Take Action: Using science & collaboration to manage flooding and climate change risks

 

 

WRA’s 2023 Technical Event - Take Action: Using Science & Collaboration to Manage Flooding and Climate Change Risks - brings together leading water providers and managers, regulators, scientists and service providers who support the water sector to share experiences, data, and research results related to climate adaptation, flood risk management, emergency response, and mitigation. Offered in partnership with the Nurture Nature Center, this event provides an interdisciplinary platform to present and discuss the most recent trends, innovations, funding and solutions in the fields of climate adaptation, flood risk management, and emergency response. Happy Hour immediately following on the Balcony at Two Rivers Brewing, Easton PA.

 

 

Co-Chairs: Liesel Gross, Chief Executive Officer, Lehigh County Authority & Chris Curran, Vice President and Project Director, AECOM

 

       

 

 

 

             

Keynote: Glenn “Hurricane” Schwartz, AKRF

         Glenn Schwartz recently joined AKRF as a senior consultant for climate resilience and adaptation after a lengthy career culminating as Chief Meteorologist for WCAU-TV in Philadelphia. Certified with the American Meteorological Society, he is a renowned expert in meteorology, weather forecasting, and climate consulting, and a frequent speaker and author on the correlation between extreme weather and climate change. Glenn is a Disaster Preparedness Meteorologist for the National Weather Service and co-author of an award-winning book on Philadelphia weather, which speaks to the future climate of the Philadelphia area.

 

 

Panels include: Risk Modeling & Management; Communicating Risk & Motivating Action: Lessons Learned from Research & Outreach; Emergency Preparedness & Disaster Response Recovery; Risk Management Success Stories; Funding and Launching Your Action Plan

Detailed agenda below

Keynote: Glenn “Hurricane” Schwartz: Climate Change, Extreme Events and Flooding

Speakers Include:

• Kelly Anderson, Director, PWD
• Doug Bellomo, Lead for Flood Risk Management and Resilience Practice AECOM
• Chris Benosky, Global Climate Adaptation and Resilience Lead AECOM
• Rachel Hogan Carr, Nurture Nature Center
• Bill Cesanek, CDM Smith
• Bobby J. Cobelli, CFM, FEMA Mitigation | Region 3
• Jason Fenn, FEMA
• Dave Hearn, Co-Founder, Crisis Relief and Recovery
• Kiasha Huling, Clean Air Council
• Kristen Bowman Kavanagh, DRBC
• Nicole Lick EPA
• Megann Mielke, FEMA
• Amy Shallcross, DRBC
• Mathy Stanislaus Drexel Environmental Collaboratory

 

 

 

Happy Hour immediatey following on the Two Rivers Brewing Balcony 

 

Speakers and Moderators:

Kelly Anderson, Watershed Protection Programs Manager, Philadelphia Water Department

 

Doug Bellomo, Vice President, Lead for Flood Risk Management and Resilience Practice, AECOM

 

Chris Benosky, Global Climate Adaptation and Resilience Lead, AECOM

 

Rachel Hogan Carr, Executive Director Nurture Nature Center

   

 

Bill Cesanak, Vice President Infrastructure and Urban Planning, CDM Smith 

 

Bob Cobelli, Senior NFIP Specialist, FEMA

FEMA Region 3 Bobby Cobelli (left) presents plaque to local officials at the Borough of Yardley

 

Jason Fenn, Floodplain Management & Insurance Mitigation, FEMA

 

David Hearn, Founder, Crisis Relief and Recovery 

 

Kiasha Huling, Environmental Organizer, Clean Air Council

 

Kristen Bowman Kavanagh, Deputy Executive Director, DRBC

 

Nicole Lick, Senior Life Scientist, US EPA

Nicole Lick, second from left, with her team at FEMA

 

Megann Mielke, Acting Section Supervisor, Hazard Mitigation Assistance Branch, FEMA

 

Amy Shallcross, Manager of Water Resources Operations, DRBC

 

Mathy Stanislaus, Exective Director, Drexel Environmental Collaboratory

 

Detailed Agenda Below

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

      

         

 

 

 

 

  

 

Thank you to our Sponsors!

 

Take Action: Using Science and Collaboration to Manage Flood and Climate Change Risk

Event Co-Chairs: Liesel Gross, Lehigh County Authority & Chris Curran, AECOM

 

8:30 am Coffee and Catch Up

9:00 am Welcome and Event Mission

9:15 am Keynote: Glenn “Hurricane” Schwartz: Climate Change in the Delaware Valley; Extreme Events and Flooding

10:00 – 11:00 am: Risk Modeling and Management: risk modeling and tools for flood risk management

• Amy Shallcross, DRBC
• Kelly Anderson, PWD
• Bill Cesanek, CDM Smith

Moderator: Kristen Bowman Kavanagh, DRBC

11:15 am – 11:45 pm: Focus on Flooding and Climate – Science on a Sphere Program

11:45 – 12:30 pm LUNCH: guided tours of the galleries; you are also welcome to enjoy the galleries on your own

12:30 – 1:15 pm: Rachel Hogan Carr, Executive Director Nurture Nature Center - Communicating Risk, Motivating Action: Lessons learned from Research and Outreach

Moderator: Kiasha Huling, Environmental Otrganizer, Clean Air Council

 

Three Part Panel: Moderator: Liesel Gross, Lehigh County Authority

1:15 – 2:15 pm: Emergency Preparedness & Disaster Response and Recovery

• Mathy Stanislaus Drexel Environmental Collaboratory
• Dave Hearn, Crisis Relief and Recovery
• Bobby J. Cobelli, CFM, FEMA Mitigation | Region 3

2:15 - 2:30 pm Coffee Break

2:30 – 3:30 pm: Adaptive Flood Risk Management Success Stories

• Chris Benosky, AECOM Global Climate Adaptation and Resilience Lead
• Doug Bellomo, Lead for Flood Risk Management and Resilience Practice AECOM
• Jason Fenn, Floodplain Management & Insurance, FEMA

3:30 – 4:00 pm: Funding and Launching Your Action Plan: Nicole Lick EPA, Megann Mielke,  Hazard Mitigation Assistance Branch, FEMA

4:00 – 4:30 pm: Full Panel Q&A

4:30 pm: Thank You and Final Remarks: Co-Chairs

4:45 – 6:30 pm Happy Hour @ Two Rivers Brewing