2026 Presentations
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Pavilion
Group Session 1 - The Big Plant: Residential Tree Distribution
Presenters: Rob Dummert, Johnson’s Nursery, Jamie Ferschinger, MMSD, and Jake Fincher, Sweet Water
Presenters: Lexi Montes, Wisconsin DNR and Christy Poniewaz, Ruekert & Mielke
2A - Surface Water Chloride Conditions and Trends in Southeastern Wisconsin
Presenter: Thomas Slawski, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
3A - Regional IDDE Screening Results with Discussion Panel
Presenters: Christy Poniewaz and Abby Hanson, Ruekert & Mielke, Jack Sudar, Milwaukee County, Matthew Maederer, Village of Brown Deer, Andy LaFond, Village of Thiensville, Owen Stefaniak, USGS
4A - Urban Soil Health: Reversing the Legacy of Disturbed and Compacted Urban Soils
Presenter: Stu Schwartz, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Pilot House
1B - MMSD’s Green Highways Program
Presenters: Janee Pederson, HNTB and Andy Kaminski, MMSD
2B - Advancing Flood Resilience in Municipalities Across the Great Lakes Region
Presenters: Bridget Brown, Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative and Matt Bardol, Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.
2B - Collaborating to Create a Resilient and Sustainable Valley Creek Corridor
Presenters: Amy Lentz, Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership and Sarah Majerus, Stantec
3B - Safer Roads, Less Salt: The Role of Sensor Technology in Winter Maintenance
Presenter: Eric Faulkner, Vaisala Xweather
3B - Infiltrate, Document, and Efficiently Maintain your Stormwater Infrastructure
Presenter: Jake Brunoehler, PaveDrain
4B - Wisconsin Stormwater Utility Fees and Credits
Presenter: Rick Eilertson, AECOM
Group Session 2 - Enhancing Green Infrastructure Performance: Implementing a Proactive Inspection and Maintenance Program
Presenter: Monica Vincent, Mead & Hunt
Theater Room
1C - Building Capacity for Coastal Resilience in Wisconsin’s Communities
Presenters: Marian Azeem-Angel, WCMP, Jake Kolanowski, WCMP, and Cailin Young, WCMP
2C - Grasslyn Manor’s Water Journey: From Helping Build the Ark to Knowing Where Our Water Goes
Presenters: Alexis Laverdiere, Greenprint Partners, Robert Seleen, City of Milwaukee, and Steve O’Connell, Community Organizer
3C - From Polluted to Protected: A Novel Structural BMP
Presenter: Nicholas Ward, Aquarius Systems
3C - Milwaukee’s South Shore Beach Water Quality Numerical Modeling and Relocation Project
Presenter: Mauricio Wesson, SmithGroup
4C - Innovative Green Infrastructure Services and Funding
Presenters: Will Kort, Delta Institute, and Aaron Volkening, Stantec
4C - Building PRESERVE: Advancing Utility Collaboration and Resilience Across the Great Lakes
Presenter: Michael Mucha, Moonshot Missions