of Risk-Informed Decision Making Program - View Abstract
Ariya Balakrishnan, Ph.D., P.E., G.E, and Robert A. Jaeger, Ph.D., P.E., G.E., CA Division of Safety of Dams
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Lunch In the Exhibit Hall
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Session 7: Dam Removals
Planning, Implementation, and Lessons Learned for the Removal of the Four-Dam Complex of the Lower Klamath Project - View Abstract
Morton D. McMillen, and Sean Iiams, Project Engineer, McMillen Inc.
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Refreshment Break In the Exhibit Hall
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Session 8: Weather Innovations
Extreme Precipitation Investigation Committee (EPIC) – Updates on the new EPIC Charter and PMP Modernization Activities - View Abstract
Bill McCormick, P.E., Black & Veatch
NWS Cool Tools
Glen Merrill, NWS
Modeling vs. Storm-based for PMP-what should be used? - View Abstract
Bill Kappel, Applied Weather Associates
3:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Exhibitor Move Out
THURSDAY, MARCH 13
8:00 am - 8:30 am
Field Trip Check-In (Separate registration is required)
8:30 am – 1:00 pm return time is approximate
Field Trip: Tempe Town Dam - Learn More! (Separate registration is required)
