19
February
2026
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N-EWN Seminar: Waterfront Design for Resilient Communities

Purpose

This webinar will discuss emerging trends in waterfront design with a focus on embedding resilience, providing access, and ecology in urban waterfronts. The presentation will include an overview of the Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines (WEDG®) and case study projects from riverine, lacustrine, and coastal waterfronts across the U.S.

N-EWN Knowledge Series Seminar announcement slide for November 2025 The N-EWN Knowledge Series A Continuing Education Series about Engineering with Nature. Speaker: Joseph Sutkowi, WEDG, Waterfront Alliance. Title: Waterfront Design for Resilient Communities. Abstract: This webinar will discuss emerging trends in waterfront design with a focus on embedding resilience, providing access, and ecology in urban waterfronts. The presentation will include an overview of the Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines (WEDG®) and case study projects from riverine, lacustrine, and coastal waterfronts across the U.S. Save the date! Upcoming webinars will take place the 3rd Thursday of the month. Feb. 19, 12:30pm ET - Joseph Sutkowi, Waterfront Alliance; Waterfront Design for Resilient Communities. Mar. 19, 12:30pm ET - Dr. Quirijn Lodder, Principal Advisor Coastal Flood Risk Management and Evelien Brand, Technical Lead Coastline Maintenance, both of Rijkswaterstaat; Dutch experience with beaches and dunes as coastal Natural and Nature Based Features for Flood Risk Management - An overview of 30 years of nature-based coastline management. Apr. 16, 12:30pm ET – TBD. Register at https://bit.ly/3gR9ADL. 1 Continuing Education Credit (CEC) is available to attendees. Recorded webinars will be posted online at: https://n-ewn.org/resources/n-ewn-knowledge-seminars/. Presented by: Network for Engineering With Nature, LimnoTech, University of Georgia, and US Army Corps of Engineer’s Engineer Research and Development Center. Questions? Please contact: Alex Curwin, LimnoTech, acurwin@limno.com.

The Network for Engineering With Nature® (N-EWN) invites you to the N-EWN Knowledge Series: A Continuing Education Series about Engineering with Nature—Waterfront Design for Resilient Communities, presented by Tom Klein, ASLA, WEDG, Director of Planning and Design, Waterfront Alliance. This 1-hour Zoom webinar took place February 19, 2026 at 12:30pm ET.

For previously recorded seminars, please visit the N-EWN Seminars page.

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