Session Schedule

Florida Lake Management Society
31st Annual Virtual Technical Symposium

Program Theme: 
Lake Management: Complex Problems, Scientific Solutions 

As we move to a virtual session format and confirm with our presenters, the session details will be added. Confirmed sessions are listed below along with the tentative future session dates and titles. Past sessions are available on demand for all registered attendees.

Plenary Session

Session Date:	Thursday, August 27, 2020
Session Sponsor:	Flatwoods Consulting Group
On Demand Session Link:	Taming Harmful Algal Blooms in Lakes: Controlling the Symptoms vs. Controlling the Landscape Causes.
On Demand Q & A Link:	Extended Q & A with Dr. Mitsch
Keynote Speaker:	Bill Mitsch, Ph.D

Technical Sessions

Presenters and Topics are subject to change. We will do our best to keep the schedule as up to date as possible.

Session Date:	Friday, September 11, 2020
Session Time:	10am – 11:30am
Session Title:	Programmatic Lake Management
Session Sponsor:	Flatwoods Consulting Group
Presenters:	Topics:
Lee Mullon P.E. and Claudia Listopad Ph.D.	Responding to Draft TMDLs – A Successful Approach to Municipal-led Restoration Planning for Lake Orlando
Dan Schmutz M.S. and Devon Moore	Explaining and Predicting Lake Levels using Multivariate Statistical Modeling of Temporally-weighted Rainfall and Spatially-explicit Groundwater Production
Patrick Goodwin	Developing a HAB Management Plan Using the Lake Loading Response Model

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Session Date:	Friday, September 25, 2020
Session Time:	10am – noon
Session Title:	Nutrient Removal Innovations
Session Sponsor:	Chemtrade Logistics, Inc.
Presenters:	Topics:
Jason Danaher Ph.D.	Improvements Observed in Downstream Water Quality Since the Construction of the Lake County Water Authority’s Nutrient Reduction Facility.
Lance Lumbard MS, CLP, MBA	Novel Approaches to Lake Apopka Sediment Management
Chris Fagerstrom, P.E.	Pilot Study- Design, Installation and Monitoring of a Small-Scale Downflow Filtered Bioreactor on Howell Creek

Session Date:	Friday, October 9, 2020
Session Time:	10am – noon
Session Title:	Lake Restoration
CEUs:	1 DACS Aquatic Weed Control
Session Sponsor:	UPL Aquatics
Presenters:	Topics:
Mark Hoyer M.S.	Legacy Herbicides in Lake Sediments are not Preventing the Growth of Submerged Aquatic Plants in Lake Istokpoga
Rolland Fulton Ph.D.	30 Years of Water Quality Restoration in the Upper Ocklawaha Basin
Thomas Whitmore Ph.D.	Paleolimnological Assessment of Six Lakes on the Kissimmee Chain, with Implications for Restoration of the Kissimmee–Okeechobee–Everglades System

Session Date:	Friday, October 23, 2020
Session Time:	10am – noon
Session Title:	Nutrient Reduction Strategies
Session Sponsor:	Lake and Wetland Management
Presenters:	Topics:
Sean McGlynn Ph.D.	Tracking Water Flowing from Sinkholes in Eutrophic Karst Lakes (Lakes Jackson, Iamonia, Munson and Lafayette), to Wakulla Springs with Dye Studies
Sean Ahearn	Isotope Tracers in Nutrient Source Tracking (NST) of Ntirate, A Different Perspective of Surface and Groundwater Remediation
Walt Reigner	City of Winter Haven One Water Master Plan

Session Date:	Friday, November 6, 2020
Session Time:	10am – noon
Session Title:	UAVs in Lake Management
Session Sponsor:	Leading Edge
Presenters:	Topics:
Serge Thomas Ph.D.	Merging Bathymetric and Photogrammetric Data to Create Orthomosaic and Digital Surface Model Maps
Bill Reynolds and Gloria Eby	The Operational Use of Unmanned Aircraft for Aerial Imagery and Aerial Herbicide Applications on Phragmites in Seminole County, Florida
Colin Lewis	Utilizing Drone Technology in Aquatic Plant Management

Session Date:	Friday, December 11, 2020
Session Time:	10am – noon
Session Title:	Stream and Wetland Research
Session Sponsor:	GPI
Presenters:	Topics:
Mark Hurst M.S.	Determining Minimum Levels (MFLs) for Lakes within the Southwest Water Management District
Mary Szafraniec Ph.D.	Converting Urban Canals to Natural Streams to Improve Water Quality, Habitat, and Resilience
Andy Canion	Wetland Community Mapping Using High-Resolution Satellite Imagery and Machine Learning

Session Date:	Friday, January 8, 2021
Session Time:	10am – noon
Session Title:	Algal Research
Session Sponsor:	SePRO
Presenters:	Topics:
Barry Rosen Ph.D.	Keynote Presentation: HAB
Forrest Lefler	Common bloom-forming cyanobacteria of South Florida
Paul Jones Ph.D.	Estimating Abundance of Legacy Nutrients and Dormant Cyanobacteria in Lake Okeechobee Sediments
Ed Weinberg P.E.	A Watershed-Wide Treatment Alternative to Restore HABs Impaired Lakes

Session Date:	Friday, January 22, 2021
Session Time:	10am – noon
Session Title:	HAB Control
Session Sponsor:	Moleaer
Presenters:	Topics:
Patrick Goodwin	Preliminary Evaluation of Nanobubblers to Improve Water Quality and Reduce Cyanobacteria Blooms
Christian Ference M.S.	Air Nanobubbles as a Chemical-Free Method for Algae Control
Dail Laughinghouse Ph.D.	Laboratory-scale evaluation of algaecide effectiveness for control of microcystin-producing cyanobacteria from Lake Okeechobee, Florida
Maximiliano Barbosa	Effects of Glyphosate (Rodeo) on the Growth of Planktonic Cyanobacteria

Session Date:	Friday, February 12, 2021
Session Time:	10am – noon
Session Title:	State Programmatic Lake Management
Session Sponsor:	Available!
Presenters:	Topics:
Nia Wellendorf M.S.	Lake Vegetation Index Survey Results for Florida DEP Reference Lakes
Denise Miller	Using the Watershed Information Network (WIN)
Jan Allyn	Using Water-CAT to Find Water Data and Make Yours More Discoverable

Session Date:	Friday, February 26, 2021
Session Time:	10am – noon
Session Title:	Water Resource Management
Session Sponsor:	Syngenta
Presenters:	Topics:
Erich Marzolf Ph.D.	Can Solar Farms Assist Water Resource Management?
Harvey Harper Ph.D., P.E.	Evolution of Sediment Inactivation in Florida Lakes–Impacts on Longevity
Camile Carroll	Hydrology and littoral vegetation in the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes
Jing Guan Ph.D.	Quantifying the Effects of Water Depth on the Recovery and Regrowth of Submersed Aquatic Vegetation in Lake Okeechobee
Andrew Hood	Optimizing Nutrient Removal from Stormwater ponds by Incorporating Innovative Bio-filtration Systems

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