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2016 WEAT-NTS February Seminar
TAKING CONTROLTuesday, February 16, 2016
CityPlace Conference & Event Center2711 North Haskell Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75204
Agenda 2016 WEAT-NTS February Seminar
ASSET MANAGEMENT
8:00 - 9:00 Taking Control Over CIP Planning and O&M for Utilities Using Intelligent Platform (MWH)
8:00 - 9:00 Utilizing Advanced Technologies for Stormwater System Mapping and Condition Assessment (RJN Group)
HANDLING EXTREME EVENTS
8:00 - 9:00 Are You prepared? Emergency Management and Disaster Response (APAI)
8:00 - 9:00 Extreme Drought Management and Risk Mitigation – The Wichita Falls Story (CDM)
8:00 - 9:00 Characterizing Rainfall for Water Quality and Water Quantity Applications (Vieux)
8:00 - 9:00 Taking Control of Wastewater Systems, Instrumentation, Control and SCADA (Garver)
8:00 - 9:00 Panel: Wet Weather Collections – Lessons Learned (DWU/TRA/Fort Worth)
OPERATIONAL AND CONTROLS
8:00 - 9:00 SCADA Control System Master Planning and Its Benefits (Carollo)
8:00 - 9:00 How Do I Know I’m Making The Right Decisions For My Plant Now and In The Future? (Hazen and Sawyer)
RISK MITIGATION
8:00 - 9:00 Using a Disaster Resilience Scorecard to Increase a Community’s Resilience (AECOM)
8:00 - 9:00 HSE Case to Enhance Risk Management (RPS)
AGENDA 2016 WEAT-NTS February Seminar • Tuesday, February 16, 2016
REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (7:30)
WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS (8:00)
ASSET MANAGEMENT
8:15“The force is strong with you.”Taking Control Over CIP Planning and O&M for Utilities Using Intelligent Platform (John Abrera, PE and Pete Perciavalle, MWH)
8:45“When 900 years old you reach... Look as good, you will not.”Utilizing Advanced Technologies for Stormwater System Mapping and Condition Assessment (Noelle Gaspard, PE, GISP, CFM, RJN Group / KM (Milton) Rahman, PE, PMP, CFM, City of San Antonio)
HANDLING EXTREME EVENTS
9:15“Aren’t you a little short for a storm trooper?”Are You prepared? Emergency Management and Disaster Response (Bill Rackley, PE and Philip Topek, Alan Plummer Associates, Inc. / John Bennet, Trinity River Authority)
9:45“Ahh, hard to see the dark side is.”Extreme Drought Management and Risk Mitigation – The Wichita Falls Story (Samir Mathur, CDM / Daniel Nix, City of Wichita Falls)
10:15 “There’s always a bigger fish.”Characterizing Rainfall for Water Quality and Water Quantity Applications (Baxter E. Vieux, Vieux & Associates, Inc.)
BREAK (10:45)
11:00 “Hmmm... Lost a planet, Master Obi-Wan has. How embarrassing.”Taking Control of Wastewater Systems, Instrumentation, Control and SCADA (Jonathan White, PE, Garver)
11:30“Fear is the path to the dark side.”Panel: Wet Weather Collections – Lessons Learned (Shrirang Golhar, PE, DWU / John Durbin, TRA / Travis Andrews, Fort Worth)
LUNCH (12:15)
OPERATIONAL AND CONTROLS
1:15“I suggest a new strategy.”Taking Control: Precise Large Scale Flow Distribution Yields Sustainable Results (Mark Mihm, PE, HDR Engineering / Thomas Foster, DWU)
1:45“Those aren’t the droids you’re looking for.”SCADA Control System Master Planning and Its Benefits (Manoj Yegnaraman, PE, CP, CE and Oliver Luker, EIT, Carollo)
2:15“Don’t get technical with me. What mission?”How Do I Know I’m Making The Right Decisions For My Plant Now and In The Future? (Brandt Miller, PE, Hazen and Sawyer / P.S. Arora, PE, City of Denton)
BREAK (2:45)
RISK MITIGATION
3:00“I find your lack of faith disturbing.”Using a Disaster Resilience Scorecard to Increase a Community’s Resilience (Jerry Smiley, ACIP and Jon Philipsborn, AECOM)
3:30 “Traveling through hyperspace ain’t like dusting crops, farm boy.”HSE Case to Enhance Risk Management (Robin Markussen, CIH and Misti Jefferson, PMI-RMP, RPS)
CLOSING COMMENTS (4:00)
END (4:15)