Urban Resilience Leadership Symposium

The 2026 Conference took place on 
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
 
Updates on next year's
conference coming soon.
 

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Speakers from the Urban Resilience Leadership Symposium.
 

Coastlines to Cities: Rethinking Urban Resilience at CURA

2026 Urban Resilience Leadership Symposium

The Center for Urban Resilience and Analytics (CURA) in the College of Design is pleased to host the 2026 Urban Resilience Leadership Symposium, which is now in its second year. Nationally- and internationally-recognized scholars and professionals in the urban resilience and climate adaptation realms will convene at Georgia Tech for discussions on resilience in recovery from natural disasters, adaptive urban planning, and climate-responsive urban design.

Registration is Closed

Speakers and Discussants

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Schedule

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Schedule

9:30 a.m.
Check-in Opens (check-in will be open throughout the symposium)
Coffee, tea, and pastries
9:45 a.m.
Welcome and Agenda

Subhro Guhathakurta, Harry West Professor of City and Regional Planning and Executive Director, Center for Urban Resilience and Analytics

Brian Stone, Professor of City and Regional Planning and Associate Director, Center for Urban Resilience and Analytics 
10:00 a.m.
At the End of the Road: Perspectives from the North Carolina Coast on Flood Tolerance and Adaptation
Katherine Anarde, Assistant Professor, 
Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University

Discussant: Gregory Randolph, Assistant Professor, School of City and Regional Planning, College of Design, Georgia Institute of Technology
10:45 a.m.
Net Zero Urban Water: Toward Water Self-Sufficiency in the US Southwest
Courtney Crosson, Associate Professor of Architecture and Director, The Drachman Institute, 
College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture, The University of Arizona

Discussant: Bruce Stiftel, Professor Emeritus, School of City and Regional Planning, College of Design, Georgia Institute of Technology 
11:30 a.m.
Self-guided tour of EcoCommons and Lunch
12:15 p.m.
Design with Time: How to Prepare for a World in Which Flood Risk Will Increase in Ways Yet Uncertain
Matthijs Bouw, Founder and President, ONE Architecture & Urbanism and Professor of Practice, McHarg Center Fellow for Risk and Resilience, 
Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania

Discussant: Michael Gamble, Professor, School of Architecture, College of Design, Georgia Institute of Technology
1:00 p.m.
Community, Cameras, and Consequences: AI for Real-Time Mapping of Urban Flood Risk and Community Impacts
Subhro Guhathakurta, Harry West Professor of City and Regional Planning and Executive Director, Center for Urban Resilience and Analytics, College of Design, Georgia Institute of Technology
1:45 p.m.
Panel discussion moderated by Brian Stone, Professor of City and Regional Planning and Associate Director, Center for Urban Resilience and Analytics, College of Design, Georgia Institute of Technology
2:30 p.m.
Adjournment

Speakers and Discussants

Katherine Anarde

Katherine Anarde

At the End of the Road: Perspectives from the North Carolina Coast on Flood Tolerance and Adaptation 

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University
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Matthijs Bouw

Matthijs Bouw

Design with Time: How to Prepare for a World in which Flood Risk Will Increase in Ways Yet Uncertain 

Founder and President, ONE Architecture & Urbanism; Professor of Practice, McHarg Center Fellow for Risk & Resilience, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania
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Courtney Crosson

Courtney Crosson

Net Zero Urban Water: Toward Water Self-Sufficiency in the US Southwest 

Associate Professor of Architecture; Director, The Drachman Institute, College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture, The University of Arizona
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Michael Gamble

Michael Gamble

Discussant, Design with Time: How to Prepare for a World in which Flood Risk Will Increase in Ways Yet Uncertain

Professor, School of Architecture, College of Design, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Subhro Guhathakurta

Subhro Guhathakurta

Community, Cameras, and Consequences: AI for Real-Time Mapping of Urban Flood Risk and Community Impacts 

Harry West Professor of City & Regional Planning and Executive Director, Center for Urban Resilience & Analytics, College of Design, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Gregory Randolph

Gregory Randolph

Discussant, At the End of the Road: Perspectives from the North Carolina Coast on Flood Tolerance and Adaptation

Assistant Professor, School of City and Regional Planning, College of Design, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Bruce Stiftel

Bruce Stiftel

Discussant, Net Zero Urban Water: Toward Water Self-Sufficiency in the US Southwest

Professor Emeritus, School of City and Regional Planning, College of Design, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Brian Stone

Brian Stone

Panel Moderator

Professor of City & Regional Planning and Associate Director, Center for Urban Resilience & Analytics, College of Design, Georgia Institute of Technology
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