Program

Thursday, February 2, 2023

8:00 am

Registration & Breakfast

8:30 am – 9:15 am

Plenary Session | Welcome, MOU and Introductions

Speakers

• Bilal Ayyub, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, Professor & Director of the Center for Technology and Systems Management, University of Maryland (UMD)
• Tom Smith, CAE, ENV SP, F.ASCE, Executive Director, ASCE
• Maria Lehman, P.E., ENV SP, F.ASCE, 2023 ASCE President
• Richard Spinrad, Ph.D., CMarSci, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator

9:15 am – 10:30 am

Panel 1: Climate Resilience in Engineering Practice: Progress and Way Forward

Speakers

• John Dai, P.E., Seismic & Climate Adaptation Civil Engineer, SoCal Edison
• Mark Osler, Senior Advisor for Coastal Inundation and Resilience, NOAA
• Mari Tye, Ph.D., Scientist, The National Center for Atmospheric Research
• Don Scott, P.E., S.E., F.SEI, F.ASCE, Senior Consultant - PCS Structural Solutions (C&S)
  
  • Dan Barrie, NOAA Climate Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections Program Manager (MAPP)

Moderators

• Dan Walker, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE, Associate Director for Multidisciplinary Studies, University of Maryland, and EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc. (PBC)
• Ben DeAngelo, Deputy Director, Climate Program Office, Principal Representative to the U.S. Global Change Research Program, NOAA

Question & Answer

10:30 am – 11:00 am

Networking Break

11:00 am – 12:15 pm

Panel 2: Climate Resilience in Engineering Practice: Broader Perspectives

Speakers

• Jason Averill, Chief of the Materials and Structural Systems Division, Engineering Laboratory at NIST
• Sarah Kapnick, Ph.D., Chief Scientist, NOAA
• SES Pete Perez, P.E. Chief of Engineering and Construction, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (invited)
• John Ingargiola, Lead Physical Scientist, FEMA
• Kit Ng, Ph.D., P.E., Hydraulics and Hydrology Manager, Geotechnical and Hydraulic Engineering Services, Bechtel

Moderators

• Debbie Lee, SES, PE, D.WRE, F.ASCE, Director of Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, NOAA & EWRI past-president
• Thomas O'Rourke, Dist.M.ASCE, NAE, Thomas R. Briggs Professor in Engineering Emeritus, Cornell University

Question & Answer

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM

Lunch

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM

Climate Change : The Engineers Dilemma

Speaker

• Chris Stone, PE, F.NSPE, F.ASCE, LEED AP, Senior Principal, CLARKNEXSEN
  

  
  Moderator

  • Steve Thur, Ph.D., Assistant Administrator, Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, NOAA

1:45 pm – 3:00 pm

Panel 3: Designing for Equity in Climate-Ready Infrastructure

Speakers

• Catherine Coleman Flowers, MacArthur Fellow and Founder, Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice
• Eric Letvin, Assistant Administrator for Mitigation, FEMA
• Marccus Hendricks, Ph.D., Professor and Director of SIRJ Lab, University of Maryland
• Renee Collini, Ph.D., Center for Equitable Climate Resilience Director, The Water Institute
  Gerry Galloway, Ph.D., Dist.M.ASCE, NAE, Glenn L. Martin Institute Professor of Engineering, University of Maryland
  

Moderators

• Kimberly Jones, Ph.D., Associate Provost and Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering at Howard University
• Vankita Brown, Ph.D., Senior Advisor for Equity, NOAA

Question & Answer

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Summary and Closure

Speakers

• Bilal Ayyub, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, University of Maryland
• Ben DeAngelo, Deputy Director, Climate Program Office, Principal Representative to the U.S. Global Change Research Program, NOAA
• Norma Jean Mattei, Ph.D., P.E., F.SEI, F.ASCE, National Infrastructure Advisory Council, 2017 ASCE President, University of New Orleans