Resilience and Recovery: Connecting Communities

March 21, 2024 ⋅ Mary and John Gray Library

MORNING:

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


AFTERNOON:

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 

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

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