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	Industrial, Commercial, Residential Stormwater Management Baseflow, sediment, and surprises: Troubleshooting a downtown infiltration gallery		NMSA NMSA Session			Green Infrastructure Lower Bear Tributary water quality treatment train: Post project highlights			Transportation & Construction Stormwater Management Trenchless underground tunnel repair
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM	Green Infrastructure Using greeniInfrastructure designs for New York City cloudburst resiliency
11:05 AM - 11:45 AM	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"		NMSA NMSA Session			Green Infrastructure The infrastructure crossroads: Managing urban systems in their mid-lifecycle stage			Transportation & Construction Stormwater Management A summary of road salt research from Minnesota
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	Industrial, Commercial, Residential Stormwater Management Mapping bacterial risk: A novel tool for bacteria TMDL compliance in Minneapolis	Green Infrastructure Long-term road salt application shapes distinct chloride transport dynamics across different land use types			NMSA NMSA Session		Green Infrastructure Lessons mearned: Long-term Maintenance of stormwater facilities			Programs, Permits & Compliance Beyond compliance: Elevating stormwater management from permit tracking to strategic asset stewardship
1:50 PM - 2:30 PM	NMSA NMSA Session	Programs, Permits & Compliance Data-driven advocacy: Building Seattle’s RV wastewater program from pilot to policy			Green Infrastructure Climate Resilience through Green Infrastructure: The Daniel Morgan Boone Park project		Green Infrastructure Greening large-scale stormwater facilities: Addressing the baseflow treatment gap			Industrial, Commercial, Residential Stormwater Management Bioretention basins and retired residents: A pilot project
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	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				BMP Monitoring Monitoring to inform maintenance of underground infiltration trenches in urban residential streets for long-term project function
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM	Flood Modeling & Mitigation Smart stormwater management in the Capitol Region Watershed District (CRWD)			Programs, Permits & Compliance Beyond the permit: Strengthening stormwater through outreach & education				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
10:30 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	BMP Monitoring Mapping sediment to plan smarter: A practical bathymetric survey approach for urban stormwater ponds			Programs, Permits & Compliance STEM on tap: Leveraging teacher networking as a BMP				Flood Modeling & Mitigation Beyond passive outlets: The emerging era of digitally-optimized detention design
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Attendee Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM	SWS Top Project Awards					Passport Prize Giveaway
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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