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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Saturday, September 20, 2025
  • 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    ASDSO Board of Directors Meeting
  • Sunday, September 21, 2025
  • 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM ET
    West Regional Caucus Meeting
  • 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM ET
    Annual Meeting of State Representatives
  • 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM ET
    Midwest Regional Caucus Meeting
  • 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM ET
    Northeast Regional Caucus Meeting
  • 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM ET
    Southeast Regional Caucus Meeting
  • 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET
    Kick-Off Event at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
  • Monday, September 22, 2025
  • 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM ET
    Continental Breakfast
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM ET
    Opening General Session - A hundred+ year legacy of flood protection: the past, present and future, told through the experiences of Miami Conservancy District
    Moderator: Mia Kannik, P.E. – Ohio Department of Natural Resources
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Refreshment Break
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 1 - Recent Failures and Incidents
    Moderator: Andrew Cummings – Pare Corporation
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 2 - Extreme Rainfall Updates
    Moderator: Jeffery G. Powers – Hazen and Sawyer
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 3 - Spillway Hydraulic Modeling Tools
    Moderator: Josh Myers, P.E. – WSP
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 4 - Construction Lessons Learned
    Moderator: Zachary Mickel – Black & Veatch
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 5 - Geotechnical Innovations
    Moderator: Jonathan Andrews
  • 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Awards Luncheon
  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Exhibit Hall Opening
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 6 - Decade Dam Failures and Incidents (DDF)
    Moderator: Scott Arends – Hazen and Sawyer
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 7 - Modeling and More Modeling
    Moderator: Nicole Chiles – HDR
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 8 - Seepage Evaluation and Remediation
    Moderator: Richard Graham, P.E. – Spicer Group
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 9 - Spillway Design and Construction
    Moderator: Nick Ciomei, P.E. – Kleinschmidt Associates
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 10 - Construction: Alternative Delivery and Construction Risks
    Moderator: Caden Gigliotti, P.E., MBA – HDR
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM ET
    Opening Reception in Exhibit Hall
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM ET
    Poster-Lightning Talk Presentations - Poster-Lightning Talk Presentations I
  • Tuesday, September 23, 2025
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM ET
    Continental Breakfast
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM ET
    General Session 2 - Studying Hurricane Helene: What Have We Learned?
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 11 - The National Dam Safety Program; How it started, How it’s going?
    Moderator: William Ashby – Maryland Department of the Environment
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 12 - Physical and Numerical Hydraulic Modeling
    Moderator: Nathan C. Jorgensen, P.E. – GEI Consultants
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 13 - Case Studies in Dam Rehabilitation
    Moderator: Edward Race, P.E. – Michael Baker International, Inc.
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 14 - Dewatering and Reservoir Control for Maintenance and Construction
    Moderator: Clinton Carlson – Geosyntec Consultants
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 15 - Low Level Outlet Rehabilitations
    Moderator: Ghazoll Motlagh, P.E., CFM – WSP
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET
    Lunch on Own
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 16 - Decade Dam Failures: Programmatic Changes
    Moderator: Sushil Chaudhary, P.E. – New Mexico Office of the State Engineer - Dam Safety Bureau
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 17 - Breach Inundation Modeling
    Moderator: Nathan C. Clymer, P.E. – Hazen and Sawyer
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 18 - Dam Removal
    Moderator: Carmen Lepsch, P.E. – Schnabel Engineering
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 19 - Cutoff Walls
    Moderator: Paul Perri – W. W. Wheeler and Associates, Inc.
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 20 - Instrumentation
    Moderator: Ben Greenwell – Stantec
  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 21 - Damfailures.org
    Moderator: Greg Richards, P.E., CFM – GFT
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 22 - Levees
    Moderator: Brianna K. Crotty, P.E. – Schnabel Engineering
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 23 - Communication and Collaboration for Emergency Preparedness
    Moderator: Jonathan Keeling – Stantec
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 24 - Spillways and Gates
    Moderator: Erin Krug – Consor
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 25 - Grab-n-Go
    Moderator: Matthew R. Marquis, P.E. – Ohio Department of Natural Resources
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM ET
    Reception in Exhibit Hall
  • Wednesday, September 24, 2025
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM ET
    Continental Breakfast
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM ET
    Concurrent Session 26 - Decade Dam Failures: International Failures
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM ET
    Concurrent Session 27 - State Dam Safety Program Updates
    Moderator: Matthew Hook – Ohio Department of Natural Resources
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM ET
    Concurrent Session 28 - Probabilistic or Probable Maximum Floods
    Moderator: Heather Shanks – Pare Corporation
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM ET
    Concurrent Session 29 - Roller Compacted Concrete
    Moderator: Fares Abdo, P.E. – Morgan Corp
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Topic Tables and Committee Meetings
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET
    Lunch in Exhibit Hall/Door Prize Drawings
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 30 - Decade Dam Failures: Tailings Failures
    Moderator: Dean Korri – Cleveland Cliffs
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 31 - Complex Ownership Issues
    Moderator: Dudley McFadden – Sacramento Municipal Utility District
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 32 - Hydrology in an Uncertain World
    Moderator: Randall Bowersox – GFT
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 33 - Operational Case Studies
    Moderator: Joe Hjerpe, P.E. – Barr Engineering Co.
  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Refreshment Break
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 34 - Hurricane Katrina 20 Years Later
    Moderator: Jesse M. Pope, PE, CFM – Stantec
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 35 - Risk for Evaluation, Prioritization, and Design
    Moderator: William Dressel – Barr Engineering Co.
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Concurrent Session 36 - Rehabilitation Case Histories
  • Thursday, September 25, 2025
  • 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Workshops - Workshop: DSS-WISE Web: A Web-Based Flood Inundation Simulation System. Hands-On Training, Tips & Tricks, and Discussion of Upcoming Enhancements.
  • 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM ET
    Field Trip: Hinckley Dam
  • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET
    Field Trip: Berlin Dam
  • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET
    Workshops - Workshop: The Dam Fundamentals – A One Day Construction Inspection Workshop
  • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET
    Workshops - Workshop: Understanding Internal Erosion Mechanisms and Pathways
  • 8:30 AM – 1:00 PM ET
    Field Trip: Lake View Cemetery