Plan to Attend the ICLR Urban/Basement Flooding Symposium – September 19, 2013, Toronto

Urban/basement flooding is one of the biggest challenges facing homeowners, municipal governments and personal property insurers across the country. All industry stakeholders are invited to join the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) at a comprehensive full-day event, as we discuss the issue of urban/basement flooding in depth.

Symposium discussions will focus on urban/basement flooding causes and mitigative best practices. Presentations will discuss application of household-level measures and infrastructure measures to reduce risk in new and existing homes and subdivisions, as well as innovative Low-Impact Development programs and the impacts of climate change on urban sewer infrastructure.

Presenters at this one-day symposium will include (see Draft Agenda below for more detail):

* Municipal water and wastewater experts and managers

* Researchers

* Authorities on innovative stormwater management measures

 

Cost: $295 per person (includes HST)

Seating is limited – register today!

For Attendee Registration Contact:

Tracy Waddington

416 364 8677 or

twaddington@iclr.org

(Sponsorship opportunities are available – also contact above)

 

Draft Agenda:

8:00 a.m.

Registration and continental breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Welcome & introduction (Glenn McGillivray, Managing Director, ICLR)

8:40 a.m.

Symposium overview (Dan Sandink, Manager, Resilient Communities & Research, ICLR)

9:00 a.m.

Keeping basements dry: It’s all in the risk (Prof. Ted Kesik, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, University of Toronto)

9:30 a.m.

Basement flooding: Lot side risk reduction through voluntary retrofit programs, code interpretation and by laws (Dan Sandink, ICLR)

10:00 a.m.

Coffee break

10:15 a.m.

Basement flood risk reduction in Winnipeg (Charles Boulet, Senior Project Engineer, City of Winnipeg)

10:45 a.m.

Basement flooding: Windsor’s approach to flooding — A presentation of our city’s reduction measures and successes (Mario Sonego, City Engineer & Corporate Leader of Public Works, Parks and Facilities, City of Windsor)

11:15 a.m.

Flood reduction strategies in Ottawa (Eric Tousignant, Senior Water Resources Engineer, City of Ottawa)

11:45 a.m.

The perfect storm: New development, high infiltration/inflow and a 1,000+ year storm (Chris Gainham, Senior Project Manager, City of Hamilton)

12:15 p.m.

Lunch

Lunch Speaker

Damage is in the details (Murray Pound, President, Gold Seal Homes, Carstairs, Alberta)

1:10 p.m.

Weeping tile disconnection to reduce the impact of basement flooding (Kyle Chambers, Environmental Service Engineer, City of London)

1:40 p.m.

Reducing risk and building resiliency: The Credit River Watershed story (Christine Zimmer, Senior Manager, Watershed Protection and Restoration, Credit Valley Conservation)

2:10 p.m.

Giving incentives to save: Kitchener’s stormwater credit program (Matt Wilson, Engineering Technologist, City of Kitchener)

2:40 p.m.

Coffee break

3:00 p.m.

Assessing climate change risk to stormwater and wastewater infrastructure (Marvin Ingebrigtsen, Technical Analyst Infrastructure Programs, City of Welland)

3:30 – 4:45 p.m.

Panel: Moving forward on urban flood risk reduction for new and existing homes and subdivisions

 

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For more info see: www.iclr.org