MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2025 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Board Meeting- Invite Only
8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Turbine Performance Testing Workshop - Complimentary but registration required
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.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: The Columbia River Treaty: What Might Modernization Mean? 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: Hydro's MW Valuation Considerations in the Marketplace 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