Agenda

Monday: May 5, 2008

Conference Registration
1:00 – 5:00 pm
Horizon Foyer


Tuesday: May 6, 2008

Conference Registration
7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Horizon Foyer


Continental Breakfast
7:00 – 8:00 am
Horizon Room I


Technical Workshop I
8:00 – 9:45 am
ALERT Equipment Calibration and Maintenance
(San Diego, Ventura and Riverside Counties)

This AUG-sponsored workshop will explain the basics of calibrating and maintaining real-time ALERT equipment: rain gauge calibration, radio and antenna evaluation, transmitter testing, etc.

Break
9:45 - 10:15 am
Horizon Room I


Technical Workshop II
10:15 am – 12:00 noon
New ALERT Protocol Development Workshop
(Ilse Gayl, Dave Leader, Chris Roark and Tom Ogden)

This interactive workshop will provide an overview of progress-to-date on the New ALERT Radio Protocol. The focus will then shift to developing the content portion of the ALERT data message.

Full Lunch Served
12:00 – 1:30 pm


Field Workshop
1:30 – 5:00 pm
USGS Stream Flow Measurement Workshop
(Space available for 40 people, first come basis)

This interactive field training workshop on stream gaging, sponsored by the USGS office in Poway, will be held at a natural palm oasis stream on the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation.

Full Dinner Served
6:00 – 7:00 pm


Hospitality Suite Open:
7:00 – 10:45 pm
Room 342


AUG/NHWC Executive Session
7:30 – 8:30 pm
AUG and NHWC Boards of Directors Planning Meeting


Wednesday: May 7, 2008

Conference Registration
7:00 am – 1200 noon
Horizon Foyer


Continental Breakfast
7:30 – 9:00 am
Horizon Room I


Welcome Address
9:00 – 9:10 am
George Wilkins,
President, ALERT Users Group


Keynote Address:
9:10 – 9:20 am
Robert Hartman, Hydrologist in Charge,
NOAA, California-Nevada River Forecast Center


Keynote Address:
9:20 – 10:00 am
Gary Bardini, Chief of Hydrology and Flood Operations,
California Department of Water Resources


Morning Break
10:00 – 10:30 am
Horizon Room I


Session One:
10:30 – 12:00 noon
Successful Cooperative Programs and Partnerships
(20 minutes for each presentation)

Integrated Network Designs by the USGS
Brian McCallum, USGS Georgia Water Science Center, Georgia
BIA NMC Alarm Notification and Emergency Response – Case Examples
Lex Kamstra, Bureau of Reclamation Flood Hydrology Group, Denver, Colorado
Development of an Integrated EFWS/FWRS in the San Antonio River Basin
Wayne Tschirhart, San Antonio River Authority, San Antonio, Texas
The Use of AlertSanDiego for Hydrologic Warning
Rand B. Allan, County of San Diego Flood Control, San Diego, California

Full Lunch Served
12:00 – 1:30 pm


Session Two:
1:30 – 3:00 pm
AUG and NHWC – Past, Present and Future
(30 minutes for each presentation)

A Historical Perspective of Local Flood Warning Systems
Chris Crompton, County of Orange, California
Kevin Stewart, Urban Drainage and Flood Control District, Denver, Colorado
The National Hydrologic Warning Council – Off and Running!
Kevin Stewart, UDFCD and Gene Stallings (EASPE), NHWC Washington DC Representative
Building the Perfect Beast – The New NHWC
Brian McCallum, USGS Georgia Water Science Center, Georgia

Afternoon Break
3:00 – 3:30 pm
Horizon Room I


Vendor Introductions:
3:30 – 5:00 pm
Announcements, New Products & Services


Exhibitor’s Night Extravaganza:
5:00 – 8:00 pm
Drawings, Hot & Cold Hors d’oeuvres, No-Host Bar
(Horizon Room I)


Hospitality Suite Open:
8:00 – 10:45 pm
Room 342


Thursday: May 8, 2008

Continental Breakfast
7:00 – 8:00 am
Horizon Room I


Session Three:
8:00 – 10:00 am
Innovative Technologies and Solutions
(30 minutes for each presentation)

Tipping Bucket Maintenance and Calibration Tips
Dale White, Tarrant Regional Water District, Ft Worth, Texas
Flood Warning Systems for Low Water Crossings
Eric Gibbons, High Sierra Electronics, Inc., Grass Valley, California
Adding Another Layer: Creating a Redundant, Reliable Data Collection and Dissemination System for the Los Angeles County ALERT System
Glenn Hetchler and Ilse Gayl, OneRain, Inc., Longmont, Colorado
Arthur Gotingco and Ben Willardson, Los Angeles County Public Works, California
Storm Ready: A Community-Based Approach to Storm Preparedness
Ed Clark, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, NOAA/NWS San Diego, California


Morning Break
10:00 – 10:30 am
Horizon Room I


Session Four:
10:30 – 12:00 noon
ALERT Radio Licensing and New Protocol Development
(20 minutes for each presentation)

New ALERT Radio Licensing Requirements
Todd Mendell, Senior Hydrologist, NOAA/NWS California-Nevada River Forecast Center
ALERT2 Physical Layer: Reference Design and Field Test Results
R. Chris Roark, Blue Water Design, Colorado
First Steps with ALERT-2: Early Protocols
Don Van Wie, Telos Services, Colorado
ALERT-2 Protocol Development Project
Timothy J. Salo, Salo IT Solutions, Inc., Minnesota


Full Lunch Served
12:00 – 1:30 pm


Session Five:
1:30 – 3:30 pm
Advancements in Flood Forecasting – Part I
(30 minutes for each presentation)

GIS applications in forecasting
Jayme Laber, Senior Hydrologist, National Weather Service, Oxnard, California
Analysis of Extreme Precipitation for the City of Roseville, California
Markus Ritsch, Water & Earth Technologies, Inc., Fort Collins, Colorado
Rob Nelson, City of Roseville, California
NovaStar 5: Mixing Durable Server Side Software with Easy Access Client Side User Interface
David Leader, HydroLynx Systems, Inc., West Sacramento, California
Real-Time Flood Forecasting: The Sara Test Study for Bexar County
Anthony Henry, Wallingford Software, Inc.
Nefi Gaza, Floodplain Management, San Antonio River Authority, Texas

Afternoon Break
3:30 – 3:45 pm
Horizon Room I


Session Six:
3:45 – 5:15 pm
Watershed Monitoring, Water Resources and Wildlife
(30 minutes for each presentation)

Managing Water in the West: Data Collection on the Lower Colorado River
Dave Gunderson, Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder Canyon Operations, Arizona
Arizona Game and Fish Department: The Lakes ALERT System
Brian Iserman, Hydrologist, JE Fuller/Hydrology & Geomorphology, Inc., Tempe, Arizona
Integrated Watershed Monitoring in the Carlsbad Hydrologic Unit, San Diego County
George Wilkins, Water Resource Scientist, Pacific REMS, California
W. Barry Lindgren, Staff Scientist, San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy, California


ALERT Users Group Banquet
6:30 – 10:00 pm
   Full Dinner, Awards Ceremony and Entertainment
   No Host Cocktails begin at 6:00 pm


Hospitality Suite Open:
9:30 pm – 10:45 pm
Room 342


Friday: May 9, 2008

Full Breakfast Served
7:00 – 8:30 am


Session Seven:
8:30 – 10:00 noon
Advancements in Flood Forecasting Part II
(20 minutes for each presentation)

Real-Time Flash Flood Models Integrating ALERT Data
Bruce Rindahl, Leonard Rice Engineers, Inc., Denver, Colorado
Diversity of California Flood Response Needs
Mike McMahon, Senior Hydro-Meteorologist, HDR Engineering, Denver, Colorado
How Much ALERT Data Are You Losing? A Methodology for Evaluating Your Network
James Logan and Ilse Gayl, OneRain, Inc.
Forecasting Flooding by Linking Telemetry Data to Dynamic Models
Anthony Henry, Wallingford Software, Inc.


Morning Break
10:00 – 10:30 am
Horizon Room I


Session Eight:
10:30 – 12:00 am
ALERT Users Group Business Meeting

Business Meeting of the ALERT Users Group
AUG Board of Directors Nominations & Election

Agenda
  1. Election of AUG Officers and Directors
  2. Schedule Fall AUG Business Meeting
  3. Strategic Planning and Discussion
Conference Adjournment
12:00 noon