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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Saturday, September 16, 2023
  • 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    ASDSO Board of Directors Meeting
  • Sunday, September 17, 2023
  • 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    Media Training (Closed)
  • 12:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Registration Open
  • 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM PDT
    Speaker Preview Room Open
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    Midwest Regional Caucus Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    Northeast Regional Caucus Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    Southeast Regional Caucus Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    West Regional Caucus Meeting
  • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Dam Failures and Incidents Committee Leadership Meeting
  • 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Advisory Committee Meeting
  • 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Annual Meeting of State Representatives
  • 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM PDT
    Conference Kick-off Event
  • Monday, September 18, 2023
  • 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM PDT
    Continental Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM – 1:00 PM PDT
    Exhibit Hall Set-Up
  • 7:00 AM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Registration Open
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM PDT
    Speaker Preview Room Open
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM PDT
    General Session 1 - Opening General Session: California Dam Safety
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM PDT
    Refreshment Break
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 1 - Decade Dam Failures Series Part I

    Moderator: Clint Brown, P.E. – Engineering Analytics

  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 2 - Panel Discussion - Probabilistic Precipitation Frequency Tools for Dam Safety

    Moderator: Greg Paxson, P.E. – Schnabel Engineering

    Moderator: Victoria Bahls – RTI International

  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 3 - Seismic Considerations

    Moderator: Craig Findlay, Ph.D., P.E., G.E., D.GE – Findlay Engineering

  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 4 - Processes and Innovations

    Moderator: Andrew Cummings – Pare Corporation

  • 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
    Awards Luncheon
  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Exhibit Hall Opens
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM PDT
    Poster-Lightning Talk Presentations I

    Moderator: Melissa Setz – Geosyntec Consultants

  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM PDT
    Poster-Lightning Talk Presentations - Poster-Lightning Talk Presentations I

    Moderator: Melissa Setz – Geosyntec Consultants

  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Awards Committee Meeting
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 5 - Fire and Ice

    Moderator: Jesse Pope – Stantec Consulting Services, Inc.

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 6 - Extreme Precipitation and the PMP

    Moderator: Sushil Chaudhay, P.E. – New Mexico Office of the State Engineer - Dam Safety Bureau

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 7 - Construction Case Studies

    Moderator: Vicki Scharnhorst, P.E. – Tetra Tech

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 8 - Risk Communication and Emergency Planning

    Moderator: Kate Naughton – Hazen and Sawyer

  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Best Practices for Collecting Past Incidents
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    National Levee Safety Program Meeting (Closed)
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Peer Review Committee Meeting
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM PDT
    Welcome Reception in the Exhibit Hall
  • 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    Poster-Lightning Talk Presentations II

    Moderator: Melissa Setz – Geosyntec Consultants

  • 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    Poster-Lightning Talk Presentations - Poster-Lightning Talk Presentations II

    Moderator: Melissa Setz – Geosyntec Consultants

  • Tuesday, September 19, 2023
  • 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM PDT
    Continental Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM PDT
    Speaker Preview Room Open
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM PDT
    Dam Safety Toolbox Leadership Meeting
  • 7:30 AM – 10:30 AM PDT
    Model Program/Metrics Update Task Force (Closed)
  • 7:30 AM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Registration Open
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM PDT
    General Session 2 - General Session 2: Lower and Upper CO Basin
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM PDT
    Refreshment Break
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 9 - The Dam Safety Toolbox

    Moderator: William McKercher – Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality

  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    Young Professionals Interest Group Meeting
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 10 - CFD Modeling for Spillways and Outlet Works

    Moderator: Benjamin Israel Devadason, P.E., CFM – Gannett Fleming, Inc.

  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 11 - Geotech Case Studies

    Moderator: Ben Webster, P.E., PMP – Schnabel Engineering

  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 12 - Geotech Analysis

    Moderator: Allen Orsi – Pare Corporation

  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 13 - Potpourri

    Moderator: Jonathan M. Pittman, P.E. – Schnabel Engineering

  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PDT
    Journal Committee Meeting - CANCELED
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PDT
    Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
  • 12:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    ASDSO/ASFPM Floodplain Management Plan Guidance Update Taskgroup (Closed)
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 14 - Decade Dam Failures Series Part II

    Moderator: Vik Iso-Ahola, P.E., PMP – Stantec

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 15 - Hydrologivariables

    Moderator: Chad Davis – HDR

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 16 - Risk Tools for State Dams

    Moderator: Elizabeth Landowski – Gannett Fleming, Inc.

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 17 - Breach Modeling and Consequence Estimates

    Moderator: Matt Broaddus – Stantec Consulting Services, Inc.

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 18 - Geotechnical Exploration

    Moderator: Zachary Mickel – Black & Veatch

  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Break in the Exhibit Hall
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Dam Design & Construction/Toolbox Meeting
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 19 - DamFailures.org Updates

    Moderator: Seth Thompson, P.E. – Gannett Fleming, Inc.

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 20 - Floods, Waves, and Failures

    Moderator: Dylan Hoehn – Engineering Analytics

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 21 - Show Me the Money

    Moderator: Kristin Ray – Hazen and Sawyer

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 22 - Best of the Rest

    Moderator: Amanda Lopez – AECOM

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 23 - Project Delivery Options

    Moderator: Nason McCullough, Ph.D., P.E., G.E. – Jacobs Engineering Group

  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM PDT
    Reception in the Exhibit Hall
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM PDT
    USACE Town Hall Meeting
  • 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
    NRCS Staff Meeting (Closed)
  • Wednesday, September 20, 2023
  • 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM PDT
    Continental Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Speaker Preview Room Open
  • 7:30 AM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Registration Open
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM PDT
    Concurrent Session 24 - What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate: The Secret to Dam Modeling Success - Let's Discuss!

    Moderator: Nathaniel Gee – TVA

  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM PDT
    Concurrent Session 25 - Evaluating Spillway Risks

    Moderator: Douglas L. Johnson, P.E. – Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM PDT
    Concurrent Session 26 - Cutoff Walls and Grouting

    Moderator: Joshua Gilman – Portland Cement Association

  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM PDT
    Concurrent Session 27 - Outlet Works

    Moderator: Scott Anderson – GENTERRA Consultants

  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM PDT
    Refreshment Break
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    Career Development & Student Outreach Committee Meeting
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    Public Safety at Dams Committee Meeting
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 28 - Federal Policy Updates

    Moderator: Phoebe Percell-Taureau, P.E. – Percell Taureau Consulting

  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 29 - Extreme Precipitation and Climate Impacts

    Moderator: Randall Bowersox – Gannett Fleming, Inc.

  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 30 - Seepage

    Moderator: Alex Pires-Sturm, Ph.D., P.E. – CA Department of Water Resources

  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 31 - Grab N Go

    Moderator: Jeffery G. Powers – Hazen and Sawyer

  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PDT
    Dam Owner Committee Meeting
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PDT
    Lunch with the Exhibitors and Door Prize Drawings
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    HHPD Tools for Project Prioritization Demonstration
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    Dam Failures and Incidents Committee Annual Meeting
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 32 - Hydraulic Modeling

    Moderator: Carmen Lepsch, P.E. – Schnabel Engineering

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 33 - Security and Resilience of Dams

    Moderator: Scarlett Kitts – Black & Veatch

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 34 - Dam Removal

    Moderator: William Ashby – Maryland Department of the Environment

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 35 - Construction

    Moderator: Blake Dolve – CA Department of Water Resources

  • 1:30 PM – 6:00 PM PDT
    Exhibitor Move Out
  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Refreshment Break
  • 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    HHPD Tools for Project Prioritization Demonstration
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 36 - Decade Dam Failures Series Part III

    Moderator: Cory A. Miyamoto, P.E. – CA Department of Water Resources

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 37 - Design Considerations for Spillways

    Moderator: Matthew Marquis – OH Department of Natural Resources

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 38 - Sites Reservoir

    Moderator: Mark Di Lullo – AECOM

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Concurrent Session 39 - Levee Design, Risk, and Permitting

    Moderator: Elena Sossenkina – HDR

  • Thursday, September 21, 2023
  • 6:30 AM – 7:00 AM PDT
    St. Francis Dam Field Trip Check-in
  • 7:00 AM – 7:30 PM PDT
    Field Trip - St. Francis Dam Site
  • 7:30 AM – 8:00 AM PDT
    Morris and San Gabriel/Diamond Valley Dam Field Trip Check-in
  • 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM PDT
    Workshops Check-in
  • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Field Trip - Diamond Valley Lake Dams
  • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Field Trip - Morris and San Gabriel Dam Tour
  • 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM PDT
    Workshops - Workshop II
  • 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Workshops - Workshop I
  • 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Workshops - Workshop III