HARVEY-RELATED ACTIVITIES
HARVEY-RELATED ACTIVITIES
HARVEY-RELATED ACTIVITIES
Hurricane Harvey made landfall on August 25, 2017 near Corpus Christi, Texas. Over the next five days the storm devastated the Texas coast, dropping over 36 inches of rain over 2500 sq mi area and causing unprecedented levels of damage. Harvey is likely the costliest storm in U.S. history, exceeding Hurricane Katrina. Life-threatening flooding in the City of Houston and surrounding areas caught the world’s attention.
Hurricane Harvey made landfall on August 25, 2017 near Corpus Christi, Texas. Over the next five days the storm devastated the Texas coast, dropping over 36 inches of rain over 2500 sq mi area and causing unprecedented levels of damage. Harvey is likely the costliest storm in U.S. history, exceeding Hurricane Katrina. Life-threatening flooding in the City of Houston and surrounding areas caught the world’s attention.
Hurricane Harvey made landfall on August 25, 2017 near Corpus Christi, Texas. Over the next five days the storm devastated the Texas coast, dropping over 36 inches of rain over 2500 sq mi area and causing unprecedented levels of damage. Harvey is likely the costliest storm in U.S. history, exceeding Hurricane Katrina. Life-threatening flooding in the City of Houston and surrounding areas caught the world’s attention.
Severe Storm Prediction, Education, & Evacuation from Disasters Center
International SSPEED Conference
Urban and Coastal Flooding: Building a Resilient Future
October 12 & 13, 2023
Day 1 Thursday, October 12, 2023
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8:00 - 8:30 REGISTRATION & COFFEE (THE COMMONS)
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INTRO Welcome and Overview
8:30 - 8:45 Philip Bedient, Director, SSPEED Center & Professor, Rice University
8:45 - 9:00 Luay Nakhleh, Dean of Engineering, Rice University
9:00 - 9:15 Reginald DesRoches, President, Rice University
SESSION I. How Do We Build a Flood Resilient Future
9:15 - 9:35 A Resilient Future in the Time of Climate Change
Philip Bedient, Director, SSPEED Center & Professor, Rice University
9:35 - 9:55 Challenges and Opportunities for the Implementation of Flood Resilience: Reflections from England
Sally Priest, Professor, Flood Hazard Research Centre, Middlesex University
9:55 - 10:15 Harnessing Nature for a Flood Resilient Future
Mary Anne Piacentini, President and Chief Executive Officer, Coastal Prairie Conservancy
10:15 - 10:35 BREAK (THE COMMONS)
KEYNOTE Towards a Resilient Future with Nature-Based Solutions. Examples from the Netherlands and Beyond
10:35 – 11:00 Petra Dankers, Leading Professional Nature-based solutions, Royal HaskoningDHV
SESSION II. Coastal Protection for Galveston Bay
11:00 – 11:20 Infrastructure for Our Next Century
Rob Rogers, FAIA, ROGERS PARTNERS Architects+Urban Designers
11:20 - 11:40 Modeling the Galveston Bay Park Plan for Storm Surge Mitigation
Clint Dawson, J.J. McKetta Centennial Energy Chair in Engineering, University of Texas
11:40 – 12:00 Houston Ship Channel Gate Design
Charles Penland, Managing Principal, Walter P. Moore and Associates, Inc.
12:00 – 1:00 LUNCH (THE COMMONS)
KEYNOTE International Experiences of Megaprojects as Inspiration for Houston-Galveston Bay Area
1:00 – 1:25 Marcel Hertogh, Chair Infrastructure Design and Management, Delft University of Technology
SESSION III. Impact on Future Storms
1:25 - 1:45 Weather Extremes along the Gulf Coast in a Changing Climate
Sylvia Dee, Assistant Professor, Rice University
1:45 – 2:05 Tropical Cyclones in a Changing Climate: Climatology, Hazards, and Impacts
Avantika Gori, Postdoctoral Researcher, Princeton University
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KEYNOTE Flood Protection in the Dutch Delta – A Matter of Organization
2:05 – 2:30 Pieter Janssen, Chief Executive Officer, Water Authority (Hoogheemraadschap) of Delfland
2:30 - 2:50 BREAK (THE COMMONS)
SESSION IV. CONCURRENT SESSIONS
A. International Approach to Flood Mitigation (Auditorium)
2:50 – 3:15 International Approach to Flood Risk: The Netherlands
Baukje “Bee” Kothuis, Chief Representative, NBSO Texas
3:15 – 3:40 Integrated Urban Barrier Design – Opportunities for the Galveston Ring Barrier
AnneLoes Nillesen, Professor, Delft University of Technology & Founder, Defacto Urbanism
3:40 – 4:00 International Research Education for the Next Generation
Yoonjeong Lee, Associate Research Scientist, IDRT, TAMUG
B. Meteorology and Climate Change (ACC 108)
2:50 – 3:15 Communicating weather forecasts in an era of frequent extremes
Matt Lanza, Managing Editor, Space City Weather
3:15 – 3:40 Forecasts of a Warming Climate
Daniel Cohan, Associate Professor, Rice University
3:40 – 4:00 Development of Design Storms for Large Watersheds in Texas
David Curtis, Senior Technical Advisor, WEST Consultants, Inc.
RECEPTION Please Join Us for Appetizers & Drinks
4:00 – 5:30 Generously sponsored by AECOM, DEC, Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas and Walter P. Moore.
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