AGENDA

 

2025 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

 

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2025
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Board Meeting- Invite Only


8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Small Hydro Workshop - Complimentary but registration required

12:30 p.m. - Exhibit Hall Opens for Welcome Drinks and Snacks (Hall open until 6:30)

1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Keynote Speaker

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Panel #1: Politics and Litigation
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Panel #2: Hydro Generation Cost vs. Other Technologies

 

3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Networking Break

4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Panel #3: Columbia River Treaty Expiration of Flood Storage Provisions
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Panel #4: Hebgen Gage Failure: Responding through Engagement of Dam Safety, Environmental, and Operations

5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall

 

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2025
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.  Welcome Coffee in Exhibit Hall
7:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Exhibit Hall Open

7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Hiring for Hydro

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. President Welcome

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Panel #5: NEPA 101/201
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Panel #6: Water Management - Nonstationarity and Adaptation

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Networking Break

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Committee Meetings

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Welcome Lunch/Awards

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Panel #7: Water Quality in the Hydro Context | Water Quality Protection and Compliance at Hydro Facilities
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Panel #8: Spillgate Analysis & Rehabilitation

2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Panel #9: Resource Adequacy
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Panel #10: Managing Bull Trout Passage: An Overview of Three Passage Programs in the West

4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Networking Break

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Panel #11: Compliance Challenges in Implementation

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Panel #12: Powerhouse Component Replacement or Repair?

5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Networking Reception in the Exhibit Hall (note the Exhibit Hall will not be open the 26th)

 

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2025
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Panel #13: Recent 10yr Partnerships (Tribes/States Wild Salmon)
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Panel #14: Quagga Mussels in the Columbia? Status of Mussels in the Snake and How to Manage for Their Invasion

9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Panel #15: Pump Storage: Removing Hurdles
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Panel #16: Asset Management: O&M vs Capital Upgrade Prioritization

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Networking Break

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Panel #17: Leveraging Existing Interconnection Rights

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Panel #18: Whitewater Flow Releases: Considerations in Developing, Coordinating, and Implementing Programs

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Women in Hydro Lunch

1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Panel #19: The Path to Hydropower Decommissioning

1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Panel #20: FERC Comprehensive Assessment for Technical Professionals