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SEPTEMBER 24th 2026 3pm EST

Creating Resilient Watershed Regions to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Risk Landscape

Join us September 24th, 2026 at 3PM EST

Watershed regions across the nation are being increasingly impacted by extreme weather events and other natural and manmade hazards of growing scope, scale, and costs with long-term deleterious effects on health and safety, the economy, environment, and way of life. Drivers behind this are climatic changes, technological advances including ever-tightenting critical infrastructure interdependencies and artificial intelligence, and societal changes. Dealing with these challenges requires broad multi-stakeholder involvement and a holistic regional resilience approach and process with customizable enabling tools and resources to assess regional risk and undertake planning, mitigation, and other improvement actions.

Webinar Purpose
The webinar will introduce participants to the Watershed Regional Risk and Resilience Playbook and how it can be used to enable stakeholder organizations to assess and prioritize multi-hazard risks, identify risk reduction priorities, and develop and implement an ongoing action strategy and implementation plan to improve the resilience of their communities and supporting infrastructures. The webinar covers the drivers behind the need for enhancing watershed resilience, what achieving it requires, and describes a practical and doable approach and seven-step process with guidance, tools and resources that can be adapted to meet the needs of communities and organizations with differing levels of knowledge, capabilities, staff, and financial resources.

Who Should Attend
Representatives from all government levels and infrastructure sectors, private sector and non-profit organizations and associations, and regional governance bodies (e.g., councils of government and economic development organizations) with responsibilities or vested interests in leading, facilitating, or contributing to a multi-stakeholder initiative to better understand risk and improve watershed regional resilience. We look forward to your participation. Feel free to share this invitation with interested colleagues.

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October 7th 2026 1pm EST

Future Direction of Flood Risk Management: Removing the Flood Surprise

Join us October 7th, 2026 at 1PM EST

Moderator: Ed Hecker

Panelists:

  • Doug Bellomo
  • Brian Bledsoe
Communities across the United States face increasing flood risks that extend beyond the minimum requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). As climate conditions, development patterns, and flood hazards continue to evolve, effective floodplain management requires a broader, risk-informed approach that supports resilient community planning and decision-making.
 
This webinar explores the evolution of flood risk management from traditional flood control strategies to integrated approaches that combine floodplain management, land use planning, insurance, building codes, and nature-based solutions. Participants will learn how internationally recognized risk management principles, including the ISO 31000 framework, can be applied to identify, assess, communicate, and manage flood risks more effectively.
 
The session will examine practical strategies for avoiding, reducing, transferring, accepting, and leveraging flood risks while emphasizing the importance of understanding risk ownership, addressing unintended risk transfers, and engaging stakeholders in transparent decision-making.
 
Participants will also gain insights into conducting robust flood risk assessments that consider both current and future conditions.
 
Designed for emergency managers, floodplain administrators, planners, engineers, and local officials, this webinar provides practical guidance for advancing flood resilience, reducing unexpected flood impacts, and supporting informed, equitable, and sustainable community development beyond minimum regulatory compliance.
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