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Published On: October 7th, 2025

James Barbis Addresses Dam Safety at Clean Currents 2025

James Barbis, PE, CFM, will serve on the panel, “Dam Safety: Panel Discussions,” at the National Hydropower Association Clean Currents 2025 conference on Thursday, October 16, 2025, at 3:45 p.m. ET in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Other panelists in the session are Nicholas Dempsey of HDR, Robert Gordon of Seattle City Light, and Alissa Van Overbeek of ASI Marine. Seth Green of Alabama Power at Southern Company will moderate.

Geosyntec’s Onur Tastan, PhD, PE; Mehmet Iscimen, PE, CPESC; Joe Kula, PE; Nicholas Agnoli, PE; Clinton Carlson, PhD, PE, M.ASCE; Chris Conkle, PE, GE; and Conrad Ginther, PE, will also attend the conference.

James is a Principal Engineer based in Pennsylvania with more than 15 years of experience focused on mitigating flood risks by analyzing, modeling, inspecting, and designing complex hydraulic systems and water-retaining structures.

Clean Currents is the official water-power trade show and conference of the National Hydropower Association, a nonprofit trade organization dedicated to the growth of clean, affordable water power in the United States. The association promotes water power as a climate-friendly, renewable, and reliable energy source that serves the national objectives of environmental, energy, and economic policy.

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