Detailed Tentative Agenda
| Monday, October 28, 2024 | |
| 4:00pm–6:00pm | Attendee Arrival & Registration – Poster Presenter & Sponsor Display Move-In |
| Tuesday, October 29, 2024 | |
| 7:30am–5:00pm | Registration Open |
| 7:30am–8:30am | Coffee Service in Poster & Sponsor Display Area |
| General Session | |
| 8:30am–10:00am | Welcome and Opening Plenary |
| 8:30am–8:40am |
Welcome from the Organizers
– Sherry Larkin, Director, Florida Sea Grant
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| 8:40am–9:00am |
A Wake-Up Call: How Hurricane Ian's Flooding Revealed Kissimmee's Need for Climate and Resiliency Planning
– Mike Steigerwald, City Manager, Chief Executive Officer, City of Kissimmee
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| 9:00am–9:30am | Icebreaker/Intention-Setting Activity |
| 9:30am–10:00am | Opening Keynote |
| 9:30am–10:00am |
"Adapting Florida for the Future – Putting Resilience Into Action Statewide"
– Wesley R. Brooks, Chief Resilience Officer, Statewide Office of Resilience - State of Florida
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| 10:00am–10:30am | Beverage Break & Networking in Poster Display Area |
| General Session | |
| 10:30am–12:00pm | Resilient Cities: Assessing Vulnerability for Adaptation |
| Moderator | Krista Slyter, Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) |
| 10:30am–10:50am |
"Resilient Jacksonville: An Interdisciplinary Strategy for a Resilient Future"
– Jennifer Hinton, City of Jacksonville |
| 10:50am–11:10am |
"Florida Resilient Cities: Developing Community-University Partnerships to Advance Climate Adaptation Initiatives"
– Andrea Galinski and Christian Calle Figueroa, University of Florida
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| 11:10am–11:30am |
"Preparing Port Canaveral for 2070: The Port Canaveral Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plan"
– Alec Rodriguez and Jason Bird, Jacobs
– William Crowe, Canaveral Port Authority |
| 11:30am–12:00pm | Group Q&A / Speaker Panel |
| 12:00pm–1:30pm | Group Luncheon & Networking |
| General Session | |
| 1:30pm–3:00pm | Housing and Building Adaptation: Risk Mitigation for Property Owners |
| Moderator | Jeff Carney, University of Florida, School of Architecture, Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience (FIBER) |
| 1:30pm–1:50pm |
“Climate Risks and Benefits of Building Above the Code”
– CJ Reynolds, Florida Housing Coalition
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| 1:50pm–2:10pm |
"House Relocation: A Flooding Adaption Strategy for Florida’s Coastal Communities"
– Sarah Gamble and Emily Garnica, University of Florida
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| 2:10pm–2:30pm |
"The New ASTM Property Resilience Assessment Guides Risk Mitigation Investments in Florida"
– Albert Slap, RiskFootprint™
– Alan Scott, Intertek |
| 2:30pm–3:00pm | Group Q&A / Speaker Panel |
| 3:00pm–3:30pm | Beverage Break & Networking in Poster Display Area |
| General Session | |
| 3:30pm–5:00pm | Reflections on Resilience: How Florida is Institutionalizing a Solutions-oriented Approach |
| Moderator | Kate Wesner, American Flood Coalition |
| 3:30pm–5:00pm |
Governance challenges remain a significant and underappreciated hurdle to planning and implementing effective resilience measures. This panel explores how Florida has emerged as a national leader, through its efforts to institutionalize a flexible and enduring framework for the future resilience needs and prosperity of its communities.
Panelists:
– Dr. Wesley R. Brooks, Chief Resilience Officer, Florida Statewide Office of Resilience
– Dr. Thomas K. Frazer, Executive Director, Florida Flood Hub for Applied Research and Innovation – Dr. Mark C. Rains, Chief Science Officer, Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
| 5:00pm–7:00pm | Networking Social and Tools Café |
| Wednesday, October 30, 2024 | |
| 7:30am–5:00pm | Registration Open |
| 7:30am–8:30am | Coffee Service in Poster & Sponsor Display Area |
| General Session | |
| 8:30am–10:00am | Flood-Smart Land Use Planning |
| Moderator | Jason Evans, Stetson University |
| 8:30am–8:50am |
"Regional Planning Councils Assist Inland Communities with Vulnerability Assessments and Adaptation Planning"
– Fara Ilami, Northeast Florida Regional Council
– Brenda Defoe-Surprenant, East Central Florida Regional Planning Council – Curtis Knowles, Central Florida Regional Planning Council |
| 8:50am–9:10am |
"Data-Driven Spatial Planning for Coastal Flood Adaptation of Social Infrastructure"
– Yan Wang and Ziyi Guo, University of Florida
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| 9:10am–9:30am |
"Gulf South Studio | Innovating Community-Based Design and Planning Approaches in Lee County"
– Andrea Galinski, University of Florida
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| 9:30am–10:00am | Group Q&A / Speaker Panel |
| 10:00am–10:30am | Beverage Break & Networking in Poster Display Area |
| General Session | |
| 10:30am–12:30pm | Adaptive Watershed Management |
| Moderator | Eban Bean, UF Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering |
| 10:30am–10:50am |
"City of Panama City: Robinson Bayou Drainage Basin"
– Jennifer Aldridge, City of Panama City
– Bryant King, Halff |
| 10:50am–11:10am |
“Smart Watersheds: Changing the Way We Think About Water Management"
Jeff M. Littlejohn, P.E., National Stormwater Trust®
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| 11:10am–11:30am |
"Siting for Future Seas: Examples of Stormwater Pump Station Siting to Prepare for Future Drainage System Adaptation"
– Alexander Miller, HDR, Inc.
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| 11:30am–11:50am |
"Flooding Adaptation in South Florida: Building Community Resiliency and Reducing Flood Risks Through Structural and Nonstructural Strategies"
– Ana Carolina Maran, South Florida Water Management District
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| 11:50am–12:30pm | Group Q&A / Speaker Panel |
| 12:30pm–1:30pm | Group Luncheon & Networking |
| General Session | |
| 1:30pm–3:00pm | Resilience Planning |
| Moderator | Jules Bruck, University of Florida, School of Landscape Architecture and Planning -and- Department of Landscape Architecture |
| 1:30pm-1:50pm |
"Future Development and Water Quality for the Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program"
– Dan Farrah and Tricia Kyzar, University of Florida
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| 1:50pm–2:10pm |
"Building Resilience to Coastal Flooding Through Living Shorelines: Lessons from the Resilient Pasco Project"
– Sean Lahav and Drew Sanders, Halff
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| 2:10pm–2:30pm |
"Outfitting the Florida Panhandle in Community Water Level Sensors"
– Laura Tiu, Florida Sea Grant and UF/IFAS Extension
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| 2:30pm–3:00pm | Group Q&A / Speaker Panel |
| 3:00pm–3:30pm | Beverage Break & Networking in Poster Display Area |
| General Session | |
| 3:30pm–5:00pm | Engaging Communities in Adaptation Efforts |
| Moderator | Savanna Barry, Florida Sea Grant, Nature Coast Biological Station |
| 3:30pm–3:50pm |
"Flood Adaptation Through Urban Green Stormwater Infrastructure: The City of Cape Canaveral’s 'Smart Rain Garden' Project"
– Jason Evans, Stetson University
– Alexis Miller, City of Cape Canaveral – Brenda Defoe-Surprenant, East Central Florida Regional Planning Council |
| 3:50pm–4:10pm |
"Cedar Key ShOREs – a Model for Co-Designing Nature-Based Solutions in a Small Coastal Town"
– Jason von Meding, Eban Bean, University of Florida
– Amer Abukhalaf, Clemson University |
| 4:10pm–4:30pm |
"Promoting Community Resilience to Natural Hazards through Governance, Education, and Technical Assistance"
– Holly Abeels, Florida Sea Grant and UF/IFAS Extension
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| 4:30pm–5:00pm | Group Q&A / Speaker Panel |
| 5:00pm–7:00pm | Poster Session, Tools Café, and Book Signing |
| Thursday, October 31, 2024 | |
| 7:30am–10:15am | Registration Open |
| 7:30am–8:30am | Coffee Service in Poster & Sponsor Display Area |
| General Session | |
| 8:30am–10:00am | Decision Support Tools for Flooding Adaptation |
| Moderator | Fara Ilami, Northeast Florida Regional Council |
| 8:30am–8:50am |
"Wetland Evaluation Tool (WET): Driving Wetland Restoration in the Central Florida Water Initiative Area"
– Danielle Ivey and Paul Gray, Audubon Florida
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| 8:50am–9:10am |
"Mainstreaming Environment and Equity in Resilient Infrastructure Assessment (MEERIA): An Alternative Valuation Methodology"
– Meenakshi Chabba, The Everglades Foundation
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| 9:10am–9:30am |
"Shelter From the Storm(s): The Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) and the No Adverse Impacts (NAI) Legal Guide"
– Gerald Murphy, University of Florida
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| 9:30am–10:00am | Group Q&A / Speaker Panel |
| 10:00am–10:15am | Beverage Break & Networking in Poster Display Area |
| General Session | |
| 10:15am–11:05am | Funding Flooding Adaptation |
| Moderators | Catherine Mercier-Baggett and Michael Dexter, Southeast Sustainability Directors Network |
| 10:15am–11:05am |
"Panel Session: Lessons Learned from Local Governments and Resources from the Environmental Finance Center: Strategies for Accessing Federal and State Funding for Flooding Adaptation"
Panelists:
– Alison Higgins, City of Key West
– Megan Houston, Palm Beach County Office of Resilience |
| 11:05am–11:50am | Closing Keynote |
| 11:05am–11:50am |
"Salty Urbanism: How to Address Sea Level Rise and Climate Change in Urban Areas of the Coastal Zone"
– Jeffrey Huber, Florida Atlantic University
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| 11:50am | Closing Remarks |
| 12:00pm | Conference Concludes (Poster & Sponsor Display Removal) |
