2014 NGWA Groundwater Summit

Monday, May 5, 2014

8:50 a.m.-9:40 a.m.

The West and Water: Filtering Out the Conventional Wisdom and Producing More User-Friendly Historical Lessons
Patty Limerick

10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

Remarks by Department of Interior Assistant Secretary for Water and Science
Anne Castle

10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

Superfund Perspective on Groundwater Remediation
James Woolford, Ph.D.

1:00 p.m.-2:20 p.m.

Panel: Superfund Combined Remedies - The Time Has Come
William Alley, Ph.D.

1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.

Groundwater Modeling
Jason R. House, CG, PG
Managed Aquifer Recharge
Kyle Murray, PhD
Skill Building for Early Career Professionals

2:20 p.m.-3:00 p.m.

Superfund
Mike Wireman

3:20 p.m.-5:40 p.m.

Academic Contributions to Groundwater Science
Rory Cowie
Geochemistry, Isotopes, and Tracers (cont.)
Marcia Schulmeister, Ph.D., P.G.
Groundwater Management
Paul Barlow
Groundwater Modeling (cont.)
Jason R. House, CG, PG
Superfund (cont.)
Mike Wireman

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m.

Announcements

8:40 a.m.-9:40 a.m.

2014 NGWREF Darcy Lecture — Optimizing Capillary Trapping as a Carbon Dioxide Mitigation Strategy: Pore-Scale Findings in Support of Larger-Scale Implementation
Dorthe Wildenschild, Ph.D.

9:40 a.m.-10:10 a.m.

Research to Solutions: Contributions from UNESCO-IHP
Alice Aureli, Ph.D.

10:30 a.m.-11:50 a.m.

Freshwater/Saltwater Interactions
John Jansen, Ph.D., PG
Groundwater Management (cont.)
Paul Barlow
Groundwater and Energy
William L. Cunningham
Superfund (cont.)
Andrew Schmidt

1:00 p.m.-2:40 p.m.

Freshwater/Saltwater Interactions (cont.)
John Jansen, Ph.D., PG
Groundwater Management (cont.)
Paul Barlow
Groundwater Remediation
Edward Gilbert, CPG

2:00 p.m.-2:40 p.m.

Brine and Deep Aquifers
Robert Sterrett, Ph.D.

3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

Brine and Deep Aquifers (cont.)
Robert Sterrett, Ph.D.
Groundwater Remediation (cont.)
Edward Gilbert, CPG
Panel: Is The New Generation of Professionals Adequately Trained To Meet the Current and Future Challenges?
Daniel B. Stephens, Ph.D., PG
Wells and Drilling
Thomas Hanna, PG

4:20 p.m.-5:50 p.m.

Twilight Session: Dynamics of Groundwater Flow
Klaus Udo Weyer, Ph.D., PG, PHG

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

8:05 a.m.-9:05 a.m.

2014 Birdsall-Dreiss Lecture: Critical Zone Processes at the Watershed Scale: Hydroclimate and Groundwater Flowpath Mediated Evolution of Forest Canopy Patterns
Lawrence E. Band

9:25 a.m.-9:45 a.m.

Fluids in Human Bodies and Some Parallels to Global Resources and Reactions
Catherine Skinner

9:45 a.m.-10:00 a.m.

Engineers Without Borders
Peter Waugh, PE

10:15 a.m.-11:55 a.m.

Brine and Deep Aquifers (cont.)
Robert Sterrett, Ph.D.
Groundwater Remediation (cont.)
Joseph Quinnan, PE, PG
Monitoring and Data Management (cont.)
James J. Butler, Ph.D.
Panel: Water Quality is Not Expensive, it is Priceless
Kelly L. Warner and William Alley, Ph.D.
Wells and Drilling (cont.)
Thomas Hanna, PG

1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

Brine and Deep Aquifers (cont.)
Robert Sterrett, Ph.D.
Ethics for Groundwater Consulting Professionals
Buie Seawell, Tyler Gass, PG, PHg and David S. Lipson, Ph.D., PG
Groundwater Remediation (cont.)
Andrew Manning, Ph.D.
Monitoring and Data Management (cont.)
James J. Butler, Ph.D.
Wells and Drilling (cont.)
Thomas Hanna, PG
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