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9:00am CDT
Why Extreme Rainfall Events Appear to Happen Much More Often than Expected
Thursday May 29, 2025 9:00am - 9:30am CDT
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Student, Milwaukee School of Engineering
I am a graduate civil engineering student with an emphasis in environmental & water resources at Milwaukee School of Engineering. I am pursuing a career in wastewater process engineering and environmental restoration and responsible management. In my free time I like to go fishing...
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9:30am CDT
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11:30am CDT
Watershed Approaches to Achieving Regulatory Compliance for Nutrient Removal: Illinois Crosses the Rubicon
Thursday May 29, 2025 11:30am - 12:00pm CDT
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District Manager, Northern Moraine WRD
Executive Director, Applied Ecological Institute
Bartlett is the CEO of The Nature's Registry, and Executive Director for Applied Ecological Institute, building a soil carbon trading registry to help fund the transition to regenerative agriculture and mitigate carbon emissions during this transition period. https://www.aeinstitute.org/natures-registryBartlett...
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1:00pm CDT
Leading in the Age of “Be Ready for Anything, Anytime” - Panel Discussion
Thursday May 29, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
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Water Market Strategic Growth Leader, Jacobs Engineering Group - USA
Rick Warner is a Strategic Leader at Jacobs. His experiences include delivering complex capital projects, forming inter-agency collaborations, and creating community partnerships. Rick’s expertise spans drinking water, wastewater, and water recycling. His leadership positions within...
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Former Executive Director (Retired), NEW Water
Led initiatives at NEW Water for 17 years, before retiring in January. Watershed Adaptive Management, enhancing employee culture, utility consolidation, and improving aging infrastructure were initiatives undertaken during his tenure.
2:30pm CDT
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Intensifying Research and Innovation for a Resilient and Sustainable Future
Friday May 30, 2025 9:00am - 9:30am CDT
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Project Manager, Black & Veatch
Dave Diehl is a Project Manager in Governments & Environment for Black & Veatch. His 15 years of experience includes project management, planning, design, construction related services and startup involving wastewater conveyance and wastewater treatment facilities. Dave is a licensed...
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1:00pm CDT
Engineering Ethics and Resiliency in the Built Environment
Friday May 30, 2025 1:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
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PhD Student, Marquette University
I just finished my first year of grad school at Marquette University! I am investigating what happens to PFAS during biosolids drying (come check out my poster!), and I am in Dr. Patrick McNamara's research group. I can talk for hours about my research, but I also have a lot of interest...
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Milwaukee Metro Sewerage District
