STORMCON 2026 I CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Monday, August 24, 2026
7:30 AM - 5:30 PM	Registration Open
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM	Pre-Conference Workshops CISEC Certification Course (Day 1 of 2)
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Registration Open
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM	Pre-Conference Workshops CISEC Certification Course (Day 2 of 2)
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	NMSA Annual Public NMSA Meeting
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM	Opening Reception
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM	Continental Breakfast
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration Open
8:00 AM - 8:40 AM	Green Infrastructure Green stormwater infrastructure toolkits
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Keynote Keynote Address
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM	Green Infrastructure Creating a sustainable GSI program in Montana: From advisory council to action
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM	Coffee Break
9:30 AM - 6:00 PM	Exhibit Hall Open
10:15 AM - 10:55 AM	Transportation & Construction Stormwater Management Trenchless underground tunnel repair		NMSA Implementation of the Stormwater Testing and Evaluation for Products and Practices (STEPP) Program Seth Brown, PE, PhD - Executive Director - National Municipal Stormwater Alliance Jay Holtz - Director of Water Quality Technology - Oldcastle Stormwater Greg Williams - Director of Water Quality Technology - StormTrap			Industrial, Commercial, Residential Stormwater Management Baseflow, sediment, and surprises: Troubleshooting a downtown infiltration gallery			Green Infrastructure Lower Bear Tributary water quality treatment train: Post project highlights
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM	Green Infrastructure Using greeniInfrastructure designs for New York City cloudburst resiliency
11:05 AM - 11:45 AM	Green Infrastructure The infrastructure crossroads: Managing urban systems in their mid-lifecycle stage		Industrial, Commercial, Residential Stormwater Management The long-term value of comprehensive infrastructure renewal: An economic argument for "taking it to the end of the line"			Transportation & Construction Stormwater Management A summary of road salt research from Minnesota			NMSA National Legal and Stormwater Policy Seth Brown, PE, PhD - Executive Director - National Municipal Stormwater Alliance Gary Belan - Senior Director - Clean Water Supply, American Rivers David Smith - Principal - Water Innovation Services Anya Kwan (Invited) - Associate - Best, Best and Krieger, LLP
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM	Green Infrastructure Urban trees influence stormwater quantity and quality from tree to watershed scales
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM	Attendee Lunch
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM	Green Infrastructure Long-term road salt application shapes distinct chloride transport dynamics across different land use types	Programs, Permits & Compliance Beyond compliance: Elevating stormwater management from permit tracking to strategic asset stewardship			NMSA Applied Research for MS4s Andy Erickson - Research Manager - St. Anthony Falls Laboratory Ross Bintner (Invited) - Engineering Services Manager - City of Edina Engineering Department Ryan Johnson (Invited) - Environmental Manager, Engineering Div. - City of Roseville, MN		Industrial, Commercial, Residential Stormwater Management Mapping bacterial risk: A novel tool for bacteria TMDL compliance in Minneapolis			Green Infrastructure Lessons mearned: Long-term Maintenance of stormwater facilities
1:50 PM - 2:30 PM	Industrial, Commercial, Residential Stormwater Management Bioretention basins and retired residents: A pilot project	Green Infrastructure Greening large-scale stormwater facilities: Addressing the baseflow treatment gap			Green Infrastructure Climate Resilience through Green Infrastructure: The Daniel Morgan Boone Park project		Programs, Permits & Compliance Data-driven advocacy: Building Seattle’s RV wastewater program from pilot to policy			NMSA Cold Climate Stormwater Center of Excellence Updates and Overview Seth Brown, PE, PhD - Executive Director - National Municipal Stormwater Alliance Andy Erickson - Research Manager - St. Anthony Falls Laboratory James Houle - Director/Vice Chair - University of New Hampshire
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Coffee Break
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Panel Panel Discussion					General Session Panel Discussion
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM	Networking Reception
Thursday, August 27, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM	Continental Breakfast
7:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Registration Open
8:00 AM - 8:40 AM	BMP Monitoring Monitoring to inform maintenance of underground infiltration trenches in urban residential streets for long-term project function			Flood Modeling & Mitigation Adaptive real-time control of urban stormwater ponds: A multi-objective approach to flood mitigation and water quality				Programs, Permits & Compliance HOAs: Friends or foes? Navigating post-stormwater compliance in a phase II NPDES community
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	NMSA Cold Climate Stormwater Center of Excellence MS4 Program Research Needs Listening Session John Bilotta - Stormwater Research and Extension Coordinator - Univ. of Minnesota Water Resources Center Elizabeth Stout (Invited) - Water Resources Regulatory Manager - City of Minneapolis- Public Works James Houle - Director/Vice Chair - University of New Hampshire Andy Erickson - Research Manager - St. Anthony Falls Laboratory
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM	Programs, Permits & Compliance Beyond the permit: Strengthening stormwater through outreach & education			Flood Modeling & Mitigation Smart stormwater management in the Capitol Region Watershed District (CRWD)				BMP Monitoring Beyond basic treatment: Assessing technology performance for TAPE screening parameters
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM	Exhibit Hall Open
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM	Coffee Break
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM	NMSA Clean Streets = Cleaner Waters Initiative – Street Sweeping and Stormwater Research and Regulatory Feedback Session Seth Brown, PE, PhD - Executive Director - National Municipal Stormwater Alliance Greg McPartlin - Presient - Urban Quarries Paula Kalinosky - Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Mike Trojan - STEPP Technical Lead - NMSA - STEPP Andrew Sheerin - University of Rhode Island, Fathom Solutions
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM	Flood Modeling & Mitigation Integrated flood planning: Utilizing detailed modeling to inform prioritization of urban flood mitigation projects			Programs, Permits & Compliance Partners in grime: Stormwater facility maintenance collaboration				BMP Monitoring When maintenance matters: Evaluating CDS unit performance in an urban lake watershed
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM	Flood Modeling & Mitigation Beyond passive outlets: The emerging era of digitally-optimized detention design			Programs, Permits & Compliance STEM on tap: Leveraging teacher networking as a BMP				BMP Monitoring Mapping sediment to plan smarter: A practical bathymetric survey approach for urban stormwater ponds
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Attendee Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM	Passport Prize Giveaway					SWS Top Project Awards
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM	BMP Monitoring Capping rain garden underdrains to reduce nutrient export in urban stormwater systems			Flood Modeling & Mitigation Minnesota’s approach to increasing municipal stormwater compliance through using education, outreach, and technical assistance				Programs, Permits & Compliance Stormwater outreach: Bring real world STEM challenges to the classroom
1:50 PM - 2:30 PM	BMP Monitoring Application of a stormwater pond assessment tool			Programs, Permits & Compliance Community as a BMP: Using art and storytelling to engage Minneapolis in stormwater stewardship				Flood Modeling & Mitigation Taming the flow: The Maple Canyon story of erosion to restoration through nature-based design and community collaboration

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