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Coastal and Flood Resilience Leaders Summit

20 June 2024
09:00am - 1:00pm
Room 9B, Level 3

About

The Coastal and Flood Resilience Leaders Summit highlights the critical importance of adapting to climate change, with a specific focus on building resilience against sea level rise and more intense rainfall. This event brings together government and city officials, academia and industry practitioners to share innovative planning approaches and best practices in safeguarding cities against threats of flood risks. Each plenary will deep dive into the topic with three case studies, followed by a panel discussion moderated by Professor Khoo Teng Chye, Practice Professor, National University of Singapore College of Design and Engineering.

Programme

9:00am – 9:15am	Opening Address by Ms. Grace Fu, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, Singapore
9:15am – 10:45am	Plenary 1 – Climate-Resilient Cities: Adaptive Planning Approaches to Coastal and Flood Management Case studies: Adaptive Strategies and Planning and Program delivery using Digital Foundation: Thames Estuary Asset Management 2100 (Organised by Jacobs and the UK Environment Agency) - Presented by Andrew Pearson, Programme Manager, TEAM2100, Jacobs, UK and Joanne Emberson Wines, Senior Programme Director, TEAM2100, Environment Agency, UK Sibu Cloudburst Project (Organised by Ramboll and Land Custody and Development Authority, State of Sarawak) North and South Battery Park Resiliency Project (Organised by AECOM) - Presented by Beverly Stinson, Executive Vice President of Global Water Business, AECOM and Laurian Farrell, Deputy Commissioner for Coastal Resilience at the Department of Environmental Protection, New York City Panel Discussion: Prof. Tony Wong, Chair of Water Sensitive Cities Think Tank, Monash University James Lam, Managing Director, Surbana Jurong Saroj Kumar Jha, Water Global Director, World Bank Karlene Maywald, South Australian Water Ambassador Meike Van Ginneken, Water Envoy, Kingdom of the Netherlands
10:45am – 11:15am	Networking Coffee Break
11:15am – 12:45pm	Plenary 2 – Climate-Resilient Cities: Innovative Solutions to Adapt to Extreme Weather Events and Rising Seas Case studies: Blueprints for Resilience: Hong Kong’s Next Generation of Communities – The Northern Metropolis and Harbour Metropolis (Organised by Arup and Hong Kong SAR Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD)) - Presented by Michael Fong Hok Shing, Director, Civil Engineering and Development Department and Yuvi Luo, Regional Flood Control Manager, Arup Building with Nature: Crafting Wetlands from Soft Soils in Marker Wadden (Organised by Witteveen Bos and Rijkswaterstaat) - Presented by Stephan Van Der Biezen, Director International, Witteveen+Bos & Chairman of the Supervisory Board Member – EcoShape and Bart Vonk, Coordinating Advisor on Flood Risk Management, Rijkswaterstaat Strategic Planning and Development of Investment Strategies for Climate Adaptation of the Unembanked Areas of the City of Rotterdam (Organised by RHDHV and Rotterdam) - Presented by Matthijs Bos, Climate Adaptation & Flood Resilience Lead, Royal HaskoningDHV and Vera Konings, City lead for Flood Risk and Coastal Protection, Rotterdam Panel Discussion: Dr Adrian Law, Director of Special Events, Coastal Protection and Flood Resilience Institute (CFISG) Prof Philippe Gourbesville, President, International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research Kevin Simpson, Binnies UK an RSK Group company, Flooding, Coastal and Maritime Director Dr Julie Dean Rosati, Technical Director, US Army Corp of Engineers Amanda Ikert, Head of Adaptation Implementation and Water, C40
12:45pm - 1:00pm	Summary and Closing

Speakers

Prof. Tony Wong Director, Tony Wong Consulting and Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Development, Monash Univeristy	Andrew Pearson Programme Manager, TEAM2100, Jacobs	Joanne Emberson-Wines Senior Programme Director, TEAM2100, Environment Agency, United Kingdom	Grace Fu Minister, Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment, Singapore
Laurian Farrell Deputy Commissioner (Bureau of Coastal Resiliency), NYC Department of Environmental Protection, United States	Bart Vonk Coordinating Water Defense Advisor, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Rijkswaterstaat	Yuvi Luo Associate Director, Arup	Prof. Khoo Teng Chye Director, NUS Cities, Fellow, Centre for Liveable Cities, Practice Professor, NUS College of Design and Engineering
James Lam Executive Director, Coastal Engineering & Management, Surbana Jurong Consultants Pte. Ltd.	Prof. Philippe Gourbesville President, IAHR	Karlene Maywald South Australian Water Ambassador, South Australian Government - Dept Environment & Water	Meike Van Ginneken Water Envoy, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Dr. Adrian Law Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, NUS	Kevin Simpson Flooding, Coastal & Maritime Director - UK & Ireland, Binnies UK, an RSK Group company	Dr. Julie Dean Rosati Technical Director, Flood & Coastal Risk Management, US Army Corps of Engineers (New Orleans District)	Vera Konings Lead Flood Risk Management and Coastal Resilience, City of Rotterdam
Saroj Jha Water Global Director, World Bank	Amanda Ikert Head of Adaptation Implementation and Water, C-40	Beverly Stinson Executive Vice President of Global Water Business, AECOM	Michael Fong Hok Shing Director, Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD)
Stephan Van Der Biezen Director International, Witteveen+Bos	Matthijs Bos Climate Adaptation & Flood Resilience Lead, Royal HaskoningDHV