Dam Safety 2023 | Association of State Dam Safety Officials
Palm Springs Convention Center
Palm Springs, CA
United States
We’re proud to be a Platinum Sponsor of the Dam Safety 2023 conference. See our presenters share case studies and insights on the latest research and techniques in the dam and levee industry.
Stop by and visit Booth 207 to chat with our technical leaders and to learn more about our innovative practices. We look forward to seeing you there!
Our Dam Safety 2023 Sessions
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. | Session 1 – Decade Dam Failures Series Part 1
100th Anniversary of the 1923 Apishapa Dam failure, Colorado: an analysis of an underappreciated embankment dam settlement/cracking case history and the local impacts of a lost resource
- Presenters: Lee Mauney and Keith Ferguson
Italian Dam Failures – Important Lessons Learned from Failure of Gleno Dam (1923) and Overtopping of Vajant Dam (1963)
- Presenter: Bill Fiedler
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
1:30-3 p.m. | Session 15 - Hydrologivariables
Moderator: Chad Davis
3:30-5 p.m. | Session 19 – DamFailures.org Updates
Shake, Quake, and Tremble – Seismic Events and their Impact on Dams (Recent Highlights from DamFailures.org)
- Presenter: Shane McWilliams
3:30-5 p.m. | Session 23 – Project Delivery Options
Partnering – More than meetings. A philosophy for successful construction projects.
- Presenter: Michael Genduso
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
3:30-5 p.m. | Session 39 – Levee Design, Risk, and Permitting
Moderator: Elena Sossenkina
The Engineer-of-Record’s Role in Risk Informed Decision Making in Levee Design
- Presenters: Daniel Teak and Kimberly Lukas
Risks and Approach of Private Infrastructure on Public Levee ROW
- Presenter: Vicki Twerdochlib
Risk Informed Assessment to Support a Section 408 Authorization
- Presenters: Adam Hacker and Matthias Lindenbauer
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. | Workshop Full Day
The Development of Dam Safety Technology and Governance Systems in Response to Major Dam Safety Incidents and Failures
- Presenter: Keith Ferguson
Poster Lightning Talks
Closing the Gap: Combining numerical and analytical methods to predict gate closures
- Presenters: Adrian Strain and Brennan Smith
HEC-RAS 2D Modeling of large Florida Everglades restoration project
- Presenter: Eduardo Colchado
