Conference Highlights

Thank you for joining us at MODFLOW and More 2024! Please find all conference photos at the link below: 

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Sunday, June 2nd

Welcome Reception and Lecture
Friend Center, 4:30 – 6:00pm, lecture from 6:00 – 7:00pm

2024 InterPore Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lecturer, Ruben Juanes, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Professor of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT.
Introduction by Professor Michael Celia, Theodora Shelton Pitny Professor of Environmental Studies and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, affiliated faculty, IGWMC.

“Man-made Earthquakes and the Energy Transition”

Monday, June 3rd

Lunch Keynote Speaker: Christa Peters-Lidard, Director, Sciences and Exploration Directorate at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

“Data Driven Hydrology: From Assimilation to Digital Twins”

Interactive Software Demonstrations and Poster Reception
Carl A. Fields Center, 5:30-7:30pm

Tuesday, June 4th

Lunch Keynote Speaker: Holly Michael, Director, Delaware Environmental Institute, and Professor, Unidel Fraser Russell Career Development Chair for the Environment, University of Delaware

“Untangling complexity at the land-sea margin”

Poster Reception
Carl A. Fields Center, 5:00 – 7:30pm

Wednesday, June 5th

Lunch Panel/Discussion: The Future of Groundwater Modeling Education

Laura Condon, Associate Professor, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona
Ty Ferré, University Distinguished Professor and Interim Associate Head, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Joint Professor, Environmental Science-Ext., University of Arizona

Conference Closing and Lecture
Friend Center, 4:30pm

2023 Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer, Kenneth Belitz, Research Hydrologist, Water Resources Mission Area, US Geological Survey 

“Applications of Ensemble Tree Machine Learning to Hydrogeology: Not Just a Black Box”