FM Diversion Conference Agenda | North Dakota Water Resources Research Institute

2024 Fargo-Moorhead Area Diversion Conference Agenda

** Agenda is subject to change

Monday, August 19, 2024
7:30 - 8:00am		Breakfast and Registration
8:00 - 8:30am		Welcoming remarks Colleen Fitzgerald, Vice President for Research and Creative Activity, NDSU Introductory remarks Senator Ron Sorvaag, ND Legislature
8:30 - 9:15am		Overview of FM Diversion \| Presentation Kris Bakkegard, Director of Engineers, Metro Flood Diversion Authority
9:15 - 10:15am		FM Diversion Social Impact Moderated by Dane Mataic, NDSU Associate Professor of Sociology Resilience \| Presentation Katey Levihn, Environmental Manager, Jacobs Kristen Almen, Operations Environmental Coordinator, ASN Constructors Building Social Infrastructure Jenny Sheets, Founder, Discover Outdoors Fargo and Moorhead City Officials \| Presentation Robert Zimmerman, Ph.D. City Engineer, Moorhead Nathan Boerboom, Assistant City Engineer, Fargo
10:15 - 10:30am		Networking Break
10:30 - 11:30am		Agency partners Moderated by Travis Seaborn, NDSU Assistant Professor of Applied Ecology FM Project Environmental Impacts, Monitoring, and Mitigation \| Presentation Derek Ingvalson, Biologist, U.S. Army Corps Engineering The Future is Now: Permitting Innovations for P3 Projects \| Presentation Aaron J. Carranza, P.E., CFM, DWR Regulatory Division Director, ND Department of Water Resources. New Approaches in Knowledge-guided Machine Learning for Hydrologic Forecasting Zachary McZachran, Ph.D., Hydrologist of North Central River Forecast Center, NOAA National Weather Service
11:30 - 12:00 pm		Q&A for morning speakers Moderated by Travis Seaborn, NDSU Assistant Professor of Applied Ecology
12:00 - 1:15pm		Lunch and keynote "Why do we need the Fargo Moorhead Area Diversion?" \| Presentation Karen Ryberg, Ph.D., Deputy Director of USGS, Dakota Water Science Center
1:15 - 1:30pm		Networking Break
1:30 - 2:00pm		Industry Lightning Talk Moderated by Shuning Lu, NDSU Assistant Professor of Communication Lyndon Pease, Moore Engineering \| Presentation Greg Thompson, Houston Engineering \| Presentation Javier Velasco, Red River Valley Alliance Ryan Peitramali, The Federal Emergency Management Agency \| Presentation
2:00 - 2:30pm		Academia Lightning Talk Moderated by Shuning Lu, NDSU Assistant Professor of Communication Hydraulics of the Red River of the North \| Presentation Trung Le, Associate Professor of Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering, NDSU Genetic health and Connectivity Considerations \| Presentation Travis Seaborn, NDSU Assistant Professor of Applied Ecology Using drainage water management to mitigate flood potential \| Presentation Xinhua Jia, NDSU Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering and NDWRRI Director
2:30 - 3:00pm		Q&A for Lightning Talks Speakers Moderated by Shuning Lu, NDSU Assistant Professor of Communication
3:00 - 3:15pm		Networking Break
3:15 - 4:15pm		FM Diversion Innovations Moderated by Trung Le, Associate Professor of Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering, NDSU Hydraulic design of Maple River Aqueduct \| Presentation Matthew Lueker, Senior Research Engineer, University of Minnesota Flood modeling using supercomputers \| Presentation SeokKoo Kang, Associate Professor at Hanyang University Geomorphologic evaluation and the design of low-flow channel FM Diversion \| Presentation Miguel Wong, Ph.D., Vice President at Barr Engineering
4:15 - 4:45pm		Q&A for FM Diversion Innovations speakers Moderated by Trung Le, Associate Professor of Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering, NDSU
4:45 - 5:00pm		Recap and follow-up actions Moderated by Xinhua Jia, NDSU Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering and NDWRRI Director
5:00pm		Adjourn

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