3rd Annual Philadelphia Resiliency Symposium
November 14th, 2019
DoubleTree Hotel, Philadelphia PA
7:00 A.M to 8:00 A.M – Registration and Welcome (coffee available)
8:00 A.M to 8:30 A.M – Welcome and Announcements
8:30 A.M to 10:00 A.M – Session 1 (Facilitator: Lindsay Keller, OBG, Part of Ramboll)
Coastal: Improving Coastal Resiliency after Superstorm Sandy- Spring Creek Hazard Mitigation
Project Speaker: Srikanth Gorugantula, P.E, CFM, Water Resources Management Lead-HDR Engineering
Transportation/Planning: Doing Resiliency Better 2.0-Building a Better Action Plan Framework
Speaker: Tony Vesay, Director of Resiliency-MCFA
Power/Energy: Navy’s Energy Security Framework
Speaker: CDR Stephen Padhi, Public Works Officer-NAVFAC MidAtlantic
10:00 A.M to 10:30 A.M - BREAK #1
10:30 A.M to Noon – Session 2 (Facilitator: Daniel Amate, GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc.)
Coastal: Increasing Resilience of Facilities Handling Hazardous Materials to Climate Risk
Speaker: Nicholas Santella, PhD, P.G, Principal Geochemist-BSTI
Power/Energy: Protecting emergency Power Fuel Systems from Storms and Flood Damage
Speaker: Karen Buniak, Federal Programs Manager-TTI Environmental Services
Transportation/Planning: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Resiliency Program
Speaker: Dennis Stefanski, P.E, Program Manager, Special Programs-SEPTA Engineering Maintenance
and Construction Division
12:00 Noon to 1:30 P.M – LUNCH at the DoubleTree and visit the exhibitors
1:30 P.M to 3:00 P.M – Session 3 (Facilitator Patrick Starr, Pennsylvania Environmental Council)
Transportation/Planning: The Coney Island Yard Complex Case Study
Speaker: Jack Greenberg, P.E. Project Manager-STV,Inc.
Power/Energy: The Philadelphia Navy Yard a 16MW Capacity Upgrade
Speaker: Philip Gonski, P.E, Burns Engineering
Coastal: The US Army Corps of Engineers New Jersey Back Bays Coastal Storm Risk Management
Speaker: J. Bailey Smith, Coastal Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation Planner-USACE Planning
3:00 P.M to 3:30 P.M – BREAK #2
3:30 P.M – 4:00 P.M – Session 4 Plenary Speaker
Speaker: Jon K. Miller PhD, Director-NJ Coastal Protection Technical Assistance Service; Research
Professor-Stevens Institute-NJ Sea Grant Coastal Processes Specialist
4:00 P.M to 4:10 P.M – Closing Remarks
4:10 P.M to 5:00 P.M – Networking in the Exhibit Hall
5:00 P.M – Program End
2nd Annual Resiliency Symposium
November 13th, 2018
Double Tree Hotel, Philadelphia PA
7:00 A.M. to 8:00 A.M. – Registration and Welcome (coffee available)
SESSION 1 – Energy Resiliency
8:00 A.M. to 9:05 A.M.- Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst - Ensuring Mission Capabilities when Energy
Resiliency
Panel Host: Michael Fuhrman, co-founder-MCFA Panelists: Tony Vesay, Program Executive-Ardurra Group,
Christopher Archer, Deputy Base Civil Engineer-JBMDL, Neil Webb, Development Manager-OBG
9:10 A.M. to 9:40 A.M. - The Flood Hazard Risk and Climate Change Effects for Bulk Oil Storage Facilities
Speaker: Daniel Stapleton, Senior Principal-GZA
9:40 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. - BREAK #1
SESSION 2 – Resiliency in the Urban Environment
10:05 A.M. to 10:35 A.M. - An Approach to Transportation Climate Resilience Planning: A Case Study of the
North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority Climate Resilience Plan for the Passaic River Basin
Speaker: Lauren Miller, Principal-CDM Smith
10:40 A.M. to 11:10 A.M. - Designing for Resiliency in Urban Environments
Speaker: Margaret Hopkins, Technical Director-AKRF
11:15 A.M. to 11:45 A.M. - Hack the Mill: Developing Resiliency for Historic Properties
Speaker: John Gardosik, Hurricane Recovery Project Manager-PA State Historic Preservation Office
11:50 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. LUNCH at the Double Tree (45minute talk with 20 minutes afterwards of free time)
The History of Philadelphia's Watersheds and Sewers
Speaker: Adam Levine, Historian-Philadelphia Water Department
SESSION 3 - Resiliency through Ecological Restoration
1:05 P.M. to 1:35 P.M. - Post-Storm Infrastructure Improvements and Stream Restoration: Three Case Studies
Speaker: Thomas Graupensperger, Senior Environmental Scientist-Dewberry
1:40 P.M. to 2:10 P.M. - Two Case Studies in Resilience Risk Analysis and Engineering – Climate Change
Threat Events Risk Analysis and Facility Mission-Critical Infrastructure Engineering Resilience
Speaker: Michael Bilney, Global Senior Principal-Cardno Government Services
2:15 P.M. to 2:45 P.M. - Enhancing Coastal Habitat & Increasing Resiliency through Beneficial Reuse of
Dredged Material in New Jersey
Speaker: Geoffrey Goll, President-Princeton Hydro
2:50 P.M. to 3:10 P.M. - BREAK #2
SESSION 4 – NAVFAC & USACE
3:15 P.M. to 3:45 P.M. - The US Army Corps of Engineers New Jersey Back Bays Coastal Strom Risk
Management Study: An Overview of Current Efforts and Resiliency Approaches
Speaker: J. Bailey Smith, Coastal Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation Planner-USACE Planning
Center
3:50 P.M. to 4:55 P.M. – Philadelphia Navy Yard – Sustainable Growth in Partnership with the Navy’s Neighbors
Panelists: CDR Roland Deguzman, Public Works Officer-NAVFAC MidAtlantic, Lt CDR Andrea Difuntorum,
Assistant Public Works Officer-NAVFAC MidAtlantic
5:00 P.M. – Conclusions
7:00 A.M. to 8:00 A.M. – Registration and Welcome (coffee available)
SESSION 1 – Energy Resiliency
8:00 A.M. to 9:05 A.M. - Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst - Ensuring Mission Capabilities when Energy
Resiliency
Panel Host: Michael Fuhrman, co-founder-MCFA Panelists: Tony Vesay, Program Executive-Ardurra Group,
Christopher Archer, Deputy Base Civil Engineer-JBMDL, Neil Webb, Development Manager-OBG
9:10 A.M. to 9:40 A.M. - The Flood Hazard Risk and Climate Change Effects for Bulk Oil Storage Facilities
Speaker: Daniel Stapleton, Senior Principal-GZA
9:40 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. - BREAK #1
SESSION 2 – Resiliency in the Urban Environment
10:05 A.M. to 10:35 A.M. - An Approach to Transportation Climate Resilience Planning: A Case Study of the
North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority Climate Resilience Plan for the Passaic River Basin
Speaker: Lauren Miller, Principal-CDM Smith
10:40 A.M. to 11:10 A.M. - Designing for Resiliency in Urban Environments
Speaker: Margaret Hopkins, Technical Director-AKRF
11:15 A.M. to 11:45 A.M. - Hack the Mill: Developing Resiliency for Historic Properties
Speaker: John Gardosik, Hurricane Recovery Project Manager-PA State Historic Preservation Office
11:50 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. LUNCH at the Double Tree (45minute talk with 20 minutes afterwards of free time)
The History of Philadelphia's Watersheds and Sewers
Speaker: Adam Levine, Historian-Philadelphia Water Department
SESSION 3 - Resiliency through Ecological Restoration
1:05 P.M. to 1:35 P.M. - Post-Storm Infrastructure Improvements and Stream Restoration: Three Case Studies
Speaker: Thomas Graupensperger, Senior Environmental Scientist-Dewberry
1:40 P.M. to 2:10 P.M. - Two Case Studies in Resilience Risk Analysis and Engineering – Climate Change
Threat Events Risk Analysis and Facility Mission-Critical Infrastructure Engineering Resilience
Speaker: Michael Bilney, Global Senior Principal-Cardno Government Services
2:15 P.M. to 2:45 P.M. - Enhancing Coastal Habitat & Increasing Resiliency through Beneficial Reuse of
Dredged Material in New Jersey
Speaker: Geoffrey Goll, President-Princeton Hydro
2:50 P.M. to 3:10 P.M. - BREAK #2
SESSION 4 – NAVFAC & USACE
3:15 P.M. to 3:45 P.M. - The US Army Corps of Engineers New Jersey Back Bays Coastal Strom Risk
Management Study: An Overview of Current Efforts and Resiliency Approaches
Speaker: J. Bailey Smith, Coastal Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation Planner-USACE Planning
Center
3:50 P.M. to 4:55 P.M.– Philadelphia Navy Yard – Sustainable Growth in Partnership with the Navy’s Neighbors
Panelists: CDR Roland Deguzman, Public Works Officer-NAVFAC MidAtlantic, Lt CDR Andrea Difuntorum,
Assistant Public Works Officer-NAVFAC MidAtlantic
7:00 A.M. to 8:00 A.M. – Registration and Welcome (coffee available)
SESSION 1 – Energy Resiliency
8:00 A.M. to 9:05 A.M. - Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst - Ensuring Mission Capabilities when Energy
Resiliency
Panel Host: Michael Fuhrman, co-founder-MCFA Panelists: Tony Vesay, Program Executive-Ardurra Group,
Christopher Archer, Deputy Base Civil Engineer-JBMDL, Neil Webb, Development Manager-OBG
9:10 A.M. to 9:40 A.M. - The Flood Hazard Risk and Climate Change Effects for Bulk Oil Storage Facilities
Speaker: Daniel Stapleton, Senior Principal-GZA
9:40 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. - BREAK #1
SESSION 2 – Resiliency in the Urban Environment
10:05 A.M. to 10:35 A.M. - An Approach to Transportation Climate Resilience Planning: A Case Study of the
North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority Climate Resilience Plan for the Passaic River Basin
Speaker: Lauren Miller, Principal-CDM Smith
10:40 A.M. to 11:10 A.M. - Designing for Resiliency in Urban Environments
Speaker: Margaret Hopkins, Technical Director-AKRF
11:15 A.M. to 11:45 A.M. - Hack the Mill: Developing Resiliency for Historic Properties
Speaker: John Gardosik, Hurricane Recovery Project Manager-PA State Historic Preservation Office
11:50 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. LUNCH at the Double Tree (45minute talk with 20 minutes afterwards of free time)
The History of Philadelphia's Watersheds and Sewers
Speaker: Adam Levine, Historian-Philadelphia Water Department
SESSION 3 - Resiliency through Ecological Restoration
1:05 P.M. to 1:35 P.M. - Post-Storm Infrastructure Improvements and Stream Restoration: Three Case Studies
Speaker: Thomas Graupensperger, Senior Environmental Scientist-Dewberry
1:40 P.M. to 2:10 P.M. - Two Case Studies in Resilience Risk Analysis and Engineering – Climate Change
Threat Events Risk Analysis and Facility Mission-Critical Infrastructure Engineering Resilience
Speaker: Michael Bilney, Global Senior Principal-Cardno Government Services
2:15 P.M. to 2:45 P.M. - Enhancing Coastal Habitat & Increasing Resiliency through Beneficial Reuse of
Dredged Material in New Jersey
Speaker: Geoffrey Goll, President-Princeton Hydro
2:50 P.M. to 3:10 P.M. - BREAK #2
SESSION 4 – NAVFAC & USACE
3:15 P.M. to 3:45 P.M. - The US Army Corps of Engineers New Jersey Back Bays Coastal Strom Risk
Management Study: An Overview of Current Efforts and Resiliency Approaches
Speaker: J. Bailey Smith, Coastal Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation Planner-USACE Planning
Center
3:50 P.M. to 4:55 P.M.– Philadelphia Navy Yard – Sustainable Growth in Partnership with the Navy’s Neighbors
Panelists: CDR Roland Deguzman, Public Works Officer-NAVFAC MidAtlantic, Lt CDR Andrea Difuntorum,
Assistant Public Works Officer-NAVFAC MidAtlantic
7:00 A.M. to 8:00 A.M. – Registration and Welcome (coffee available)
SESSION 1 – Energy Resiliency
8:00 A.M. to 9:05 A.M. - Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst - Ensuring Mission Capabilities when Energy
Resiliency
Panel Host: Michael Fuhrman, co-founder-MCFA Panelists: Tony Vesay, Program Executive-Ardurra Group,
Christopher Archer, Deputy Base Civil Engineer-JBMDL, Neil Webb, Development Manager-OBG
9:10 A.M. to 9:40 A.M. - The Flood Hazard Risk and Climate Change Effects for Bulk Oil Storage Facilities
Speaker: Daniel Stapleton, Senior Principal-GZA
9:40 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. - BREAK #1
SESSION 2 – Resiliency in the Urban Environment
10:05 A.M. to 10:35 A.M. - An Approach to Transportation Climate Resilience Planning: A Case Study of the
North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority Climate Resilience Plan for the Passaic River Basin
Speaker: Lauren Miller, Principal-CDM Smith
10:40 A.M. to 11:10 A.M. - Designing for Resiliency in Urban Environments
Speaker: Margaret Hopkins, Technical Director-AKRF
11:15 A.M. to 11:45 A.M. - Hack the Mill: Developing Resiliency for Historic Properties
Speaker: John Gardosik, Hurricane Recovery Project Manager-PA State Historic Preservation Office
11:50 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. LUNCH at the Double Tree (45minute talk with 20 minutes afterwards of free time)
The History of Philadelphia's Watersheds and Sewers
Speaker: Adam Levine, Historian-Philadelphia Water Department
SESSION 3 - Resiliency through Ecological Restoration
1:05 P.M. to 1:35 P.M. - Post-Storm Infrastructure Improvements and Stream Restoration: Three Case Studies
Speaker: Thomas Graupensperger, Senior Environmental Scientist-Dewberry
1:40 P.M. to 2:10 P.M. - Two Case Studies in Resilience Risk Analysis and Engineering – Climate Change
Threat Events Risk Analysis and Facility Mission-Critical Infrastructure Engineering Resilience
Speaker: Michael Bilney, Global Senior Principal-Cardno Government Services
2:15 P.M. to 2:45 P.M. - Enhancing Coastal Habitat & Increasing Resiliency through Beneficial Reuse of
Dredged Material in New Jersey
Speaker: Geoffrey Goll, President-Princeton Hydro
2:50 P.M. to 3:10 P.M. - BREAK #2
SESSION 4 – NAVFAC & USACE
3:15 P.M. to 3:45 P.M. - The US Army Corps of Engineers New Jersey Back Bays Coastal Strom Risk
Management Study: An Overview of Current Efforts and Resiliency Approaches
Speaker: J. Bailey Smith, Coastal Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation Planner-USACE Planning
Center
3:50 P.M. to 4:55 P.M.– Philadelphia Navy Yard – Sustainable Growth in Partnership with the Navy’s Neighbors
Panelists: CDR Roland Deguzman, Public Works Officer-NAVFAC MidAtlantic, Lt CDR Andrea Difuntorum,
Assistant Public Works Officer-NAVFAC MidAtlantic