• Date: August 12, 2019
  Time: 11:30am - 1:30pm
  Location: State Historical Museum
  600 E. Locust Street
  Des Moines, IA 50319

Join the Tomorrow Plan for their Speaker Series in Des Moines, Monday, August 12th at the State Historical Museum. Cities across Iowa and the country have been learning to live harmoniously with water. Not only are these places having to address growing concerns about flooding and extreme storms. Cities are also recognizing water as a resource to make more sustainable and livable communities.

This is detailed in a recent report titled “Harvesting the Value of Water,” whose lead author, Katharine Burgess of the Urban Land Institute, is the next speaker in the Tomorrow Plan Speaker Series. Burgess is the Vice President of Urban Resilience at the Urban Land Institute, where she leads research, advisory services, and outreach related to urban resilience.

Event Agenda:

11:30 a.m. – Lunch
11:45 a.m. – Historical preview: Justin Glisan, State Climatologist
12 – 12:30 p.m. – Keynote: Katharine Burgess
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. – Panel Discussion with Tom Hadden, West Des Moines City Manager; John Swanson, Polk Soil and Water Conservation District; Staci Williams, ISG and the Capital Crossroads Central Iowa Water Trails Incubator; with moderator Perry Beeman, Des Moines Business Record.

For more information, please visit tomorrowplanspeakerseries.org.