Risk + Resilience Tech Hub Events and Media
Upcoming Events
December 19
Sustainable & Resilient Infrastructure Series
Featuring Albert Slap, President of RiskFootprint
January 30, 2026
Sustainable & Resilient Infrastructure Series
Featuring Dr. Atorod Azizinamini, Director, Infrastructure Research and innovation, Office of Research and Economic Development. Vasant Surti Professor of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering at FIU
Innovative Bridge Technologies/Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation Center (ABC UTC IBT)
March 27, 2026
Sustainable & Resilient Infrastructure Series
Featuring Terri-Ann Brown, Director of Miami Tech Works
April 24, 2026
Sustainable & Resilient Infrastructure Series
Featuring Emily Gresham Furton, Principal Investigator for the Risk + Resilience Tech Hub
Media Mentions
June 2025
Cementing the Future with Titan America: Smarter, Greener, Stronger
The Pennsuco facility is Titan America’s flagship operation, playing a key role in extracting one of Florida’s most valuable natural resources: limestone. Beyond its economic impact, the plant also functions as a leading research hub, pioneering new technologies that drive industry innovation and raise the bar for environmental stewardship.
August 2025
Florida’s Climate Tech Ecosystem: Innovation Under Pressure
South Florida’s emerging climate-tech industry—anchored by initiatives like Miami Tech Works, FIU’s Applied Research Center, and startups such as Kind Designs—has become a national model for resilience-driven innovation. These organizations blend technology, engineering, and sustainability to address the state’s most urgent environmental challenges
Archived Events
June 27
Sustainable & Resilient Infrastructure Series
Featuring: Adam Friedman, Co-Founder & Chief Executive at 1Print
July 25
Sustainable & Resilient Infrastructure Series
Featuring: Millicent Pitts, Executive Director of Ocean Exchange
August 29
Sustainable & Resilient Infrastructure Series
Featuring: Charlotte Hoffman, Leading Strategy & Innovation at Kind Designs
September 9
In-Depth Training: Simple for Dead Load – Continuous for Live Load Steel Bridge Systems
September 26
Sustainable & Resilient Infrastructure Series
Featuring: Yadira Diaz, Founder and CEO of Gradible
October 31
Sustainable & Resilient Infrastructure Series
Featuring Eric Koehler,VP Innovation and Product Quality at Titan America
