The Resilience and Water Module

The Resilience and Water Module
Draft Agenda

Tuesday, November 7

8:30 AM    Coffee and registration

9:00 AM    Welcome and Introduction – Stan Bronson, Executive Director, Florida Earth at UF

9:15 AM   Keynote Address - Introducing the Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience (FIBER), Chimay Anumba, Dean, UF College of Design, Construction & Planning (DCP)

9:45 AM   Perspectives in Resilience – Moderator: Pepper Uchino, Anfield Consulting.  Panel members: Honorable Nancy Shaver, Mayor of St. Augustine; Gary Cecchine, Executive Director, Rand Institute for the Gulf States; Natalie Schneider, Climate Change & Sustainability Coordinator, Palm Beach County

10:45 AM  Break

11:00 AM  Innovation in Engineering – Moderator, Kirk Hatfield, Director UF’s Engineering School for Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment (ESSIE).  Panel members: Michael Flood, National Resiliency Lead, WSP; Steve Bourne, Director of Research, Atkins; Jason Bird, Practice Leader, CH2M (invited)

12:00 PM Lunch and Keynote: Craig Fugate, Former Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA)

1:00 PM The Bottom-Line Drivers: Finance and Insurance – Moderator: Bill Whiteford.  Panel members: Samantha Medlock, Director of North America, Willis Towers Watson; Jack Lansing, Vice President, UBS; 

2:00 PM  Communicating with the Public about Resilience – Moderator: Simone Dominique, Chief Communicator, Florida Earth; Roselyn Smith, Fulbright Professional, Miami; Irela Bague, President & CEO, Bague Group

3:00 PM   Break

3:15 PM   Breakouts – Identifying gaps in resilience science, engineering, business and policy

• Science – Tom Frazer, Director, UF School of Natural Resources and the Environment
• Engineering – TBA
• Business – Denver Stutler, Submergent Technologies
• Policy – Gary Cecchine, Rand Institute for the Gulf

4:00 PM  Reports and Debrief

4:30 PM  Instructions for Friday and Adjourn 

5:30 PM  Reception and Florida Earth at UF celebration

Wednesday, November 8

8:30 AM Coffee and Registration

9:00 AM Introduction and Plan of the Day – Bill Whiteford

9:10 AM  Keynote – Ben Preston, Director of Infrastructure and Environment, Rand Corporation

9:50 AM  Resilience Research Needs: Who Does What?  Moderator:  Chimay Anumba, Dean, UF College of Design, Construction and Planning.  Panel Members:  Jennifer Jurado, Director of the Environmental Planning and Community Resilience Division, Broward County (Invited); FIBER faculty member

10:45 AM  Break

11:00 AM  Keys to Good Resilience Policy – Moderator: TBA;  Panel members: Alec Bogdanoff, President, Brizaga, Inc.; 

12:00 PM  Lunch and Keynote: State of the State - Florida's Infrastructure Grade - Pepper Uchino, Anfield Consulting and Resiliency Florida

12:45 PM Review of the Gaps: Setting the Stage for Solutions – Simone Dominique, Florida Earth at UF

1:15 PM  Breakouts:  Innovations to Fill the Gaps

• Science – Jennifer Adler, Florida Earth Young Scholar, PhD Candidate at UF
• Engineering – Madelyn Harvey, Florida Earth Young Scholar, PhD Candidate at Scripps Oceanographic, UC San Diego
• Business – TBA
• Policy – Anne Siders, Florida Earth Young Scholar, PhD Candidate at Stanford

2:00 PM  Reports from Breakouts

2:45 PM Where Do We Go From Here? 

3:00 PM Adjourn

Jennifer Adler FE Young Scholar UF PhD Cand.	Anne Siders FE Young Scholar Stanford	Irela Bague President & CEO Bague Group	Michael Flood National Resiliency Lead WSP/PB

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