Category: Conference
Brooklyn Waters: Annual Conference Recap
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BWRC hosted Brooklyn Waters, its seventh conference at Borough Hall on April 20th, 2018. Titled Brooklyn Waters, the conference focused on the complex, interconnected issues of sea level …
Brooklyn Waters: Sea Level Rise, Sustainability, and Resilience along the Brooklyn Waterfront
The Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center (BWRC) presents Brooklyn Waters, a full-day conference on sea level rise, sustainability, and resiliency along the Brooklyn waterfront. Brooklyn Waters will examine how preparation for storm surge and rising tides has already remade – …
BWRC Annual Conference Recap
BWRC held its first-ever full day conference at Borough Hall on March 31, with support from the New York City Economic Development Corporation and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The conference explored the challenges of “Moving …
2017 BWRC Conference: Moving Goods and People to, from, and along the Brooklyn Waterfront with Keynote Speaker Congressman Jerrold Nadler
Friday March 31, 2017, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
RSVP required via Eventbrite
In the mid-twentieth century, before its decades’ long decline, the Brooklyn waterfront buzzed with the movement of ships …
BWRC Fifth Annual Conference Wrap-Up
Photo credit: Robin Michals
The BWRC Conference on “The Past, Present and Possible Future of Manufacturing Along the Brooklyn Waterfront” was a resounding success. Our best-attended conference yet examined the past, present, and future of industry and manufacturing on the …
Upcoming BWRC Conference Will Focus on Manufacturing on the Brooklyn Waterfront
For almost twenty years, the Brooklyn waterfront has been experiencing a renaissance propelled mainly by residential development. However, there have also been some manufacturing rebounds, or at least stabilization. The history of manufacturing losses in Brooklyn stretches back to the …
Spaces and Places: Art Along the Brooklyn Waterfront Conference a Success!
Thanks to all who came to the Spaces & Places: Art Along the Brooklyn Waterfront Conference. The Keynote Speaker Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl began the conference by discussing his New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Initiatives on diversity in the …
Speakers Announced for “Spaces & Places: Art Along the Brooklyn Waterfront” Conference
The BWRC is proud to announce the confirmed speakers for the Spaces & Places: Art Along the Brooklyn Waterfront Conference Friday, March 27 at Brooklyn’s Borough Hall.
Welcomes:
- Hon. Eric Adams, Brooklyn Borough President
- Richard Hanley – Director, Brooklyn Waterfront