2012 IAFSM Annual Conference, March 14-15, 2012
InterContinental Chicago O'Hare
Rosemont, IL
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Sessions:
9:00 am Plenary Session
- How To Talk To Your Legislator: Representative Mike Fortner
- Lt. Governor Sheila Simon, Watershed Management & Lt. Governor’s Office (invited)
11:00 am Concurrent Session 1
- 1A Mitigation
- Franklin Park IKE Buyout Program
- How (Not) to use Flood Insurance Information For Damage Assessments
- Rapid Development of a Flood Acquisition Project: Decisions and Opportunities
- 1B Floodplain
- Willowbrook High School Online Detention and Fieldhouse Floodplain Project
- Lake Michigan Flood Management Considerations in Chicago
- Unnumbered Zone A - Base Flood Elevation Determinations by FEMA
- 1C Wetlands
- Urban River Restoration: Habitat Improvements on the N. Branch Chicago River
- Northeast Illinois Invasive Plant Partnership: Protecting & Preserving Wetlands
- Vegetation Considerations for Stormwater Infiltration Systems
12:30 pm Lunch
2:00 pm Concurrent Session 2
- 2A Levees
- Alexander County Flooding in 2011
- Modeling and Mapping Dams and Levees
- Status of Levee Accreditation in Illinois
- 2B Stormwater
- Gilberts Glen Stormsewer Replacement and Detention Restoration
- Highlands Ravine Stabilization
- US 30 / Railroad Grade Separation Project: One Project, Three Solutions
- 2C BMP's
- Otter Lake Best Management Practice Implementation
- Establishment of Vegetation on Construction Sites and/or Disturbed Areas
- Charles City: Permeable Street Project
4:00 pm Concurrent Session 3
- 3A Regulatory
- The Big Picture: Water Quality, Regulations and NPDES
- Cook County Watershed Management Ordinance: Impacts to the Cook County Economy
- McHenry County's Streamlined Permitting Process
- 3B Modeling
- 3C Case Studies
- From the Engineering Plans to the Construction Site: Notes from an Inspector
- Illinois Avenue Culvert Replacement Project - From Flood Study to Funding to Flood Relief
- Unique Approaches to Monitor Surface Water Flow in Lake County
- 3D Planning
- Rainfall Analysis
- Rebuilding the Boneyard Creek in Downtown Urbana: Challenges in Concept Planning and Final Design
- Complexities along the Rock River
Thursday, March 15, 2012
9:00 am Plenary Session
- Developing Technologies at the National Weather Service
- NFIP Reform and ASFPM National Update and ASFPM Foundation
11:00 am Concurrent Session 4
- 4A Stormwater
- Chicago Green Roofs Investigation
- Orland Park Basin Best Practices Program
- Reusing Stormwater as a Valuable Water Resource
- 4B Mapping
- Streamgage - linked Inundation Mapping Websites in Illinois - Are your feet wet yet?
- Do Communities Dream of Electric Maps: FEMA's All Digital Vision
- Mobile LiDAR for Flood Risk Reduction and Risk Assessments
- 4C Levee
- Lessons Learned from Hydrodynamic Levee - Breach and Inundation Modeling
- Upper Mississippi River Basin Levee Inspections
- Near Realtime Levee Freeboard Estimate
12:30 pm Awards Luncheon
2:00 pm Concurrent Session 5
- 5A Dams
- Temporary Water Diversion for Inspections & Repair of Weirs & Spillway Dams
- Draft national Guidelines for Assessing Sediment - Related Effects of Dam Removal: Illinois' Role
- Walton Lake Dam Overtopping and Wash Out
- 5B Mitigation
- Alexander County needs a little R&R: Community Recovery and Rebuilding after the 2011 Spring Floods
- Evaluation of Levee Setbacks for Flood-Loss Reduction along the Middle Mississippi River
- "Living, Working, Building and Mitigating Behind Levees"
- 5C Wetlands
- CAW21 Discovering The Potential of Separating Ecosystems
- Dalitsch Pond Enhancement, City of Lake Forest
- Native Area Management