Climate change is disruptive. Lives and livelihoods from the world’s oceans to its deserts are already impacted and the disruption will continue into the foreseeable future. As we struggle with how to mitigate emissions and stem the tide of change, the business of climate change adaptation and resilience continues to grow in importance. Within this adaptation & resilience market, technology and innovation are driving forward improvements in how we observe, model, analyze, and visualize the changes in our climate, resulting in decision-makers being able to adjust and develop more effective policies and programs.

Join this Climate Adaptation Forum for a discussion about how disruptive technologies are changing the way we approach adapting to our uncertain future.

Forum Co-Chairs

Mark Costa, Water Resources Engineer
VHB

Kelly Knee, Technical Director – Ocean Science
RPS Group

Keynote Speaker

Alice Hill
Research Fellow
Hoover Institution

Technology Demonstrations

Adapt Ready

Shruthi Rao, Chief Executive Officer

Jupiter Intelligence

Alan Blumberg, Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Hydroscience Risk Analysis
Leah Cohen, Customer Engagement Leader

SIM-CI

Roger ter Heide, CPO

Disruptive Technology / Policy Innovation

Teresa Crean, Coastal Research Associate, Community Planning and Coastal Resilience
University of Rhode Island Coastal Resources Center

Grover Fugate, Executive Director
RI Coastal Resources Management Council

Lightning Round Demonstrations

Biobot

Mariana Matus, CEO & Co-Founder

Emerald Tutu

Nicholas Lutsko, Postdoctoral Associate, MIT

Green Stream Technologies

Karen Lindquist, Chief Operating Officer

ISeeChange

Julia Kumari Drapkin, CEO and Founder

RiskMap

Mayank Ojha, Research Associate, Urban Risk Lab, MIT

Upstream Tech

Marshall Moutenot, Managing Director

WAVE of Change

Valentini Sumini, Postdoctoral Associate, MIT MediaLab