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. 

Advanced Technical Sessions will cover:

• A Sensitivity Analysis of the new CDA Environmental Consequence Classification Guidance
• An Update to the Canadian Environmental Consequence Classification Methods for Mine Dam Failures
• Calabogie GS Redevelopment – Capacity Upgrade and Hydraulic Design
• Celebrating 50 years: Syncrude’s Geotechnical Review Board
• Concrete Condition Assessment and Repair Methodologies Case Study -Refurbishment of Lois Lake Concrete Penstock
• Dam Break Analyses and Dam Classification, Beta Lake and Skeeter Lake Dams, NWT
• Dam Break and Inundation Analysis for the Tailings Storage Facility at a Gold Mine in West Africa
• Dam Failures and Incidents Due to Dynamic Ice Loads: An American Perspective
• Design consideration for decommissioning and removal of the old John Hart generating station facilities
• Developing a GIS-based site-wide information, inspection, monitoring and maintenance system
• Digital Twin Dam and Watershed Pilot Platform – K-Twin SJ
• Emergency Preparedness: Assisting Small Communities in Developing Dam Break Inundation Mapping for Water Supply Dams
• Engineering Rehabilitation Assessment of an Aging Penstock Manifold
• Evaluation and Structural Rehabilitation of a 1930's Dam Power House Building
• ÉVALUATION DE L’IMPACT DU GONFLEMENT DU BÉTON SUR LE COMPORTEMENT DES PILIERS DE L’ÉVACUATEUR DU COTEAU-3
• Floating debris booms in rivers
• Framework for selection of best tailings management alternative in a pre-feasibility level study for dams founded on soft ground
• Game Based Learning; Reinforcing Process Safety
• Highfield Dam East Low Level Outlet Rehabilitation
• History and Rehabilitation of the Gardiner Dam Low Level Outlet
• How to build and operate a successful geotechnical review board
• Importance of Tailings Rheology in Dam Failure Consequence Classification
• Large Scale PMF Study and HEC-RAS 2D Dam Failure Modeling at Ghost Dam
• LECTURE ON ICE ENGINEERING: STRUCTURAL ASPECTS
• Muskrat Falls: Monitoring and Mitigative Repairs of the Upstream Cofferdam
• Numerical analysis of flow at a low-head dam using an open-source CFD tool
• Physical model testing of sluice gate operations and riprap scour at the West Temiskaming dam
• Practical Application of Bowtie Analysis; Enhancing Traditional Risk Assessments
• RAINFALL TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS FOR 24- AND 72-HOUR STORMS IN THE LOWLAND INTERIOR CLIMATE REGION, BC.
• REFRAMING RISK-INFORMED DAM SAFETY ASSESSMENTS
• REFURBISHMENT WORKS ON A HIGH-CAPACITY DAM WITH A “VERY IMPORTANT” LEVEL OF CONSEQUENCES – BÉGON DAM
• Rehabilitation Case Study – Chambly Canal B8-14 Dike
• Rehabilitation of the critically and historically important Glenmore Dam located within the heart of the City of Calgary
• Remediation of a Deteriorated Low Level Outlet Conduit to Address Internal Erosion Risks to an Embankment Dam in Southwestern Saskatchewan
• Risk-informed approach for the safety assessment of dams -  A toolkit for the dam owner
• State-of-the-art method for Estimating Long-term Hydroclimatic Conditions for Tailing Dam Water Management and Dam Safety Planning
• Static Ice Loads on Dams: Recent Investigations
• TARP – Trigger Action Response Plan for Tailings Facilities
• THE EFFECTS OF POLYMER ADDITIVES AND LIME ON SHEAR STRENGTH PARAMETERS OF DISPERSIVE SOILS IN EARTH DAMS
• The Rocky Road to Dam Safety Regulation: The Newfoundland and Labrador Experience
• Upgrading a 1950s dam from "how is this dam still standing?" to 21st Century Standards
• Upgrading of the Dickson Dam Service Spillway Stilling Basin Using Super-Cavitation Baffle Blocks
• USACE Best Practices and Tools to Estimate Hydraulic Gradients and Likelihood of Internal Erosion
• VULNERABILITY OF DAMS AND ITS ROLE IN BASING DAM SAFETY ASSESSMENTS IN REALITY

Upcoming Key Dates:

Friday, June 10, 2022 – Final paper abstracts due
October 17-19, 2022 (St. Johns Nfld) – CDA Conference 2022

Got a question about the conference? Email registration@cda.ca 

Exhibitors and attendees must comply with the requirements of local public health units, Federal and Provincial requirements, and the requirement of the facilities where the conference is being held.