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2024 Flood Management Association (FMA) Annual Conference
September 3 - September 6
The Floodplain Management Association (FMA) is the premier organization for floodplain management professionals interested in reducing flood risk and creating sustainable floodplains. FMA hosts one major conference annually. The conference provides members an opportunity to present and discuss technical papers on various aspects of floodplain management as well as attend presentations by state and federal officials concerning their programs. The conference also provides an opportunity for members to exchange information with their counterparts, learn about new products and services from vendor displays, and network with other floodplain management professionals.
Theme: Flood Safety Is Not A Game; Don’t Roll The Dice
Topics will include:
- Flood Hazard Mitigation
- Structural Flood Control
- Flood Modeling and Mapping
- Flood Risk Communication
- Non-structural Flood Mitigation
- Flood Fighting
- Bed and Bank Geomorphology
- Post Wildfire Watershed Mitigation
- Levees
- Dam Safety and Operation
- Hydrology
- Hydraulic Modeling and Mapping
- Forecasting Atmospheric Rivers
- Climate Change
- Pre- and Post-disaster
- Beneficial Floodplain Function
- Coastal Flood Control
- Large scale Flood Control Modeling (multiple dams and flood control features)
- Urban drainage modeling, capital improvements, financing
- Floodplain Beneficial Function
WEST Presence:
- Senior Technical Advisor, David C. Curtis, PhD, will be moderating the 2:30 pm panel, “Navigating the Deluge: Envisioning the Future of Floodplain Management in the Era of AI and Big Data,” on Wednesday, September 4th.
- Vice President, David Smith, will be presenting “Depth Result Comparisons in HEC-RAS 2D – Case Study in Petaluma, CA,” at 4:00 pm, on Wednesday, September 4th.
- Project Manager, , and Staff Engineer, , will be presenting “Enhancing Riprap Protection Design for Large Caissons: Insights from 3D CFD Modeling,” at 9:00 am, on Thursday, September 5th.
- Vice President, Luciana Kindl da Cunha, PhD, will be presenting “Atmospheric River (AR)-based Probable Maximum Precipitation using a Hybrid HMR and-Numerical Modeling Method,” at 2:00 pm, on Thursday, September 5th.
- WEST President, Martin J. Teal, will be attending.
- WEST will have an exhibit (Booth #204) as a Gold Sponsor of this event.