TOPICS & PRESENTERS*
March 26 & 27, 2025

* Please note that program and speakers are subject to change.

DAY ONE:
Wednesday March 26, 2025

TRACK 1 (Hall A)

8:00 a.m. to
8:45 a.m.

REGISTRATION (Main Lobby)

8:45 a.m. to
9:00 a.m.

OPENING REMARKS (Hall A)

9:00 a.m. to
10:00 a.m.

Rising Tides: Navigating the Future of New York City’s Water Resources

Presenter:
Laurian Farrell, New York City

10:00 a.m. to
10:30 a.m.

Building Up Resilience for Existing Drainage Networks: Approaches with Water Squares and Sponge Parks in Montreal (QC)

Presenter:
Gilles Rivard, Lasalle-NHC

10:30 a.m. to
11:00 a.m.

NETWORKING BREAK

11:00 a.m. to
11:30 a.m.

Balancing Level of Service and Flood Risk: Are We Bound to Oversize Municipal Stormwater Infrastructure?

Presenters:
Amna Tariq and Shawna Chambers, City of London

11:30 a.m. to
12:00 p.m.

To Credit or not to Credit: The Enigma of Flood Storage

Presenter:
Ron Scheckenberger, Scheckenberger & Associates Ltd.

12:00 p.m. to
1:15 p.m.

LUNCH BUFFET (Seating located in Halls B through E)

1:15 p.m. to
1:45 p.m.

From Obstacle to Opportunity: The Bentway Staging Grounds LID Monitoring Project

Presenters:
Alexus Maglalang, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) and Rob McKaye, The Bentway Conservancy

1:45 p.m. to
2:15 p.m.

Lessons Learned – The City of London’s Operation and Maintenance of LIDs

Presenters:
Christina Liu and Morgan Latvanen, City of London

2:15 p.m. to
2:45 p.m.

Replacing Ponds with LIDs: Performance of the First LID Subdivision in the City of Brampton

Presenter:
Jordan Wiedrick, Credit Valley Conservation (CVC)

2:45 p.m. to
3:15 p.m.

NETWORKING BREAK

3:15 p.m. to
3:45 p.m.

Green Roads Ahead: Low Impact Development for Sustainable Stormwater Management in York Region

Presenters:
Yolanda Fang and Amin Owrangi, AtkinsRéalis​

3:45 p.m. to
4:15 p.m.

Application of LID-TTT Model for Stormwater Management Planning

Presenters:
Hesham Fouli and Samantha Pelayo Cazares, WSP Canada Inc.​

4:15 p.m. to
6:30 p.m.

NETWORKING RECEPTION (Main Lobby)

TRACK 2 (Hall F)

8:00 a.m. to
8:45 a.m.

REGISTRATION (Main Lobby)

8:45 a.m. to
9:00 a.m.

OPENING REMARKS (Hall F)

9:00 a.m. to
10:00 a.m.

Title TBD

Presenter:
Melissa Enoch, New York City

10:00 a.m. to
10:30 a.m.

Guichon Creek Daylighting: How Emergency Response Became Creek Restoration

Presenter:
Caroline Charbonnau, Kerr Wood Leidal Associates Ltd.​

10:30 a.m. to
11:00 a.m.

NETWORKING BREAK

11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Watercourse Management: A Panel Discussion

Speakers:
David Gingerich and Matt Johnston , Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA); more speakers TBD

12:00 p.m. to
1:15 p.m.

LUNCH BUFFET (Seating located in Halls B through E)

1:15 p.m. to
1:45 p.m.

Proposed Excess Soil Beneficial Reuse Exemption for Asphalt Contaminated Soil & SWM Pond Sediment: How Can AI be Used to Identify Asphalt Sources?

Presenters:
Francine Kelly-Hooper, Jonathan Eller, and Ian Collins, GHD

1:45 p.m. to
2:15 p.m.

Excess Soil Regulation – Improving SWM Pond Performance and Optimizing Operation & Maintenance of Sediment Removals: Performance Assessment of Four (4) SWM Shields

Presenter:
Chris Denich, Aquafor Beech Ltd.

2:15 p.m. to
2:45 p.m.

Improving Site ESC: Transitioning to Filter Sock from Silt Fence

Presenter:
Rod Anderton, SCS Consulting Group Ltd.

2:45 p.m. to
3:15 p.m.

NETWORKING BREAK

3:15 p.m. to
3:45 p.m.

Natural Channel Design Monitoring – Well-Established Methods vs. Innovative Tools

Presenters:
Kathy Robitaille-Feick and Brandon Smelt, AECOM

3:45 p.m. to
4:15 p.m.

Using Anionic Polymer Gels To Achieve Maximum Turbidity Reduction From Construction Projects

Presenter:
Eddie Snell, Applied Polymer Systems​

4:15 p.m. to
6:30 p.m.

NETWORKING RECEPTION (Main Lobby)

DAY TWO:
Thursday March 27, 2025

TRACK 1 (Hall A)

8:00 a.m. to
9:00 a.m.

REGISTRATION (Main Lobby)

9:00 a.m. to
9:30 a.m.

Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge into Green Infrastructure

Presenter:
Aaron Ward, City of Thunder Bay

9:30 a.m. to
10:00 a.m.

CLI-ECA Updates

Presenters:
Derek Smith and Aziz Ahmed, Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP)

10:00 a.m. to
10:30 a.m.

Stormwater Under Pressure: Navigating O&M Manual Development under the CLI-ECA

Presenters:
Craig Schritt, Town of Newmarket, and Marjorie MacDonald, Resilient Consulting Corp.

10:30 a.m. to
11:00 a.m.

NETWORKING BREAK

11:00 a.m. to
11:30 a.m.

Building Awareness, Protecting Waterways: Lessons learned from SWMF Outreach Program

Presenters:
Jessica Punzal and Cassie Schembri, City of Brampton

11:30 a.m. to
12:00 p.m.

Advancing Resilient Water Management: One Water Approach in Practice

Presenters:
Brett Emmons and Kajol Annaduzzaman, Emmons & Olivier Resources

12:00 p.m. to
1:15 p.m.

LUNCH BUFFET (Seating located in Halls B through E)

1:15 p.m. to
1:45 p.m.

Designing for System Longevity in Green Infrastructure: Urban Ecology and Community

Presenter:
Sheri DeBoer, City of Vancouver

1:45 p.m. to
2:15 p.m.

A Real-World Test Case For Subwatershed Systems-Based Stormwater Management Planning

Presenters:
Aaron Farrell, HDR, and Rachel Ellerman, Town of Milton

2:15 p.m. to
2:45 p.m.

Real Time Monitoring and Real Time Control for Improved Stormwater Management

Presenter:
David McCarthy, University of Guelph

2:45 p.m. to
3:15 p.m.

NETWORKING BREAK

3:15 p.m. to
3:45 p.m.

Investing in Resilience: Overview & Applications of the Risk & Return on Investment Tool (RROIT)

Presenters:
Kristopher Robinson and Emma Haug-Kindellan, Credit Valley Conservation (CVC)

3:45 p.m. to
4:15 p.m.

Cultivating Community Resilience and Adaptation through Flood Risk Assessments​

Presenter:
Bill Yu, Emmons & Olivier Resources

TRACK 2 (Hall F)

8:00 a.m. to
9:00 a.m.

REGISTRATION (Main Lobby)

9:00 a.m. to
9:30 a.m.

King’s Park Stormwater Management Project: Utilizing Green-Infrastructure and Natural Channel Design Techniques

Presenter:
Clifton Coppolino, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, TRCA​

9:30 a.m. to
10:00 a.m.

Watercourse Collector App: Results from a Multi-year Watercourse Deficiency Monitoring Program in the City of Hamilton

Presenters:
Hector Quintero, City of Hamilton, and Meghan Sauro, AECOM​

10:00 a.m. to
10:30 a.m.

Rapid Response for Resilience: Rebuilding Stormwater Infrastructure and Ecological Integrity at Burke Brook

Presenters:
Anna Paris, Maccaferri Canada Ltd., and ​Nicholas Bellissimo, Accardi Schaeffers Consulting

10:30 a.m. to
11:00 a.m.

NETWORKING BREAK

11:00 a.m. to
11:30 a.m.

Unmaintained Stormwater Outfalls: Draining Water or Draining Resources?

Presenters:
Robert Amos and Jacob Ursulak, Aquafor Beech

11:30 a.m. to
12:00 p.m.

Constructing Designs: Unifying the Contractor and Designer

Presenters:
Chase Konecny and Peter DeCarvalho, Stantec

12:00 p.m. to
1:15 p.m.

LUNCH BUFFET (Seating located in Halls B through E)

1:15 p.m. to
1:45 p.m.

30 Years of Stream Rehabilitation

Presenter:
Doug Forder, Ontario Streams​

1:45 p.m. to
2:15 p.m.

Leveraging Advanced Survey Technologies in Urban Watercourse Restoration: LiDAR and Photogrammetry Applications from EA to Post-Construction

Presenter:
Jennifer Kim, City of Toronto​

2:15 p.m. to
2:45 p.m.

Gambling on Site Conditions – Risk in Stream Restoration

Presenters:
Heather Amirault and Michael Dhanraj, Stantec

2:45 p.m. to
3:15 p.m.

NETWORKING BREAK

3:15 p.m. to
3:45 p.m.

Creek Erosion Inventories: Methodologies for Risk Assessment and Prioritization

Presenters:
Amy Nicoll and Julia Howett, Montrose Environmental

3:45 p.m. to
4:15 p.m.

Navigating Watershed Futures: Muskoka River Ecological Flow Assessment in a Changing Climate

Presenter:
Lisa Bowering (GHD)