2010 AWRA- Alaska Section Annual Conference

BP Energy Center in Anchorage, AK

March 31st - April 2nd , 2010
Conference Registration

Eagle Lake, Chugach Mts. – C.D. Arp

First Call For Abstracts

Guidelines for Submission

Authors are invited to submit abstracts of no more than 500 words. The
abstract should include the title of the paper, number of authors, author
names, affiliations, addresses, e-mail, telephone, fax numbers, and whether
you prefer to present a talk or poster. Only papers presented in person by
author(s) will be included in the program. All presenters must submit their
abstract to us for review and acceptance by the Alaska Section. Abstracts for
Presentations must be submitted no later than Friday February 19th at 5:00
PM using our online system. You will be notified as to whether your
abstract has been accepted by Friday March 5th. Membership in the section is
not a requirement for submittal of a paper, although we encourage everyone
to consider joining the Alaska Section of the AWRA and supporting the water-
resources profession in Alaska.

We are looking forward to an exciting meeting and hope to see you

there! The preliminary program will be available in March 2010.

Preliminary Program Topics:

Short Course: Hydropower Project Design and Permitting (tentative)
Panel Discussion: Hydrologic Modeling of Permafrost and Glacial Watersheds
(tentative)

Field Trip: Eklutna Hydroelectric Project (tentative)

Oral Sessions at BP Energy Center and Poster Session at UAA’s Integrated

Science Building on Broad Range of Topics Including:

Impacts of climate change on hydrology

Alaska Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
Water quality and wastewater management
Watershed monitoring, management and stewardship
Fish habitat restoration and fish passage
Water-resource regulations, public impacts and risk analysis
Basic data collection programs and uses for both ground water and surface
water
Water resource issues associated with forestry and wildlife
Instream flow uses - the balance between regulation and technical
requirements
Applications of new or old data collection technologies for forecasting and
hydrologic analysis
Advancements in computer modeling of hydrologic systems in the Arctic
Permafrost hydrology
Contaminants in the Alaskan environment
Issues/assessments specific to Interior Alaska and surrounding areas
Water resources development issues
North Slope water supply issues
Water resources for large- and small-scale hydroelectric power generation

Hotel/Travel Information
The AWRA Alaska Section, will arranged government rates at a hotel TBA,
Anchorage, Alaska.