Building Resilience Workshop V Communities on the Edge March 12-14, 2014 Lindy C.

Boggs Conference Center University of New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana

Wednesday, March 12, 2014 6:30 - 9 p.m. Opening Reception at Docville Farm in Violet, St. Bernard Parish 5124 E. Saint Bernard Hwy, Violet, Louisiana 70092 Thursday, March 13, 2014 8:15 9:00 9:00 9:15 Registration & Coffee Welcome to Building Resilience Workshop V: Communities on the Edge Kali Rapp, Local Coordinator and Program Chair, Building Resilience Workshop V Jeana Wiser, Co-coordinator, Building Resilience Workshop III-V; National Trust for Historic Preservation 9:15 9:45 Keynote: Speaker: Moderator: How Big Should My Water Wings Be Margaret Davidson, Acting Director, NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management Elizabeth English, University of Waterloo; Buoyant Foundation Project; Building Resilience Workshop Louisianas Reality: Communities on the Edge

9:45 11:00

Panel:

This panel will concentrate on the climate-related issues many coastal residents and communities face and time-sensitive decisions to be madeto try to adapt and stay in their existing community, or relocate and rebuild. Louisianas coastal communities have been affected by repeated exposure to natural and human-caused hazards, and continue to deal with an ever-growing exposure to the effects of subsidence, coastal erosion, and sea level rise, combined with an increased frequency of storms. These communities include vulnerable populations with limited resources to implement sizable adaptation measures and/or relocate an entire community to a lower risk area. Moderator: Panelists: Cynthia Sarthou, Gulf Restoration Network John Lopez, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation Bob Gough, Intertribal Council on Utility Policy Tim Osborn, NOAA Sandra Gunner, Louisiana Resilience Assistance Program Camille Manning-Broome, Center for Planning Excellence Respondent: Margaret Davidson, NOAA

Building Resilience Workshop V Communities on the Edge March 12-14, 2014 Lindy C. Boggs Conference Center University of New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana

11:00-11:15 11:15-12:45

Break Cry You One Interactive Performance and Story Circle

Cry You One is an outdoor performance and online storytelling platform that journeys into the heart of Louisianas disappearing wetlands. Pioneered by the New Orleans based companies ArtSpot and Mondo Bizarro, Cry You One celebrates the people and cultures of South Louisiana while turning clear eyes on the crisis of our vanishing coast. 12:45-1:45 1:45-2:15 Lunch Keynote: Speaker: Assessing Community Resilience: What Matters and Where do you Start Susan Cutter, Distinguished Professor and Director, Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute, University of South Carolina Strong but At-Risk Communities: Importance of Culture

2:15-3:15

Panel

This panel will weigh the complexities of protecting, adapting or relocating and struggling with achieving consensus. It will explore the symbiosis of people, place attachment, and long-term livelihoods in the essential cultural heritage of our coastal communities. What governmental policies and resources do we need to support such difficult community decision-making processes? Moderator: Panelists: Jonathan Foret, South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center Pam Jenkins, UNO-CHART Monique Verdin, Artist, My Louisiana Love; Cry You One Telley Madina, Oxfam America Brenda Dardar Robichaux, Houma Nation Cherri Foytlin, Author and Contributor, Bridge the Gulf Project; Huffington Post Respondent: 3:15-3:30 3:30-4:00 Break Keynote: When FEMA Heads for the Hills: Climate Retreat, Disaster Recovery, and the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act Susan Cutter, University of South Carolina

Building Resilience Workshop V Communities on the Edge March 12-14, 2014 Lindy C. Boggs Conference Center University of New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana

Speaker:

Rob Verchick, Faculty Director of the Center for Environmental Law, Loyola University; Senior Fellow, Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy, Tulane University David Waggonner, Waggonner & Ball Architects Sustainable Solutions on Bridging the Gap between People, Government, and Insurance

Moderator: 4:00-5:00 Panel

This panel will consider the challenges of insuring a society against an increasingly frequent and costly hazard, and how the communities are responding. Moderator: Panelists: Shirley Laska, UNO-CHART and Lowlander Center Pat Skinner, LSU Agricultural Center Monica Farris, UNO-CHART Brad Case, Department of Hazard Mitigation, City of New Orleans George Haddow, Homeland Security Studies, Tulane University Respondent: Rob Verchick, Center for Environmental Law, Loyola University; Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy, Tulane University 5:00-5:15 Closing Comments Mark Davis, Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy, Tulane University Derk van Ree, Deltares, Netherlands 5:30-7:30 Reception Wine, Cheese, and Hors doeuvres

Building Resilience Workshop V Communities on the Edge March 12-14, 2014 Lindy C. Boggs Conference Center University of New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana

Friday, March 14, 2014 8:15 9:00 9:00 9:15 Registration & Coffee Welcome Jeana Wiser, Co-coordinator, Building Resilience Workshop III-V; National Trust for Historic Preservation Kali Rapp, Local Coordinator and Program Chair, Building Resilience Workshop V 9:15 9:45 Keynote: Speaker: Moderator: Resilience is a Relationship: Modernity, Neoliberalism, and Sociality in Disaster Reconstruction Roberto Barrios, Associate Professor, Sociocultural Anthropology, Southern Illinois Univ. Grasshopper Mendoza, Horizon Initiative Water Management; The Water Challenge

9:45- 10:45

Panel

How do we adapt and stay?

This panel discusses the difficult process of ensuring the safety of communities who choose to stay and adapt. Current mitigation processes will be examined, along with an exploration of future solutions that may increase the physical and community resilience that would allow individuals to maintain their livelihoods in addition to their homes. Moderator: Panelists: Pam Jenkins, UNO-CHART Derk van Ree, Deltares, Netherlands David Perkes, Gulf Coast Community Design Studio, MS Tyronne Edwards, Zion Travelers Cooperative Center, Braithwaite, LA Keven Lovetro, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Respondent: Roberto Barrios, Southern Illinois Univ.

10:45-11:00 11:00 11:30

Break Keynote Comments Speakers: Moderator: Chris Zevenbergen, UNESCO-IHE, TTU Delft, Dura Vermeer, Netherlands Bob Gough, Lawyer; Intertribal Council on Utility Policy Rosina Philippe, Grand Bayou Community 4

Building Resilience Workshop V Communities on the Edge March 12-14, 2014 Lindy C. Boggs Conference Center University of New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana

11:30-12:30

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Relocation Strategies and Obstacles

Relocation has and is happening to communities around the world. This panel will present real-life examples that may inform the decisions that our coastal communities face. The panel includes the examples of Tohoku, Japan, a 750 year old agricultural community forced to move by the tsunami, and the Terrebonne Project, a Works Progress Administration (WPA) resettlement community in Schriever, LA. The panel will conclude with a world-wide overview of present issues of relocation and climate change. Moderator: Panelists: Kristina Peterson, Lowlander Center, Terrebonne Parish Resettlement Project, WPA Patty Ferguson-Bohnee, MacArthur Fellow, Tribal Lawyer, Point au Chen Tribe Eric Des Marais, Univ. of Denver, Tohoku, Japan Julie Maldonado, American Univ., National Climate Assessment Respondent: 12:30-1:30 1:30-2:30 Lunch Panel Economic Impact: The Financial Examination to Accommodate or Retreat Rosina Philippe, Grand Bayou Community

This panel explores the economic barriers that we face in adapting or retreating. Panelists will discuss issues of community, commerce, land rights, marginalization, and other aspects worthy of this discussion. Why did previous efforts to adapt and mitigate versus plans to relocate succeed or fail? Who are the players? What will it take to succeed in the future, and where does the money come from? Moderator: Panelists: Jeff Williams, Director of Climate Consulting for Entergy Corporation Jeffrey Thomas, Thomas Strategies, LLC Gen. Russell Honore, U.S. Army (Ret.) Chris Pulaski, Terrebonne Parish Scott Porter, LUMCON; EcoRigs Scott Hemmerling, The Water Institute of the Gulf Respondent: 2:30-3:30 Robert Tannen, Artist; Urban Planner

Panel Building Creative Capital: Blending Innovative Strategies with Risk Reduction Efforts This panel explores dynamic solutions that have been unveiled in the past few years utilizing unconventional methods with a more holistic and creative approach to

Building Resilience Workshop V Communities on the Edge March 12-14, 2014 Lindy C. Boggs Conference Center University of New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana

building resilience. Panelists will present their Innovative projects, such as resilience mapping, crowd-sourcing, social media, communication solutions, and literary maps. Moderator: Panelists: Jeanne Nathan, Crosstown Connections Rebecca Snedeker, Author, Unfathomable City Jeff Carney, LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio Nicole Love, The Nature Conservancy Louisiana Branch, Coastal Resilience Tool Michelle Esposito, UNO-CHART, Sci-TEK Shannon Dosemagen, PublicLab.org 3:30-3:45 Break

3:45-4:30

Panel

Board of Advisors

The Building Resilience Workshop V presents its Board of Advisors to discuss the workshops highlights and action items based on the lessons we have learned from our participants and speakers. We will hear from the board on their achievements and future goals, and explore the path of embedding solutions into our communities in order to continue building resilience in coastal Louisiana and around the world. Moderator: Panelists: David Muth, National Wildlife Federation Members of the BRW Board of Advisors Arthur Johnson, The Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development Brad Case, Department of Hazard Mitigation, City of New Orleans Chief Albert Naquin, Isle de Jean Charles, Montegut, LA Cynthia Sarthou, Gulf Restoration Network Derk van Ree, Deltares, Netherlands Elizabeth Boo Thomas, Center for Planning Excellence Mark Davis, Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy, Tulane University Robert Miller, Sewarage and Water Board of New Orleans Shirley Laska, UNO-CHART and Lowlander Center 4:30-5:00 Participants Discussion with Board Members

Building Resilience Workshop V Communities on the Edge March 12-14, 2014 Lindy C. Boggs Conference Center University of New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana

The Board will respond to audience feedback, including comments and questions regarding their experience at the workshop, and directives for future action. 5:00-5:15 Closing Remarks and Invitation to Dinner Jeffrey Thomas, Thomas Strategies, LLC Chris Zevenbergen, UNESCO-IHE, TTU Delft, Dura Vermeer, Netherlands 6:309:00 Workshop Dinner Bacchanal Wine Bar Bywater, New Orleans 600 Poland Ave, New Orleans, LA 70117