POSTPONED DUE TO HURRICANE MILTON
Florida Water & Climate Alliance and Florida Flood Hub Workshop
Statewide Resiliency and the Florida Flood Hub
Thursday, October 17, 2024
In-Person Workshop: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Hybrid Webinar: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Florida is at the forefront of climate change impacts, including rising sea levels, increased rainfall, and extreme weather events like hurricanes. Resiliency initiatives are vital to help communities adapt to these changes, safeguarding infrastructure, protecting natural resources, and fostering sustainable economic growth. This workshop cohosted by FloridaWCA and the Florida Flood Hub highlights the resiliency efforts across the state, with a deep dive into the collaborative work being done at the Flood Hub through their Sea Level Rise and Rainfall Workgroups.
Those who can join us in person will have opportunities for additional networking, enjoy morning refreshments and lunch provided by the Flood Hub, participate in the afternoon workshop focused on identifying which data products would be valuable to end-users, and be able to join us on an optional tour (pending hurricane recovery efforts). Registration for in-person workshop is closed due to reaching maximum capacity of the meeting space.
For those who cannot join us in person, please join us virtually for the presentations by our featured speakers. Please register for the virtual only option for the hybrid webinar here.
NOTE: In-person workshop space is limited to the first 40 people who register.
Update: We have reach maximum capacity for the in-person workshop, please join us for the Virtual Webinar.
Invited Speakers for Hybrid Webinar Session:
- Vasu Misra, Professor, FSU COAPS – FloridaWCA Overview and State of the Climate
- Tom Frazer, Dean and Professor, USF College of Marine Science – Flood Hub Overview
- Mark Rains, Chief Science Officer and Professor, USF School of Geosciences – Structure of Flood Hub Relationship with State
- Wes Brooks, Chief Resiliency Officer, State of Florida – State Resiliency Program Update
- Gary Mitchem, Associate Dean and Professor, FSU Physical Oceanography – Flood Hub Sea Level Rise Workgroup Update
- Jayantha “Obey” Obeysekera, Director and Professor, FIU Sea Level Solutions Center – Flood Hub Rainfall Workgroup Update
- Stephanie Verhulst, Biologist, US Army Corp of Engineers – Florida Silver Jackets: Collaboratively Working Towards Resiliency.
Facilitator: Darlene Velez, Research Coordinator, University of Florida Water Institute; Coordinator, Florida Water and Climate Alliance
In-person Agenda:
9:00 am – 9:30am Check-in and Networking
9:30 am – 10:00 am Welcome and Introductions
10:00 am – 12:00 pm Hybrid Presentations
12:00 pm -1:00 pm Lunch (provided by the Flood Hub)
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Workshop
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Wrap up and Adjourn
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Optional Tour
Address of Meeting:
Maritime and Defense Technology Hub
In the St. Pete Innovation District
450 8th Ave SE
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Visitor Parking located across the street.
Lodging Options
Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront
333 1st Street SE,
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
0.6 miles from meeting
Hampton Inn & Suites
St. Petersburg Downtown
421 4th Ave North
St Petersburg, Florida 33701
0.9 miles from meeting
Hollander Hotel
421 4Th Ave North
St Petersburg, Florida 33701
1.5 miles from meeting
