Events

Climate resilience in the age of AI

Center for Urban Science + Progress
Lecture / Panel
 
Open to the Public
Daytime view of New York City's skyline

Climate tech is evolving at a rapid pace. New tools coming online can help communities better assess climate risk and provide insights that help mitigate the worst impacts of climate change. They can also help public agencies and private sector organizations reduce costs and improve outcomes. But new technology can bring new risks. AI and other advanced technology platforms come with concerns around privacy, social equity, energy usage—and whether they’ll actually deliver as promised.

This Climate Week NYC event, co-sponsored by ICF, NYU’s Urban Systems Lab, and NYU's Tandon Center for Urban Science + Progress, will highlight emerging approaches already being applied in practice: FloodNet, a network of hyperlocal flood sensors in NYC; ClimateIQ, an AI-powered climate risk platform supporting under-resourced cities; and ICF and Fathom’s next-generation flood maps for the Washington DC metro area. The panel will explore how emerging technologies can advance resilience at scale through trust, community knowledge, and public-private collaboration. A reception with light refreshments and networking will follow.

This session is ideal for public agencies, private sector entities and NGOs working on public sector resilience, and NYU academics and students.

This event will take place on the 1st Floor of 6 MetroTech Center in Brooklyn at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering Maker Space, Room 116. See the Visit Tandon page for directions and a campus map. Advance registration is required for campus access at NYU for external guests.
 

Meet the speakers

  • Brenda Dix – Senior Director of Climate Resilience, ICF
    Andrea Silverman – Institute Associate Professor, NYU Tandon Department of Civil, Urban, and Environmental Engineering and Affiliated Faculty, Center for Urban Science + Progress at NYU Tandon
  • Christopher Kennedy – Associate Director and Research Professor, NYU Department of Environmental Studies
  • Anamika Shreevastava – Assistant Professor, NYU Tandon Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Center for Urban Science + Progress; Urban Planet Lab Lead
RSVP on the ICF website
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