Speaker Slides

The symposium featured more than 65 talks, posters, and panel presentations as individuals and teams representing site-specific projects from across Florida’s diverse landscape share their work, process, experiences, and results.

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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
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 View Presentation Slides (PDF)
9:00am–9:30am	Icebreaker/Intention-Setting Activity View Presentation Slides (PDF)
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 View Presentation Slides (PDF) Watch Hurricane Aftermath Video (MP4)
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 View Presentation Slides (PDF)
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 View Presentation Slides (PDF)
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 View Presentation Slides (PDF)
1:50pm–2:10pm	"House Relocation: A Flooding Adaption Strategy for Florida’s Coastal Communities" – Sarah Gamble and Emily Garnica, University of Florida
2:10pm–2:30pm	"The New ASTM Property Resilience Assessment Guides Risk Mitigation Investments in Florida" – Albert Slap, RiskFootprint™ – Alan Scott, Intertek View Presentation Slides (PDF)
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 View Presentation Slides (PDF) – Dr. Thomas K. Frazer, Executive Director, Florida Flood Hub for Applied Research and Innovation View Presentation Slides (PDF) – Dr. Mark C. Rains, Chief Science Officer, Florida Department of Environmental Protection View Presentation Slides (PDF)
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 View Presentation Slides (PDF)
8:50am–9:10am	"Data-Driven Spatial Planning for Coastal Flood Adaptation of Social Infrastructure" – Yan Wang and Ziyi Guo, University of Florida
9:10am–9:30am	"Gulf South Studio \| Innovating Community-Based Design and Planning Approaches in Lee County" – Andrea Galinski, University of Florida View Presentation Slides (PDF)
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 View Presentation Slides (PDF)
10:50am–11:10am	“Smart Watersheds: Changing the Way We Think About Water Management" Jeff M. Littlejohn, P.E., National Stormwater Trust® View Presentation Slides (PDF)
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.
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 View Presentation Slides (PDF)
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 View Presentation Slides (PDF)
1:50pm–2:10pm	"Building Resilience to Coastal Flooding Through Living Shorelines: Lessons from the Resilient Pasco Project" – Sean Lahav and Drew Sanders, Halff View Presentation Slides (PDF)
2:10pm–2:30pm	"Outfitting the Florida Panhandle in Community Water Level Sensors" – Laura Tiu, Florida Sea Grant and UF/IFAS Extension View Presentation Slides (PDF)
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 View Presentation Slides (PDF)
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 View Presentation Slides (PDF)
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 View Presentation Slides (PDF)
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 View Presentation Slides (PDF)
8:50am–9:10am	"Mainstreaming Environment and Equity in Resilient Infrastructure Assessment (MEERIA): An Alternative Valuation Methodology" – Meenakshi Chabba, The Everglades Foundation
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 View Presentation Slides (PDF)
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 View Presentation Slides (PDF)
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 View Presentation Slides (PDF)
11:50am	Closing Remarks
12:00pm	Conference Concludes (Poster & Sponsor Display Removal)