DAY 1: Tuesday, September 26
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Session |
| 7:30 AM-8:30 AM |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM |
Conference Welcome: Sue Patterson, PAFPM Board Chair |
| 8:45 AM - 9:00 AM |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: David 'Randy' Padfield, PEMA Director
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| 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM |
Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center’s Forecast Products and Services
Alaina MacFarlane, Senior Hydrologist, NWS Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center (MARFC)
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| 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM |
New Forecast-Based River Flood Inundation Mapping Services
Johnathan Kirk, Hydrologist, NOAA / National Weather Service
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| 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM |
Networking Break and Exhibitors in the Coaly Ballroom |
| 10:20 AM - 10:50 AM |
Continuous Data Collection for Intense Rain Events and Rising Water Levels
Chuck Kozora, Territory Manager, OTT Hydromet
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| 10:50 AM - 11:45 AM |
Flood Insurance Knowledge & Perceptions, a panel discussio
- Bill Bradfield, Flood Insurance Outreach Specialist, FEMA Region 3
- David Buono, Deputy Insurance Commissioner, Office of Market Regulation, Pennsylvania Insurance Department
- Philip Sirinides, Director, Institute of State and Regional Affairs, Associate Professor of Education
- Nicole Sturgess, Assistant. Director, Center for Survey Research
- Virginia Silvis, Pennsylvania State University
- Sue Patterson, Philadelphia Water Department, moderator
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| 11:45 AM- 1:00 PM |
Lunch in the Atherton Room, extra seating in 1855 – Exhibitors in Coaly Ballroom |
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12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
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OPTIONAL NOAA FORECAST CENTER TOUR
Only 25 guests per tour. Sign up here. Vans will depart from the Graduate at 12:15 pm and return at approximately 1:45 pm.
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Track A: COALY BALLROOM
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
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Best Practices for Floodproofing Structures
Owen Gechter, CFM, and Sean O'Leary, CFM, Floodproofing, Inc
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Track A: COALY BALLROOM
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
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Zone A BFE Calculations - Best Practices for Pennsylvania
Victoria Arthur, GIS Analyst, T&M Associates
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Track B: ATHERTON ROOM
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
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Developing a Substantial Damage Response Plan (SDRP)
Tony Subbio, CEM, CFM, PMP; Operations and Program Manager, Tetra Tech
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Track B: ATHERTON ROOM
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
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U.S. Geological Survey Websites and Tools for Mitigating Flood Hazards
Marla Stuckey, Hydrologist, USGS
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| 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
PAFPM Business Meeting and Committee Breakout Sessions
All attendees welcome
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| 3:15 PM – 3:45 PM |
Networking Break and Exhibitors in Coaly Ballroom |
| 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
Considerations in Equitable Flood Risk, a panel discussion
- Marilyn Montgomery, Grant Writer, Verdantas
- Sarah K. Bowen, CFM, AICP, PP, Vice President, WSP, USA
- Susan Larcher, Arcadis US, Inc.
- Zoe Linder-Baptie, Rutgers University, moderator
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| 4:45 PM - 5:15 PM |
Flood Resiliency Planning in Pennsylvania: A Comparison of Approaches
Matthew Vanaskie, Senior Project Manager, HRG
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| 5:15 PM - 7:15 PM |
WELCOME RECEPTION, included in conference registration
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DAY 2: Wednesday, September 27
| Time |
Session |
| 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM |
Full Breakfast |
| 8:15 AM - 9:45 AM |
DAY 2 OPTIONAL NOAA FORECAST CENTER TOUR Only 25 guests per tour. Sign up here. Vans will depart from the Graduate at 8:15am and return at approximately 9:45am.
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| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM |
Floodplain & Stormwater Management: Discussions on Overlap and Collaboration at the County Level
Alexandria Shreffler, Geospatial Analyst, Venango County Regional Planning Commission
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9:00 AM - NOON
TRACK C - ATHERTON ROOM
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Duties of a Floodplain Manager
Emily Houdeshell and Tom Hughes of PEMA, FEMA representative TBD
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| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Networking Break - Refreshments and Exhibitors |
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9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
TRACK D - COALY BALLROOM
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Quantifying the Unintended Negative Consequences of Levee Infrastructure in the Susquehanna River Basin
Rashid Abolfazl Ansari, PhD student, The Pennsylvania State University
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9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
TRACK D - COALY BALLROOM
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A Response to Preliminary FEMA Flood Mapping Changes – Shamokin, PA Case Study
Leonard Smith, PE, Water Resource Manager, Greenman-Pedersen
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| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Networking Break and Exhibitors |
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10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
TRACK D - COALY BALLROOM
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Adapting SWM for Climate Change - SWM Facility Capacity and Inflow Design
Mark Bowen, PE, CFM, Senior Project Manager, NTM Engineering, Inc.
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NOON - 1:00 PM
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Lunch and Farewell
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