TOPICS & PRESENTERS*
March 26 & 27, 2025

* Please note that program and guest 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 to 8:45 a.m.

REGISTRATION (Main Lobby)

8:45 to 9:00 a.m.

OPENING REMARKS (Hall F)

9:00 to 10:00 a.m.

Naturalization of the Don River Mouth: A Component of the ​Port Lands Flood Protection Project, Toronto, ON

Presenters:
Ken Dion and Netami Stuart, Waterfront Toronto

10:00 to 10:30 a.m.

Chedoke Creek Targeted Dredge Supporting Cootes Paradise ​Long-term Vision

Presenters:
Ron Scheckenberger, Scheckenberger and Associates Ltd; Tim Crowley, City of Hamilton)​

10:30 to 11:00 a.m.

NETWORKING BREAK

11:00 to 11:30 a.m.

Managing Stormwater Ponds: A Comprehensive Approach ​to Fish “Rescues”

Presenter:
Danny McIsaac, GEMS

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

Ecosystem Restoration in Urban Stream Management Corridors to Stimulate Mental Health Recovery and Community Revival

Presenter:
David Bidelspach, RiverSHARED​

12:00 to 1:15 p.m.

LUNCH BUFFET (Seating located in Halls B through E)

1:15 to 1:45 p.m.

Developing Stormwater Pond Sediment Accumulation Assessment Best Practices

Presenter:
David Lembcke, Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA)

1:45 to 2:15 p.m.

An Urban Natural Channel Design Case Study: Converting Aging Concrete Infrastructure to a Natural Channel in Brampton

Presenter:
Jeremi Madsen, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA)

2:15 to 2:45 p.m.

Can You Meet Numeric Turbidity Discharge Limits?

Presenter:
Seva Iwinski Bray, Applied Polymer Systems

2:45 to 3:15 p.m.

NETWORKING BREAK

3:15 to 3:45 p.m.

Lessons Learned from the Highway 407 ETR – How Coal Tar Free Asphalt and Street Sweeping Practices could Minimize Municipal SWM Pond Sediment Removal and Disposal Costs

Presenters:
Francine Kelly-Hooper, GHD; Jose Herrera, 407 ETR​

3:45 to 4:15 p.m.

Innovations in Circular Economy for Stream Restoration and Navigational Sediment Dredging Projects

Presenters:
Meggen Janes, Geosyntec; Jeroen Van Den Berg, Netics BV​

4:15 to 6:30 p.m.

NETWORKING RECEPTION (Main Lobby)

DAY TWO:
Thursday March 27, 2025

TRACK 1 (Hall A)

8:00 to 9:00 a.m.

REGISTRATION (Main Lobby)

9:00 to 10:00 a.m.

Nature-Based Solutions as “Second Nature”

Presenter:
Joanna Eyquem, Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation, University of Waterloo

10:00 to 10:30 a.m.

Green Rainwater Infrastructure Performance Monitoring in the City of Vancouver

Presenter:
Cassandra Humes, City of Vancouver​

10:30 to 11:00 a.m.

NETWORKING BREAK

11:00 to 11:30 a.m.

Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Aging Infrastructure

Presenter:
Marya Jetten, Jacobs​

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

Data-Driven Stormwater Management for Climate Resilience (Using AI)

Presenter:
Abhijet Patel, WSP

12:00 to 1:15 p.m.

LUNCH BUFFET (Seating located in Halls B through E)

1:15 to 1:45 p.m.

Underground Stormwater Management: Lessons Learned Through the Development of Policy, Procedure, and Standards for Non-Conventional Municipally Assumed Stormwater Management Facilities (SWMFs)

Presenters:
Rebecca Turbitt, Resilient Consulting Corporation; Saad Yousaf, City of Vaughan

1:45 to 2:15 p.m.

Orange Memorial Park Multi-Jurisdictional Storm Water Project, South San Francisco, CA

Presenter:
Linda Maley, Atlantis International Corporation Inc.​

2:15 to 2:45 p.m.

Expanding Peel’s Asset Management Program – Undertaking a Green Infrastructure Inventory and Condition Assessment on Region of Peel Properties

Presenters:
Alexandra Veglio, Credit Valley Conservation (CVC); Chris Despins, Region of Peel

2:45 to 3:15 p.m.

NETWORKING BREAK

3:15 to 3:45 p.m.

Discovering the Value of Stormwater Green Infrastructure: Benefits, Costs, and Practical Implementation

Presenters:
Cassidy Morgan and Trevor Boston, Greenland Consulting Engineers​

3:45 to 4:15 p.m.

Sustainability in Green Infrastructure Maintenance​

Presenter:
Jen-Sion Tan, City of Toronto​

TRACK 2 (Hall F)

8:00 to 9:00 a.m.

REGISTRATION (Main Lobby)

9:00 to 9:30 a.m.

Resilience, Adaption to Climate Change and Natural Channel Design: Moving from Form-Based Design to Function-Based Design

Presenter:
Paul Villard, Geo Morphix Ltd.​

9:30 to 10:00 a.m.

Channel Design, Erosion Mitigation Measures and Implementation Approaches: Adaptive Management Since the 1990s

Presenters:
Mariëtte Pushkar, Chris Cummings, and Jeff Prince, Matrix Solutions​

10:00 to 10:30 a.m.

Effective Strategies for Addressing Massive Erosion and Slope Instability in Riverine Environments: Insights from Successful Projects in the GTA

Presenters:
Anna Paris and Santino Tersigni, Maccaferri Canada Ltd.​

10:30 to 11:00 a.m.

NETWORKING BREAK

11:00 to 11:30 a.m.

Constructing Streams – Changing Approaches and Lessons Learned from 10 years of Public Consultation

Presenters:
Heather Amirault, Stantec Consulting Inc.; Sarah Anderson, City of Kitchener

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

Bats, Bats and More Bats! Stream Restoration and SWM Pond Rehabilitation Works under a Species-at-Risk Overall Benefit Permit

Presenters:
Robert Amos and Jacob Ursulak, Aquafor Beech Ltd.​

12:00 to 1:15 p.m.

LUNCH BUFFET (Seating located in Halls B through E)

1:15 to 1:45 p.m.

Effective Small-Scale Stream Restoration Techniques

Presenter:
Kat Lucas, Ontario Streams​

1:45 to 2:15 p.m.

Key Elements of an Urban Geomorphic Systems Master Plan Environmental Assessment

Presenters:
Daniel McCreery and Devin Coone, City of Toronto​

2:15 to 2:45 p.m.

Successes and Lessons Learned from 5 years of Monitoring Riverbank Bioengineering Projects in Calgary

Presenter:
Mike Gallant, Kerr Wood Leidal Associates Ltd.

2:45 to 3:15 p.m.

NETWORKING BREAK

3:15 to 3:45 p.m.

Reading the Reach: A Novel, Systematic, GIS-based Approach to Maintenance Hole Erosion Risk Mapping

Presenters:
Maximilian Ornat and Scott Cowan, Stantec Consulting Inc.

3:45 to 4:15 p.m.

Learning from LiDAR: Applications to Natural Channel Design

Presenter:
Robin McKillop, Palmer