Flood Modelling and Mapping Knowledge Transfer Workshop
The 2019 Flood Modelling and Mapping Knowledge Transfer Workshop examined the status of floodplain mapping in Ontario. The workshop was hosted by Conservation Ontario, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Water Resources Association, Grand River Conservation Authority and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.
AGENDA
DAY 1 - MARCH 5
Presentations
- Keynote: Tamsin Lyle, ebbwater Consulting: An evolution in flood management: an optimistic view from the left coast
- Flood Mapping Activities and Web-Based Flood Risk Assessment (ER2), Heather McGrath & Tina Lindsay, NRCAN
- Canadian Surface Prediction Archive (CaSPAr) of ECCC Numerical Weather Predictions, Bryan Tolson, University of Waterloo
- Working with Municipal Partners, Laurie Nelson, TRCA
- USACE Update, William Scharffenberg, USACE
- Introduction to Bathymetric LIDAR, Dushan Arumugam, Geomatic Data Solutions (GDS)
- Large Scale Riverine Bathymetric LIDAR Collection and Application to Floodplain Mapping, Scott Robertson, GRCA
- Communicating Flood Risk - The Data Management Considerations, George Sousa, GRCA
- Information needs and formats Provincial Emergency Operations Centre, John Galea, Emergency Management Ontario
- Flood Risk Assessment and Ranking of flood vulnerable clusters, Nathan Plato, TRCA
DAY 2 - MARCH 6
Presentations
- Update on Floodplain Mapping and Flood Forecasting Program in Alberta, Bryce Haimila , Alberta Environment and Parks
- Hydraulic Models, Extreme Events and Flow Monitoring, Stephanie Shifflett, GRCA
- CVC Floodplain Mapping Program Update, Jing Liu & John Sinnige, CVC
- (Hydrology) Modelling the Idiosyncrasies of the Don River Watershed, Wilfred Ho, TRCA
- Floodplain Mapping Update Process in UTRCA, Mark Shifflett, UTRCA
- The Development of Churchill River Flood Forecasting Service to Support Open Water, Ice Formation and Ice Breakup Flood Risks, Steven McArdle, 4DM & Ali Khan, Newfoundland
- Forecasting Flood Innundation - Real-Time Transfer of Forecast Flows from HEC-HMS into HEC-RAS, Nicolas Keast, Greenland/Grey-Sauble
- Partnerships to Enhance Ottawa River Flood Forecasting: Response to Historic 2017 Flood, Raymond Co & Omar Kana'n, South Nation CA
- Panel: Dwight Boyd (GRCA), Sameer Dhalla (TRCA), John Sinnige (CVC), Bill Scharfenberg (USACE), Scott Robertson (GRCA)