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Wednesday, September 16
1:30–2:00 PM: Stormwater Reuse and Wetland Retention—Industrial Development Case Study
Presenter: Neal Cody
2:00–2:30 PM: Concept to Construction: Lauderdale Dry Pond
Presenter: David Burton
3:30–4:00 PM: Integrating Stormwater Reuse for Irrigation and Wetland Replenishment in a closed basin—A residential development Case Study
Presenter: Nadir Abdalla
4:00–4:30 PM: Safety Improvements at Existing Stormwater Management Facility Wet Ponds
Presenter: Sara Kardash
Thursday, September 17
9:00–9:30 AM: Path to Tender: Collaborative Planning and Design for the Fish Creek WWTP Upgrade Project
Presenter: Andrew Frankiw
11:30AM–12:00 PM: Low DO, High Impact: Achieving Sustainable Nutrient Management with Integration of Mobile Media
Presenter: Mostafa Khalil
3:30–4:00 PM: Delivering Sustainable Wastewater Solutions: The Lumsden WWTP Upgrade Story
Presenter: Alex Munoz
4:00–4:30 PM: Machine Learning Applications for Wastewater Treatment Plants: Complementary Case Studies Across Data-Rich and Data-Scarce Conditions
Presenter: Mostafa Khalil
Friday, September 18
9:00–9:30 AM: Maintaining Protection of the City of Winnipeg’s Century-Old Branch I Aqueduct
Presenter: Adam Braun
9:00–9:30 AM: Stormwater Management in the North: Lessons from Whitehorse’s City-Wide Model Development
Presenter: Arpita Islam
11:00–11:30 AM: Unlocking Capacity at a Legacy Water Treatment Plant: A Risk-Informed, Multi-Criteria Approach to Infrastructure Investment Planning
Presenter: Leah Vignale