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Technical Program HighlightsThe 2008 World Environmental & Water Resources Congress will focus on sustainability issues related to water resources and the environment in 18 technical tracks covering local, national and global issues, with special focus on the Pacific Rim Region.
World Environmental & Water Resources Congress 2008 May 12-16, 2008 Honolulu, Hawaii (Updated 4/16/08) Monday, May 12, 2008 7:00 am – 7:00 pm Registration 7:00 am – 5:00 pm Speaker Ready Room 7:30 am – 8:00 am Networking Beverage Break for Short Course Participants 8:00 am – 5:00 pm International & Registered Guests Hospitality Lounge 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Social Tour Desk Open at Hilton Hawaiian Village 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Exhibitor Move-In 8:00 am – 3:00 pm Short Course #1: Treatment of Uncertainty in Water Resource Modeling and Analysis 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Short Course #2: Dam Removal – Damned if We Do Damned if We Don't. 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Short Course #3: Post-Disaster Evaluation Training 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Short Course: #4 Principles of Streambank Analysis and Stabilization 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Short Course #5: Sediment Transport and Morphodynamic Processes Modeling Cancelled Short Course #6: Use of Fluvial Geomorphology Principles in the Design of Natural Channels Cancelled Short Course #7: Curve Number Rainfall-Runoff: Professional Applications 8:00 am – 6:00 pm Committee Meetings (Meeting Times: 8:00 am – 11:30 am; 12:00 noon – 3:00 pm; and 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm) 9:00 am – 2:00 pm Technical Tour: Ahupua`a – Restoration Sites at Kawai Nui Marsh 10:30 am – 11:00 am Networking Beverage Break for Short Course Participants 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm Lunch for Short Course Participants 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Networking Beverage Break for Short Course Participants 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm International Symposium on the 5th World Water Forum 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Short Course #8: The Arc Hydro Groundwater Data Model 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm International Symposium on the 5th World Water Forum 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Grand Opening of the Exhibit Hall Open 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Technical Posters on Display, Session I 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Visiting International Fellowship Reception and Ice Breaker, Section Welcome (Section & Branches Awards Presented) 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm Governing Board Dinner
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 6:30 am – 6:30 pm Registration Open 7:00 am – 6:30 pm Bookstore Open 7:00 am – 6:30 pm Speaker Ready Room 7:30 am – 9:15 am Opening Keynote Breakfast & Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation
Welcome to the Congress Kyle Schilling, P.E., BCEE, D.WRE, Dist.M.ASCE, EWRI President 2008-2009 Official Honolulu Greeting Mufi Hannemann, Mayor, City and County of Honolulu, HI
Welcome from the Governor Governor Linda Lingle (Invited), Hawai`i State Capitol, Honolulu, HI Keynote Speaker: Ramsay Remigius Mahealani Taum, Director of External Relations and Community Partnerships, Dean as Special Assistant on Host Culture and Community Affairs, UH School of Travel Industry Management, and founder, CEO, President, Life Enhancement Institute (LEI)of the Pacific LLC, and co-executive director of Sustain Hawaii 7:30 am – 11:00 am Guest Breakfast & Hawaiian Cultural Arts Program Facilitator: Manju Singh 8:00 am – 5:00 pm International & Registered Guests Hospitality Lounge 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Social Tour Desk Open at Hilton Hawaiian Village 9:15 am – 9:30 am Break 9:15 am – 7:30 pm Exhibit Hall Open 9:30 am – 10:30 am 4 Special Plenary Sessions : Climate Change: Global and Local Perspectives Keynote Speakers: Joel B. Smith, Vice President, Stratus Consulting, Boulder, CO Dolan Eversole, Coastal Geologist, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Honolulu, HI Dam Break Analysis: The Collaborative Approach Keynote Speaker: Derek J. Chow, Chief of the Civil & Public Works Branch, US Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District
Erosion & Hurricane Katrina Keynote Speakers: Jean-Louis Briaud, PhD, P.E., Professor and Holder of the Spencer J. Buchanan ’26 Chair, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Peter G. Nicholson, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, Associate Professor and Graduate Chair for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Hawaii
5th Urban Watershed Management Symposium and Water Resource Planning & Management Keynote Speakers: Martin Richard Ahsley, Professor of Urban Water, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom Dr. Daniel Pete Loucks, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
10:00 am – 10:15 am Daily Moderator Briefing 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Technical Posters on Display, Session II 10:30 am – 11:00 am Networking Beverage Break in Exhibit Hall 11:00 am – 12:30 noon Concurrent Technical Sessions I 11:00 am – 12:30 noon Short Course #9: History & Heritage 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch on Your Own, Concession Stands in Exhibit Hall 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Committee Open house in Exhibit Hall; Lunch-time Beverage Tickets Available from Committee Tables 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Concurrent Technical Sessions II 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Short Course #9: History & Heritage 3:00 pm – 7:30 pm Technical Posters on Display, Session III
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Networking Beverage Break in Exhibit Hall 3:45 pm – 5:45 pm Short Course #10: AAWRE Engineering Ethics 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Concurrent Technical Sessions III 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm Past Chairs' Reception 5:45 pm – 6:15 pm AAWRE Induction Ceremony 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm AAWRE Reception in the Exhibit Hall 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Committee Meetings Wednesday, May 14, 2008 7:00 am – 6:30 pm Registration 7:00 am – 6:30 pm Bookstore Open 7:00 am – 6:30 pm Speaker Ready Room 7:30 am – 8:45 am Freese Breakfast & Awards Lecture (Environmental) 7:30 am – 8:45 am Rouse Breakfast & Award Lecture (Hydraulics and Waterways) 8:00 am – 5:00 pm International & Registered Guests Hospitality Lounge 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Social Tour Desk Open at Hilton Hawaiian Village 8:45 am – 9:00 am Refreshment Break 8:45 am – 9:00 am Daily Moderator Briefing 9:00 am – 10:30 am Concurrent Technical Sessions IV 9:00 am – 10:30 am Short Course #11: HEC-RAS 10:00 am – 1:30 pm Exhibit Hall Open 10:30 am – 11:00am Networking Beverage Break in Exhibit Hall 10:30 am – 1:30pm Technical Posters on Display, Session IV 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Concurrent Technical Sessions V 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Short Course #11: HEC-RAS 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch on Your Own, Concession Stands in Exhibit Hall 12:45 pm Prize Drawings in the Exhibit Hall 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm Technical Tour: Hawai`i Institute of Marine Biology at Moku o Lo'e (aka Gilligan's Island) 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm Technical Tour: Honolulu Board of Water Supply Halawa Shaft and Xeriscape Garden 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm Technical Tour: Battleship Missouri Memorial and Pearl Harbor Boat Tour 1:30 pm – 900 pm Committee Meetings (1:30 pm – 5:00 pm and 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm)
Thursday, May 15, 2008 – “Student Day” 7:00 am – 6:00 am Registration 7:00 am – 6:00 am Bookstore Open 7:00 am – 6:00 pm Speaker Ready Room 7:30 am – 8:45 am Hinds Breakfast & Awards Lecture (Planning and Management) 7:30 am – 8:45 am Tipton Breakfast & Awards Lecture (Irrigation and Drainage) 8:00 am – 5:00 pm International & Registered Guests Hospitality Lounge 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Social Tour Desk Open at Hilton Hawaiian Village 8:45 am – 9:00 am Refreshment Break 8:45 am – 9:00 am Daily Moderator Briefing 9:00 am – 10:30 am Concurrent Technical Sessions VI 9:00 am – 10:30 am Short Course #12: HEC-HMS 9:00 am – 10:30 am Oklahoma State University – Woolpert Student Scholar Session on Urban Stormwater Management 8:30 am – 12:00 noon Technical Tour: Hawai`i Institute of Marine Biology at Moku o Lo’e (aka Gilligan’s Island) 10:00 am – 1:30 pm Exhibit Hall Open 10:30 am – 11:00 am Networking Beverage Break in Exhibit Hall 10:30 am – 1:30pm Technical & Student Posters on Display, Session V 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Concurrent Technical Sessions VII 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Short Course #12: HEC-HMS 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Parsons Brinkerhoff Student Design Competition 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch on Your Own, Concession Stands in Exhibit Hall 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Student Luncheon : Student Sponsors Recognized, Student Photograph Competition Willer Recognized, PB Student Design Competition Award Presented 12:45 pm Prize Drawings in Exhibit Hall 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Concurrent Technical Sessions VIII 1:30 am – 3:00 pm Short Course #9: History & Heritage 1:30 am – 3:00 pm Student Technical Paper Competition 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm EWRI Section and Branch Activities, What’s Happening Locally? Affiliations and Technical Groups – Bringing it Home! Moderator: Sheila Carpenter-van Dijk Speakers: Dennis L. Richards, P.D., D.WRE, Vice President, Stormwater Division, PACE/Advanced Water Engineering, Phoenix, AZ Pal Hegedus, P.E., D.WRE, Vice President, RBF Consulting, Sacramento, CA 1:30 pm - 8:00 pm Dismantle Exhibit Hall 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Networking Beverage Break 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Technical Posters on Display, Session VI 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Concurrent Technical Sessions IX 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Career Opportunities after College Panel Discussion 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Short Course #10: AAWRE Engineering Ethics 5:00 pm Busses start loading for Luau at Sea Life Park 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm Luau – Key Social Event & Special Awards Standard Council Awards and Huber Award Presented, Student technical Paper Competition Winner Recognized Friday, May 16, 2008 7:00 am – 4:00 pm Registration 7:00 am – 4:00 pm Bookstore Open 7:00 am – 4:00 pm Speaker Ready Room 7:30 am – 8:45 am Chow Breakfast & Awards Lecture (Watershed) 8:00 am – 5:00 pm International & Registered Guests Hospitality Lounge 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Social Tour Desk Open at Hilton Hawaiian Village 8:45 am – 9:00 am Refreshment Break 8:45 am – 9:00 am Daily Moderator Briefing 9:00 am – 10:30 am Concurrent Technical Sessions X 9:00 am – 10:30 pm Short Course #9: History & Heritage 10:30 am – 11:00 am Networking Beverage Break 10:30 am – 1:30 pm Technical Posters on Display, Session VII 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Concurrent Technical Sessions XI 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch on Your Own 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Concurrent Technical Sessions XII 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Short Course #9: History & Heritage 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Networking Beverage Break 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Technical Posters on Display, Session VIII 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Concurrent Technical Sessions XIII
3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Short Course #10: AAWRE Engineering Ethics 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Committee Meetings Saturday, May 17, 2008 8:00 am – 3:00 pm Technical Tour – Cultural Learning Center at Ka’ala
Tracks and Sessions5th Urban Watershed Management SymposiumBioretention and infiltration issues LID design, performance and reuse (MENA/ATI) Towards sustainable water resources management BMP performance BMP program analysis BMP treatment technology CSO/SSO maintenance, design, costs, blending, RTC Certification of manufactured devices Green initiatives and green infrastructure Integrated watershed management and master planning Sediment and erosion control Stormwater pathogens and emerging contaminants Stormwater solids Total watershed management Urban watershed management: A watershed approach Urban watershed modeling 6th Groundwater Hydrology, Quality, and Management SymposiumCoupling physical, chemical, or biological methods for innovative groundwater remediation Groundwater characterization and monitoring Groundwater hydrology & quality modeling Groundwater inverse modeling Groundwater management Groundwater management and prediction under uncertainty Hydrogeophysics in Groundwater Flow and Transport Impacts of Urbanization on Groundwater Quality Integrated Stream and Groundwater Interaction Integrated Stream and Groundwater Management Saltwater Intrusion Modeling/Management Groundwater Quality and Human Health Probabilistic Methods for Groundwater Modeling Advances in Irrigation and DrainageIrrigation Management With Limited Water Crop Coefficients To Estimate Irrigation Water Requirements Alternative Approaches for Estimating Evapotranspiration ET Estimation Using Remote Sensing: II New Approaches to Irrigation Scheduling Development and Management of Irrigation Projects Management of Irrigation Salinity and ET Estimation Using Remote Sensing Advances In Surface and Sprinkler Irrigation Irrigation Canal Automation and Management Management Alternatives To Improve Drainage Water Quality Emerging and Innovative TechnologiesBeach Water Quality/Sustainable Water Resources for Developing Regions Emerging Technologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment Evolutionary Computation Point-of-use/Point-of –Entry Treatment Technologies Water Resources 2050 – Retrospective Look Toward the Future/Emerging Applications Engineering History & Heritage and EducationInternational Water History Selected Hawai`i/International Dams and U.S. Regional Water History Water and Environmental Education Environmental Engineering and Public HealthAir Quality Issues Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Micropollutants Environmental Permitting Environmental Processes and Technologies Environmental and Public Health Impacts of Emerging Contaminants Membranes in Water and Wastewater Treatment Siting and Permitting of New Nuclear Power Plants Solid and Hazardous Water Management Wastewater Treatment Water & Wastewater Reuse Water Conservation and Treatment Water Desalination and Concentrate Management Water Treatment HydraulicsEco-Hydraulics and Eco-Hydrology Numerical Modeling of Flow Around Hydraulic Structures Computational Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics Design and Operation of Hydraulic Structures Fish Passage Hawai`i Dam Failure Analyses Hydraulic Structures International IssuesInternational Conflict Resolution/Case Studies International Fellows Panel Discussion International Outreach, Hydrophilanthropy, and Governance Opportunities International and Transboundary Issues Japan-US Collaboration: Adaptation to Climate Change, Drought and Risk Reduction Japan-US Collaboration: Aquatic Ecology Japan-US Collaboration: Water-Related Disasters and Flood Hydrology River and Watershed RestorationChannel Roughness Construction and Implementation of River Restoration Projects Floodplains and Floodways Rigid Structures River Models Stormwater BMP Effectiveness Stream Restoration Design Tools Upland Erosion Management and Models Urban Streams Bank Stability Ecological Response: Modeling and Management Integrated Watershed Management Large-Scale Wetland/Marsh Restoration Re-Envisioning Our Floodways River Restoration Design Standards/Criteria Watershed Hydrology Watershed Management and Restoration Watershed Models Sediment TransportBridge Scour Sediment Dynamics Post Dam Removal Sediment Transport Modeling Student ProgramUndergraduate and Graduate Student Technical Paper Competition Winners Career Opportunities After College, Panel Discussion Oklahoma State University Woolpert Scholars Student Symposium Parsons Brinkerhoff Student Team Design Competition Surface Water HydrologyHydrologic Modeling – General Impervious Surface I: Data and Remote Sensing Impervious Surfaces II: Modeling Impervious Surfaces III: Pavement Issues Climate Change Impacts on Hydraulics, Hydrology Coupled Atmospheric-Hydrologic Physically-Based Climate Models Modeling of Land Surface Hydrologic Processes in Hydroclimate Modeling Multi-Sensor Rainfall Estimation Methods NEXRAD Rainfall Data Access and Data Quality Issues NEXRAD Rainfall Data Applications in Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling NEXRAD Rainfall Data Applications in Hydrology Rainfall Data Estimation Space-Time Analysis of NEXRAD Rainfall Data Statistical/Stochastic Modeling Approaches to Hydroclimate Uncertainty in Radar Rainfall Estimates
Sustainable Design IssuesChallenges to Sustainable Design, Possible Solutions Sustainable Design Tools and Technology Sustainable Design or Approaches in Water, Wastewater & Stormwater Sustainable Stormwater Design Approaches TMDLs and Non-Point Sources Non-Point Source Pollution – BMPs Non-Point Source Pollution – Characterization Non-Point Source Pollution – Modeling TMDLs TMDLs – Implementation TMDLs – Modeling US-China Workshop on Advanced Computational ModelingFlood Flows Modeling Methodologies Sediment Transport Water Quality and Containment Transport Water Resources Management Coastal Processes
Water Distribution System Analysis SymposiumNetwork Optimization Network Modeling Network Reliability Network Calibration Network Security – Sensor Placement Network Security – Contamination Source Identification Network Water Quality Analysis Network Security – Response Modeling, Detection, Risk
Water Resources Planning and ManagementCase Studies on the Role of Technology in Water Resources Planning: Final Findings of the EWRI Task Conflict Management and Decision Making PMP, PMF and Flood Frequency Analysis Uncertainty Analysis in Rainfall-Runoff Models Climate Variability and Change in Watershed Planning and Management Frequency Analysis of Low Flows and Droughts GIS Applications in WRPM GV Loganathan Memorial Track on Reservoir Operation International Issues Management Water Resources Under Conditions of Growing Demand, Climate Change and Natural Climate Quantifying Uncertainty in Hydrologic and Hydraulic Systems Statistical Distributions of the Components of the Hydrological Cycle Stochastic Modeling of Rainfall Processes Systems Analysis in Watershed Management – Modeling Systems Analysis in Watershed Management – Decision Support Systems Analysis in Watershed Management: Water Quality Systems Analysis in Watershed Management: Water Supply The Roles of Federal Government in Water Planning and Management Using Bivariate Multivariate Distributions for Flood Frequency Analysis
Water, Wastewater and StormwaterWastewater System Analysis: Innovative Approaches Water and Wastewater Infrastructure: Modeling & Planning Education of Professionals on Physical Security of Water Utilities Sewer Collection System: Analysis and Modeling Stormwater Applications: Technology Performance Stormwater Management: Research and Applications Stormwater Utility, From Revelation to Revenue Structural BMPs – Design, Testing and Long-Term Performance Wastewater Collection System: Assessment and Management Wastewater and Stormwater Process Applications
International Symposium on the 5th World Water ForumCongress attendees are encouraged to attend the International Symposium on the 5th World Water Forum. The Symposium will occur on Monday, May 12th, 2008, and will feature intense discussions regarding:
This event expects to feature prominent members of the EWRI, WWC, and the Army Corps of Engineers; and it provides an opportunity for participants to learn about the 5th World Water Forum and share opinions on the state of global water policy. For more information on the 5th World Water Forum, visit http://www.worldwaterforum5.org/. Click here to view an event press release, or click here for the Symposium Agenda.
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