Quarterly Resilience Forum

Coordination is a critical part of the Resilient Florida Program. Among other activities, the program hosts a quarterly webinar forum that allows attendees from all over the state to hear what their counterparts are working on. 

Participants provide project updates, introduce new resources and, most importantly, engage with each other asking for advice and recommendations.

Audience members include consultants as well as staff from city, county, state and federal government entities, universities and nongovernmental organizations.

For information about upcoming presentations, speaker availability, information about projects and for technical assistance, contact Resilience@FloridaDEP.gov. 

Get Included and Attend – Quarterly Forums

• A “Save the Date” email is sent out one month before each scheduled webinar that includes a specific registration link for that webinar, along with the conference call number to dial into.
• Click Here to subscribe to the Forum emailing list and receive upcoming event information. 

Make Suggestions, Request Copies of Presentations and Present

• Send all agenda items and suggestions to Resilience@FloridaDEP.gov.
• Send requests for copies of presentations to Resilience@FloridaDEP.gov.
• If you would like to present, please fill out the Speaker Request Form and send to Resilience@FloridaDEP.gov. 

Future Forum Dates

• Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m EDT
  • Register to attend: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/786213937209909086

Past Forums

• Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m EDT
  • Presentations:
    • Changing the Trajectory - Advancing State Flood Planning Initiatives - Sam Hinojosa and Sean Lahav, Halff.
    • From Bathymetry to Backyard: Integrating Community and Technology - Jay Madigan, Lake Cane Restoration Society.
    • ORCA Land to Sea Citizen Science Initiative: Habitat Restoration along the Indian River Lagoon - Natalie C. Stephens, Ocean Research & Conservation Association, Inc.
• Wednesday, August 6, 2025, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m EDT
  • Presentations:
    • ASCE 24-24 Changes to Floodplain Design and Construction Standards - Brian Shaw, Floodproofing.com
    • Resiliency in Action: Navigating Water's Influence from Concept to Construction - Jordon Cheifet, Cummins Cederberg.
    • Sensors to Strategy: Hyperlocal Flood Intelligence for Florida Communities - Brian Glazer, Hohonu.
• Wednesday, May 7, 2025
  • Presentations:
    • New Resource: The Sea Level Calculator - Doug Marcy, NOAA Office for Coastal Management
    • FSMI Eastern LiDAR Data Collection & Fugro RAMMS - Malcolm Elliott, Fugro USA Marine Inc.
    • Living Seawalls Promote Water Quality Resilience - John Blevins and David Friedlaender, ACT Green Capital Partners
• Wednesday, February 5, 2025
  • Presentations:
    • Topobathymetric Lidar Mapping in the State of Florida - Emily Klipp, Dewberry
    • Advancing Nature-Based Solutions: A Landscape Analysis of Barriers & Opportunities in Florida - Eve Cooke, Environmental Defense Fund
    • A Statewide Vulnerability Assessment to Achieve Florida's Legislative Mandate - Michael DelCharco, Taylor Engineering
• Wednesday, November 6, 2024
  • Presentations:
    • Financing Your Federal Grant Project - Roderick Scott, Flood Mitigation Industry Association
    • Green Components and Resilient Adaptive Design - Nicholas Bourdon, Reef Arches
    • FSMI Region 3 Acquisition and Products - Rick Householder, Woolpert
• Wednesday, August 7, 2024
  • Presentations:
    • FSMI Region 3 Acquisition and Products - Rick Householder, Woolpert
    • USACE Special Projects and Silver Jackets - Warner Buchman and Stephanie Verhulst, USACE South Atlantic Division
    • Vallisneria Americana as a nature-based solution for stormwater systems - Carter Henne, Sea & Shoreline LLC
• Wednesday, May 1, 2024
  • Presentations:
    • What is the new Center for Equitable Climate Resilience and what will it actually do? - Renee Collini, Gulf Center for Equitable Climate Resilience at the Water Institute
    • Arkly, the One Stop Shop for Flood Resilience - Adrian Santiago Tate, Astra Intelligence, DBA Hightide Intelligence
    • Strategic Benefit of FDEP Grant Programs to Advance Community Resilience - Steve Williamson, Village of Key Biscayne
• Wednesday, Feb 7, 2024
  • Presentations:
    • Estimating the Frequency of Hurricane Events: Insights from Hurricane Ian- Ebrahim Ahmadisharaf and Eunsaem Cho, Florida State University
    • A Journey to Holistic Coastal Storm Solutions: Empowering Communities in Corps Studies – Rachel Rhode and Kate Boicourt, Environmental Defense Fund
    • Water Quality Risks: Impacts on our Ocean and Coastal Communities – Olivia Lopez and Theo Koboski, Ocean Conservancy
• Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023
  • Presentations:
    • Substantial Damage Response Plans (SDRP) - Melissa Mitchell, Tetra Tech Disaster Recovery.
    • SFWMD's Water and Climate Resilience Metrics - Nicole Cortez, South Florida Water Management District.
    • Florida Estuarine Restoration Team (FLERT) Efforts with Living Shorelines - Christina Ramazzotto, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Resilient Florida Program.
• Wednesday, Aug 2, 2023 Webinar Recording. Password: Aug2023
  • Presentations:
    • Stories from Across the Gulf – National Wildlife Federation, Melissa Hill.
    • SFWMD Sea Level Rise and Flood Resiliency Plan - 2023 – South Florida Water Management District, David Colangelo.
    • Updates to NOAA’s Sea Level Rise Viewer and Data for Florida – NOAA Office for Coastal Management, William Brooks.
• Wednesday, May 3, 2023 (Webinar Recording unavailable)
  • Presentations:
    • Resiliency through One Water Planning and Be Safe - City of Winter Haven, Keeli Carlton
    • Planning for Progress: Developing Regional Resilience Portfolios - Tetra Tech Disaster Recovery, JaLeesa Tate, CFM
    • NOAA's Next Generation of High Resolution Land Cover - NOAA Office for Coastal Management, Nate Herold
• Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023 (Webinar Recording unavailable)
  • Presentations:
    • FDOT's Resilience Action Plan - FDOT, Jennifer Carver, AICP.
    • Insuring Mangroves to Fund Restoration Following Hurricane Damages - The Nature Conservancy, Laura Geselbracht.
    • Resilient Projects from Planning Through Management Opportunities - Environmental Science Associates, Leadership Team.
• Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022 (Webinar Recording unavailable)
  • Presentation:
    • Lessons Learned for Using FDEP'S Sea Level Rise Impact Projection (SLIP) Tool - Taylor Engineering, Angela Schedel, Ph.D., P.E.
    • Recovery and Resiliency in Mexico Beach - Atkins Global, Ryan Wiedenman
    • Natural Solutions for Stormwater - Martin County, Nicholas Muzia, P.E.
• Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022 (Webinar Recording unavailable)
  • Presentation:
    • Statewide Resilience Dataset: Outreach and Local Dataset Compilation - Balmoral Group, Daniel Dourte.
    • Incentivizing Investments in Resilience - HighTide Intelligence, Adrian F. Santiago Tate.
    • Restoring Resilience of Florida's Coral Reef - Coral Reef Conservation Program (FDEP), Taylor Tucker.
• Wednesday, May 4, 2022 (Webinar Recording unavailable)
  • Presentation:
    • District Resiliency Initiatives: Sea Level Rise and Flood Resiliency Plan - South Florida Water Management District, Ana Carolina Maran, Ph.D., P.E.
    • Resilience Quantification for Coastal Assets - Tetra Tech, Saied Saiedi.
    • NOAA Interagency Sea Level Rise Technical Report - NOAA, Heidi Stiller.
• Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022 (Webinar Recording unavailable)
  • Access Transcript for Forum Here
  • Presentations:
    • Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change: An Assessment for the Texas Mid-Coast - National Wildlife Federation, Arsum Pathak, Ph.D. and Melissa Hill.
    • Southeast Water Level Initiative - SECOORA, Debra Hernandez and Laura Korman.
    • Resilient Shoreline Draft Model Ordinance Template - TBRPC, CJ Reynolds and Erin Deady, PA.
      • Resilient Shoreline Draft Model Ordinance Document
• Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021 (Webinar Recording unavailable)
  • Access Transcript for Forum Here
  • Presentations:
    • FRCP updates, including a demonstration of the new story map.
    • City of Marathon Resiliency – Cocoplum Beach Adaptation Action Area Plan – Jose Lopez and George Garrett, city of Marathon, Bermello, Ajamil and Partners.
    • Coastal Resilience Partnership Regional Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment - Lindsey Roland Nieratka, city of Boca Raton; Megan Houston, Palm Beach County; Rebecca Harvey, city of Boynton Beach.
    • Adapting Stormwater Management for Coastal Flooding - Joshua Murphy, NOAA Office for Coastal Management.
• Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021 (Webinar Recording unavailable)
  • Access Transcript for Forum Here
    • Presentations:
      • Assess Vulnerability of Onsite Treatment and Disposal Systems (OSTDS) to Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge to Develop Adaptation Plans (Phase 1) – Tricia Kyzar, Jessica Beach and Eban Bean, University of Florida and city of St. Augustine.
      • Get to Know the Program for Local Adaptation to Climate Effects: Sea Level Rise (PLACE:SLR) – Renee Collini, PLACE:SLR.
      • FRCP Updates: SLIP Tool Launch, Resilient Florida, etc. – Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Whitney Gray (FRCP).
• Wednesday, May 5, 2021 Forum Notes and Webinar Recording.((Recording and transcription) Please note, you will be asked to register by providing your name and email address to view the webinar.)
  • Presentations:
    • City of Jacksonville's Special Committee on Resiliency - Sean Lahav, Northeast Florida Regional Council.
    • Implementing Resilience Hubs in Ypsilanti, Michigan - Desmond Kirwan, University of Michigan.
    • Quantifying the Effectiveness of Resilience Planning for Affordable Housing - Dr. Thomas Ankerson & Andrea Galinski, University of Florida.
• Feb. 3, 2021 Forum Notes and Webinar Recording ((Recording and transcription) Please note, you will be asked to register by providing your name and email address to view the webinar.)
  • Presentations:
    • "Implementing for Resilience " presented by the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council Team.
    • "Connecting the Past to our Future " presented by the Gulf Archeology Research Institute Team.
    • University of Florida's Center for Coastal Solutions presented by Christine Angelini, Ph.D, University of Florida.
• Nov. 4, 2020 Forum Notes and Webinar Recording ((Recording & Transcription) Please note, you will be asked to register by providing your name and email address to view the webinar.)
  • Presentations:
    • Hurricane Phoenix Simulation from the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council.
    • The Building the Business Case for Resilience in Southeast Florida from South East Florida Regional Compact.
• Aug. 5, 2020 Forum Notes and Webinar Recording ((Recording and transcription) Please note, you will be asked to register by providing your name and email address to view the webinar.)
• June 24, 2020 Special Edition Forum Notes
• May 13, 2020 Forum Notes
• Feb. 12, 2020 Forum Notes
• Nov. 13, 2019 Forum Notes
• Aug. 14, 2019 Forum Notes
• May 8, 2019 Forum Notes
• Feb. 13, 2019 Forum Notes
• Nov. 15, 2018 Forum Notes
• Aug. 8, 2018 Forum Notes
• Nov. 15, 2018 Forum Notes