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Please note that event dates are subject to change to accommodate speakers’ schedules and/or event locations. AWRA FLORIDA DOES NOT PROVIDE REFUNDS. If you are interested in sponsoring any events, click here for more information.

    • 24 Jan 2025
    • 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
    • Fort Myers, Florida

    LOCATION

    Florida Gulf Coast University Cohen Ballroom

    10501 FGCU Blvd. S.

    Fort Myers, FL 33965


    DATE & TIME

    Friday, January 24, 2025

    7:30 am: Registration

    8:00 am - 5:00 pm: Program

    5:00 pm: Networking Reception


    See draft program below.

    PARKING

    Parking passes are required and will be sent to all registrants two days prior to the event.

    CALL FOR STUDENT RESEARCH POSTERS

    Open to all Florida students and all students conducting water resources research in Florida, in any topic pertaining to the field of water resources,  broadly defined.

    • Cash prizes
    • Recognition: AWRA Florida State Award
    • Opportunity to present, discuss, and share your research with professionals, researchers, and students from around Florida at a major state-level meeting
    Click Here for More Details


    SPONSORS

    Thank You to Our  2024 Sponsors!

    Sponsorship opportunities are now available for 2025!  Please support our partners and students by sponsoring the 34th Annual Southwest Florida Water Resources Conference!  Review the sponsorship levels and visit the FES/ASCE site for more information and to pay online.


    COHOSTS


    The 2025 SWFL Water Resources Conference is administered and supported by a partnership of organizations including AWRA-FL, Alpha Epsilon Lamda, ASCE, Audubon of SWFL, Calusa Waterkeeper, FES, FGCU, FSAWWA-Region V, Kissimmee Waterkeeper, REIS, and SWFAEP.


    REGISTRATION


    FES/ASCE are the registration administrators for this event.  Please click here to visit the registration page. Note: If you are not an FES member click the "Continue as Guest" button.


    AWRA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

    TBD


    CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS (CEHs)

    CEHs will be provided to Professional Engineers & Professional Geologists.

    CONFERENCE COORDINATORS

    Don Duke and Karen Miller

    FIELD TRIP

    TBD

    CONFERENCE AGENDA

    34th Annual Southwest Florida Water Resources Conference

    Florida Gulf Coast University, Cohen Ballroom, Fort Myers, FL

    January 24, 2025, 8:00 am – 5:30 pm


    OPPORTUNITIES FOR A RESILIENT RECOVERY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA

    Protecting Our Water Environment


    7:30 am REGISTRATION


    8:00 am WELCOMING REMARKS


    DR. AYSEGUL TIMUR, President, Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU)

    DR. L. DONALD DUKE, Dept Ecology & Environmental Studies, FGCU Water School

    DR. GREGORY TOLLEY, Dean of the Water School, FGCU


    8:30 am SESSION 1: UPDATE ON RESOTRATION EFFORTS


    DAVID HEMPLEMAN, Partner Engineering & Science: Moderator


    DR. JEANNINE RICHARDS, Assistant Professor, Dept of Ecology & Environmental Studies, The Water School, FGCU

    DR. SERGE THOMAS, Professor, Dept of Ecology & Environmental Studies, The Water School, FGCU


    10:00 am BREAK


    10:30 am SESSION 2: NUTRIENT REMOVAL RULE


    COURTNEY RICHARDS, PE, Kisinger, Campo & Associates: Moderator

    SPEAKERS TBA


    11:45 am LUNCH,  Room 214


    POSTER SESSION, FGCU Mezzanine


    1:15 pm KEYNOTE SPEAKER: LIVING WITH WATER IS PART OF OUR DNA – EXAMPLES FROM THE NETHERLANDS


    SASKIA PARDAANS, Senior Advisor, Infrastructure/Water Management, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands


    2:30 pm SESSION 3: REGULATORY UPDATE

    KAREN MILLER: Moderator


    AMY S. THIBAUT, Esq., Roetzel

    JOHN CHIBARRO, Esq., Greenberg Traurig


    3:00 pm BREAK


    3:15 pm SESSION 4: HURRICANE RECOVERY


    BEV LARSON, ERA Lahaina Realty: Moderator

    SPEAKERS TBA


    4:30 pm STUDENT AWARDS & CLOSING REMARKS


    DR. L. DONALD DUKE, FGCU


    5:00 pm NETWORKING RECEPTION, Room 214


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