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Climate Week NYC
Future Proofing New York: Planning for the New Normal


Wednesday, 25 September 2024 8:00 AM -1:00 PM
AECOM, 605 Third Avenue, 2nd Floor

Please join AECOM New York Metro and the Regional Plan Association for a half-day symposium featuring a keynote by Deputy Mayor for Operations, Meera Joshi, who oversees New York City’s efforts to modernize its Infrastructure, improve its public realm, and prepare for a changing climate.

The panels will address: 

  • How to Design and Build for Constant Change
  • From Vision to Action
  • The Challenges We Haven’t Met (Yet)

Speakers include:

  • Karen Appell, Vice President & Climate Change Lead, NY Metro, AECOM
  • Pippa Brashear, Resilience Principal & Partner, SCAPE
  • Victoria Cerullo, Senior Advisor to the First Deputy Mayor of NYC
  • Gwen Dawson, Senior Vice President of Design & Construction, BPCA 
  • Joshua DeFlorio, Chief of Resilience & Sustainability, PANYNJ
  • Anna Dyson, Director, Yale Center for Ecosystems + Architecture
  • Laurian Farrell, Deputy Commissioner for Coastal Resilience, NYC DEP
  • Robert Freudenberg, Vice President, Energy & Environment, RPA
  • Kate Johnson, Head of US Federal Affairs, C40 Cities
  • Timon McPhearson, Director, Urban Systems Lab & Professor of Urban Ecology, The New School
  • Douglas McPherson, Manager, ReAL Edgemere Community Land Trust
  • Maulin Mehta, New York Director, RPA
  • Grace Rauh, Executive Director, 5BORO Institute
  • Cecil Scheib, Chief Sustainability Officer, New York University
  • Benjamin Shepherd, Benchmarking Practice Director, Atelier Ten
  • Joy Sinderbrand, Senior Vice President for Capital Programs, NYCHA

To see the full program, including speaker bios, click here.

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