Highlights of the Program

2 days business program:

Learn from real-world case studies by industry leaders.

SHOWCASING INNOVATION:

Discover the latest technology and techniques from across the industry.

leaders talk:

Hear from top-level experts about how to stay ahead in a fast-changing industry.

MULTIPLE STREAMS:

A business program that is multi-disciplinary, giving you a broad view of the industry.

SMART TECHNOLOGIES:

Explore the latest smart and AI-driven solutions, and see how they can be used in your business.

roundtable discussion:

Join talks with industry peers. Share ideas, make connections, and find new partners.

Program

Day 1 :
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2026
08:00 - 09:00
REGISTRATION AND MORNING REFRESHMENTS
09:00 - 09:10
OPENING ADDRESS
09:10 - 09:35
REAL-TIME DATA IN NAPERVILLE, IL, ENABLES FLOOD MONITORING AND IMPROVED STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
Christopher Skehan
ADS

Christopher Skehan

ADS

  • Deploying IoT-enabled rainfall and flood sensors to strengthen monitoring and emergency response
  • Connecting PRISM and ForeSITE with ArcGIS Hub to share data in public dashboards and analytics
  • Empowering staff and citizens with real-time alerts, visual trends, and flood mitigation insights
09:35 - 09:40
Q&A SESSION ON USING OPEN DATA SYSTEMS FOR FLOOD AND INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT
09:40 - 10:05
COMPARATIVE COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES IN CII STORMWATER PERMITS: LESSONS FROM CALIFORNIA AND MASSACHUSETTS
Chris Hsu
Michael Baker International

Chris Hsu

Michael Baker International

  • Comparing regional CII stormwater permits in California and Massachusetts regulatory systems
  • Analyzing compliance pathways, BMP crediting, and TMDL alignment in both permitting models
  • Exploring equity, cost, and feasibility trade-offs in permit design and municipal implementation
10:05 - 10:10
Q&A SESSION ON NAVIGATING CII STORMWATER PERMIT DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION
10:10 - 10:40
SPEED NETWORKING SESSION
  • Exchange business cards and get connected in short one-to-one meetings
  • Start the conversation to arrange a more formal meeting later on in the conference
  • Share your professional background and discuss your biggest business issues – don't forget your business cards!
10:40 - 11:00
MORNING COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBIT AREA
11:00 - 11:30
PANEL DISCUSSION ON NAVIGATING THE CHALLENGES OF URBAN STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
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  • Examining regional stormwater challenges, nature-based solutions, and impacts on vulnerable groups
  • Advancing sustainable stormwater through partnerships, co-benefits, resilience standards, and equity
  • Fostering corporate-community partnerships to align fiscal investment with social and environmental goals
  • Navigating regulatory expectations, consultant accountability, and citizen suit risks in environmental law

| Arizona State University

| Intertek

| Health Community Services

| Law Office of Jennifer F. Novak

11:30 - 11:55
POSEIDON CALMS THE STORMS AT THE CARLSBAD DESALINATION PLANT
Bill Flores
HDR

Bill Flores

HDR

  • Highlighting stormwater permitting evolution at the Carlsbad Desalination Plant site
  • Meeting Ocean Plan Amendment rules with compliant screens, BMPs, and bioretention
  • Coordinating NPDES permits, BMP manuals, and accelerated design-build within site limits
11:55 - 12:00
Q&A SESSION ON PERMITTING AND DESIGN AT CARLSBAD DESALINATION FACILITY
12:00 - 12:25
INDUSTRIAL STORMWATER LEGAL UPDATE – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Christopher Rich
Perkins Coie

Christopher Rich

Perkins Coie

  • Reviewing recent executive orders and their potential impacts on stormwater regulations
  • Summarizing Supreme Court rulings shaping WOTUS, NPDES permits, and agency authority
  • Addressing emerging contaminants like PFAS and their growing role in stormwater policies
12:25 - 12:30
Q&A SESSION ON LEGAL SHIFTS AND REGULATORY CHANGES IN INDUSTRIAL STORMWATER
12:30 - 13:30
NETWORKING LUNCH AND VISITING THE STORMWATER EXHIBITION
13:30 - 13:55
ELECTRIFYING STORMWATER TREATMENT WITH LOW TENSION ELECTROPORATION AND RESOURCE RECOVERY FOR A RESILIENT FUTURE
Kevin Gast
Vvater

Kevin Gast

Vvater

  • Implementing ALTEP electroporation and ADAF separation to remove PFAS, plastics, and pollutants
  • Transforming stormwater into high-value reuse streams through regenerative infrastructure
  • Reducing costs up to 60% with decentralized adoption models like Water-as-a-Service
13:55 - 14:00
Q&A SESSION ON NEXT-GEN ELECTRIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR WATER REUSE
14:00 - 14:25
TREATABILITY STUDIES FOR DESIGNING AN ADVANCED CSO TREATMENT FACILITY
Chandra Mysore
CHA

Chandra Mysore

CHA

  • Conducting treatability studies to prepare CSO facilities for peak wet-weather flow events
  • Incorporating high-rate clarification, membranes, and UV disinfection in pilot-scale testing
  • Presenting case studies on CSO design challenges in dense urban and regulatory contexts
14:25 - 14:30
Q&A SESSION ON ADVANCED TREATMENT STRATEGIES FOR CSO COMPLIANCE
14:30 - 14:55
SOLVING URBAN FLASH FLOODING WITH SMART GREEN-BLUE SOLUTIONS
Andrew Sauer
Burns & McDonnell

Andrew Sauer

Burns & McDonnell

  • Utilizing 1D/2D stormwater modeling to validate designs and secure stakeholder support
  • Combining green infrastructure, storage, and conveyance in a flood-prone urban corridor
  • Optimizing 1.5M gal upstream and 2M gal downstream storage using adaptive smart controls
14:55 - 15:00
Q&A SESSION ON SMART STORAGE DESIGNS FOR URBAN FLOOD MITIGATION
15:00 - 15:30
AFTERNOON COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBIT AREA
15:30 - 16:00
RESERVED PRESENTATION
16:00 - 16:25
RETHINKING RUNOFF: SHALLOW, RETROFIT-READY FILTRATION FOR RESILIENT CITIES
Navy McKee
Kai Pono Solutions

Navy McKee

Kai Pono Solutions

  • Installing shallow, curb-level filtration systems to protect downstream green infrastructure
  • Retrofitting existing streetscapes with filtration to enhance flood resilience and adaptability
  • Embedding IoT monitoring to track performance, optimize upkeep, and involve communities
16:25 - 16:30
Q&A SESSION ON URBAN FILTRATION RETROFITS AND IOT MONITORING STRATEGIES
16:30 - 16:55
DATA-DRIVEN STRATEGIES FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE: APPLICATIONS OF HIGH-RESOLUTION LAND COVER DATASETS
Justin Proctor
Ecopia AI

Justin Proctor

Ecopia AI

  • Leveraging 3-inch national land cover datasets to inform climate-resilient water planning
  • Integrating 30-layer vector data to improve flood models, stormwater design, and adaptation
  • Unveiling a metropolitan case study showcasing data-driven insights for urban resilience
16:55 - 17:00
Q&A SESSION ON HIGH-RESOLUTION DATA AND CLIMATE-RESILIENT WATER PLANNING
17:00 - 18:00
NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION
Day 2 :
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2026
08:30 - 09:00
MORNING REFRESHMENTS
09:00 - 09:10
OPENING ADDRESS
09:10 - 09:35
SPRAY APPLIED PIPE LINING USING GEOPOLYMER WITH ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION
Kurt Chirbas
Henkel

Kurt Chirbas

Henkel

  • Rehabilitating stormwater conveyance with SAPL geopolymers for 50+ years of added service
  • Addressing environmental impacts by assessing ecotoxicity and SWPPP permit compliance
  • Showcasing case studies on SAPL use in sensitive streams while minimizing construction risks
09:35 - 09:40
Q&A SESSION ON TRENCHLESS REHABILITATION WITH GEOPOLYMER LININGS
09:40 - 10:05
HIGH-PRECISION URBAN FLOOD MODELING AND THE FUTURE OF FLOOD RISK MITIGATION
Patricia Fernandez
RSS-Hydro

Patricia Fernandez

RSS-Hydro

  • Simulating flood behavior with digital twins that merge surface flow and drainage networks
  • Evaluating green infrastructure and LID strategies through virtual scenario-based modeling
  • Demonstrating 3D SafeCity simulations to reduce flood depth, velocity, and infrastructure risk
10:05 - 10:10
Q&A SESSION ON DIGITAL TWINS AND SMART MODELING FOR URBAN FLOOD CONTROL
10:10 - 10:35
HANDS-ON MODELING OF STORMWATER SYSTEMS AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE USING OPENHYDROQUAL
Arash Massoudieh
The Catholic University of America

Arash Massoudieh

The Catholic University of America

  • Introducing OpenHydroQual, an open-source tool for modeling stormwater and LID systems
  • Guiding participants through hands-on model building, simulation, and scenario evaluation
  • Pairing OpenHydroQual with GreenInfraIQ to optimize watershed-scale green infrastructure
10:35 - 10:40
Q&A SESSION ON OPEN-SOURCE MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
10:40 - 11:00
MORNING COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBIT AREA
11:00 - 11:25
CLOSING THE LOOP: ZERO-LANDFILL STORMWATER SOLUTIONS TO STOP URBAN RUNOFF AT THE SOURCE
Robert Manning
SORR

Robert Manning

SORR

  • Deploying filtration at discharge points to capture PFAS, microplastics, and toxic pollutants
  • Eliminating landfill waste using recyclable, reusable gyroid-based treatment technology
  • Infusing circular design into existing systems to support resilient urban water management
11:25 - 11:30
Q&A SESSION ON ZERO-WASTE POLLUTANT CAPTURE IN URBAN RUNOFF
11:30 - 11:55
REAL-TIME INTERACTIVE GLOBAL FLOOD MAPS AND FORECASTS
Bastian van den Bout
Fast Hazard

Bastian van den Bout

Fast Hazard

  • Delivering out-of-the-box, high-resolution global flood maps for rapid visualization
  • Enabling interactive simulation of flood impacts and adaptation planning in real time
  • Providing on-demand early warning flood forecasts to support proactive risk response
11:55 - 12:00
Q&A SESSION ON INTERACTIVE FLOOD FORECASTING AND EARLY WARNING TOOLS
12:00 - 12:25
INDUSTRIAL STORMWATER COMPLIANCE– EMERGING STRATEGIES, TACTICS, AND TOOLS TO MEET THE REGULATORY TRENDS
Jonathan Meronek
SCS Engineers

Jonathan Meronek

SCS Engineers

  • Decoding regulatory trajectories and stormwater quality challenges at industrial sites
  • Evaluating pollutant source assessments and the feasibility of constituent reduction methods
  • Merging drone data, cloud-based inspections, and real-time CWA updates into compliance
12:25 - 12:30
Q&A SESSION ON INDUSTRIAL COMPLIANCE AND EMERGING ENFORCEMENT STRATEGIES
12:30 - 12:55
PFAS AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
Phil Farina
Clear Creek Systems

Phil Farina

Clear Creek Systems

  • Developing site assessments with monitoring and sampling to guide PFAS treatment design
  • Assessing GAC, ion exchange, and novel sorbents as effective stormwater treatment options
  • Creating adaptive roadmaps that evolve with regulatory shifts and scientific advancements
12:55 - 13:00
Q&A SESSION ON STRATEGIC APPROACHES FOR PFAS MITIGATION IN RUNOFF
13:00 - 13:15
FEEDBACK AND RAFFLE DRAW
13:15 - 14:30
NETWORKING LUNCH

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