October 17 - 19, 2022

2022-10-17 2022-10-19 ACB Congrès 2022 N.A. America/New_York

Connecting Community, People and Industry.

Technical sessions will consider past performance and historical design criteria of aging infrastructure while focusing on environmental, social, economic and technological changes as well as evolving expectations of regulatory regimes related to the construction and operation of dams. 

Technical Themes include:

• Applications of Failure Modes and Effects Analysis Methods
• Climate impacts to design and operation parameters
• Dam Safety Management Case Studies
• Emergency Management and Public Safety Case Studies
• Environmental Consequences Classification Case Studies
• New and alternative approaches to Design Flood Estimation
• New Generation Development Challenges and Opportunities
• Reliability Assessments and the Performance of Ageing Infrastructure
• Risk Assessments and Adaptation Options
• Role of Public Policy in the Setting of Dam Safety Criteria
• Stakeholder Engagement and the Communication of Risk
• Tailings Dam Breach Analysis

Important Dates

January 28, 2022 – Abstracts due for papers
March 1, 2022 – Paper acceptance notification
April 30, 2022 – Draft paper due
May 31, 2022 – Final paper due
October 17-19, 2022 (St. Johns Nfld) – CDA Conference 2022