Center for Resiliency

Center for Resiliency Summit

 

The Center for Resiliency Summit is an annual conference presented by the Center for Resiliency (CfR) at Lamar University. A multidisciplinary group of researchers have joined together to develop a deeper understanding of multi-disaster resiliency in the Southeast Texas Region. The objective of the  Summit is to present collaborative information with local governmental, health, industrial, science/engineering, and business leaders in an effort to increase knowledge, awareness, and communication.  It is hoped that through these efforts, community resilience will be enhanced and Southeast Texas will be strengthened in its’ preparedness to face future disaster.

For more information regarding previous Summit presentations, contact the Center for Resiliency or view our Projects & Publications folder listed above. To view archive videos of previous years, choose the Summit Archive button at the bottom of this page.

 

VIEW ENCORE PRESENTATION OF 2024 SUMMIT 

Connecting Communities

5th ANNUAL RESEARCH SUMMIT

March 21, 2024

 AGENDA

 

8:30 - 8:45           Welcome

Carman Apple (Texas Division of Emergency Management) and PNC Bank

8:45-9:45             Economic Development and Disasters Panel

Panel: Mayor Roy West (Beaumont), Thurman Bartie (Port Arthur), Invited (Orange), and Lamar University President Dr. Jaime Taylor, moderated by Carman Apple.

9:45-10:00            BREAK

10:00-11:30         Two concurrent Breakout Seassions

Business Breakout- Moderators: Drs. Gevorg Sargsyan, Enrique Venta, and James Slaydon

  • "Threat and Opportunity for Economic Resiliency of Southeast Texas,   Virtual SETX Economic Development and Analysis Resource Center (EDARC)" advisory board discussion session.
Science and Engineering Breakout- Moderators: Andrew Lee, (TXDOT) and Jonathan Brazzell, (NWS)
  • "Monitoring Land Subsidence using PSInSAR Technique in the SETX   Region" Dr. Yong Je Kim
  • "Southeast Texas Flood Sensor Network" Dr. Nicholas Brake
  • "State-wide Buildings First-Floor Generation using AI Based on a   Google Streetview Survey for Training Models" (AI in Google's Street   View). Miguel Pavon, Texas Water Development Board.

11:30-12:10        LUNCH BREAK

12:10 - 1:10         Business

Moderators: Drs. Gevorg Sargsyan, Enrique Venta, and James Slaydon

  • "Threat and Opportunity for Economic Resiliency of Southeast Texas, Virtual SETX Economic Development and Analysis Resource Center (EDARC)" sponsored panel forum 

 

 

1:10 - 1:30         BREAK

1:30 - 3:30        Two concurrent Breakout sessions 

Community Engagement Breakout- Moderator: Lori Wright

  • "Navigators Unite! Making Space for Lived Experiences in Project   Development" Drs. J. White and K. Wallet
  • "Addressing Social Infrastructure through SLP Clinical Education" Drs.   Whisenhunt Saar and L. Arrington with C. Lyles
  • "Reframing Resilience for Children and Youth Experiencing   Homelessness through Story Book Reading Practices" Dr. Y. Yan
  • "Mental Health Intervention, Networking, and Diversion" (MIND) Drs.   G. Gummelt and M. Singh with K. Roebuck and S. Malick

Art and Cultural Resilience Breakout- Moderators: D. Meeks and S. Malick

"Bounce Back: Cultural Engagement is Resilience" sponsored panel forum

Committee on Public Art of the Texas State University System, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, The Art Studio, Inc. and Lamar University Public Art Committee 

  • "Assessing Public Art on the Lamar University Campus", Kim Steinhagen
  • "Frame of Mind Embracing a Mentality of Flexibility in the Museum Industry", Caitlin Clay
  • "LIVE: Theatre and Dance on Lamar University Campus", Alan Brincks
  • "Community Dance/Salsa", Gordon Williams
  • A student film, O'Brien Stanley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUMMIT ARCHIVE