“The Newport Restoration Foundation is organizing a large-scale and wide-ranging conference on sea level rise, historic preservation, and how to reconcile the two for April 10-13, 2016. This will be the first multi-disciplinary conference with a national reach in the U.S. on this critical issue. This conference is about what preservationists, engineers, city planners, legislators, insurers, historic home owners and other decision makers need to know about climate change—sea level rise in particular—and what can be done to protect historic buildings, landscapes and neighborhoods from the increasing threat of inundation. Speakers will be discussing a number of case studies from around the U.S. and abroad to ground the discussion of practical measures with a good dose of scientific, geographic and historical perspective.

Over four days, specialists from across the United States and abroad will share experiences, examine risks, and debate solutions with an emphasis on case studies and real world applications to ground the discussion of practical measures with social/political science, geographic and historical perspective. Keeping History Above Water will approach sea level rise from a multi-disciplinary perspective in order to develop practical approaches to mitigation, protective adaptation, and general resilience.

For anyone concerned with preserving historic coastal communities, Keeping History Above Water offers an opportunity to hear from leaders in the field, participate in workshops on practical solutions, tour threatened areas and structures in Newport and its environs, and simply connect over this area of shared concern.”

View the website:  www.historyabovewater.org