NWDTW 2026

NWDTW 2026

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8:00am CDT

Opening Plenary BCC - Sellers (476 Class / 800 Theater)

11:30am CDT

Lunch BCC - Sellers (476 Class / 800 Theater)

1:00pm CDT

Development and Use Cases of a Rapid Deploy Camera System BCC - Lackey (54 Tiered Class Only)Mark Henneberg • Allan Lee AQTS Auto-Estimation Correction BCC - Wilson (54 Tiered Class Only)Wade Walker Water Data for the Nation Homepage: Introduction to Modernized Tools, Features, and Workflows BCC - Mobile (33 Class / 60 Theater)Kammy Durham • Chris Hoard Use of Internal and External Compasses with ADCPs BCC - Birmingham (65 Class / 100 theater)Travis Knight How do you do? - Gage Installs for Surface Water and Continuous Water‑Quality Monitoring BCC - Mason (33 Class / 60 Theater)Ernie McCoy Indirect Measurements BCC - Nichols (21 Class / 40 Theater)Karl Winters Efficiency, Automation, and Doing More with Less BCC - Smith (28 Class / 45 Theater)Jeremy White Innovation Depot update and current projects BCC - Central Bank (39 Class / 60 Theater)Bryce Redinger Hurricane Helene - Impact and Recovery Efforts at the Asheville Field Office BCC - Sellers (476 Class / 800 Theater)John Mazurek HIF Tour 5 HIF - Theater (150 Theater / Monday)

1:30pm CDT

Alpha Coefficient Data Mining for Image Velocimetry from the USGS Database of ADCP Measurements BCC - Lackey (54 Tiered Class Only)Elizabeth Nystrom

2:00pm CDT

USGS Retirees: Life after your USGS career BCC - Thames (21 Class / 40 Theater)Brian McCallum Data Discovery Tools BCC - Mobile (33 Class / 60 Theater)Chris Hoard • Kammy Durham General IV Methods and RIVRs BCC - Birmingham (65 Class / 100 theater)Philip J Habermehl Water, Watts, and Wires: An Introduction to Microcontrollers for Instrument Control and Monitoring BCC - Lackey (54 Tiered Class Only)Trevor Violette

2:30pm CDT

Break BCC - Sellers (476 Class / 800 Theater) Break BCC - Central Bank (39 Class / 60 Theater) Break BCC - Wilson (54 Tiered Class Only) Break Hotel Capstone - Presidents (50 Theater/40 Classroom) Break BCC - Lackey (54 Tiered Class Only) Break BCC - Nichols (21 Class / 40 Theater) Break BCC - Thames (21 Class / 40 Theater) Break BCC - Mason (33 Class / 60 Theater) Break BCC - Mobile (33 Class / 60 Theater) Break HIF - Command Center (20 Classroom / 30 Theater) Break BCC - Birmingham (65 Class / 100 theater) Break BCC - Smith (28 Class / 45 Theater)

3:00pm CDT

USGS Water Data in Relation to the Fundamental Science Practices BCC - Nichols (21 Class / 40 Theater)Gary Burke Water You Waiting For? Dive Into the Latest Continuous Water‑Quality Updates BCC - Sellers (476 Class / 800 Theater)Kimberly Shaffer Go2: Training, Help, and Feedback Session BCC - Wilson (54 Tiered Class Only)Amber Jones • Sarah Queen • Waylon Marler • Amy Simonson Collecting Data in Moving-Bed Conditions and Understanding Test Results BCC - Birmingham (65 Class / 100 theater)Justin Boldt Image Velocimetry Policy and Procedure Updates and Working Session BCC - Mason (33 Class / 60 Theater)Frank Engel Utilization of a new computational tool to correct for submersible pressure transducer misalignment BCC - Mobile (33 Class / 60 Theater)Tim Terlizzi • Bryan Pula Design and prototyping of field gear: Imagination to Innovation BCC - Central Bank (39 Class / 60 Theater)Bryce Redinger • Mike Denicola Fulfilling Our Mission (Life & Property), One Gage at a Time: USGS Real-time Flood Impact Map Workshop BCC - Lackey (54 Tiered Class Only)Athena Clark • Julia Prokopec • Lauren Privette HIF Tour 6 HIF - Theater (150 Theater / Monday)

Small Drops, Big Impact: Building Skills Through Micro-Training BCC - Smith (28 Class / 45 Theater)Akio Correll • Kate Dean

4:00pm CDT

Continuous Water-Quality Community Networking & Collaboration Session BCC - Sellers (476 Class / 800 Theater)Kimberly Shaffer Considerations and ADVM mount designs for flashy index velocity sites BCC - Birmingham (65 Class / 100 theater)Ashley Ryan Monitor every river, lake, and reservoir in the US with WaterMAP - An Online Portal for Remotely Sensed Water Data BCC - Mobile (33 Class / 60 Theater)Rachel Sleeter • Chuck Hansen NIMS and HIVIS Demonstration and Usage BCC - Mason (33 Class / 60 Theater)Frank Engel

4:30pm CDT

Surrogate Analysis and Index Developer (SAID) 2.0 Tool BCC - Lackey (54 Tiered Class Only)Colleen Barr