Philadelphia Low Impact 
Development Symposium

Greening the Urban Environment

September 25-28, 2011, Philadelphia, PA

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Sunday, September 25, 2011

9:00am - 4:30pm Pre-Conference Workshops
9:00am - 12:00pm - LID 101: Basic Concepts and Applications
9:00am - 12:00pm - Extensive Green Roof Design for Civil/Stormwater Engineers
1:00pm - 4:30pm - LID 201: Design Guidelines for LID Practices
1:00pm - 4:30pm - Permeable/Pervious Pavement

Workshop descriptions can be found by clicking here.

Pre-Conference Workshops
9:00am - 4:30pm
Commonwealth Rooms

Monday, September 26 - Plenary Session

Mr. Howard Neukrug 
Commissioner
Philadelphia Water Department

We are pleased to have Commissioner Howard Neukrug of the Philadelphia Water Department as our Plenary Speaker. Commissioner Neukrug has been the driving force behind the Green City, Clean Waters approach to solutions to the city's Combined Sewer Overflow challenges. Links to the city's plan can be found here:http://www.phillywatersheds.org/what_were_doing/documents_and_data/cso_long_term_control_plan/

Joining Commissioner Neukrug in welcoming the participants will be:

• Robert G. Traver, PhD, PE, WRE, Professor and Director, VCASE and VUSP, Conference Chair
• Tom Davenport - Director, EPA 319 Non Point Source Monitoring Program
• Glen Rider, Director, Bureau of Watershed Management, PA DEP
• Shawn M. Garvin, Administrator for EPA's Mid-Atlantic Region

Photo Courtesy of the Philadelphia Water Department.

Plenary
Monday, 8:30 am
Regency Ballroom

Chesapeake Bay Panel - "LID and the Chesapeake TMDL"

Moderator: Robert G. Traver, PhD, PE, WRE 
Professor and Director, VCASE and VUSP,
Conference Chair

The purpose of this panel is to discuss the role of LID in meeting the TMDL requirements for Nitrogen and Phosphorus reductions in the Chesapeake Bay. Each panelist will be asked to first make a brief overview of their thoughts on the issue. A moderated discussion will follow based upon submitted questions to the moderator. Please feel free to submit questions prior to the conference to the moderator.
(Image Source – USEPA Chesapeake Bay Program Office)

Panel
9:30 am
Regency Ballroom

LID-MARC

Moderator: Bill Hunt, PhD, PE 
Associate Professor, NC State University
Conference Co-Chair

Present and Future Directions with LID Research

Bill Hunt, NC State University
Allen Davis, University of Maryland
Robert Traver, Villanova University

Plenary, Cont'd
10:00 am
Regency Ballroom

Technical Sessions

	Track I	Track II	Track III	Track IV	Track V	Track VI	Track VII	Track VIII
	SCMs I	SCMs II	Assessing LID	Plan & Stnd	Cities & Streets	Models & CSOs	Outreach & Codes	319 & Chesapeake
Monday, September 26, 2011
10:50am	LID/MARC	Monitoring	LID Econ I	DesStand I	Sustain & LID I	Filter/Manuf	Outreach I	319 I
1:40pm	Bioret I	Harscape I	LID Econ II	DesStand II	Sustain & LID II	Models I	Outreach II	319 II
3:40pm	Bioret II	Hardscape II	Metrics	DesStand III	Streets I	Models II	Outreach II	319 III
Tuesday, September 27
8:30am *5*	NonStruct	Philly	VolRed I	Muni Pln I	DC 1	CSOs 1	W'shed Pln I	Ches Fed
10:55am	Bioret III	G. Roof I	VolRed II	Muni Pln II	Streets II	City Pln I	Outreach IV	Panel
1:45pm	Bioret IV	G. Roof II	Attenuat'n	City Pln II	Streets III	Models III	Regs & Code I	319 IV
3:45pm	Media	G. Roof III	Extreme LID	City Pln III	Streets IV	Models IV	Regs & Code II	319 V
Wednesday, September 28
8:30am *5*	O & M	W. Harvest I	Ecology	W'shed Pln II	DC II	CSOs II	Transprt I	Case Studies
10:55am		W. Harvest II	Campus	Climate Ch	Transprt II	CSOs III	Regs & Code III	319 VI

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Field Tours - 1:00 - 4:30pm
Tour A - Villanova Urban Stormwater SCM Research and Demonstration Park
Tour B - Reinventing the Neighborhood (PWD)
Tour C - Urban LIDs (PWD)
Tour D - Stroud Preserve and Stroud Water Research Center 319 NPS National Monitoring Site

Tour descriptions can be found by clicking here.

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Field Tours 
1:00pm - 4:30pm

Updated July 18, 2011