Agenda*
8:00 am - Registration
8:45 am - Opening & Welcome
- Elisabeth Ross Eveleigh, AWRA-NCR Section President
- Tolessa Deksissa, Director, Water Resources Research Institute & Professional Science Master’s Water Resource Management Program, University of the District of Columbia
- Sabine O’Hara, Dean, College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability & Environmental Sciences, University of the District of Columbia
- Tamim Younos, President, Green Water-Infrastructure Academy, Washington, D.C.; Symposium Chair & Vice President AWRA-NCR Section; Fellow Member AWRA (download presentation)
9:15 am - Keynote
10:00 am - Break
10:30 am - Resilient Solutions for Water Management in Urban Environments: Advances in Research, Technology, Financing and Policy
- Tyson E. Vaughan, PhD, AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow, US Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C.
- Luke Wilson, JD, Deputy Director, The Center for Water Security and Cooperation (download presentation)
- Fanny Carlet, PhD, Sustainable Urban Solutions, LLC (download presentation)
- Erica Brown, Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer, Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (download presentation)
12:00 pm - Luncheon Speaker
- G. Tracy Mehan, III - Executive Director, Government Affairs, American Water Works Association
1:15 pm - Concurrent Sessions^
- Special Session: Advances in Water Reuse Technology and Implementation
- Stormwater and Flood Management
- Flood modeling for major intersections known to flood near WMATA stations outside of the regulatory floodplain. Laurens van der Tak, PE, JACOBS
- Site evaluation and design challenges of MS4/TMDL restoration projects in the urban environment of Baltimore City. John Shen, PhD, PE, Straughan Environmental, Inc.
- Catchment-scale evaluation of stormwater green infrastructure using a flexible surface-subsurface interaction model. Mohammad Almadani, King Abdul-Aziz University, Catholic University of America
- Assessing the effectiveness of urban gardens as green infrastructure in the Washington, DC area. Karen Knee, American University
2:45 pm - Break
3:00 pm - Concurrent Sessions^
- Water and Environment
- Resilience and Sustainability
- Remote Sensing, Modeling and GIS
5:00 pm - Optional Tour of UDC Campus Green Infrastructure
*For full details, download the 2018 Symposium Program
^When available, presentation slides have been provided.