AWRA FL Technical Meeting October 2025

Innovative & Informative Science and Engineering

Friday, October 3, 2025

South Florida Water Management District

3301 Gun Club Drive, West Palm Beach, FL 33406

B-1 Auditorium

Notes:

• Organizations interested in sponsoring the meeting may pay online here or contact Sam Palermo at 561-351-5278.
• Continuing Education credits will be available for Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Attorneys (pending final approval).

Draft Agenda - Updated 8/4/25

1. 9:30 am - 11:30 am - AWRA Florida Board Meeting - All are welcome
2. 11:45 AM Meeting Registration Opens & lunch provided in the SFWMD cafeteria
3. 1:00 pm- 1:30 pm - Welcome & Opening Remarks (Luna Phillips, President, AWRA Florida Board of Directors & Drew Bartlett, Executive Director, South Florida Water Management District)
4. 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm - Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands, Cutler Conveyance – Tunnel Vision (Brent Anderson - Northstar & Brandon Bagoo - Northstar)
5. 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Stormwater Treatment Areas - Lessons Learned (Tracey Piccone - South Florida Water Management District)
6. 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Concrete Corrosion: Why is it happening, how to fix it, and prevent it (Jose Guardiario - South Florida Water Management District)
7. 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Break
8. 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Ai Meets the Greater Everglades: Insights into Water & Biogeochemical Cycles in Dwarf Cypress and Sawgrass Wetlands (W. Barclay Shoemaker - United States Geological Survey)
9. 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Leveraging AI in Engineering and Science (Akintunde O. Owosina - South Florida Water Management District)
10. 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm TBD

Immediately following the meeting Happy Hour!!!

Location TBD

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