Program Information:
The conference begins with a film and opening reception on Wednesday, November 4 at 7:00 pm and ends at 3:30 pm on Friday, November 6. Also offered is an optional pre conference workshop or field trip available on Wednesday, November 4. For more detail on any part of the agenda, please see below.
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PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP:
Managing Wet Weather with Green Infrastructure - This workshop runs from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and is intended primarily for municipal governments with wet weather management responsibilities, i.e., stormwater, combined sewer overflows, sanitary sewer overflows and nonpoint source runoff. The workshop will focus on how these programs can be effectively managed using green infrastructure technologies and approaches, while also providing benefits related to climate change, urban heating, energy savings and community livability. This information will be updated when we have further details.
Speaker:
Mr. Kevin Perry is a nationally recognized leader in successfully integrating stormwater management with high-quality urban design. He has designed, managed the construction, and provided post-construction site monitoring on nearly a dozen of Portland’s most prominent green street and rain garden demonstration projects. Mr. Perry has received National American Society of Landscape Architects Awards of Honor for the Mt. Tabor Middle School Rain Garden, NE Siskiyou Green Street, and SW 12th Avenue Green Street.
PRE-CONFERENCE FIELD TRIP:
Join our tour of Low Impact Development installations along the Columbia River. Engineers, designers, and city representatives will join the tour to illustrate incentives, barriers, and lessons learned at each stop. The bus leaves Skamania Lodge at 11:00am and returns at 5:00pm, traveling to Vancouver and Portland. Box Lunches and refreshments provided. Field trip will be limited to 45 registrants. This information will be updated when we have further details.
PRE-CONFERENCE FILM AND RECEPTION:
“Water Before Anything” is a new and engaging film which looks at the possibilities of water conflict as a force to bring people together rather than pushing them apart. As the world faces a future of water scarcity and diminished water quality, this film is a compelling story of one area in the United States and how it is dealing with the issues of water conflict. This unique film engages the audience to show how scarce water resources can be a bridge to get people to work together. We are invited into a small community in Oregon, where over the course of five years residents worked together to find solutions to their water crisis. Filmmaker Sarah Sheldrick interviews a range of stakeholders on the hardships and hopes for their community. Sheldrick’s talent as a storyteller successfully integrates these elements with the science of groundwater and the complex steps of a regional task force working through conflict resolution to form policy.