Be Part of Canada’s Premier Stormwater and Erosion and Sediment Control Conference EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! (Early bird pricing in effect until February 23, 2024) FULL CONFERENCE PASS Full admission to days 1 and 2 of the Source to Stream Conference, including presentations, lunch, refreshments and the networking reception. ONE-DAY CONFERENCE PASS Full admission to days 1 or 2 of the Source to Stream Conference, including presentations, lunch, and refreshments. The Conference Pass for day 1 also includes access to the networking reception. NETWORKING RECEPTION PASS Admission to the Source to Stream Networking Reception, held on day 1, from 4:15 to 6:30 p.m. Regular Rate: $35 *If eligible, please contact TRCA events at events@trca.ca to receive your discount code BEFORE purchasing passes. Date and Time: March 25, 2024 | 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. COST: Registration includes continental breakfast, lunch, and morning and afternoon break refreshments. *If eligible, please contact TRCA events at events@trca.ca to receive your discount code BEFORE purchasing passes. COURSE DESCRIPTION A Continuous Soil Trench (CST) is a structure designed and built to contain continuous growing media (soil) to support tree growth to maturity under a paved boulevard. CSTs are a type of low impact development (LID) feature that includes a continuous, linear urban tree planting system, constructed using soil cells, and often located behind the curb within the road right-of-way (ROW) and feature sidewalk pavement and tree openings on top. Soil cells are modular structural units designed to be filled with growing medium for tree rooting, stormwater management, and support the pavement structure (i.e. sidewalk). Stormwater Tree Trenches (STTs) are configurated to include trench sections, connected hydrologically through sub-surface stormwater distribution and drainage pipes throughout the feature, which promote healthy tree growth while also helping to manage surface road runoff. These subsurface trench systems are filled with proprietary, modular structures and growing medium. They improve tree health by providing access to soil, air, and stormwater (from the adjacent roadway) for irrigation, allowing them to survive longer in harsh urban conditions. The tree planting pits and adjacent supported sidewalk pavements provide more soil volume for tree growth and water retention. Topics addressed in this course will include: This course is suitable for stormwater and hydrogeology professionals interested in expanding their knowledge related to stormwater tree trench and soil cell construction projects. Information shared during the course will be applied through activities designed to solve challenges that can often occur on these project sites. In order to fully participate during this course participants are asked to bring their own laptop. LEARNING OBJECTIVES The course will provide an overview of the function and application of continuous soil cell tree trenches in road right-of-way (ROW) projects, with a focus on construction and inspection best practices. Upon completion of the course participants will be able to: INSTRUCTORS Dean Young As as a Project Manager with TRCA’s Sustainable Technologies Evaluation Program (STEP), Dean focuses on evaluating the effectiveness of innovative water and soil management technologies in an Ontario context. He manages applied research projects and develops knowledge transfer tools to overcome barriers to widespread implementation. His most recent work includes guidance on the design, inspection and maintenance of low impact development stormwater and soil management best practices. Daniel Filippi Daniel has developed several flood and climate change-related training programs/courses educating homeowners, government staff, and ICI/MUR property owners on the importance of adopting appropriate SWM BMPs and proper implementation and maintenance of LID practices. Most recently, he helped develop a new standard on flood resilient design of new residential communities (CSA W204:19) for Canada and is a primary author of the LID Stormwater Wiki. Date and Time: March 25, 2024 | 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. COST: Registration includes continental breakfast, lunch, and morning and afternoon break refreshments. *If eligible, please contact TRCA events at events@trca.ca to receive your discount code BEFORE purchasing passes. COURSE DESCRIPTION Did you know that in stream restoration projects: This one-day workshop will present tips like these and more, covering everything from stream restoration design and construction to post-construction monitoring. The tips presented at the workshop will help make stream restoration projects: The material presented during this workshop is relevant and suitable for a range of practitioners involved in stream restoration, including fluvial geomorphologists, aquatic biologists, aquatic restoration specialists, ecologists, water resources engineers, consultants, contractors, agency staff, professors, researchers, and students. LEARNING OBJECTIVES INSTRUCTORS David Bidelspach Mr. Bidelspach is a nationally recognized river restoration specialist with a broad range of experience restoring damaged ecosystems. His academic and research background includes five years with the Stream Restoration Program at North Carolina State University (NCSU), where he provided assessment, design, and construction oversight services on many restoration projects and taught courses related to river assessment, restoration design, and construction administration. He also worked for nine years as the river restoration technical leader for a large engineering consulting firm. He has completed more than 100 river restoration/stabilization projects in 29 states, 6 Canadian Provinces/Territories, and Costa Rica. He specializes in using Natural Channel Design (NCD) coupled with a traditional engineering framework for river restoration designs to achieve optimal project goals and objectives. The MCDA framework has been utilized and taught by Mr. Bidelspach and incorporates NCD, three-dimensional (3-D) stream design, limiting factors analysis for fisheries, flood risk, geomorphic assessment, river resiliency, cost analysis, changing points of diversion, and stakeholder involvement into a design optimization scheme. Brad Fairley Brad Fairley has more than 40 years of professional experience involving both the public and private sector. With a strong background in water resources management Brad has focused on stream restoration for the last 20 years of his career. During that time, he has managed more than 100 fluvial geomorphology and stream restoration projects in Canada and the US. Mr. Fairley has authored many reports and presented papers at stream restoration conferences across North America. He has also provided expert testimony in court. Since forming his own company in 2018, he has focused his efforts on improving the quality of stream restoration projects in Canada. To that end he has championed fish habitat banking, established the first habitat banks in Canada, developed protocols for determining the effectiveness of stream restoration projects for DFO, organized and hosted workshops and helped found RiverSHARED an organization dedicated to information sharing. Most recently, Mr. Fairley has endowed a research chair in fluvial geomorphology at McMaster University.CONFERENCE RATES
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
DATE
TIME
Pre-conference Training
March 25, 2024
8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Conference Day 1
March 26, 2024
8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. – Presentations
8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. – Trade show
4:15 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. – Networking reception
Conference Day 2
March 27, 2024
8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. – Presentations
8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. – Trade showConference Passes: Details
Early Bird Rate: (Available until February 23, 2024) $395
Regular Rate: $495
Public Sector, Sponsor/Exhibitor or Student Rate*: $250
Early Bird Rate: (Available until February 23, 2024) $225
Regular Rate: $250
Public Sector, Sponsor/Exhibitor or Student Rate*: $125Pre-conference Training: Details
March 25, 2024
PRE-CONFERENCE TRAINING COURSE 1
City of Toronto’s Soil Cell & Stormwater Tree Trench Construction Requirements
Location: Pearson Convention Centre, 2638 Steeles Ave. E, Brampton, ON
Regular Rate: $325
Public Sector Rate*: $275
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA)
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA)
PRE-CONFERENCE TRAINING COURSE 2
Tips and Best Practices for Planning, Designing, Constructing, and Monitoring Successful Stream Restoration Projects
Location: Pearson Convention Centre, 2638 Steeles Ave. E, Brampton, ON
Regular Rate: $325
Public Sector Rate*: $275
Contact: sourcetostream@trca.ca
