Join AIA Philadelphia, Green Building United, Preservation Alliance, and ULI Philadelphia for the third annual Philadelphia Urban Resilience Forum. 

The Urban Resilience Forum will be a half-day program with three sessions featuring guest speakers presenting case studies, moderated conversations, and audience Q&A. The program will include lunch and networking breaks. 

Agenda (subject to change)

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM - Welcome, Registration, Breakfast

8:30 AM - 8:40 AM - Opening Remarks

8:40 AM - 8:55 AM - Heat Vulnerability at Multiple Scales in the Commonwealth

• Abby Sullivan, MRM, CFM, at the Office of Sustainability, City of Philadelphia 
• Alec Bernstein, Senior Managing Consultant – Climate Resilience, at ICF 

8:55 AM - 9:55 AM - Resilience Across the Region: Best Practices from Commonwealth Communities

• Mrinalini Verma, Associate, OJB Landscape Architecture - Small Ideas, Big Changes: Reimagining Transportation Corridors for Climate Benefits
• Susan Myerov, Director of Environmental Planning, Lehigh Valley Planning Commission - Small Ideas, Big Changes: Reimagining Transportation Corridors for Climate Benefits
• Kyla Prendergast, Senior Environmental Planner, City of Pittsburgh - Urban Climate Resiliency: Challenges, Strategies, and Innovative Solutions
• Marc Henderson, Principal, Melinda Design - Climate Change, Urban Flooding, and Green Infrastructure: A Case Study - Radnor Township
• Moderator: Lauren Casey, Broadcast Meteorologist and Environmental Science Communicator

9:55 AM - 10:15 AM - Break & Networking

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM - Stories of Impact: Best Practice Master Talks

• The Wetlands Institute (TWI) in Stone Harbor, New Jersey: Lenore P. Tedesco, PhD, Executive Director
• Bader Field: David Mazzocco, Project Director, The Sheward Partnership
• Pennsylvania Horticultural Society: Matt Rader, President 

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM - Fireside: Energy & Policy

• Lisa Shulock, Director of Commercial Programs for the Philadelphia Energy Authority
• Kara Haggerty Wilson, Architect, Onion Flats Architecture 
• Isabelle Coupet, Program Manager, Green Building United
• Moderator: Rich Freeh, Executive Director at Green Building United

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM - Resilient Neighborhoods

• Adriana Abizadeh, Executive Director, Kensington Corridor Trust: Building Networks of Care 
• Jen Hurley, Director, Connect the Dots: Eastwick Flood Resiliency Strategy 
• Stella Tarnay, Co-founder and Executive Director, at Capital Nature 
• Moderator: Alexa Bosse, Founding Principal at Hinge Collective 

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM - Lunch & Facilitated Table Conversation

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM - Closing Remarks, Networking

Credits: Submitted to AIA CES for approval

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