2021 Joint AWRA & National Capital Annual Water Symposium Program April 16

Day Two: Friday, April 16 | 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM ET

Symposium Online Program

Welcome

Program at-a-Glance

April 15 Program

April 15 Speakers

April 16 Speakers

Posters

Planning Committee

9:00 AM | OPENING & WELCOME

Breakout Room #1

Seth Lawler, Dewberry & AWRA-NCR Section President
Tolessa Deksissa, Director, Water Resources Research Institute & Professional Science Master’s Water Resource Management Program, University of the District of Columbia; President-Elect,AWRA-NCR Section
Tamim Younos, Symposium Co-Chair & Vice President AWRA-NCR Section, Fellow Member AWRA
Lorena Kowalewski, NCRS Vice Pres. / Program Committee Chair

9:30 AM - 10:20 AM | KEYNOTE

Breakout Room #1
Tom Kennedy, Principal at Arup
Live Interactive Q&A

10:20 AM - 10:30 AM | Break

10:30 AM - 11:50 AM | PANEL 4: Green Water-infrastructure in Circular Cities

Breakout Room #1
Moderator: Kamran Zendehdel, Acting Director of Center for Sustainable Development and Resilience College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences, UDC
Panelists:

Anna Shipp, Executive Director, The Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia
Cecilia Tortajada, Professor in Practice, School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow, U.K.
Karen Firehock, Director and co-founder of the Green Infrastructure Center

Live Interactive Q&A

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM | LUNCHEON SPEAKER

Breakout Room #1
Melissa D. Ho, Senior Vice President, Fresh Water and Food, WWF
Live Interactive Q&A moderated by Paul Koch, P.E., Ph.D.

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Live Interaction, Q&A, Lightning Talk & Student Poster Competition

Breakout Room Access through Main Room #1
Facilitator: Devan Mahadevan

Concurrent Sessions | 1:00 PM - 5:30 PM (All times are U.S. Eastern)

Session 1: Innovations in Water Resource Management

Breakout Room #1 | 1:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Moderators: María Torres Cajiao and Jason Giovannettone

Session Descriptions

Session 2: Advances in Data Management & Emerging Technologies

Breakout Room #2 | 1:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Moderator: Alaina Armel, AECOM

Session Descriptions

Session 3: International Research & Global Perspectives

Breakout Room #2 | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Moderator: Arash Jalalibarsiri, Civil Engineer at FERC

Session Descriptions

Session 4: Social Equity & Human Dimension of Water Management

Breakout Room #3 | 1:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Moderator: Keara Moore

Session Descriptions

Session 5: Advances in Water Education & Outreach

Breakout Room #3 | 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Moderator: Karen Knee

Session Descriptions

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