STORMCON 2025 I CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Monday, August 25, 2025
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM	Pre-Conference Workshops CISEC Certification Course (Day 1 of 2)		Pre-Conference Workshops CDSEC Certification Course (Day 1 of 2)
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM	Pre-Conference Workshops CISEC Certification Course (Day 2 of 2)		Pre-Conference Workshops CDSEC Certification Course (Day2 of 2)
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM	Dubsdread Golf Course
9:00 AM - 3:30 PM	Kennedy Space Center
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	NMSA Annual Public NMSA Meeting
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Keynote From “D” to “A”: Reengineering America’s Stormwater Future Sarah Matin - ASCE Region 5 Director
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM	Industrial, Commercial, Residential Stormwater Management Enhancing Stormwater Management: Osceola Creek Restoration in Fort Lauderdale, FL Deborah Cueva - City of Fort Lauderdale Lucia Zeevaert Medina - Hazen and Sawyer	Erosion Control Restoring a River to Keep the Lights On Rick Besancon - Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc	NMSA Implementation of the Stormwater Testing and Evaluation for Products and Practices (STEPP) Program Jay Holtz - Oldcastle Stormwater Seth Brown - STEPP Center of Excellence/NMSA Greg Williams - StormTrap	BMP Monitoring Maintenance Evaluations for Manufactured Treatment Devices Doug Howie - WA Department of Ecology Carla Milesi - University of Washington, Tacoma
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Industrial, Commercial, Residential Stormwater Management Go Big! Meeting Advancing Regulatory Requirements through Regional Stormwater Control Measures Jeremiah Lehman - CONTECH Engineered Solutions	Erosion Control Accurate and Efficient Detection of Seawalls in Coastal Areas Using Object-based Image Analysis Hongbo Su - Florida Atlantic University	BMP Monitoring Operation TRAP – Using Storm Drain Interceptor Devices for Trash Reduction Monica Wilson - University of Florida	NMSA National Legal and Stormwater Policy Seth Brown - STEPP Center of Excellence/NMSA Anya Kwan - Best, Best and Krieger, LLP David Rathke - Resiliency Florida Kevin Coyne - Florida Stormwater Association
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM	Industrial, Commercial, Residential Stormwater Management Washington State: The Nation’s Most Stringent Industrial Stormwater Permit and How a Port is Adapting Jane Dewell - Port of Seattle Mindi Kellar - The Northwest Seaport Alliance	Erosion Control Innovative Design of a Customized Grade Control Structure for Infrastructure Protection Chris Thompson - AtkinsRèalis	NMSA National Leadership in the Stormwater Sector – National Stormwater Leadership Coalition James Houle - University of New Hampshire Seth Brown - STEPP Center of Excellence/NMSA Gary Belan - Clean Water Supply, American Rivers Will Stallard - City of Kingsport - Utilities Department	BMP Monitoring Hydrodynamic Separators - New Protocols, New Products and New Tradeoffs Vaikko Allen - Contech
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM	NMSA EPA Stormwater Centers of Excellence James Houle - University of New Hampshire Alan Heyvaert - Desert Research Institute Jason Vogel - University of Oklahoma Adrienne Cizek - Center for Watershed Protection	Erosion Control Three Florida Projects Highlight the Safe and Effective Use of Anionic Polyacrylamide (aPAM) for Dust Control, Soil Stabilization and Water Clarification Brian Free - Applied Polymer Systems Eddie Snell - Applied Polymer Systems, Inc.	BMP Monitoring Navigating the Standards: A Comparative Look at BMP Monitoring Programs for Stormwater Quality Shane Decker - Oldcastle Infrastructure Jay Holtz - Oldcastle Stormwater	Industrial, Commercial, Residential Stormwater Management Key Strategies to Prevent PFAS from Entering Stormwater Deven Brown - Freese and Nichols Viraj DeSilva - Freese and Nichols
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Panel Panel Discussion: Storm Preparedness and Resiliency Throughout Florida Athena Tipaldos - City of Orlando, FL Michael Perry - City of St. Petersburg, FL Michelle Monteclaro - City of Dunedin, FL
Thursday, August 28, 2025
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM	Flood Modeling & Mitigation Evaluating Flood Mitigation Strategies in Hialeah, Florida Maliha Ali - Florida Atlantic University	Transportation & Construction Stormwater Management Stormwater Quality Approach to Complex California Transportation Projects Bill Flores - HDR	Green Infrastructure Green Infrastructure and Outdoor Education - A Learning Partnership Rick Besancon - Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc	Programs, Permits & Compliance Using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Create Smart Connected Watersheds Matthew Rea - The Nature Conservancy Joe Shuttleworth - Arup
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	NMSA Center of Excellence for Stormwater Infrastructure Technologies Deep Dive and Listening Session James Houle - University of New Hampshire Seth Brown - STEPP Center of Excellence/NMSA Scott Taylor - AtkinsRèalis/NMSA Alan Heyvaert - Desert Research Institute Adrienne Cizek - Center for Watershed Protection
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM	Flood Modeling & Mitigation Innovative Resilience: Creating an Integrated Flood Protection System in Manhattan Joseph Lione - NYC Department of Design and Construction	Transportation & Construction Stormwater Management Solving Complex Urban Flooding with Progressive Design-Build Andy Sauer - Burns & McDonnell Lauren Moore - Burns & McDonnell	Green Infrastructure Permeable and Porous Surfaces; Unicorns or a Complex Solution in Disguise? Jason Bailey - Ferguson Waterworks	Programs, Permits & Compliance Trends and Lessons Learned in Stormwater Master Planning Mark Van Auken - Arcadis Anwer Ahmed - Arcadis
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM	Flood Modeling & Mitigation Stormwater Quality Management and Modeling of Upper Cibolo Creek Watershed Yu-Chun Su - LAN Sheeba Thomas - San Antonio River Authority Ka Leung Lee - LAN	Programs, Permits & Compliance Funding Rural Community Stormwater Projects Vicki Perry - Rural Community Assistance Partnership	Transportation & Construction Stormwater Management Investigating Resiliency at FDOT District 2 Douglas Dycus - Florida Department of Transportation	Green Infrastructure A Global Perspective on Green Infrastructure Optimization J. Michael Trapp - AtkinsRéalis
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	NMSA National Stormwater Leadership Coalition Deep Dive and Listening Session Gary Belan - Clean Water Supply, American Rivers James Houle - University of New Hampshire Seth Brown - STEPP Center of Excellence/NMSA
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM	Green Infrastructure NYC DEP Right of Way Green Infrastructure: Implementing Precast Porous Concrete Panels in the Gravesend Bay Neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY Sean O'Donnell - NYC Department of Environmental Protection	Programs, Permits & Compliance Successful Pollution Prevention? Well-run Sanitation is Key Robert Van Den Akker - City of Buckeye, Arizona, Public Works	Transportation & Construction Stormwater Management Flood Resilience Measures Design Considerations for Large Sites Anwer Ahmed - Arcadis Mike DeVuono - Arcadis Thomas Naquin - Arcadis	Flood Modeling & Mitigation Taking a Broader Look to Enhance CIP Local Flood Risk Reduction Effectiveness Tom Heinemann - Freese and Nichols, Inc.
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM	Flood Modeling & Mitigation From Concept to Resilient Reality: Construction of Flood gate for City of Lumberton, North Carolina Amit Sachan - AtkinsRèalis Rob Armstrong - City of Lumberton	Programs, Permits & Compliance Beyond the Bureaucracy: A Multifaceted Approach to Resilient Stormwater Management Aujuah Jackson - City of Savannah	Green Infrastructure City of Tampa Nature-based Solutions to Flooding Shayne Paynter - AtkinsRéalis Amanda Serra - AtkinsRéalis Chris Chandler - AtkinsRéalis	Transportation & Construction Stormwater Management Advancing Stormwater Real-Time Controls from Site-Specific Solutions to Smart Watershed Networks Dayton Marchese - OptiRTC Jeff Littlejohn - National Stormwater Trust
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM	Flood Modeling & Mitigation Leveraging Large Scale Watershed Models for Use in Smaller Project Level Analysis Justin West - Michael Baker Afaq Durrani - Michael Baker Tanveer Ahmed - Michael Baker	Green Infrastructure Green Infrastructure Inspections as an Opportunity for Education, Outreach, and a Good Time! Sarah Wilkerson - Toth & Associates Christopher Fujimoto - City of Palo Alto	Programs, Permits & Compliance MS4 Below Sea Level Sami Khalil - Jefferson Parish Department of Environmental Affairs Andrew Woodroof - Digital Engineering and Imaging, Inc	Transportation & Construction Stormwater Management Staying Within The Lines Richard Brooks - Fayette County GA Bryan Keller - Fayette County Georgia
2:45 PM - 7:00 PM	A-First Project Tour

2025 Conference Program