Resilient Connecticut Summit

This meeting will be live streamed and recorded on
Connecticut Network's web site.
Tune in Thursday, 11/13,  9  to 4 LIVE here:

LIVE STREAM

Due to space limitations, registration is fully reserved, email circa@uconn.edu to be placed on a waiting list.

UConn's Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation is holding a one-day conference at UConn Avery Point in Groton on Thursday, November 13, 2025, to learn about the Resilient Connecticut program.

Agenda

8:30 - 9:00 Arrival, registration, coffee
9:00 - 9:05 Welcome Remarks - Lindsay DiStefano, Interim UConn Vice President for Research
9:05 - 9:45 CIRCA Update Presentation –   Jim O’Donnell, CIRCA Executive Director
9:45 - 10:00 Keynote Speaker - Katie Dykes. CT DEEP
10:00 - 11:00 Panel 1 – A Self-Reliant Resilient Connecticut: Connecticut’s resiliency strategy moving forward- Katie Dykes, CT DEEP; Brenda Bergeron, DEMHS; Bryan Garcia, Green Bank; Bill Dornbos, Assistant Attorney General
11:20-11:30 Morning break
11:30-11:55 Connecticut’s Climate Resilience Research Agenda - Jim O’Donnell, Joe MacDougald and Emmanouil Anagnostou
11:55- 12:55 Panel 2 – Putting Recent Policy Changes into Practice: – Joanna Wozniak-Brown, OPM; Chris Field, CT DEEP; John Michael Parker, CT Legislature; Peggy Lyons, First Selectwoman Madison, CT
12:55-1:40 Lunch
1:40-3:30 Afternoon Breakouts
1:40-2:40 Breakout 1 – Choose one:
  1. Resilient Connecticut Case Studies (West Room) - Helen Zincavage, SECOG; Alex Roper, GZA; David Burgy, Stantec; Beth Kirmmse and Ian Concannon, Fuss and O’Neill; Nicole Govert and Mary Buchanan, CIRCA
  2. Resilience Improvement District (Main Room) - Austin Dziki, CT Green Bank; John Truscinski, CIRCA; Leigh Whelpton, CT Green Bank; Andrew Salkin, Resilient Cities Catalyst; Mbacke Faye, Resilient Cities Catalyst
  3. Heat and Health (East Room) - Yaprak Onat and Libbie Duskin, CIRCA; Rebecca Stearns, Korey Stringer Institute
2:40-2:50 Afternoon break
2:50-3:50 Breakout 2 – Choose one:
  1. Flood Alert System (West Room) - Yaprak Onat and Marc de Vos, CIRCA
  2. Residential Resilience in CT (Main Room) - Jaclyn Giannini, WestCOG; George Bradner, Department of Insurance; Robert Hotaling, Connecticut Department of Community and Economic Development; Sonja Larkin-Thorne, Co-Chair of the Severe Weather Mitigation & Resiliency Advisory Council and Consumer Advocate
  3. Climate and Equity Grant Community Projects (East Room) - Mary Buchanan, CIRCA; Rebecca French, CT DEEP; North Hartford Partnership; Connecticut Roundtable on Climate and Jobs and PT Partners
3:50-4:00 Closing and Thanks

 

Parking

Attendees are required to pay to park at UConn Avery Point. For complimentary parking, please register for parking here:

REGISTER for Parking

Passcode: 1113CIRCA

Do not copy and paste the passcode as it will not work properly.

During the authorization process, event attendees are required to provide vehicle license plate numbers. Filling out this form in advance will ensure that no parking fees are incurred and will serve as your virtual parking "permit" during the event.  You should expect no further email communication or physical tag.

Please park in LOT A or LOT D as shown on the Avery Point campus map below (the Branford house is an 5-10 min walk from these locations).

Accessible parking is available in designated spots outside of Branford House in Area C.

Avery Point Campus map

 

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