Community Flood Risk Management Workshop

Thursday, February 28, 2019 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

This National Science Foundation (NSF)-sponsored workshop will bring researchers, practitioners, and students together to discuss the challenges associated with mitigating flood hazards, current developments in the field of community flood risk management, and ideas on how to improve communities’ resilience to future flood disasters. 

For more information and to reserve your seat, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-flood-risk-management-workshop-tickets-53810806571

Panelists include: 

Abdul-Akeem Sadiq, PhD - Associate Professor in the School of Public Administration at the University of Central Florida

Doug Noonan, PhD - Professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and a Visiting Research Scholar in the Program of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Virginia Tech

Sam Brody, PhD - Professor in the Department of Marine Sciences at Texas A&M University at Galveston and is the Director of the Center for Texas Beaches and Shores 

Craig Landry, PhD - Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Georgia. 

Shannon Cunniff, MA - Director of Coastal Resilience Environmental Defense Fund

Kevin Mickey, MPI, GISP - Director of Professional Development and Geospatial Technology Education at the Polis Center at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

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Location:

Live Oak Event Center: 4115 Pyxis Lane, Orlando, FL 32816 [ View Website ]

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Calendar:

Fall

Category:

Speaker/Lecture/Seminar

Tags:

Emergency management Flooding Natural hazards Environment urban and regional planning