Thursday, October 24 

 

8:30am-9:45 pm | Breakfast Keynote

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Commonwealth of Virginia Updates

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Matthew Wells

Director, Virginia Department of Conservation & Recreation ​

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Breakfast provided.

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9:50-10:35 am | Concurrent Sessions​

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• Changing Rainfall Patterns and Bonded CIP Financing: Risks and Opportunities

 

Doug Moseley, AICP, CFM, ENV SP

Mead & Hunt

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• Using OpenFEMA Data to Analyze Flood Insurance Policy Trends in Hampton Roads

 

Emma Corbitt

HRPDC

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• Blending Risk Based Analysis with Traditional Dam Breach Hazard Analysis for Highly Urban Dams

 

Marie Hauser, PE

AtkinsRealis

 

Travis Linville, CFM

Henrico County

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10:35am-11:00 am | Networking Break​

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Light snacks provided.

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11:05am-11:50 am | Concurrent Sessions​

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• Introduction to Benefit Cost Analysis

 

Brad Winters, PE, CFM

CDM Smith

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• Two States, Two Strategies: State Flood Planning Lessons from Texas and Virginia​

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Ian T Blair, CFM, AICP Candidate

Wetlands Watch

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• ​2D Watershed Modeling in HEC-RAS

 

Sean Foley, EIT, WSP

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12:00-1:30 pm | Lunch Plenary 

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Lunch provided.

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The Future of Flood Risk Data

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Luis Rodriguez FEMA, Engineering and Modeling Division

David Bascom FEMA HQ, Engineering Resources BranchFEMA HQ

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The Future of Flood Risk Data (FFRD) is a multi-year Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) initiative in support of FEMA's effort to transform the National Flood Insurance Program into a risk-informed program. FFRD looks to provide a comprehensive understanding of flood risk for the Nation.

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1:30pm-2:15 pm | Concurrent Sessions​

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• A Collaborative Approach to Flood Mitigation Design for Buildings: The Importance of Coordination Between Stakeholders and the Engineers

 

Isabelle Stern

Simpson Gumpertz & Heger

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• Floodplain Management and the Law: Helping Local Government Attorneys Help their Floodplain Managers

 

Thomas Ruppert, Esq.

William & Mary, Virginia Coastal Resilience Collaborative

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• Modeling Pluvial Flood Hazards in Coastal Virginia

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Seth Lawler, PhD

Dewberry

 

Darius Edwards

Dewberry

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2:20pm-3:05 pm | Concurrent Sessions​​

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• Floodproofing Measures for Commercial Buildings Located in a FEMA Floodplain

 

Kurt Luecke, CFM

Floodproofing.com

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• The Practice of Hazard Mitigation Planning in Virginia: Where the Rubber Meets the Road

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Joshua G. Behr

ODU

 

Dr. Wie Yusuf

ODU

 

Leigh Chapman

Salter’s Creek Consulting, Inc;

 

Kaleen Lawsure

ODU

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• Navigating rising seas with data: A simplified approach for understanding the impacts of sea level rise

 

Jeane Camelo, PhD

Michael Baker International

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3:05pm-3:20 pm | Networking Break​ 

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Light snacks provided. 

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3:20pm-4:05 pm | Concurrent Sessions​​

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• Designing for the Future: Resilient Design Guidelines for Hampton Roads 

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Benjamin McFarlane, AICP, CFM

HRPDC

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• The True Cost of Natural and Beneficial Functions 

 

Scott Blossom, CFM, P.E.

Blossom Consulting

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• Raising Resilience for Washington, DC with an Integrated Flood Model

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Sherwin Zahirieh, PE, ENV SP

AECOM

 

Christine Estes, PE, CFM, PMP

AECOM

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4:10pm-4:55 pm | Concurrent Sessions​​

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• Advancing rural community adaptation in to rising sea levels through partnering and community  engagement – a case example in Oyster, Virginia

 

Brian Batten, Ph.D, CFM

Dewberry

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• How wet must a wetland be to have federal protections? Estimating a range of potential impacts from Sackett v. EPA using wetland flooding frequency

 

Adam Gold, Ph.D.

Environmental Defense Fund

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• Bringing Fairfax County, VA Flood Maps To The 21st Century

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Rebecca Purvis, PhD, PE

AtkinsRealis

 

Ken Hunu, D.Eng., PE, DWRE, PMP, CFM

AtkinsRealis

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5:00pm-6:30pm | Awards Ceremony & Reception

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Details coming soon!

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Friday, October 25 

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8:30am-9:15am | Concurrent Sessions​​

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• Streamlining Community Rating System (CRS) activities: How the City of Newport News Integrated CRS activities into Master Planning Efforts

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Ashley Gordon, CFM

Dewberry

 

Christopher Williams, CFM

City of Newport News

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• Non-Coastal Flood Resilience Planning

 

Ginny Snead, PE, CFM

AMT

 

Mary Simmons, CFM

AMT

 

• Use Cases for DCR's Pluvial Flood Models

 

Matt Dalon

DCR

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9:20am-10:05am | Concurrent Sessions​​

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• ​Cumulative Substantial Improvement Tracking: Addressing the Challenge of Day-to-Day Enforcement

 

Melanie Harris

Forerunner

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• Engaging with Your Community’s Hazard Mitigation Planning Process

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Rodney Bahner, AICP

FEMA, Region 3, Virginia FIT

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• Modernizing Water Resources Intelligence

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Steven Pyle, VDEM

 

Sarah Chappel, VDEM

 

Maria Mutuc, PE

VDOT

 

Bryan Wade, AEM

VDOT

 

 

10:05am-10:35am | Networking Break​

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Light snacks provided.

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10:35am-11:20am | Concurrent Sessions​​

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• Enhancing Flood Resilience with PCSWMM: An Albemarle County Case Study

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Stavros Calos

Albemarle County

 

Annalee Wisecarver, EIT

Kimley-Horn

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• Synching your floodplain regulations and the Uniform Statewide Building Code \

 

Rebecca C. Quinn, CFM

RCQuinn Consulting, Inc.

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• Comparison Analysis for FFRMS and ClimateEVA Floodplain Elevation

 

Qijue Chen

WSP

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11:25am-12:10pm | Concurrent Sessions​​

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• Building Resilience in the City of Hampton: Adapting to Rising Tides and Rainfall to Mitigate Flooding

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Mohammed Shar, PE, PhD, CFM, CCE

City of Hampton

 

Arturo Vilcherrez, EIT

Kimley-Horn

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• Enhancing Flood Resilience: The Redesigned NFIP Compliance Audit Program

 

Josh Lippert, CFM

FEMA Region 3

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• City-Wide Water Level and Waves Basis of Design Study for Coastal Flood Mitigation in Norfolk, Virginia

 

Maarten Kluijver, PE

Moffatt & Nichol

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12:10pm-2:00pm | Lunch Plenary ​

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Lunch provided.

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More details coming soon!

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2:00pm-2:45pm | Concurrent Sessions​

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• Investing in Resilience: Virginia’s Community Flood Preparedness Fund

 

Benjamin McFarlane, AICP, CFM

HRPDC

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• You've Adopted Higher Standards. Now What?

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Kristin Owen, AICP, CFM

Henrico County

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• Predicting Flooding in Vulnerable Communities

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Katherine Osborne

Stantec

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