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Sunday, September 27
8:00 AM: W09 Understanding and Applying Disinfection Fundamentals (Workshop, Offsite)
Co-chair: Kahao Lim
Monday, September 28
2:00 PM: Optimizing Together: A Joint Effort to Improve Phosphorus Removal at Longmont WWTP
Presenter: Shelley Trujillo
Tuesday, September 29
8:30 AM: Pressure Cooking for a Net-Zero Future: How Thermal Hydrolysis is Redefining Global Biosolids and Energy Strategies
Presenter: Shyam Sivaprasad
2:00 PM: Spin Cycle vs. Squeeze Play: The Dewatering Showdown at Dunn Water Reclamation Facility in Pinellas County, Florida
Presenter: Shyam Sivaprasad
2:30 PM: Getting Control of Low DO with ABAC
Presenter: Pusker Regmi
3:30 PM: Granular Thinking: Translating Aerobic Granular Sludge Pilots into Plant Design
Presenter: Katerina (Kat) Messologitis
3:45 PM: AI, Data Centers, and Water Security: The Role of Alternative Water Supply in Powering the Digital Economy
Presenter: John Hanula
4:00 PM: Full-scale Phosphorus Sequestration through Calcium Dosing into Post-Aerobic Digestion
Presenter: Nate Brown
4:30 PM: Struvite or Wrong: An Alternatives Analysis for Sidestream Phosphorus Management
Presenter: Danelle Bishoff
Wednesday, September 30
8:30 AM: AI on Tap: Revolutionizing Influent Flow Forecasting with Ensemble Learning
Presenter: Erin (Erfaneh) Amoueyan
10:30 AM: Intensifying BNR with low DO and DAS: The Start-up Story
Presenter: Sara Arabi
1:30 PM: Retrofitting MABRs in existing treatment infrastructure: What you need to know
Presenter: Narasimman Lakshminarasimman
2:00 PM: A Method for Estimating Nitrifier Oxygen Sensitivity
Presenter: Gillian Burger