February 13 – 16

Join us for the Utility Management Conference, one of the leading and most informative management conferences, February 13 – 16. The conference will host technical sessions and pre-conference workshops. Featuring various BC experts, attendees will have access to premiere education, timely insight, and networking.

Workshops

Tuesday, February 13

Workshop A
From Disrepair to Prepared (from reactive to proactive): Leveraging the Fundamentals of Maintenance Reliability for Effective Operations and Sustainable Utility Mangement
Pam Elardo, Steve Hutchings, Speakers
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

Workshop B
Commissioning Capital Projects as a Life Cycle Process
Diala Dandach, Speaker
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

Presentations

Wednesday, February 14

Session 03: Strategic Planning A
Strategic Planning and Execution of a Unified SCADA System for Water Utility Management  
Leo Rodgers, Speaker
11:30 AM

Session 06: Asset Management and Capital Program Frameworks
So, You Think You Can Inspect? The Saga of City-Wide Inspections in the Nation’s Capital
Kaylin Kramer, Pono Hanson, Speakers
2:00 PM

Session 08: Digital Transformation in the Water Sector
Preparing for and Implementing Process Optimization Using Advanced Data Visualization
Kelly Kimball, Erin Mackey, Speaker
2:00 PM

Session 10: Best Practices for Capital Program and Asset Management
Using Digital Technologies in Capital Planning: Parker Water & Sanitation District’s Water Supply Capital Planning Process
Andrew Goldberg, Speaker
4:00 PM

Thursday, February 15

Session 13: Incorporating Equity into Utility Decision Making 
How Do You Say ‘Aquifer’ in Spanish? How Incremental Changes Result in Meaningful Advancement of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Through the City of Boise’s Recycled Water Program
Andrea Hall, Tiffany Torres, Speakers
8:30 AM

Session 19: Utility Planning: Essential to Success
The More You Know the Less You Realize You Do – Boise’s Journey in Understanding Reliability and Redundancy
Matthew Gregg, Speaker
11:30 AM

Session 27: Utility Financing – A Multi-Faceted and Long-Term Effort
What Got Us Here Won’t Get Us There: Building Alignment Around a (One) Water Resiliency Strategy to Prioritize, Fund, and Communicate Capital Project Needs
Rachel Garrett, Holly Tichenor, Speakers
4:30 PM

Session 28: Applications of Data Management and Analysis 
Leveraging the Dataverse to Enable Living Data Management from Design to Operations 
Kirk Olds, Riley Middlebrook, Speakers
4:30 PM