MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2025 7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Registration Open- Level 3 Foyer
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Board Meeting - Invite Only
8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Turbine Performance Testing Workshop - Free but registration required- 301Ashnola
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Small Hydro Workshop - Complimentary but registration required- 302 Beckler
12:30 p.m. - Exhibit Hall Opens for Welcome Drinks and Snacks (Hall open until 6:30)- Columbia A 1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Keynote Speaker
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Panel #1: Politics and Litigation- Columbia BCD 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Panel #2: Hydro Generation Cost vs. Other Technologies- 302 Beckler
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Networking Break
3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Asset Management Interest Group Meeting- 307 Methow
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Panel #3: The Columbia River Treaty: Where Are We Now?-Columbia BCD 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Panel #4: Hebgen Gate Failure: Responding through Engagement of Dam Safety, Environmental, and Operations- 302 Beckler
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall- Columbia A
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2025 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Registration Open- Level 3 Foyer
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Finding Common Ground Documentary Screening- 302 Beckler
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. New Professionals Networking Breakfast- 305 Chehalis
7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Welcome Coffee in Exhibit Hall- Columbia A 7:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Exhibit Hall Open- Columbia A
7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Hiring for Hydro- 301 Ashnola 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Panel #5: NEPA 101/201- Columbia BCD 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Panel #6: Water Management - Nonstationarity and Adaptation- 302 Beckler 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Networking Break- Columbia A 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- Columbia 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Panel #8: Spillgate Analysis & Rehabilitation- 302 Beckler 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Panel #9: Resource Adequacy- Columbia BCD 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Panel #10: Managing Bull Trout Passage: An Overview of Three Passage Programs in the West- 302 Beckler 4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall- Columbia A 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Panel #11: Compliance Challenges in Implementation- Columbia BCD 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Panel #12: Powerhouse Component Replacement or Repair?- 302 Beckler
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Networking Reception in the Exhibit Hall (note the Exhibit Hall will not be open on the 26th)
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2025 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Registration Open
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Panel #13: Hydro's MW Valuation Considerations in the Marketplace- Columbia BCD 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- 302 Beckeler 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Panel #15: Pump Storage: Removing Hurdles- Columbia BCD 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Panel #16: Asset Management: Asset Management: Challenges with Securing Capital Upgrade Funding- 302 Beckler 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Networking Break- Foyer 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Panel #17: Leveraging Existing Interconnection Rights- Columbia BCD 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Panel #18: Whitewater Flow Releases: Considerations in Developing, Coordinating, and Implementing Programs- 302 Beckler 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Women in Hydro Lunch- Columbia A 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Panel #19: The Path to Hydropower Decommissioning- Columbia BCD 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Panel #20: FERC Comprehensive Assessment for Technical Professionals- 302 Beckler