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Weathering The Storm: The Intersection Of Finance And Resilience

Thursday, Oct 18, 2018

The architecture, engineering + construction industries offer a variety of solutions to protect our physical infrastructure from the worst effects of climate change. But how does that translate to financial resilience? What protects the financial infrastructure that supports the design + construction?

At this conference experts will prompt attendees to think differently about the costs + benefits of resiliency on a large scale.

Sponsors: NYU; Urban Green Council + NY League of Conservation Voters

SESSION 1: QUANTIFYING RESILIENCY
Speakers: Jainey Bavishi,Director - NYC Office of Recovery and Resiliency; Ryan Colker Vice President - National Institute of Building Sciences; Lars Lissell Engineer - Resilent Energy Systems, NREL; + Chris Wegman Operations Vice President & Business Risk Consulting - FM Global
SESSION 2: SPEAKERS TBA

Date: Thursday, October 18, 8:30 am - 12:30 pm

Location: Eisner & Lubin Auditorium, 4th Floor, NYU, 60 Washington Square Park South

RSVP: Urban Green Council