Severe Storm Prediction, Education, & Evacuation from Disasters Center (SSPEED)’s Urban and Coastal Flooding: Building a Resilient Future International Conference

SSPEED’s international conference, Urban and Coastal Flooding: Building a Resilient Future, will feature top experts from around the globe presenting on such topics as:

• Climate Concerns and Flooding Impacts
• Nature-based flood mitigation solutions
• Transportation to and protection of critical care facilities
• Flood Responses and defense in coastal areas
• Risk exposure & state hazard mitigation planning
• Advanced Flood Warning Systems linked to Data Science
• Machine Learning and AI for Flood Analysis
• The Social Impact of Climate and Flood Mitigation
• “Make Room for the River” and the Future of Houston

Attendees will have a chance to see a demonstration of Dutch temporary flooding solutions.

WEST Presence:

• Senior technical advisor, David C. Curtis, PhD, will be presenting on “Meteorology and Climate Change,” Thursday at 2:50 pm.
• Hydrologist/project manager, Hamideh Habibi, PhD, PE, will be attending.